Overlcocking with intel

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Crash867

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I really don't know how to overclock my Intel CPU but I really need that extra power so my pc can run games like Warframe at higher resolutions. Yes I know there are tons of guides and setups but none have my pc rig and they are just too complicated for a guy like me to even begin to understand.

So my question is how do I overclock my CPU, my GPU was easy as I used MSI afterburner but my CPU didn't come with any program like this and many people say it shortens you CPU lifespand and some things about heat sync and bus rates, and so on and so on. Just trying to understand it gave me a headache.

So my specs are:
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Cores 2
Threads 2
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Code Name Conroe
Package Socket 775 LGA
Technology 65nm
Specification Intel Core2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
Family 6
Extended Family 6
Model F
Extended Model F
Stepping B
Revision G0
Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Intel 64, NX, VMX
Virtualization Supported, Enabled
Hyperthreading Not supported
Fan Speed 1591 RPM
Bus Speed 340.0 MHz
Rated Bus Speed 1359.9 MHz
Stock Core Speed 2666 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 333 MHz
Average Temperature 38 °C
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size 2 x 32 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache Size 2 x 32 KBytes
L2 Unified Cache Size 4096 KBytes

Memory slots
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 1024 MBytes
Channels # Single
DRAM Frequency 544.0 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 7 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 7 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 7 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 20 clocks
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 70 %
Total Physical MB
Available Physical 300 MB
Total Virtual 2.90 GB
Available Virtual 2.33 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 1
Slot #1

Motherboard
Manufacturer FOXCONN
Model G41MXE/G41MXE-K (Socket775)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model G41
Chipset Revision A3
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801GB (ICH7/R)
Southbridge Revision A1
System Temperature 32 °C
BIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version 080015
Date 2010/05/11
Voltage
CPU CORE 1.152 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 1.648 V
+3.3V 3.056 V
+5V 5.053 V
+12V 13.504 V
-12V (8.640) V
-5V (8.640) V
+5V HIGH THRESHOLD 5.000 V
CMOS BATTERY 3.088 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI2
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation PCIE1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Bus Width 64 bit
Slot Designation PCIE2
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 3

Sorry if this is too much info I don't know what would be needed to help me so I just copied everything from Speccy and pasted it:)
 
I'm not familiar with overclocking that cpu but I'm sure you'll find the answer on overclock.net
 
Ok, in your bios under CPU or OC settings you should be able to adjust the multiplier or the FSB for instance:

339.95 is your FSB and the other number is your multiplier.

339.95 X 6 = 2039.70MHZ -> Speed step technology

339.95 X 8 = 2660MHZ -> Full speed

Now this is how OC will work

If you can adjust the FSB

400 X 8 = 3200MHZ

420 X 8 = 3360MHZ

and so on.

If you can adjust the multiplier:

339.95 X 9 = 3059MHZ

339.95 X 12 = 3399MHZ (I would consider this the max on stock cooling)




Once done, download and run Prime 95 and stress for a few hours if temps are under 80 then its fine.

I recommend you reapply the thermal paste if its old (GPU and CPU)
 
Rickster said:
Ok, in your bios under CPU or OC settings you should be able to adjust the multiplier or the FSB for instance:

339.95 is your FSB and the other number is your multiplier.

339.95 X 6 = 2039.70MHZ -> Speed step technology

339.95 X 8 = 2660MHZ -> Full speed

Now this is how OC will work

If you can adjust the FSB

400 X 8 = 3200MHZ

420 X 8 = 3360MHZ

and so on.

If you can adjust the multiplier:

339.95 X 9 = 3059MHZ

339.95 X 12 = 3399MHZ (I would consider this the max on stock cooling)




Once done, download and run Prime 95 and stress for a few hours if temps are under 80 then its fine.

I recommend you reapply the thermal paste if its old (GPU and CPU)
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Okay I don't know what is FSB or the multiplier but it seems that if I overclock I shouldn't go higher than 3.3GHZ which seems quite high considering its like .7GHZ higher.

I have prime95 but I don't know where to adjust the FSB and multiplier settings
 
Crash867 said:
Okay I don't know what is FSB or the multiplier but it seems that if I overclock I shouldn't go higher than 3.3GHZ which seems quite high considering its like .7GHZ higher.

I have prime95 but I don't know where to adjust the FSB and multiplier settings
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In your BIOS
 
Rickster said:
In your BIOS
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I rebooted my PC then tapped 'delete' to enter the BIOS menu. I had to go to I think it was advanced chip-set features or Foxconn control unit and I found my CPU clock thing at 333. I pushed it till 400 and pressed F10. A few seconds delay and a screen with American Megatrends appeared and at the bottom it said that current CPU something doesn't allow system system stability or something along those lines.
So I went back into the BIOS and pushed the amount from 333 to 360 but a few seconds later I got the same error.

Did I do something wrong or do I have to update my BIOS?
 
My bios is:
American Megatrends Inc. 080015, 2010/05/11

Should I upgrade or does anyone else use this also?

Edit: Just bumbped up the 333 value to around 336 or 337 and according to Speccy the cores are fluctuating and the fsb thing is 6.0. CPU Z also shows fluctuation.

Core 0 2008.8 MHz x 6.0 334.8 MHz 1339.2 MHz 39 °C APIC ID: 0
Core 1 2008.8 MHz x 6.0 334.8 MHz 1339.2 MHz 38 °C APIC ID: 1

Core 0 2008.8 MHz x 6.0 334.8 MHz 1339.2 MHz 38 °C APIC ID: 0
Core 1 2678.4 MHz x 8.0 334.8 MHz 1339.2 MHz 38 °C APIC ID: 1


Cpu Z gave the following( I can upload the rest of the .txt file if you want)

CPU-Z TXT Report
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Binaries
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU-Z version 1.69.0.x32

Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

APICs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1

Timers
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 2678.360 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz
BCLK timer 1349.56 MHz


Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Codename Conroe
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x0)
CPUID 6.F.B
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping G0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 2008.8 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 6.0 x 334.8 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1339.2 MHz
Stock frequency 2666 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 8.0x
Max VID 1.350 V




Thread dumps
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 01008001h
Max CPUID level 0000000Ah
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s)

CPUID
0x00000000 0x0000000A 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x000006FB 0x00020800 0x0000E3FD 0xBFEBFBFF
0x00000002 0x05B0B101 0x005657F0 0x00000000 0x2CB43049
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x04000121 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04000122 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04004143 0x03C0003F 0x00000FFF 0x00000001
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000003 0x00000220
0x00000006 0x00000001 0x00000002 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x00000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000008 0x00000400 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000A 0x07280202 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000503
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x65746E49 0x2952286C 0x726F4320 0x4D542865
0x80000003 0x44203229 0x43206F75 0x20205550 0x45202020
0x80000004 0x30353736 0x20402020 0x36362E32 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x10008040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00900
MSR 0x0000003A 0x00000000 0x00000005
MSR 0x00000017 0x00000000 0x8800882A
MSR 0x0000003F 0x00000000 0x000000EA
MSR 0x000000CE 0x001D082A 0x7F7F071A
MSR 0x000001A0 0x00000040 0x62972489
MSR 0x000000EE 0xA8000000 0xC37D5300
MSR 0x0000011E 0x00000000 0xBE702109
MSR 0x000000CD 0x00000000 0x00000804
MSR 0x0000019C 0x00000000 0x883C0000
MSR 0x00000198 0x082A082A 0x0600082A
MSR 0x00000199 0x00000000 0x0000082A

CPU Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0
Type 01008001h
Max CPUID level 0000000Ah
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 4 MB, 2 thread(s)

CPUID
0x00000000 0x0000000A 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x000006FB 0x01020800 0x0000E3FD 0xBFEBFBFF
0x00000002 0x05B0B101 0x005657F0 0x00000000 0x2CB43049
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x04000121 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04000122 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04004143 0x03C0003F 0x00000FFF 0x00000001
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000003 0x00000220
0x00000006 0x00000001 0x00000002 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x00000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000008 0x00000400 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000A 0x07280202 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000503
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x65746E49 0x2952286C 0x726F4320 0x4D542865
0x80000003 0x44203229 0x43206F75 0x20205550 0x45202020
0x80000004 0x30353736 0x20402020 0x36362E32 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x10008040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00800
MSR 0x0000003A 0x00000000 0x00000005
MSR 0x00000017 0x00000000 0x8800882A
MSR 0x0000003F 0x00000000 0x000000EA
MSR 0x000000CE 0x001D082A 0x7F7F071A
MSR 0x000001A0 0x00000040 0x62972489
MSR 0x000000EE 0xA8000000 0xC37D5300
MSR 0x0000011E 0x00000000 0xBE702109
MSR 0x000000CD 0x00000000 0x00000804
MSR 0x0000019C 0x00000000 0x883D0000
MSR 0x00000198 0x082A082A 0x0600082A
MSR 0x00000199 0x00000000 0x0000082A
 
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Rickster said:
I would say its time for an upgrade then.
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Hahaha was thinking the same when I looked at your sig:D .

Update; I managed to overclock with Fox One but anything above 344Mhz and a DRAM frequency above 1101Mhz causes the PC to reboot with all settings set back to default. Also there is no option to adjust my FSB.
 
Crash867 said:
Hahaha was thinking the same when I looked at your sig:D .

Update; I managed to overclock with Fox One but anything above 344Mhz and a DRAM frequency above 1101Mhz causes the PC to reboot with all settings set back to default. Also there is no option to adjust my FSB.
Click to expand...

Dont touch DRAM settings, thats for your ram.
 
Rickster said:
Dont touch DRAM settings, thats for your ram.
Click to expand...

I used Fox one and if I increase cpu clock speed it automatically increases DRAM and vice versa. Anything above 344Mhz(DRAM 1101Mhz) and my PC reboots with a few seconds delay with all settings on CPU at default.

That FSB thing can't be changed. My computer seems to automatically change between 6x and 8x.
 
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