Overclocking

Sandino · Overclocking

Mobo: Asus P5B, P965, Socket-775, ATX, GbLAN, 6xSATAII, PCI-Ex16
ram: Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 Kit w/two matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's
and a E6400

According to CPUZ I got a mulitplier x6 and bus speed 266,9
But according to SIW my mulitplier is 8.

Hm my temps are also quite high...

Q: Is my e6400 @ 1601.1Ghz or @ 2135Ghz.
Q: Should I buy a CPU cooler for overclocking?

[TFL]BigBANGtheory

Intel E6400 Facts (using default settings/speeds)

Codename: Conroe Clock Speed: 2133 MHz
FSB: 266 MHz Multiplier: 8x
Package: FC-LGA6 Socket: 775
Process Size: 65nm Voltage: 1.34 V
Transistor count: 167M TDP: 65 W
# of cores: 2 SMP # CPUs: 1
Cache L1: 64 KB Cache L2: 2048 KB
Cache L3: 0 KB Die size: 111 mm²
Released: July 27, 2006 Part #: SL9S9
Features: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, HT, EIST, EM64T, iAMT2, Intel Virtualization Technology

So unless you have 'under-clocked it' which is quite possible from your motherboard BIOS I would say Cpu-Z is telling lies.

You need an advanced CPU cooler for high overclocks, you dont need one for modest overclocks e.g. expect up to 25% better results

Personally I would use one as they aren't that expensive.

Watercooling is best IF you get a quality setup.

For Air cooling you want to get either:

Tuniq Tower 120 <------ I've just bought one
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme

Sandino

Yeah I just checked the bios and its @ 2133 MHz.

I just want to OC it to 2.664 Ghz. Gonne read some reviews of the Tuniq Tower 120.

[TFL]Tank0

if it fails you can always use your comp for other things

Sandino

LOL tank0

[TFL]bclaytz

lol nice tanky :-D

Sandino

Ok im going for a Noctua NH-U12F
http://prisguide.hardware.no/product.php?productId=62385

Now when I remove the old boxed e6400 fan should just use the old thermal paste/ old+the new that came with the Noc or remove the old thermal paste and use the new paste that came with the Noc?

And how should I remove the old paste? with Arctic Silver ArtiClean 1 & 2 or somthing like that product?

[TFL]Tank0

use the one recommended by the manufactors

not sure how to remove , wipe clean but be carefull , to much coolpaste will cause evil contact frying your cpu . products can help but since i never used the ones you mentionned i can't really give an advice

to few and bye bye comp

i wouldnt recommend you doing it if you haven't done it before . i ve seen students fry 3 expensive cpu's in 15 minutes when i worked for a comp store once .

ask someone who build comps , better to pay a compstore or ask a mate then paying for a new processor .

trust me i learned it the hard way . i had to buy my mate a new processor , thats why i now refuse to do it for anybody else

[TFL]Temmu

i saw a moron fry a cpu in a 4000$ computer because he was a moron... overclocked to much

[TFL]BigBANGtheory

Well look if you are only aimng at 2.66Ghz you could spit on the CPU and it would still work

Technically the best solution is to clean the thermal compound off, 'lap' both surfaces of CPU & HS, then apply Artic Silver.

Sandino

Hm I think im gonna wait a year before I oC . I dont really need more than 2.1 atm.