Starting an OC

[dedgar]

Ok, I'm starting to OC this F@H set up:
E6600 w/ Gemin II + 2X120mm fans
GA-965P-DS3 (not positive about the Rev.)
A-Data DDR2 800 (2x512mb)
The rest is recycled stuff that shouldn't be of interest for the OC.

I have this memory on another board and CPU-Z tells me the stuff is 5-5-5-18-2T.

To start, in BIOS, I set the following:
CPU Clock ratio: 7X
CPU Host Freq: 400
PCI Express Freq: 100
Sys Mem Mult: 2.5

I believe that gives me 2.8 ghz on the cpu. But I am unsure about what the memory is running at.

Now this system is running Ubuntu so CPU-Z is not going to work. I have it running F@H SMP at the moment. The temps have stabilized at 42C according to gkrellm.

Question, can someone tell me what the memory is running at and should I set the Sys Mem Mult to another value?

[Yellowhello]

From the information you have given me, I can see ti's running at 1000MHZ, which is a pretty good OC IMO.

[dedgar]

Yeah, figured it out about 3 hrs later. I backed off the memory and bumped the cpu again.
Any one know of stress tests that run under Linux? I've just been using F@H SMP since that's all I know of.

E6600 Latest settings:
3.2ghz (8x400)
Memory @ 900
Temp. 40C
Voltages @ stock settings

[gvblake22]

WOW, 3.2GHz on stock voltage is very good, especially with temps like that! Is that temperature at idle or load? Have you run some stability tests and benchmarks to make sure it is stable?

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by gvblake22

WOW, 3.2GHz on stock voltage is very good, especially with temps like that! Is that temperature at idle or load? Have you run some stability tests and benchmarks to make sure it is stable?

Yeah, thats what he's asking... he's running Linux, so I'm not sure how you would stress it...

[dedgar]

I was running the linux version of F@H SMP. That puts a good load on the CPU. I had 1 shutdown I couldn't attribute to anything. I figured a voltage bump would be what was needed. It is now at 1.375V.
I also took the settings to a slightly different number.
cpu 3.22ghz (7 X 460)
memory @ 920 with stock voltage
temps 44-45C running SMP both cores 100% (Gemin II + 2 120mm fans)
I also have a E6320 running these same settings with a Zalman 9500 and temps are only about 1C more
Gonna do my Q6600 as soon as the Gemin II and fans I ordered yesterday get here.

[gvblake22]

Awesome dedgar, looks like you've got a great setup there!

[dedgar]

More 'tweaks' are in the offing. Gonna try to get all to 3.6ghz.

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by dedgar

More 'tweaks' are in the offing. Gonna try to get all to 3.6ghz.

If you can get 3.6 on air that would be amazing! I can barely get 3.0GHz on water...

[Dr. V]

For future reference:

Memory frequency (speed) = FSB x (multiplied by) RAM multiplier.

And - really nice results!