Well I finally got to OC my E6850- after messing around and getting use to the system, I got my Vcore to 1.4 and upped my FSB to 422X9 = 3.8 Ghz. I left my Ram at 1:1 which is only like DDR2-848 but ill be clocking my ram soon, Anyways I ran Orthos for 7 hours Stable. Im really happy with the outcome, at least I think I should be! My System temp was 45 Degrees, and my CPU was at 52 Max. I remember my old CPU being clocked and the heat being at like 65+!! Plus I thought 1.4 is a Not extremely high but a higher Volt for sure comparing to stock 1.375.
At this rate Im sure I can get the CPU to 4.0GHZ at 1.485 probably I dont think Im going to now as Its prob just overkill for me, I might down the road- when crysis comes out
I dont know if this is good or not, you guys can prob tell me, I know the Volt could prob be lower but im too lazy to keep running orthos for 6 hours to see if its stable at a lower volt. And Im pretty happy with the temps. Another thing that should be said was, when i bought my Ultra-120 Extreme I made sure the base was flat at the store. I know those who order online cant do that, but my base was really flat and shiny. Ive heard of some that are curved and not shiny.
But anyways I used Speed fan for my case and chipset temps and RMClock for the Core temps like the guide said. This guide rocks for sure. I just need to clock my ram properly now. I think Ill set it to DDR2-1055 and set my timings to 4-4-4-12 and hopefully it passes. Whats the best way to stress test Memory other than Memtest. I want to use windows to test. Should I just use blend Orthos?
Anyways heres a pic for my clock, sorry for the really bad pic, I used all my money to buy the comp hahaha. this is taken off my crappy camera phone- Orthos is at 6hours if you look closely.
Pic:
http://i44.photobucket.com/alb...ox/Nicolesphone024.jpg
PS: I only had one time where I couldnt boot to Windows, I set my timings on my ram to aggressive, when i rebooted , i successfully POSTed and then the Microsoft logo came up but then I never loaded into Windows Vista. It was just a black screen. When I rebooted It came up with the Safe Screen mode with the options stating "Because of a hardware change etc etc, then it gave the option to put the Windows disc in to repair the comp, and then the options that are usually given in Safe screen mode, But I pressed boot windows normally, and windows booted.
I guess what im asking lol is I read about clearing CMOS and stuff, should i worry about that stuff when my OC failed?