i hate my e6600

[denman1992]

my system specs:e6600,ds4 motherboard,2 gigs g skill ram, corsair 520 power supply and a 8800 gts 640
i tried overclocking the e6600 and the farthest i could get it stable was 3240.0
and thata with the vcore at 1.4. can anyone tell me there settings of there e6600 or atleast some tips . thank you

 

[b1gapl]

Here is a C2D Overclocking guide:
Core2Duo Overclocking Guide v1.1

 

[denman1992]

k i read it but one problem were it says
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)
when i press ctrl+f1 nothing new opens and i cant change my memory timings

 

[b1gapl]

Quoting from Ste:
"But again, to show the RAM timmings you need to Press Ctrl + F1 at CMOS Screen, before entering any menu."

 

[veg1992]

whats wrong with 3.24 ghz???????????

 

[b1gapl]

I think maybe because it's supposedly easy to reach 3.4-3.6GHz...

lol....you guys' names matches...

 

[veg1992]

I think maybe because it's supposedly easy to reach 3.4-3.6GHz...

lol....you guys' names matches...

oh its an e6600... whoops... i thought it was a e6420.... but whats another 160 mhz worth???

 

[b1gapl]

Not much in the real world of doing a task, such as gaming. I'd say just for benchmarking. I got mine to 3.4-3.6 for a couple of benches, then just headed back down to 3.2 for temperature reasons.

 

[veg1992]

Not much in the real world of doing a task, such as gaming. I'd say just for benchmarking. I got mine to 3.4-3.6 for a couple of benches, then just headed back down to 3.2 for temperature reasons.

i guess another 4 more points in a benchmark test?

 

[RGELLIS]

Unfortunatly the new E6600s with the newer steppings just dont clock as well thats probably all you can get out of it - give it a bit more voltage and up your VMCH and give it a go, but if its a newer stepping then that might be your tops.