Overclock - GA-965P-DS3 Intel E6600

[steveyg_uk]

I would like to know the suitable settings for overclocking my memory and motherboard please. Im trying to reach at least 3.4 or even 3.8 (as other people have without using water cooling) The specs are detailed below;-

Processor = Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Retail

Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-965p-DS3 Rev 3.3 775

Memory = OCZ 2GB kit EL DDR2 PC2-6400 / 800

Power Supply = 500W PSU

Cooling = Akasa AK-960E Heatpipe Cooler

Arctic Cooling 12 System Fan

2 x Case Cooler Exhaust Fan

Case = Aria Gamer DarkStar

Storage = 2 x 320GB Seagate Barracuda SATAII 16MB 5yr warranty Raid 0

1 x 500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA-2 16MB

Here is a list of my MIT settings within the BIOS;-

Robost Graphics Booster - AUTO

CPU Clock Ratio - 9

CPU Host Control -ENABLED

Cpu Host Freq -FSB333

PCI Express Freq - 101

C.I.A.2 - DISABLED

System Memory Multiplier -2.5

Memory Freq Mhz - 833

System Voltage Control

DDR2 OverVoltage Control - 0.2

PCI-E OverVoltage Control NORMAL

FSB OverVoltage Control NORMAL

MCH OverVoltage Control NORMAL

CPU Voltage Control 1.4

Normal CPU Vcore 1.35

High Speec DRAM DLL Settings = OPTION1

Dram Timing Selectable = AUTO

CAS Latency Time = 5

DRAM RAS to CAS Delay = 5

DRAM RAS Precharge = 5

Precharge delay (tRAS) = 15

ACT to ACT Delay (tRRD) = 4

Rank Write To READ Delay = 3

Write to Precharge Delay = 6

Refresh to ACT Delay = 42

Read to Precharge Delay = 3

If someone could please shed some light my way it would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Steve

 

[Toxcity]

I guess you know that every CPU is unique?

Meaning.. if one gets 3.4Ghz doesn't mean one of the same model will.

You setting a hard target of 3.8Ghz on Air..

Welcome to the forims!

 

[steveyg_uk]

Wow - that was quick

I understand I should also strap a fan to the Northbridge Chip / MCH - how do I do that? Its not meant to have a fan so no mounting holes.

Do you think that air is the max with 3.0 ghz then? What do you think of this water cooling method then? -

http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Liguid/DIY/cl-w0042/cl-w0042.asp

Once again thank you for getting back to me so quickly

Stevey G

 

[Toxcity]

A good bit of DIY would allow you to get a fan on the northbridge.

Could you take a picture of your northbridge heatsink?

I don't think there is a limit on speed when on air, its the limit on heat.

I don't recommend going over 60oC when load.

Water cooling in general is amazing. But not ThermalTake. I would recommend having a look around www.WaterCoolingUK.co.uk.

Siwftech do some really good and well priced starter kits.

 

[steveyg_uk]

Well sounds like your sunday is the same as mine then - just browsing the forums on the big WEB hehe

This is the photo of my board;-

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/ViewImage.aspx?ProductID=2456

Are you saying I would need to drill holes in my board to keep the P965 chip cool then?

How easy is it to fit water cooling then?

Thanks for getting back so quickly again You had replied by the time I went downstairs and got a beer

Cheers.

Stevey G

 

[Toxcity]

Haha,

No need to drill holes. Could you not just buy a small fan and get some screws through the mounting holes of the fan.

Make sure they are tight.

And then stick the ends of the screws into the little slots on the Northbridge Heatsink? I have been doing this for years. Works perfect!

Otherwise we would need to look around for a new Northbridge cooler.

Watercooling is one of the most enjoyable and fun projects I have ever done.

I didn't think it was that hard. I am 15 yeas of age so taht gives you a rough idea of how easy it is.

 

[steveyg_uk]

I'll take a look thanks Have a good Sunday

 

[Toxcity]

You more than welcome matey!

And you too.

Anymore questions, just ask!

 

[steveyg_uk]

I've tweaked my Akasa AK-960E Heatpipe Cooler to run at 100%. My stock E6600 2.4 overclocked to 3.0ghz runs at a sweet 28C.

Now i've managed to tweak my CPU from 3.0 ghz to 3.330 ghz with 370fsb my temps are cool as well. LOVELY !!!!

Take a look at the pics

 

[kataras]

Dont think u actually need a fan on DS3 its well good mobo and it really doesnt get too hot, as i have got loads of friends which i helped to overclock theirs cpus on it, also i am gonna use DS3 myself for my next PROJECT Teh_Serv0r (lame name, but what a hey). If you have already overclocked, your cpu to 3 ghz and it seems that it wont go anymore, there might be a couple problems, power - u must increase some voltages, and memory frequency).

Just try to set these atm see if it helps:

Mch +0.2

ddram +0.2

PCI-E +0.2

Set CPU voltage to something liek 1.385v since you said that it runs pretty cool i think you could go evben higher.

and then set FSB to RAM ratio to 1:1 or i think its gonna be just 2.00 on gigabyte. That way ram will run twice the speed of the FSB (for example if u set 350mhz FSB so ram then is gonna be runnning at 700Mhz, got that ? )

So those would be the main settings i would adjust, once you get stable overclock i would then start playing with Timings, if you havent already enabled, youll need to press Ctrl+F1 to enable timing menu. and start tighting ram up

Sorry for all grammar and spelling mistakes wasnt born a writter.

 

[Bungral]

Whats the temps hitting at full load? Have you stress tested it using Orthos or Prime95?

 

[steveyg_uk]

Thanks for getting back to me;-

My question is now, how can I get even higher then 3.330. Well infact im now running at 3384 its stable but upon running ORTHOS its fails on ram after 2 mins. This is the setting;-

I changed the system memory multiplier from 2.5 to 2 to allow a greater overclock. I've increased Vdimm from 0.2+ to 0.3+ which is the max the stick will run at 2.1v as the basic is 1.8 from what i've learnt I think. I've increased the CPU fsb from 370 to 376 now and the system runs fine but ORTHOS fails after 2 mins on the RAM. I've also increased the voltage to the other options;-

PCI-E OverVoltage Control 0.2+

FSB OverVoltage Control 0.2+

MCH OverVoltage Control 0.2+

Do I need to adjust the timings and or increase the above pci, fsb mch voltage?

The CPU voltage i've left alone at 1.475 (is this to high) ?

ORTHOS at full load (max testsing) runs at 54c