newbie in overclocking

First, this is my first post in the overclocking forum. Second, how do I overclock and what is envolved? Willling to learn and thanks for the help.
 

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First, this is my first post in the overclocking forum. Second, how do I overclock and what is envolved? Willling to learn and thanks for the help.

Well hello! Welcome to the forum. :D

There's a lot of guides out there. If you're really willing to learn, read this.

HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.1 - Overclockers Forums

Thanks for the reply and the read. Very informative and interesting but I am using an AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU. Does this same information still apply.
 

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    AMD Athlon 64x2 6000+ 3.0ghz
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    Asus M4N78 Pro
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    3Gb PC2-5300 DDR2 @ 667mhz
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    XFX Radeon HD 4770 512mb GDDR5
    Sound Card
    VIA HD Audio
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    Dual monitors: HP W1907 LCD 19" and Gateway HD Display 19" LCD
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    1440x900
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    Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 320 x 2-GB Hard Drive
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    Antec Earthwatts 80 plus 500 watts
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    Ultra E-Torque ATX Mid tower clear side w/2 120mm fans
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    Thermaltake MaxOrb cpu cooler w/120 mm blue led
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I think it's quite the same. At least it'll give you idea on how to's. :D
 

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    Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz
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    Foxconn MARS
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    Team E-Dark 2x1G(2) 800mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward G92 GT
    Hard Drives
    160GB
First, this is my first post in the overclocking forum. Second, how do I overclock and what is envolved? Willling to learn and thanks for the help.

Well hello! Welcome to the forum. :D

There's a lot of guides out there. If you're really willing to learn, read this.

HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.1 - Overclockers Forums

Thanks for the reply and the read. Very informative and interesting but I am using an AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU. Does this same information still apply.
No. That thread does not apply at all. What you need to read is an Athlon 64 OC guide, because an Athlon 64 is what you've got. Here: [retro] The Original Diy-street Amd64 Overclocking Guide - OverclockersClub Forums
 

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Well hello! Welcome to the forum. :D

There's a lot of guides out there. If you're really willing to learn, read this.

HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.1 - Overclockers Forums

Thanks for the reply and the read. Very informative and interesting but I am using an AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU. Does this same information still apply.
No. That thread does not apply at all. What you need to read is an Athlon 64 OC guide, because an Athlon 64 is what you've got. Here: [retro] The Original Diy-street Amd64 Overclocking Guide - OverclockersClub Forums

Thanks for the heads up and page info. I will give it a go.
 

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    Ultra E-Torque ATX Mid tower clear side w/2 120mm fans
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I think it's quite the same. At least it'll give you idea on how to's. :D

Hi I haven't read all through the link you gave, but it looks pretty good..... whilst it may be good for some general aspects and some specific aspects of over-clocking an AMD Athlon 64 processor, that said as AMD in the Athlon 64 use a different hardware engineering solution to the Intel Conroe, this means that one has to go about overclocking AMD Athlons in a somewhat different way to a Conroe.

The Athlon 64 features an on-die memory controller,<sup id="cite_ref-Architecture_4-1" class="reference">[5]</sup> a feature not previously seen on x86 CPUs. Not only does this mean the controller runs at the same clock rate as the CPU itself, it also means the electrical signals have a shorter physical distance to travel compared to the old northbridge interfaces.<sup id="cite_ref-VsNorthbridge_42-0" class="reference">[43]</sup> The result is a significant reduction in latency (response time) for access requests to main memory.<sup id="cite_ref-LatencyReduction_43-0" class="reference">[44]</sup> The lower latency is often cited as one of the advantages of the Athlon 64's architecture over those of its competitors.<sup id="cite_ref-MemoryLatency_44-0" class="reference">[45]</sup>
Athlon 64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fumz has the right idea, if you are new to overclocking and have an Athlon 64, reading a Conroe how to overclock guide will probably just confuse you.

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer
 
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    Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
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    4 x 1 Gigabyte sticks
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Hi Bassfisher,

here is a posting of yours from another thread:

Thanks everybody, that anwsered my questions. PCIe x16 it is, now to buy my new card. I don't need anything real fancy or expensive and one that works with my systems PSU (350 watt). What I have found is the XFX GeForce 8600 GT, less than $100, so I can't complain. Thanks again every one.

did you fit that card, and what is the min power supply quoted by the manufacturer for it, because overclocking can cause your system to consume more power.

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer
 

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    AMD Athlon 64 4800 dual core Toledo 2.4 gigahertz
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    Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
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    4 x 1 Gigabyte sticks
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    Gainward 7600GT Golden Sample factory overclocked
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350 watts and overclocking a AMD Dual 6000+ at 3.0 GHz will be NO problem

I had a 250w PSU and a XFX XXX 8600GT overclocked even more than XXX with a AMD x2 5400+ 2.8 GHz and all that ran Fine with a 250w PSU. so he should be fine at 3.0, with the 8600 and a 350w.

no worries
 

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    eVGA 750i FTW
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    eVGA/MSI GTX 260 SLI
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    PC P&C 750w Silencer PSU
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    CoolerMaster HAF 932 (Water-Cooled)
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    Plenty of Fans, and a few 230mm Fans
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    Nikon D40 DSLR with 18-105mm VR & 55-200mm VR
350 watts and overclocking a AMD Dual 6000+ at 3.0 GHz will be NO problem

I had a 250w PSU and a XFX XXX 8600GT overclocked even more than XXX with a AMD x2 5400+ 2.8 GHz and all that ran Fine with a 250w PSU. so he should be fine at 3.0, with the 8600 and a 350w.

no worries

Hi thanx for that, so it looks like if Bassfisher's PSU is actually good for 350 Watts he will be fine, the only issue would be then if his PSU's rated power is overly optimistic.

Bye the way Bassfisher, just out interest what do you hope to achieve by overclocking your CPU?

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer
 

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Hi,

Very interesting topic, I wanted to know about OCing myself.
Since I made a new PC I was so interested about OCing.
I got a good cooling system. and my system is

CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q6600
Mobo: nFORCE 780i SLI
RAM: Corsair 2x2GB DDR2 800Mhz
Graphics crad: Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT SLI
PowerSupply : 600Watts
with a good CPU cooler and good cooling case

pic1ez5.png


And will be really glad if you can tell me if the system is good enough for OCing without any risks.
thanks in advance

Cheers
-Scott
 

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  • CPU
    Q6600 OCed till 3.3Ghz
    Motherboard
    Nvidia XFX nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    2X2GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz OCed @ 820Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    2xNvidia 9500 GT SLI OCed @ 730Mhz each.
    Sound Card
    Motherboard Built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22' LCD + 18.5 Wide Samsung LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 1050
    Hard Drives
    Internal 2x250 GB SATA II Maxtor,
    External 500GB SATA WD,
    PSU
    600Watts
    Case
    GIGABYTE
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    GIGABYTE Volar CPU Cooler
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    Samsung Pleomax
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Well thats not a question to be answered.. Overclocking is on your own basis, and there is risks. but if your smart you will be ok.

We can't say yes or no to that. but you indeed have a great system with some serious potential.. I'm thinkin you could get that CPU easily to 3.4 GHz or even more. how long you had it.

whats the CPU cooler that you have. also can you take a picture of CPU-Z with the CPU at the actual speed. you can do that by disabling Speedstep and C1E in the BIOS. also take a picture of a program called CoreTemp.. so we can see your VID.. from there we can tell you what type of OC your likely to get.

ok?
 

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  • CPU
    Q9650 E0 4.0 GHz @1.304v
    Motherboard
    eVGA 750i FTW
    Memory
    2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA/MSI GTX 260 SLI
    Sound Card
    X-Fi XtremeGamer
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    Samsung T240 & 226BW
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    1920x1200 & 1680x1050
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    Seagate Cuda 500GB 32mb Cache SATA 7200.(11) + 500GB Seagate Cuda External eSATA, USB, FW400
    PSU
    PC P&C 750w Silencer PSU
    Case
    CoolerMaster HAF 932 (Water-Cooled)
    Cooling
    Plenty of Fans, and a few 230mm Fans
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    Logitech G11
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    Logitech MX-518
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    ASUS 20x Optical, Bose Companion 3, ATH-AD500 Cans :), Patriot Xporter 16GB Flash Drive (Very Fast), & Sandisk Micro 8GB.

    Nikon D40 DSLR with 18-105mm VR & 55-200mm VR
Hi,

Thanks xguntherc for the support :)
I did what you told me to, Here is the pictures

cpu1yp2.jpg


And about the CPU cooler, its GIGABYTE Volar 120mm Fan Voltage 12V, FanSpeed: 1.500 / 2.000 RPM, Here some pictures of it

Gigabyte-Volar-CPU-Cooler.jpg


Gigabyte_Volar.jpg


Here we go :)




pc3xp0.jpg

After installation




pc1pa4.jpg

Closer look to the PC components




CPU: Inter Core2Quad 2.4Ghz Q6600 not OCed yet.
Mobo: nFORCE 780i SLI
RAM: 2x2GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz
Graphics Card: 2x GeForce 9500GT SLI
HDD: 2x250GB Sata II HDD

Thanks again :)
 

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  • CPU
    Q6600 OCed till 3.3Ghz
    Motherboard
    Nvidia XFX nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    2X2GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz OCed @ 820Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    2xNvidia 9500 GT SLI OCed @ 730Mhz each.
    Sound Card
    Motherboard Built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22' LCD + 18.5 Wide Samsung LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 1050
    Hard Drives
    Internal 2x250 GB SATA II Maxtor,
    External 500GB SATA WD,
    PSU
    600Watts
    Case
    GIGABYTE
    Cooling
    GIGABYTE Volar CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Samsung Pleomax
    Mouse
    Prestigio
    Internet Speed
    2Mbps
NICE RIG!!! LightingSpeed11....

the Q6600 is quite clockable, the averages for this chip are between 3.2ghz - 3.6ghz

but Gunther is right!!
someone else's specs & final clocks will have no bearing on your OC, as every case is different.

i.e.
2 rigs with matching specs would still require different BIOS settings due to minute differences in the H/W itself!!

that's why there are so many OC settings to allow for these tiny variations

:)SK
 

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    ME.....
    CPU
    Q9450 @ 3.6ghz
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    P5K PREMIUM
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    8GB 1066mhz buffalo firestix
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    HD 5970
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    20'' syncmaster
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    1680x1050
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    160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA IDE
    160GB 7200RPM SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA 2
    PSU
    XCILIO 850w
    Case
    unknown ATX
    Cooling
    Arctic cooler pro 775
    Keyboard
    logitech EX110
    Mouse
    logitech cordless optical
    Internet Speed
    2mb
wow, thats a pretty sweet looking cooler. I'm wondering how it does cuz it's angled and gives air room to breathe.. plus go up pipes to cool. Those are decent temps I guess for only being at 2.4 GHz. but we'll see when you overclock it.

ok, let me explain. some enthusiasts believe that your VID will tell you how well you can overclock and usually they are right with that. Now when you took that picture of Core Temp you had C1E and Speedstep disabled in the BIOS right. if so then ur good. if not then it's wrong. but if you did it right. then 1.2750 is actually a great VID.. and better than I've seen in a while. basically the VID., yours being 1.2750 is the amount of Volts your CPU needs to have in order to run at it's default speed of 2.44 GHz. so yours uses 1.2750 at default. people with a VID of 1.3250 need that many volts to get the same speed of 2.44 GHz. (on the Q6600 anyways.) and when overclocking max voltage is a big part of it. so as you raise your speed, and your volts.. your that much lower 1.2750 vs 1.3250 then he is as you raise.. limit for ur said chip is 1.5v.. I'd stay under that if I was you. and thats only for really high speeds. I've seen people with Q6600's with a VID of 1.3550.. thats no good. thats a bad Overclocker. and I've seen some even as low as 1.2100 and those are great overclockers.

basically overclocking is mostly safe if your careful. understand it, and don't overvolt anything. and importantly keep your Temps down. a stable overclock is only concidered stable if at MAX load, the temps don't go above 65c.

ok, now for a general easy and with your VID, a reachable easily speed. then you can see what you wanna do from here. I just had a freind do this over the phone with your same board and chip and worked fine. and also get a program called Prime95, it's a stability test. you run it to make sure your OC is stable.

Try this to start. with that VID you should make it decently easy.

Go into BIOS, and go to the RAM, and voltage area, or system clocks.

Set the RAM to unlinked.. and manually set it to it's default speed of 800. and make sure it's getting the proper voltage the MFG requires.

So, first set RAM to unlinked and manually set to 800 MHz.
then change the fsb from 1066.. or whatever your Q6600 is running at. and change it to 1333 fsb. I think that will put you at 3.0 GHz. I can't member as I have the Q6700. so from there just change the FSB to 1333, or
i'd set it to 1425, and that will be somewhere around 3.2 GHz and you can probably do that on stock volts.. try boot the PC from there. if that gets a Blue screen that add a few volts.. like 1.40v but all are different.. I'd recommend reading some guides online.. look up 780i and Q6600 and I'm sure you'll find plenty.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q9650 E0 4.0 GHz @1.304v
    Motherboard
    eVGA 750i FTW
    Memory
    2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA/MSI GTX 260 SLI
    Sound Card
    X-Fi XtremeGamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T240 & 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200 & 1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Cuda 500GB 32mb Cache SATA 7200.(11) + 500GB Seagate Cuda External eSATA, USB, FW400
    PSU
    PC P&C 750w Silencer PSU
    Case
    CoolerMaster HAF 932 (Water-Cooled)
    Cooling
    Plenty of Fans, and a few 230mm Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11
    Mouse
    Logitech MX-518
    Other Info
    ASUS 20x Optical, Bose Companion 3, ATH-AD500 Cans :), Patriot Xporter 16GB Flash Drive (Very Fast), & Sandisk Micro 8GB.

    Nikon D40 DSLR with 18-105mm VR & 55-200mm VR
NICE RIG!!! LightingSpeed11....

the Q6600 is quite clockable, the averages for this chip are between 3.2ghz - 3.6ghz

but Gunther is right!!
someone else's specs & final clocks will have no bearing on your OC, as every case is different.

i.e.
2 rigs with matching specs would still require different BIOS settings due to minute differences in the H/W itself!!

that's why there are so many OC settings to allow for these tiny variations

:)SK

Thanks mate
Good to hear that is quite clockable
Thanks for the support ;)







wow, thats a pretty sweet looking cooler. I'm wondering how it does cuz it's angled and gives air room to breathe.. plus go up pipes to cool. Those are decent temps I guess for only being at 2.4 GHz. but we'll see when you overclock it.

ok, let me explain. some enthusiasts believe that your VID will tell you how well you can overclock and usually they are right with that. Now when you took that picture of Core Temp you had C1E and Speedstep disabled in the BIOS right. if so then ur good. if not then it's wrong. but if you did it right. then 1.2750 is actually a great VID.. and better than I've seen in a while. basically the VID., yours being 1.2750 is the amount of Volts your CPU needs to have in order to run at it's default speed of 2.44 GHz. so yours uses 1.2750 at default. people with a VID of 1.3250 need that many volts to get the same speed of 2.44 GHz. (on the Q6600 anyways.) and when overclocking max voltage is a big part of it. so as you raise your speed, and your volts.. your that much lower 1.2750 vs 1.3250 then he is as you raise.. limit for ur said chip is 1.5v.. I'd stay under that if I was you. and thats only for really high speeds. I've seen people with Q6600's with a VID of 1.3550.. thats no good. thats a bad Overclocker. and I've seen some even as low as 1.2100 and those are great overclockers.

basically overclocking is mostly safe if your careful. understand it, and don't overvolt anything. and importantly keep your Temps down. a stable overclock is only concidered stable if at MAX load, the temps don't go above 65c.

ok, now for a general easy and with your VID, a reachable easily speed. then you can see what you wanna do from here. I just had a freind do this over the phone with your same board and chip and worked fine. and also get a program called Prime95, it's a stability test. you run it to make sure your OC is stable.

Try this to start. with that VID you should make it decently easy.

Go into BIOS, and go to the RAM, and voltage area, or system clocks.

Set the RAM to unlinked.. and manually set it to it's default speed of 800. and make sure it's getting the proper voltage the MFG requires.

So, first set RAM to unlinked and manually set to 800 MHz.
then change the fsb from 1066.. or whatever your Q6600 is running at. and change it to 1333 fsb. I think that will put you at 3.0 GHz. I can't member as I have the Q6700. so from there just change the FSB to 1333, or
i'd set it to 1425, and that will be somewhere around 3.2 GHz and you can probably do that on stock volts.. try boot the PC from there. if that gets a Blue screen that add a few volts.. like 1.40v but all are different.. I'd recommend reading some guides online.. look up 780i and Q6600 and I'm sure you'll find plenty.

Thanks!
I owe you mate really, thanks for the great support!
I read and understand what you said, And I got few questions before starting anything. Just to make things clear VID is Video?
And about the temp, what is the safe limit like which I don't have to get over it.
"the temps don't go above 65c." So I don't go over 65c ?

PowerSupply is 600 watts is it good enough for OC?
And when I open some details viewer program such as CPU-Z It shows 400Mhz RAM speed, And some other programs shows 800Mhz.

"Now when you took that picture of Core Temp you had C1E and Speedstep disabled in the BIOS right."

Yeah both of them were disabled. Again thanks for the great support


Best regards
-Scott
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q6600 OCed till 3.3Ghz
    Motherboard
    Nvidia XFX nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    2X2GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz OCed @ 820Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    2xNvidia 9500 GT SLI OCed @ 730Mhz each.
    Sound Card
    Motherboard Built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22' LCD + 18.5 Wide Samsung LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 1050
    Hard Drives
    Internal 2x250 GB SATA II Maxtor,
    External 500GB SATA WD,
    PSU
    600Watts
    Case
    GIGABYTE
    Cooling
    GIGABYTE Volar CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Samsung Pleomax
    Mouse
    Prestigio
    Internet Speed
    2Mbps
OK.. here goes.. yes 600W is enough.

on that picture you posted of Core Temp. at the bottom it says VID that does not stand for video.. it stands for the amount of volts your CPU needs to run at it's default speed.. so in that picture under VID it says 1.2750.. thats a good VID. many would love to have that. VID MEANS.
VID technology, which is - Voltage Identification Digital. As far as I know this is a digital input that stabilizes the CPU voltage to a static value. and thus stabilizes a default voltage for what your CPU needs to run it's default speed. So say I have 2 Q6600's one with a VID like yours 1.2750. that CPU needs only 1.2750volts to run stable at it's default speed of 2.44 GHz. and then say I have another Q6600 with a VID of 1.3250 the second one needs 1.3250 volts to run at the same default speed as the first one of 2.44 GHz. so the first chip would be the better to have. as the lower the Voltage you need. the better. voltage is your enemy and adds to heat output.
does this make sense??

also yes.. when overclocking always have Core Temp running. I have it run at startup on my PC. so when you overclock.. after you set the speed, if the computer boots. and runs. then you always want to run a stability program like Orthos, or my personal favorite Prime95.. if it can pass that for a good few hours.. your good.. I'd just try 10 mins at a time just to make sure your stable.. and when you finally reach a speed you like. then do a longer test to make sure it's good. if you fail. simply keep trying different things. and ask for help. and at all during this.. while overclocking and running this stability test. it Maxes out your CPU to full 100% load on all 4 cores.. if they run like that for 30 mins straight. thats a full load and they get hot.. as long as no matter what the speed is. it stays under about 65c on FULL LOAD. then your ok. so if they max at 64c.. your good.

and for the RAM question.. your ram's default speed is 800 MHz.. in the BIOS it will show up as that. and you can set the speed to whatever you'd like. in CPU-Z it shows 400 MHz because the ram is running in "Dual Channel" mode. so 400 MHz x 2 = 800 MHz. make sense. :)

So. for overclocking. set RAM to unlinked.. (Otherwise it will increase along with the CPU, go way to fast and you could ruin the ram.)
So set it to unlinked. and manually set it to it's default speed of 800.. then change the CPU FSB to 1425 or something of that sort.. thats a decent start. and try setting the CPU voltage to 1.4v

then if thats stable.. slowly lower by smallest increments the BIOS allows on the CPU voltage.. until it becomes unstable again. then take it up one notch.. that way your using the least amount of core volts as possible..

make sense.. if you have other questions ask.. always ask before you try stuff.. just to be safe.. or read this. link. it's a little long. but if you wanna learn what your doing, instead of just punching in numbers.. this is one of the best things you can read. it really really helped me learn.

HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.1 - Overclockers Forums

Good Luck!
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    Q9650 E0 4.0 GHz @1.304v
    Motherboard
    eVGA 750i FTW
    Memory
    2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA/MSI GTX 260 SLI
    Sound Card
    X-Fi XtremeGamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T240 & 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200 & 1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Cuda 500GB 32mb Cache SATA 7200.(11) + 500GB Seagate Cuda External eSATA, USB, FW400
    PSU
    PC P&C 750w Silencer PSU
    Case
    CoolerMaster HAF 932 (Water-Cooled)
    Cooling
    Plenty of Fans, and a few 230mm Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11
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    Logitech MX-518
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    ASUS 20x Optical, Bose Companion 3, ATH-AD500 Cans :), Patriot Xporter 16GB Flash Drive (Very Fast), & Sandisk Micro 8GB.

    Nikon D40 DSLR with 18-105mm VR & 55-200mm VR
OK.. here goes.. yes 600W is enough.

on that picture you posted of Core Temp. at the bottom it says VID that does not stand for video.. it stands for the amount of volts your CPU needs to run at it's default speed.. so in that picture under VID it says 1.2750.. thats a good VID. many would love to have that. VID MEANS.
VID technology, which is - Voltage Identification Digital. As far as I know this is a digital input that stabilizes the CPU voltage to a static value. and thus stabilizes a default voltage for what your CPU needs to run it's default speed. So say I have 2 Q6600's one with a VID like yours 1.2750. that CPU needs only 1.2750volts to run stable at it's default speed of 2.44 GHz. and then say I have another Q6600 with a VID of 1.3250 the second one needs 1.3250 volts to run at the same default speed as the first one of 2.44 GHz. so the first chip would be the better to have. as the lower the Voltage you need. the better. voltage is your enemy and adds to heat output.
does this make sense??

Yeah I do understand now! thanks allot for the explanation :D


also yes.. when overclocking always have Core Temp running. I have it run at startup on my PC. so when you overclock.. after you set the speed, if the computer boots. and runs. then you always want to run a stability program like Orthos, or my personal favorite Prime95.. if it can pass that for a good few hours.. your good.. I'd just try 10 mins at a time just to make sure your stable.. and when you finally reach a speed you like. then do a longer test to make sure it's good. if you fail. simply keep trying different things. and ask for help. and at all during this.. while overclocking and running this stability test. it Maxes out your CPU to full 100% load on all 4 cores.. if they run like that for 30 mins straight. thats a full load and they get hot.. as long as no matter what the speed is. it stays under about 65c on FULL LOAD. then your ok. so if they max at 64c.. your good.

understood !

and for the RAM question.. your ram's default speed is 800 MHz.. in the BIOS it will show up as that. and you can set the speed to whatever you'd like. in CPU-Z it shows 400 MHz because the ram is running in "Dual Channel" mode. so 400 MHz x 2 = 800 MHz. make sense. :)

So. for overclocking. set RAM to unlinked.. (Otherwise it will increase along with the CPU, go way to fast and you could ruin the ram.)
So set it to unlinked. and manually set it to it's default speed of 800.. then change the CPU FSB to 1425 or something of that sort.. thats a decent start. and try setting the CPU voltage to 1.4v

then if thats stable.. slowly lower by smallest increments the BIOS allows on the CPU voltage.. until it becomes unstable again. then take it up one notch.. that way your using the least amount of core volts as possible..

make sense.. if you have other questions ask.. always ask before you try stuff.. just to be safe.. or read this. link. it's a little long. but if you wanna learn what your doing, instead of just punching in numbers.. this is one of the best things you can read. it really really helped me learn.

HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.1 - Overclockers Forums

Good Luck!

Thanks allot mate! im sorry that i wasnt understanding fast enough wanted to make sure of everything before starting! :D

Oki so I do understand and I made my first test.
I went to BIOS and make it Unlinked and made it 3.0Ghz now , and I was going to make RAM 850MHz or shall I don't paly with rams speed?

This is pictuer after testing :D

ocing1ro0.jpg



And all the thanks for you . so I will do the other tests you told me to. if its stable I shall go 3.2Ghz?

Thanks so much again for the huge support couldn't do it without you :geek:
 

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  • CPU
    Q6600 OCed till 3.3Ghz
    Motherboard
    Nvidia XFX nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    2X2GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz OCed @ 820Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    2xNvidia 9500 GT SLI OCed @ 730Mhz each.
    Sound Card
    Motherboard Built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22' LCD + 18.5 Wide Samsung LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 1050
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    Internal 2x250 GB SATA II Maxtor,
    External 500GB SATA WD,
    PSU
    600Watts
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    GIGABYTE
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    Samsung Pleomax
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    Prestigio
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Oki some updates
I tried going to 3.15Ghz and the result was.

ocing2tk6.jpg


Yeah when you said about making a space to make the CPU cooler to breath. I changed the case door into this.

pc6wg2.jpg


So it could suck air from outside the case :)
 

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  • CPU
    Q6600 OCed till 3.3Ghz
    Motherboard
    Nvidia XFX nForce 780i SLI
    Memory
    2X2GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz OCed @ 820Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    2xNvidia 9500 GT SLI OCed @ 730Mhz each.
    Sound Card
    Motherboard Built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22' LCD + 18.5 Wide Samsung LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 1050
    Hard Drives
    Internal 2x250 GB SATA II Maxtor,
    External 500GB SATA WD,
    PSU
    600Watts
    Case
    GIGABYTE
    Cooling
    GIGABYTE Volar CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Samsung Pleomax
    Mouse
    Prestigio
    Internet Speed
    2Mbps
There ya go.. Good man!

3.15 GHz with temps of about 40c idle is pretty decent.. it should be a little less as I get those on 3.6 GHz .but I also have a better cooler than yours. but either way those are good enough.

I'd like you to run something like Prime95 to check stability like you said you would. and give it a good at least 15 mins. and hopefully you don't get any errors. I'm thinkin you'll be ok and it will run fine. but what I want you to do. is run it for about 15 mins. and then look at your temps. I'd stay and watch just in case. I'm pretty sure your cooler will handle the job. but the Max load temps are more important than the idle temps. so even though your fine with temps around 40c.. you'll need to watch the load temps while running Prime95. and as long as they stay under 65c your fine. I'm interested to see how your Cooler handles the stress actually.

So, good job. well done. your welcome. there's something else though.
as far as your question about setting the ram to 850.. personally setting my ram from 800 to 1066.. didn't do ANYTHING. other than raise my score in WEI from 5.7 to 5.9 and that doesn't really matter at all.. do you know what that is. the WEI.

Oh and don't try to put your ram to 1066 either.. it probably wont work. mine's actually 1066 ram. but I run it at 800 because it makes my OC more stable. yours could probably do 850 if you tried.. but theres really no reason to at all. But if you could tell me what ones you have. like a link to the actual ones you have. I could tell you more. as theres tons of corsair memory.. are yours Dominators?

So ya, leave the RAM on 800, and try a Prime95 test to check full load temps. oh and one more thing.

I see in your CPU-Z shots that both of those overclocks are working with 1.400volts.. is that what you set it to in the BIOS. did you set it to 1.4v. that was my suggestion. but I'm actually pretty sure you could use less than that.

Before you try to do to much.. you need to get the voltage figured out a little bit, all are different. so I can't say what actually to do. but basically do this. either do it now, or do it after you get to 3.2 GHz.

If you do it now, do this. leave it at the 3.15 GHz that your at now.. and leave the speed the same. yet go into the BIOS. and change the voltage to lets say 1.35v or something in that area.. then go ahead and boot up the system.. if it boots, then thats good. if it crashes, then that means you need more voltage and maybe go up a little higher. but I'm pretty sure it can boot at 1.35v. so try that. and if it boots and works.. then run Prime95 and see if it goes without error. if you get errors let me know..

Get all that. lets recap. Leave ram to 800, do a max load test to see full load temps. and also try lowering your voltage and seeing how low you can go. the lower the better. and lower will actually possible make the temps lower at the same speeds also. cuz less volts will be less heat.

good luck and let me know how it goes.

Congrats on OC'n your nice system to be even faster!

edit* sorry this is sooo long.. lol. I'm a talker, or a typer!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q9650 E0 4.0 GHz @1.304v
    Motherboard
    eVGA 750i FTW
    Memory
    2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA/MSI GTX 260 SLI
    Sound Card
    X-Fi XtremeGamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T240 & 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200 & 1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Cuda 500GB 32mb Cache SATA 7200.(11) + 500GB Seagate Cuda External eSATA, USB, FW400
    PSU
    PC P&C 750w Silencer PSU
    Case
    CoolerMaster HAF 932 (Water-Cooled)
    Cooling
    Plenty of Fans, and a few 230mm Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11
    Mouse
    Logitech MX-518
    Other Info
    ASUS 20x Optical, Bose Companion 3, ATH-AD500 Cans :), Patriot Xporter 16GB Flash Drive (Very Fast), & Sandisk Micro 8GB.

    Nikon D40 DSLR with 18-105mm VR & 55-200mm VR
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