slappynutz
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Sorry if I'm asking something that's been answered a million times before. I've done tons of searches and I must be using the wrong keywords.
I bought an Intel Bad Axe 2 and C2D e6600 never really intending to overclock much, but now that I've got everything up and running I'd like to see what the chip can do. The only problem is that a lot of the steps suggested in the e6600 overclock guides seem to be missing in my Bad Axe 2 bios ... things like Intel Speed Step and the like.
So if anyone has the same combo as I do, and has successfully overclocked it, I'd really appreciate some help.
My setup:
Intel D975XBX2 Bad Axe 2
Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
4 Sticks of OCZ Platinum Revision 2 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
eVGA 8800 GTX
Scythe Ninja
Corsair 620W P/S
Everything runs rock-solid with the following Bios Settings, which are pretty much default except for the Memory timings, which I set manually as SPD didn't register the correct values automatically. With that setup in my apartment with an ambient temperature of 26C, I have idle CPU and MB temps in the low 40s that spike up to the low 50s under load. I've heard you can push the e6600 without tweaking the voltage significantly so I don't expect heat to be a big factor. I can always just turn the low Nexus fans I have up higher.
Processor:
CPU Voltage: 1.3250V
Enhanced Power Slope: Disabled
MCH/ICH Volt Override: 1.525
Host Clock Frequency: 266
Memory:
Reference Frequency: Default
Memory Frequency: 800mhz
tCL: 4
tRCD: 4
tRP: 4
tRASmin: 15
Memory Voltage: 1.96
Bus:
PCI Express Burn-In Mode Percentage: Default
PCI Latency Timer: 32
HPET: Disabled
If there's a Bad Axe 2 overclock guide somewhere that I've missed, or some hidden settings as described in the existing 6600 guides that I haven't found, I'd really appreciate the help.
Thanks a lot.
I bought an Intel Bad Axe 2 and C2D e6600 never really intending to overclock much, but now that I've got everything up and running I'd like to see what the chip can do. The only problem is that a lot of the steps suggested in the e6600 overclock guides seem to be missing in my Bad Axe 2 bios ... things like Intel Speed Step and the like.
So if anyone has the same combo as I do, and has successfully overclocked it, I'd really appreciate some help.
My setup:
Intel D975XBX2 Bad Axe 2
Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
4 Sticks of OCZ Platinum Revision 2 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
eVGA 8800 GTX
Scythe Ninja
Corsair 620W P/S
Everything runs rock-solid with the following Bios Settings, which are pretty much default except for the Memory timings, which I set manually as SPD didn't register the correct values automatically. With that setup in my apartment with an ambient temperature of 26C, I have idle CPU and MB temps in the low 40s that spike up to the low 50s under load. I've heard you can push the e6600 without tweaking the voltage significantly so I don't expect heat to be a big factor. I can always just turn the low Nexus fans I have up higher.
Processor:
CPU Voltage: 1.3250V
Enhanced Power Slope: Disabled
MCH/ICH Volt Override: 1.525
Host Clock Frequency: 266
Memory:
Reference Frequency: Default
Memory Frequency: 800mhz
tCL: 4
tRCD: 4
tRP: 4
tRASmin: 15
Memory Voltage: 1.96
Bus:
PCI Express Burn-In Mode Percentage: Default
PCI Latency Timer: 32
HPET: Disabled
If there's a Bad Axe 2 overclock guide somewhere that I've missed, or some hidden settings as described in the existing 6600 guides that I haven't found, I'd really appreciate the help.
Thanks a lot.