crwagner Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I have never really overclocked before, but I thought I would give it a try. Especially since I already own all the right equipment for it... MB: Asus P5E (x38 chipset) CPU: E6600 266 x 9 = 2.4GHz stock (333 x 9 = 3.0GHz OC) CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro RAM: TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX Video: 8800GT I set the BIOS to manual and set the FSB to 333. I left all other settings on auto. I then rebooted into Vista x64. Everything seems to be working fine. Core Temp is at 55c under full load with Orthos running Stress Prime on both cores. Vcore voltage remains at between 1.30 to 1.32 volts regardless of load on processor. Memory is still set per the SPD at 5-5-5-18 1.8volts @ DDR2 800. System seems much faster. Crysis demo and 3dMark 06 are MUCH smoother with higher FPS. Crysis playability is significantly better. Vista speed rating (CPU/MEM/BUSGRAPH/GAMEGRAPH/HD/ 0-5.9) went from 5.3/5.6/5.9/5.9/5.9 to 5.7/5.9/5.9/5.9/5.9 Speedstep is still working as I can see the multiplier drop from 9 to 6 when there is no load. Is this a pretty safe overclock? (Basically just went to a 1333 FSB which the board officially suports.) Why does the Vcore voltage not drop when the system is idle? Before the overclock the Vcore voltage would be about 1.28 to 1.30 under load and drop down to like 1.17 when idle. Will the continous use at 1.30 to 1.32 volts wear out my processor? Should I be concerened at all? Thanks, Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Is this a pretty safe overclock? (Basically just went to a 1333 FSB which the board officially suports.) Why does the Vcore voltage not drop when the system is idle? Before the overclock the Vcore voltage would be about 1.28 to 1.30 under load and drop down to like 1.17 when idle. Will the continous use at 1.30 to 1.32 volts wear out my processor? Should I be concerened at all? You will be able to run this system with that overclock for many, many years. You have no worry as that is a nice small overclock on a very good procesor. You should have no concern at all and with the Arctic Freezer, you will be cool enough for a 3.0GHz speed. The Vcore voltage does not drop as your overclock takes over and the need for that tiny extra voltage is to create system stability. Enjoy your system and do not worry at all. That processor will still be working when you decide to move to something faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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