Want to overclock my new build! (I'm new)

[Ravenas]

Also, my machine seems to be running alot more stable at 2.66 GHz

 

[Mussels]

My advice would be aim for a low OC, even 3GHz. just get what you can out of it now (particularly out of the memory as well) to hold you over until a new bios comes out.

 

[Ravenas]

So far it's been running very smooth at 2.66 GHz OC. However, I was wanting to know what I can do to make my memory run faster with OC? Anyhow, any advice is very appreciated!

 

[Mussels]

you could try running the memory in 1T mode for a big performance boost, however the odds are fairly low on that working with DDR2

 

[Ravenas]

So other than that, I can just increase the memory's frequency and the timings?

 

[kenjin]

i have OCZ SLI ready memory DDR2 1066 EPP ready. i have it Clock it at 900mhz with 4-4-4-8 1T timming. at 2.68volt. still not done with it yet. when i get home tonight i'm going to try to raise the Mhz a little more or tight the timming more. but so far is running stable at this timming.

 

[Ravenas]

What is your ram's stock specs?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I have Geil ultra RAM DDR2 800 running at 903 4-4-4-4-5@2t stock is DDR2 800 4-4-4-4-12 2t
I am running 2.1v. Have you set your timings different yet?If not the only way to do it is lower them and run memtest for a few hrs or overnight.Just keep doing that till you get errors and you are at the voltage you feel safe with. That is if you want it stable.

 

[Ravenas]

As of right now, my timings are..

900 @

4-4-4-12 1T

.275 volts added

 

[Ravenas]

Well it stayed stable for a while at 320fsb when I uped my fsb voltage. However, eventually it crashed again!

 

[Ravenas]

I have tried for 2 hours to get a stable OC over 318 fsb with a 9x multiplier.. Still no luck, release a BIOS update Gigabyte!

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Every time i update my BIOS i get less of an overclock.Maybe it is just my luck.

 

[Ravenas]

This just saddens me!

q6600/GA-N680SLI-DQ6 overclocking sorrows.

 

[trt740]

Evga 680I t1 and 680I a1 boards overclock quads much better than the 680I board you have because unlike yours they were designed with a better power phase system, you are going to be lucky if you hit 2.9 ghz with a b3 stepping chip a G0 chip might have gotten you to 3.0. I see you keep posting 680I boards won't overclock a quad which is untrue It depends on the revision. A bios update won't help you the original 680I boards are physically different than the new ones. Sell it and buy a e6850 because your version was designed to oc a dual not a quad and you will hit 4.0ghz atleast.Your board with a dual will hit a 475+ FSB.

 

[Ravenas]

Actually I've read that the stepping hasn't effected the OC that much on the q6600 (though I may need to do some more homework); however, stepping does effect temperatures dramatically. On the otherhand, 680i boards actually do have a plague of problems with this processor. The eVGA boards you mention are a small selection of 680i mobos.

EDIT: What I have read is that...The stepping has a direct effect on how much voltage the cpu will need in order to be OCed. With that said, my mobo supports lots of high voltage settings.

 

[Ravenas]

I managed to reach that 320fsb with a 2.88 GHz OC; running good. Going to go mess with the vcore. I'll keep you guys updated!

 

[Chewy]

Sell it and buy a e6850 because your version was designed to oc a dual not a quad and you will hit 4.0ghz atleast.Your board with a dual will hit a 475+ FSB.

shit sorry to hear that but I thin you should eventually do what he said.. or try selling the mobo since it dont like quads... 2.9ghz aint bad it will do ya for a while, but it might bottleneck nexted gen dx10 cards. (8900's or 9800's whatever thier going to be called).

 

[Mussels]

G0's OC better because of the low temps.

THe B3 Q6600 OC'd high, but it needed water/TEC to get those clocks, the G0 manages the 200-300MHz higher at the same temps, thats it.

680i boards hit an FSB wall with G0's, its a bit annoying.

Myself, the Q6600 G0 is the highest my mobo can take (Cant take E6850/quad 1333 FSB chips) so i've ordered one, should be due very soon

 

[Ravenas]

As far as B3 stepping goes, pretty much speaks for itself. I'm not sure if that's awful or good. I'm going to try some lower voltages as well.

 

[Ravenas]

As far as B3 stepping goes, pretty much speaks for itself. I'm not sure if that's awful or good. I'm going to try some lower voltages as well.

 

[trt740]

Actually I've read that the stepping hasn't effected the OC that much on the q6600 (though I may need to do some more homework); however, stepping does effect temperatures dramatically. On the otherhand, 680i boards actually do have a plague of problems with this processor. The eVGA boards you mention are a small selection of 680i mobos.

EDIT: What I have read is that...The stepping has a direct effect on how much voltage the cpu will need in order to be OCed. With that said, my mobo supports lots of high voltage settings.

No you are wrong all the 680I board are made by and at Nvidia. They are just marketed and dressed with different types of fans, heatpipes etc by the seller like EVGA, Asus, GiGabyte and each company can write or tweak the bios but phyically they are the exactly the same with very minor cosmetic changes made by the seller. The original design was flawed and had to be revised by Nvidia. Not just Evga's boards but all the orginal 680I designs and revisions. Your board is one of those boards. I know this because the newer 680I boards will take a B3 stepping chip to 3.3ghz on average and will take a G0stepping to 3.6ghz or higher. The older boards can make it to 2.9ghz on average just like yours. Nvidia remade the reference boards and if your box and manual doesn't say supports Quad core overclocking it doesn't. The newer 680I boards are physically different than the older revisions. Keep beating your head against the wall your board will not go any higher with that chip. Call Gigabyte and you will see.

 

[trt740]

G0's OC better because of the low temps.

THe B3 Q6600 OC'd high, but it needed water/TEC to get those clocks, the G0 manages the 200-300MHz higher at the same temps, thats it.

680i boards hit an FSB wall with G0's, its a bit annoying.

Myself, the Q6600 G0 is the highest my mobo can take (Cant take E6850/quad 1333 FSB chips) so i've ordered one, should be due very soon

Where did you get that info that 680I boards hit a wall with G0 stepping chips? They without a doubt do not. Unless you think 475 to 521 FSB is a wall.

 

[trt740]

G0's OC better because of the low temps.

THe B3 Q6600 OC'd high, but it needed water/TEC to get those clocks, the G0 manages the 200-300MHz higher at the same temps, thats it.

680i boards hit an FSB wall with G0's, its a bit annoying.

Myself, the Q6600 G0 is the highest my mobo can take (Cant take E6850/quad 1333 FSB chips) so i've ordered one, should be due very soon

Your board will do over 520 FSB with a G0 stepping dual core chip. I'm not sure what your talking about. It is reguarded as one of the best overclockers made and is a hybrid of a 590 chipset and a 680I chipsets. It is actually slightly inferior to a true 680i board but is a straight monster overclocker. If thats the case why would you say a 680I would hit a wall with a G0 stepping chip because it won't. The newer revisions are second really to only the p35 chipsets.

It looks to me like it supports G0 stepping e6850and Quads chips aswell

P5N-E SLI from Asus web page.

Specification

CPU LGA775 Socket Intel® Quad-Core/CoreTM Extreme/Pentium D /Pentium 4/Celeron CPU processorsCompatible with Intel® 06/05A/05B processors
Intel® EIST/EM64T/Hyper-Threading Technology/C1E/ TM1/TM2Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU
* Please update the latest BIOS to support Intel 45nm CPU

Chipset NVIDIA nForce® 650i SLITM
Front Side Bus **1333/1066/800/533MHz
(** available when CPUs are ready for 1333MHz FSB)
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support up to 8GB DDR2 800/667/533
non-ECC/ Unbuffered memory
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16
- Single VGA mode: x16 (Default)
- SLI mode: x8, x8
1 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI (PCI 2.2)

Storage - 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33
- 4 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s
- Support RAID0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD
- 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s (SATA On-the-Go)
LAN Gigabit LAN featuring AI Net2
Marvell 88E1116 PHY

Audio Realtek ALC883 6-channel CODEC
Audio Sensing and Enumeration Technology
Multi-Streaming
1 X Coaxial S/PDIF out ports on back I/O

IEEE 1394 Supports 2 IEEE 1394a connector onboard (1 in back + 1 on board)
USB Supports up 8 USB2.0 ports
Overclocking Features - AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
- ASUS CPU Lock Free
- Precision Tweaker:
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 6.25mv increment
max. 1.6V
- vChip: 4-step Chip voltage control
adjust Chip voltage max. 0.55V
- vDIMM: 8-step DRAM voltage control
adjust DRAM voltage max. 0.6V
- SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 750MHz at 1MHz increment
- PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 131MHz at 1MHz increment
- CPU Multiplier
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Special Features ASUS Q-Connector
ASUS O.C. Profile
ASUS Fanless Design
ASUS PC Probe2
ASUS Q-Fan2
ASUS MyLogo2
ASUS Update
BIOS 4 Mb Flash ROM, AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
ASUS EZ Flash 2,ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
Manageability WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0 , WOR by Ring ,
WOL/WOR by PME, WO USB/KB/MS, PXE, RPL & AI Net2
Internal I/O Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX Power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
1 x Chassis Intrusion
1 x CPU + 2 Chassis FAN connectors
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x CD audio in connector
1 x 1394a connector
2 x USB connector supports additional 4 USB ports
1 x Front panel connector (AAFP)
System panel connector
1 x COM Port connector
1 x S/PDIF out connector
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x Parallel port
1 x 1394a connector
1 x S/PDIF Out port (Coaxial)
1 x PS/2 Keyboard port (purple)
1 x PS/2 Mouse port (green)
1 x LAN(RJ-45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 port
1 x External SATA
6-Channel Audio I/O port
Accessories 1 x SLI bridge
1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit (Retail version only)
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x FDDe cable
2 x SATA cables
2 x SATA power cable
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x I/O Shield
User's manual
O/S Compatibility Windows Vista/XP
Support CD Drivers
ASUS Update
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS PC Probe II
NVIDIA RIS (Remote Installation Service) application
Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 12”x 9”(30.5cm x 22.9cm)

 

[Mussels]

It looks to me like it supports G0 stepping e6850and Quads chips aswell

P5N-E SLI from Asus web page.

I've got that board. i've tested and researched it. It boots a quad G0, but 3GHz is about its limit, 3.1Ghz while prime/orthos stable, generally wont start up on a reboot.

All these boards (650i and 680i FIRST REVISION) will BOOT a quad, but NOT overclock them.

Oh and if you look further in, it can take G0 1066 FSB (like i have) or dual core 1333 FSB, excluding the E6850. (Go to the CPU support page, and the E6850 is missing. E6750 is the highest 1333 Dual supported)
This board has very spotty support, the P5n32-E SLI has the entire range covered.

 

[trt740]

I've got that board. i've tested and researched it. It boots a quad G0, but 3GHz is about its limit, 3.1Ghz while prime/orthos stable, generally wont start up on a reboot.

All these boards (650i and 680i FIRST REVISION) will BOOT a quad, but NOT overclock them.

Oh and if you look further in, it can take G0 1066 FSB (like i have) or dual core 1333 FSB, excluding the E6850.
This board has very spotty support, the P5n32-E SLI has the entire range covered.

That is all bios related the e6850 is not physically different than a e6700 all they did was dropped the multiplier from 10 to 9 and upped the FSB from 1066 to 1333. They are a better binned chips but they are not physically different. I bet if you put a e6850 in that board and set the FSB to 9x1333 it would work just fine. It might not identify it correctly but it would work. Tatty one has one and is putting a e6850 in it today.