Overclocking your Intel Core 2 Duo cpu

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Well ill be honest 1st, I couldnt find the original thread that talked about building a low price gaming pc (which included really useful info on overclocking the cpu). Well ive spent like at least 1 hour doing research to find similar website that give comprehensive information on how to overclock the cpu step-by-step & the following site seems to give id say the best information possible. If you can help me find a better site, then please post it. Btw, the cpu im trying to oc is the E6750@ 2.66Ghz.

Forgot to post link: http://www.asusreviews.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6
 
hey when it comes to the ICH chipset voltage, should i keep that auto or switch it 2 manual? also i got a really good heatsink fan, so i shouldnt have much of an issue w/ overclockin my cpu. also what r some programs u use 2 check the status of ur overclockin?
 
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hey when it comes to the ICH chipset voltage, should i keep that auto or switch it 2 manual? also i got a really good heatsink fan, so i shouldnt have much of an issue w/ overclockin my cpu. also what r some programs u use 2 check the status of ur overclockin?
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Get CPU-Z. It displays the clock speeds/voltages of your CPU/Ram.
 
What motherboard do you have in your pc?

check out www.overclock.net they have plenty of threads and people talk to there about this. Very good website.

btw i have the same proc. Keep your vcore on auto for now and see how far you get with that. With mine on auto i got up to 3.3ghz after setting it manually i could get mine to 3.6 but i didnt changing the voltage that much. I just did that once to run 3dmark06 and see what my score was with it at 3.6.
 
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well ran into a lil snag, maybe u guys can help me here. check out he following shots that i took of my monitor & hopefully we can go from there:
 
ok so what you should try first if you just want a little oc like mine. leave the voltage there and up your frontside bus to about 360 and boot your pc. if it posts restart goto your bios and up it again by about 10mhz and keep workin your way up until you get to the point where your pc does not post. When that happens either go back down to the previous setting or increase your voltage a little bit and try booting it again.
After you get close to where you want be overclocked to go ahead and run orthos for 4-8hours. If it fails go and increase your voltage a tid bit.

p.s. what kind of ram do you have? Depending on what your board does it may overclock it as well so be careful. Right now may ram is running at 830mhz becasue my fsb is set to 415mhz. My oc is rock solid at 3.3ghz. I run Folding@home for 2-3 days in a row and my system has never crashed at 100% load.
 
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Well ill be honest 1st, I couldnt find the original thread that talked about building a low price gaming pc (which included really useful info on overclocking the cpu). Well ive spent like at least 1 hour doing research to find similar website that give comprehensive information on how to overclock the cpu step-by-step & the following site seems to give id say the best information possible. If you can help me find a better site, then please post it. Btw, the cpu im trying to oc is the E6750@ 2.66Ghz.

Forgot to post link: http://www.asusreviews.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6
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I have the same CPU and I have it OC @ 3Ghz. No aftermarket cooling. I didnt mess with the volts just changed the Freq.

Nvidia also has a "System Tools" you can overclock your stuff from there too.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.02.html
 
If your going to adjust the clock ratio just make sure you do it in steps. for example x8 to x9 dont go from x8 to x20. after you adjust it just run your system open some cpu heavy program and make sure its stable.
 
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first anything you do in the bios make a mental note or write it down so it can be undone
and you can keep track of what you have done
judging by the screnny (333x8) you got a e6750 and that pupppy will clock 3.4 to 3.6 easy with no CPU voltage increase and good cooling
but start in smallish steps I would put the memory divider at 1:1 so ure cpu and memory are runnung in sync and then up the FSB of the cpu to 400 (400x8=3.2gnz) if your confused about what FSB memory dividers and such I would read the guides some more before I get started
 
hey china its been a while since ive seen u round these here parts. whatcha been up 2?
 
I overclocked my C2D as well. Currently have my E8400 sitting at 4Ghz, stable. Got an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on top, and it idles around 34-loads around 48. Not too shabby. FSB = 1780.
 
I wish I could overclock my PC.... but the PD965LTs can't be overclocked because Intell doesn't want to...., Imagine... a E6420 @ 3,2GHZ... Tehehe..
 
so what does the voltage on the fsb need to be in order to start since it says its @ 1.35v? also the clock ratio deal will either go 2 x6 or x8, for some odd reason it wont go any higher.
 
leave all voltages stock and see how far u can push the CPU
the clock ratio is the multiplier and it locked (thanks intel) but you should be able to access 6, 7, 8,
so you will be using fsb to get higher clocks
ex.
333x8=2.66ghz (stock)
400x8=3.2ghz (this should be achievable with no additional voltage)
450x7=3.150ghz
460x7=3.220ghz
see overclocking is so much fun
additional ghz is the only thing free anymore
the price you pay for the CPU is all about the multiplier
 
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