q6600 overclocking

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  1. Kaseris

    Kaseris Member

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    Hello everyone :) I just got my q6600 and i want to overclock it to 3ghz, but i dont know anything about overclocking :) i feel like i am in the woods at midnight :). So i am asking for your help how to do it properly. And explain what does what :) Thank you in advance. :)
    My stup is:
    Processor: q6600 (Asus Lion Square CPU Cooler)
    Motherboard: Asus p5ql-e
    RAM: 8gb A-DATA DDRII (16C-128Mx8) DDR800
    Don't know if u need other info but here it is:
    Video: Asus Radeon HD4850 512mb GDDR3
    HDD: Samsung HD753LJ 750gb SATAII
    PSU: Chieftec 700w CFT-700-14CS
    Case with good airflow.
    P.S. Sorry for bad english.
     
    Kaseris, Sep 11, 2008
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  2. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    It's simple, all you need do is increase the front side bus speed in the BIOS, you shouldn't need to up the voltage to get to 3Ghz.
     
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