Q6600 - Overclocking that easy?

[sandiegoislandboy]

I have read somewhere that you can easily overclock a Q6600 on a P35 board simply by raising the FSB from 1066 to 1333 (making it 3.0GHz versus 2.4GHz) without changing anything else, is it really that easy?

 

[RaptureMe]

Well it depends on what kind of Memory you are running pc800 or pc1066 I would hope.
But yeah for the most part just raise the FSB from 1066 to 1333 and you should be set.
An Aftermarket HS&F wouldnt hurt either.

 

[jjmIII]

As far as memory........1333 bus = 333fsb OR DDR2-667. This is at 1:1 ratio when OCd to 1333. Really DDR800/1066 isn't necessary, but it's still a nice touch.

EDIT: you may need to increase the Voltages on the mobo also when you OC.

 

[nanaki333]

he won't have to increase voltage at all to go to 3ghz on a G0

 

[firewolfsm]

Aside from the heat, yeah. Run your memory at 1:1 (667 final), stock voltage (or lower to save power, if you can) and a 333MHz fsb gets you 3GHz easily.

Nothing is guaranteed but it should work.

 

[obeseotron]

That more or less should work. You might need a small bump in voltage, .05v or less, but even that is doubtful.