nate256 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I amrunning Leopard 10.5.2 with 2 harddrives and my system specs are in my sig. also is there a program that lets you monitor your cpu Temp.? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 take a look at http://bresink.com/products.html i.e. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-653070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate256 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks, just what i was looking for!Also my Q6600 is at 35 degrees C. is that good? not a Temp. expert. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-653109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I'm also no expert ... but mine runs at 63°C on the hottest core while under 90% of load ... rendering HD in FCP i.e.. Average temp ist 42°C average. I use the boxed cooler by intel. Seems pretty normal. If you like take a look at these pages: http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/20/cpu...er_charts_2008/ http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/02/26/cpu...ts_2008_part_2/ http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/03/cpu...er_charts_2008/ last one is about the box coolers. I think we both use this one http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/03/cpu...2008/page5.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-653647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate256 Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 I dont have a stock cooler. any advice on how to OC? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-654310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulfo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 If you plan to OC your CPU make sure you have the following: 1) a Hardware Monitor that shows the CPU's temperature. 2) some sort of CPU intense testing software. I suggest Prime 95 which will be able to push all four cores to their limit. You can download it HERE. Leave it running for about an hour and check on the temps. 3) Decent CPU cooler and airflow in your system. With all that go ahead in your BIOS and start upping the fsb. don't make huge leaps at the beginning take it slowly and alsways test stability with Prime95. If it shows errors it means you CPU clock is set too high. Also at the beginning don't bother about vcore and other stuff. see how far you can push it with stock voltage. You will find much more detailed infos and opinions on overclocking in this forum. Greetings Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-654923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfhuk Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Best coolers probably the arctic cooling freezer pro 7, its not expensive (www.scan.co.uk) and it got my q6600 up to 3.4 easy enough. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-719241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nano2nd Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Great overclocking guide for the Bad Axe 2 here: D975XBX2 Overclocking I'm loving my recently installed Skythe Andy Samurai cooler - temps in the low thirties, maxing out around 50 degrees C if I do anything intensive like Handbrake video transcoding. Haven't pushed the Q6600 too far - just 3.0GHz without any voltage increase. Settings used: FSB: 334 Mem Ref: 266 Mem Freq: 667 The OCZ DDR2 I'm using is set to 4-4-4-15 with voltage of 2.12 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-720636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespottedelf Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 http://revision3.com/systm/overclock Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91546-how-do-i-overclock/#findComment-721816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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