Asus Default OC Decent?

[hotdogchef]

I have been debating wether to overclock my system and reading posts for hours. The only OC experience I have is using the default ASUS OC options in BIOS. I am just looking to get a little extra preformance for some games. My questions are:
Do the default OC options in ASUS BIOS work well?
If not:
How long did your first OC take you to do successfully and how long does it generally take an experienced person to do?

If the ASUS default OC parameters I guess its back to reread and try to get a better understanding of how to OC.

I have:
CPU: Q6600
MB: ASUS P5Q Pro
RAM: mushkin 4G (2x2G) DDR2-1066 5-5-5-15
Vid: ASUS 4850

Thanks for looking!

 

[n7]

Take a look in here: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2194703&enterthread=y

And here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=189437

The mobo you have is actually really good for OCing, & not that hard to figure out either.

If you want a template listing of all the settings to start out with for a basic OC, shoot me a PM.

There are also lots of templates posted in both those threads.

Here is some my settings, with a bunch of them lowered or simplified to AUTO for you.


AI Overclock tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: 8
FSB Strap to North Bridge: 333
FSB Frequency: 333+ (increase gradually)
PCI-E Frequency: 101
DRAM Frequency: 1000 (this will increase with the FSB as you move it up)
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A2: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B1: AUTO
DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B2: AUTO
DRAM Timing Control: Manual

1st Information:
CAS# Latency: 5
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
DRAM RAS# Precharge: 5
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
RAS# to RAS# Delay : AUTO
Row Refresh Cycle Time: 55
Write Recovery Time: AUTO

2nd Information :
All AUTO

3rd Information :
All AUTO

DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. OC Charger: Enabled
AI Clock Twister: Light (try Moderate later)
AI Transaction Booster: AUTO
Common Performance Level: (I use 8; leave alone initially)
All Pull-Ins: (I enabled pull-ins; leave alone initially)

CPU Voltage: 1.35v is your stock max; i run 1.4v (you can see how far you get with 1.35v)
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (0/2): AUTO
CPU GTL Voltage Reference (1/3): AUTO
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.52
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.22
DRAM Voltage: 1.96
NB Voltage: 1.24
NB GTL Reference: AUTO
SBridge Voltage: 1.12
PCIE SATA Voltage: 1.52

Load Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Clock Skew : AUTO
NB Clock Skew : AUTO