Help me OC my q6600!

AFGUnit106

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Okay I recently decided to OC my q6600, i dont know how to OC it though. I dont plan on OCing it too high yet only to 3ghz right now and then sometime later ill probably end up OCing it to 3.6 or something. But for now I need help, Are there any guides to OC my q6600 with my XFX 650i mobo? Can anyone tell me how to OC it to 3ghz
 
You need to change the FSB to 1333MHz (333MHz really) from 1066MHz (266MHz really). Go into your BIOS and find the setting for it then change it. That is all i did. No voltage changes or anything. I have the SLACR G0 Q6600 though which runs cooler so is easier than the B3 (previous chip).

If you have a B3 someone else will have to help you probably, SORRY.
 
i put 1333 and i saved restarted and big long beep, comp loads up and it still shows as 2.40 ghz and under nvidia control panel it says its still 1066
 
Remember to disable C1E, EIST and all other power saving features in the BIOS. I would think hitting 3,0 would be an easy affair. :)
 
and what exactly is C1E and eist

c1e enhanced halt state??

do you have aim or msn so i can just chat to you quicker than posting
 
It's the enhanced halt feature, yes. Basically, these are features who clock down your cpu when the extra firepower isn't needed. ;) I'm off to work in a few minutes, so from here on you'll have to rely on others to answer. :P
 
alright then, question to all the others, can i do all this from my nvidia control panel? or is it safer to do it from bios because nvidia control panel has that dynamic bios access thingy

and whats eist and all the other power saving features
 
No, use the BIOS. There are plenty of windows-based tools for OC'ing, but I would go for BIOS overclocking. Read some of the stickies around in the Overclocking section on this forum, and you'll get a better idea of how it all goes down. I'm sorry I can't be of much help right now, but as I said, I'm on my way to work. ;) Good luck mate, and if you run into trouble, just post here and you'll get help very soon. :)

Quick roundup:

Disable all spread spectrums, C1E, EIST (other power-saving feats, refer to mobo manual)

If you run into problems, try setting RAM timings manually.

Set the DRAM:FSB-ratio to Auto (run RAM unlinked).

Remember, there are a bunch of different BIOSes, so the options will probably be named differently.
 
AFG, mind if I ask two questions? Is there any particular reason why you want to overclock your computer other than the obvious gains in performance? If not, why would these gains in performance benifit you?
 
I have literally only changed my FSB and Mem Speed to 1333 and 930 respective. I haven't needed to change any other settings. Wonder why?

I have alos been trying to push it further than this and used the above techniques and found the FSB and Mem speed simply say NO regardless of voltage, timings, prayer after press F10.
 
name='RollerCam540' said:
AFG, mind if I ask two questions? Is there any particular reason why you want to overclock your computer other than the obvious gains in performance? If not, why would these gains in performance benifit you?

I just want to use it for performance gains and so in the future i know how to overclock. (im a heavy gamer)

So what do i do, people are tellin me a thousand things, change mem speed too? no voltage changes or nothing

I have no EIST in my bios

And is the big long beep at the beggining of startup normal?
 
Google for "BIOS beep codes" and see what goes for your BIOS. It would give you a hint at what's going on. As for EIST, it's an abbreviation for Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology, so if it says Intel Speedstep, that's it. It clocks your CPU down when it's idle, to save power, but it will interfere with your overclock.

What motherboard is it, anyway? And can you take a picture of the OC-menu in the BIOS, or just list the options you've got, and it'll be easier for us to guide you in the right direction.
 
Okay this is wierd, When I put the FSB to linked and i restart it does 1 long beep. When i put it back to auto the beep doesnt come. I have a xfx 650i Phoenix award bios

ill take pics of the nvidia cp dynamic bios cause that has all the options
 
AFG: if you want to know how to overclock your computer correctly then you should read all the stickies in the processor and overclocking forums! I know -- I hate that answer too! But hear me out:

Regardless of whether you overclock your computer or not, your goal should be to understand what each BIOS setting means, how configuring BIOS one way is better than another, how part specifications effect your computer, and the effects of adjusting these specifications have on your computer.

You will learn so much through this process if you really take the time to read everything carefully! If you read the right documents carefully, you'll come away with a very broad understanding of computers in general and you'll come to appreciate things you would have never thought to consider when purchasing a computer or configuring a setting. Through your research you will become more adept at diagnosing problems, you will probably save more money when buying parts because you'll have a deeper understanding of each component of each product and how these components effect you. Lastly, I promise you that many of questions you're asking have already been answered compendiously somewhere else; these documents took whoever wrote them an exhaustive amount of time and effort to make, so they shall likely help you far more than something thrown together last minute in a thread like this.

Obviously, we're all happily willing to help you, but I promise you that you'll reach your objective more quickly by reading the guides and you'll learn more in the same period of time doing so in the process.

Just my ten cents.
 
I do plan on doing that but right now ive been reading and everyone says all you need to do is bump the fsb to 1333 and when i do that it says 1333 in bios and i hear that big long beep and i dont see 3.0 ghz
 
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