Simviation Forum - overclocking new rig memory question?

Nov 24^th, 2007 at 2:03pm

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Getting new pc next week and iam going to do a bit of tweaking, what is the highest/safest level i could overclock? will this give me a noticable boost in fps in fsx? Also anyone got this cpu/motherboard/memory, will i be able to run the memory at 1066mhz and will this increase if i increase the fsb on cpu?

Intel q6600 cpu Tuniq T-120 cpu cooler
Abit I35pro motherboard
4Gb Corsair TwinX DDR2 XSM2 Dominator, PC8500, 1066mhz
Asus 8800 Ultra 768mb
Vista Home basic 64bit Edition
500gb HD

q6600 OC 3.6ghz&&8800 ultra&&4gb 8500 dominator 1066mhz abit i35pro&&&&&&&&

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Reply #1 - Nov 24^th, 2007 at 5:48pm

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MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEFORE YOU OVERCLOCK. It's pretty hard to destroy your hardware if you know what you are doing, but if you just start messing with things, you could fry something quite easily. Check out the Abit forums for your motherboard about how to overclock using your hardware.

I overclocked my q6600 to 3 GHz and it's rock solid, but I know I can get it higher. I had it up to 3.6 GHz on air and I didn't get it above 55°C, so if I take some time to mess with voltages and memory, I think I could get it stable at 3.6. But it also depends on your motherboard. I've got an eVGA 680i SLI and it was really easy to overclock with it, but make sure you know what you are doing.

Here's the Abit forum for the US: http://forum.uabit.com/

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Reply #2 - Nov 24^th, 2007 at 10:05pm

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dean_8486 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2007 at 2:03pm:

Also anyone got this cpu/motherboard/memory, will i be able to run the memory at 1066mhz and will this increase if i increase the fsb on cpu?

The memory will run at whatever you set it at if it's in range of the modules.

I would set 400mhz FSB speed with the ram/fsb ratio to 1:1, giving a cpu speed of 3.2ghz and 800mhz ram, then start working up from there.

I just clocked an E6750 on an IP35 to 3.4ghz with stock cooling and voltages. The IP35 has some issues that are not present on the IP35 pro however, make sure you get the pro model. The IP35 I used was a difficult board to set up, (incorrect readings in bios and software) as the ram I used needed to be set manually, SPD wouldn't configure a stable setting.

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #3 - Feb 11^th, 2008 at 3:46pm

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Yes - overclockingg will boost FSX performance - probably a lot.

The art of overclocking is to find a sweet point in the settings = WHICH WILL NOT BE THE FASTEST POINT - but will maintain stability and freedom from crashes etc. It often is just at the point where any faster makes the tempretures jump up.

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Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2008 at 3:47pm

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volunteer wrote on Feb 11^th, 2008 at 3:46pm:

Yes - overclockingg will boost FSX performance - probably a lot.

The art of overclocking is to find a sweet point in the settings = WHICH WILL NOT BE THE FASTEST POINT - but will maintain stability and freedom from crashes etc. It often is just at the point where any faster makes the tempretures jump up.

You can tighten the timings - but it won't do much

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Reply #5 - Feb 12^th, 2008 at 4:08am

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3ghz should be reachable on your CPU with a decent cooler (remember quads run hotter than duals) so get the best air cooler you can, usually the tower types with 12can fans are the best. Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) is a excellent CPU cooler.

Don't forget adequate case cooling, ie a Sugo might be cute and small, but it has lousy case ventilation. A Antec 900 or Coolermaster Stacker on the other hand..

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Reply #6 - Feb 15^th, 2008 at 4:10pm

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I took the side panel off my case and cut two holes in it with scisors and installed two 10cm fans - took no time at all. Controlled temps much better. You can stick little fans anywhere with a bit of double sided sticky pads. So temps can be tamed easily.

In my rig overclock to 3400 is cool - but go to 3600 and temps go up ten degrees and the computer easily freezes. I have tightened all the memory timings - but this has only a small effect on performance.

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