E6600

patsywatsy · Oct 3, 2006, 06:19 PM

I am new to this overclocking as for my sins ive had a Dell for the past few years.

I finally got all my parts delivered the weekend and i am wondering how far i can over clock this baby.

I am all excited about doing it and have a fire extinguisher on hand just in case

The PC is just for playing games but would rather be tinkering with it at the moment to see how fast it will run

Asmoday · Oct 3, 2006, 06:45 PM

You "should" be able to get atleast 3.2ghz out of it with a small volt increase....but I see that you're using the DFI 975 board, I don't know if it has changed but it used to suck at overclocking...

Aurahead · Oct 4, 2006, 02:42 AM

I have MSI Neo-F P965, its kinda good board but not that great. I have manage to get about 3ghz with stock cooler, but I have ordered new one Asus Deluxe GWLan and Zalman 9500 so I hope to get better luck with that board.

PangingJr · Oct 7, 2006, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patsywatsy

I am new to this overclocking as for my sins ive had a Dell for the past few years.

I finally got all my parts delivered the weekend and i am wondering how far i can over clock this baby.

I am all excited about doing it and have a fire extinguisher on hand just in case

The PC is just for playing games but would rather be tinkering with it at the moment to see how fast it will run

if you (like me) new to overclock, then this guide ( Core2Duo Overclocking Guide - http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict197995.html ) may help you, or help reminding you of things when you began to overclock your system. especially, in setting up your BIOS.

Quote:

Post subject: Core2Duo Overclocking Guide v1.1
Core2Duo Overclocking Guide

Disclaimer: TGForumz and the author of this guide will not be responsible for any damage caused…etc.
Please do so at your own risk

Note: The settings in this guide will assume the user has adequate cooling for their processor.
And uses one of the following recommended motherboard:
-abit AW9D series (975X)
-ASUS P5W DH series (975X)
-DFI Infinity or LANParty 975X/G
-abit AB9 series
-ASUS P5B* Deluxe/WiFi-AP (965P)
-Gigabyte 965P-DS3 or DS4 or DQ6
*P5B vanilla is not recommended
**nForce590/570 Intel Edition based motherboard will not work with this guide nor recommended for overclocking**

Recommended cooling:
-Scythe Infinity
-Scythe Ninja Plus
-Scythe Mine
-Tuniq Tower 120
-Thermalright Ultra-120 or SI-128 or SI-120
-Noctua NH-U12
-Thermaltake Big Typhoon
-Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
-Zalman CNPS CNPS9500AT
-Zalman CNPS 7700AlCu or 7700Cu
(The first 7 heatsinks listed here will allow you to clock beyond 3.4Ghz stable)

Please also use RAM that’s rated:
-DDR2-667 4-4-4-xx (good for ~400Mhz*)
-DDR2-800 5-5-5-xx (good for ~410Mhz*)
-DDR2-800 4-4-4-xx (good for 500Mhz+*) ->Best for E6300/E6400
-DDR2-1066 5-5-5-xx (good for 530Mhz+*)
-Or any other RAM of the above mentioned speed that has even lower timings
*refer to Part2 for maximum Mhz extraction under 1:1 operation

The aim of this guide is to reach as close to 4Ghz (final clockspeed) as possible

Part1. Tidying Up Your BIOS (not all BIOS may have those options)
*You must update your BIOS to the latest version before proceeding*

1. Disable ‘AI Tuning’ for ASUS, ‘C.I.A.2’ for Gigabyte
2. Set PCI Express (PCIe) frequency @100Mhz (‘Auto’ for DS3/DS4/DQ6)
3. Set PCI frequency @33Mhz
4. Disable Hyperpath 3 (for P5W DH only)
5. Disable any ‘spread spectrum’
6. Disable Q-Fan (for ASUS only)
7. Disable ‘Limit CPUID Max to 3’
8. Disable any overvoltage protection
9. Disable ‘C1E’
10. Disable ‘EIST’
11. Disable Virtualization Technology
12. Disable No-Execute Memory Protect
13. Disable any other thing you don’t use
14. Do not enable any speed enhancements you see

The purpose here is to lighten up duties placed on the chipset

Part2. Memory Adjustments
**Expand options for Gigabyte BIOS under ‘M.I.T.’ by pressing CTRL+F1**
Gigabyte: Set ‘Memory Multiplier’ to 2 (1FSB:1RAM operation)
ASUS: Set ‘DRAM Frequency’ to DDR2-533 @266Mhz FSB (1FSB:1RAM operation)
As you increase the FSB, the RAM will follow in the pattern of 1:1 shown in BIOS.

1. Set ‘DRAM Timing’ to manual or disable SPD (use SPD for P5W DH)
2. In BIOS you will see 4 separate timing digits, change them to the ones specified on your RAM

e.g. 4-4-4-12
CAS# Latency (tCL)
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD)
RAS# Precharge (tRP)
RAS# Precharge Delay or Active to Precharge (tRAS)

When 1FSB:1RAM is overclocked above the rated frequency of your RAM use the following values
Timing: 5-5-5-15
vDIMM: 2.2V

e.g. DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 1.9V operating at ~400Mhz will need to be set to 5-5-5-15 2.2V

3. Leave the rest of other timings either at ‘Auto’ or at their default values

Part3. Voltage (again not all BIOS will have the option or uses different name)
***The following voltages are to be used with Part4***

1. Set DRAM/DIMM Voltage (vDIMM) to 2.1V or 2.2V if specified by RAM (+0.3V or +0.4V)
2. Set MCH Voltage (vMCH) to 1.55V
3. Set FSB Voltage (vFSB) to 1.40V
4. Increase SB Voltage (vICH) by +0.1V from default-lowest value
5. Set CPU Voltage (vCore) for the following CPU

E6300=1.370V E6400=1.375V E6600=1.400V E6700=1.400V X6800=1.400V

Part4. Frequency Control
First attempt:
1. Set CPU Host Clock/Frequency (FSB) to 333Mhz (300Mhz for X6800)
2. Set CPU Clock Ratio or Multiplier to the default value for your processor

E6300-> 333x7=2331
E6400-> 333x8=2664
E6600-> 333x9=2997
E6700-> 333x10=3330
X6800-> 310x11=3410

3. Save settings and reboot

Further attempts:
1. Up even more FSB by 5Mhz or 2Mhz increasement
2. Calculate your final clockspeed
3. Up even more vCore if needed by 0.025V increasement

Part5. Stability Testing
You will need the following programs:
- CPU-Z
- Prime95
- Memtest86+
- Core Temp
- SpeedFan

1. Fire up CPU-Z and keep it running in the background to monitor clock speed
2. Fire up Core Temp to monitor temperature
3. Fire up SpeedFan to monitor voltages
3. Run dual instances of Prime95 in torture mode for 2 hours
4. (Optional) Run Memtest86+ for 2hrs
5. If stable go to Part4-Further Attempts, if not go back to last stable frequency
6. Once you’re happy with the settings proceed to the final part

Note1: The higher the final clock speed, the lower the temperature for CPU has to be to maintain stableness

Note2: Delta of Idle-Load reported by Core Temp should not exceed by 26°C

Note3: vCore should not fluctuate by more than +/- 0.100V. If it does, improve cooling on MOSFETs

Note4: If an attempt fails and the computer doesn’t boot, hold down ‘Insert’ key when booting to restore default settings in BIOS

Part6. Finalising
-Lower vCore by one notch at a time until lowest possible while maintaining the same stableness
-Do the same for vMCH, vFSB, vICH after the above step is completed
-Record the BIOS settings which works (except DFI and ASUS owners)
-(Optional) Pull off a PCMark and/or SuperPi32M score and compare to stock to gauge performance increase

If you have any questions please post a new thread in the Overclocking-CPU forum

Composed by wusy

V1.0 28/08/06
V1.1 14/09/06

note-- check for any new or update version of this guide at link that i've provided above.
thanks to the author of this guide. all and full credit goes to the author as well.

Tipstaff · Oct 7, 2006, 05:04 AM

Nice article there, Panging. Very good find, and well worth the read. You should post that article into the Core 2 thread as well.

PangingJr · Oct 7, 2006, 05:24 AM

i would have written thing like this IF i just knew so well about this overclocking...
even tho i have been taking many articles from other sites to post in DH many times... i don't like to do it.
i wish some of our forum members have written it and make it as good and easy enough for people to follow... just like this above for example...]
i think, then it be all good for all of us here.

i'd perfer to let the staffs decides what to do with this article.

Tipstaff · Oct 7, 2006, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PangingJr

i would have written thing like this IF i just knew so well about this overclocking...
even tho i have been taking many articles from other sites to post in DH many times... i don't like to do it.
i wish some of our forum members have written it and make it as good and easy enough for people to follow... just like this above for example...]
i think, then it be all good for all of us here.

i'd perfer to let the staffs decides what to do with this article.

As I see it, as long as people give the author who wrote it credit, don't edit the article to pass it off as their own, and post a link to the article on the site it was first posted on, there shouldn't be a problem with it. By following those simple rules you are respecting the work done by the original authors, and this is exactly how you've handled it over and over again, Panging.

Hell, if you really think about it, the front page is full of these exact types of articles. If what you did could be conisdered bad, then DH would be doomed to rot in hell for doing the same thing for years now. Sad thing is that Iria'd probably even be first through the gates due to the amount of news he posts (I'd miss him too).

Either that, or Allan would throw him through the gates to save himself.

PangingJr · Oct 8, 2006, 08:09 AM

here's E6300@2.33 333x7.
vCore 1.34V (default was 1.325V), RAM DDR2 667 MHz (@1.8V - no overclock), other voltages auto.
disabled all the things that is suggested in the above...
CPU / Intel cooling, temp around 37-38C idle (room temps is around a little over 32C).

to some of you this's just a baby overclocking attemps.
(nothing like an overclocking attemps with this baby!
or let me see what this baby can do!
or something likes that)

anyway, with the exception of the CPU temp which went up quite fast. can really use some improvement in a better cooling.
otherthan that there are some improvement with the system performance, already.
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/269...ot00092lt0.png
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/114...ot00093te9.png
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/867...ot00094el2.png
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/340...ot00095dw8.png

Oct 3, 2006, 06:19 PM	#1
patsywatsy DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	E6600 I am new to this overclocking as for my sins ive had a Dell for the past few years. I finally got all my parts delivered the weekend and i am wondering how far i can over clock this baby. I am all excited about doing it and have a fire extinguisher on hand just in case The PC is just for playing games but would rather be tinkering with it at the moment to see how fast it will run __________________ Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD) CD-076-SA Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 *Crossfire Edition* 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-Express) Coolermaster Wave Master - Silver (No PSU) (CA-037-CM) Arctic Cooling Freezer7 Pro,

Oct 3, 2006, 06:45 PM	#2
Asmoday Demonic Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the cold, dark north... Posts: 5,196 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	You "should" be able to get atleast 3.2ghz out of it with a small volt increase....but I see that you're using the DFI 975 board, I don't know if it has changed but it used to suck at overclocking... __________________ How You can help Hardwareheaven by using Digg

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Aurahead DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	I have MSI Neo-F P965, its kinda good board but not that great. I have manage to get about 3ghz with stock cooler, but I have ordered new one Asus Deluxe GWLan and Zalman 9500 so I hope to get better luck with that board. __________________ [COLOR=#455b64] [/COLOR]

Oct 7, 2006, 05:04 AM	#5
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,693 Rep Power: 117 System Specs	Nice article there, Panging. Very good find, and well worth the read. You should post that article into the Core 2 thread as well. __________________ >><<

Oct 7, 2006, 05:24 AM	#6
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 57	i would have written thing like this IF i just knew so well about this overclocking... even tho i have been taking many articles from other sites to post in DH many times... i don't like to do it. i wish some of our forum members have written it and make it as good and easy enough for people to follow... just like this above for example...] i think, then it be all good for all of us here. i'd perfer to let the staffs decides what to do with this article.

Oct 8, 2006, 08:09 AM	#8
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 57	here's E6300@2.33 333x7. vCore 1.34V (default was 1.325V), RAM DDR2 667 MHz (@1.8V - no overclock), other voltages auto. disabled all the things that is suggested in the above... CPU / Intel cooling, temp around 37-38C idle (room temps is around a little over 32C). to some of you this's just a baby overclocking attemps. (nothing like an overclocking attemps with this baby! or let me see what this baby can do! or something likes that) anyway, with the exception of the CPU temp which went up quite fast. can really use some improvement in a better cooling. otherthan that there are some improvement with the system performance, already. http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/269...ot00092lt0.png http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/114...ot00093te9.png http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/867...ot00094el2.png http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/340...ot00095dw8.png