Davies Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 (edited) Hi everyone. I've just bought a Q6600 intel CPU...and i've got the following hardware: Gigabyte GA 965P DS4 Motherboard Intel Q6600 CPU 2 x 500GB Seagate Hard Drives Crucial 2 Gb 240 Pin PC2-6400 DDR2 Unbuffered Non-ECC DIMM Memory Module Kit Akasa PowerMax 850W ATX PSU 2x PCIe 6x SATA I want to know if its possible with the hardware i have inside my computer to Overclock my CPU? i don't have a heatsink, and would like to avoid spending anymore money lol. Just wondering if its possible and how i do it? I am a newbie to overclocking, but i am good with computers and will pick it up pretty quickly. thanks Davies Edited February 4, 2008 by Davies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Yo. It's definately possible... the amount depends on your board and CPU revision, and wether the RAM can match the CPU with decent timings. From what I gather the 965P DS4 is a fairly decent performer... somebody else will be able to tell you how it stacks up against other chipsets though. You'll want to upgrade to a Teir1/2 PSU if you are going to get serious though - First, read this then this Download this and post screenshots (and welcome to OCC ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davies Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Yo. It's definately possible... the amount depends on your board and CPU revision, and wether the RAM can match the CPU with decent timings. From what I gather the 965P DS4 is a fairly decent performer... somebody else will be able to tell you how it stacks up against other chipsets though. You'll want to upgrade to a Teir1/2 PSU if you are going to get serious though - First, read this then this Download this and post screenshots (and welcome to OCC ) Thanks for the information, will go through some of that later. And if anyone has got the same motherboard / hardware as myself, then please do let me know if you have had success / problems with overclocking. cheers Davies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAdLy_MaNgO Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Um, you don't have a heatsink? If you don't have a heatsink I have some bad news for you. You have to have a heatsink if you don't want to fry your processor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davies Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Um, you don't have a heatsink? If you don't have a heatsink I have some bad news for you. You have to have a heatsink if you don't want to fry your processor. Sorry i meant something else, actually i didn't know what i meant. I do have a heatsink lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 well the better your heatsink is the more of an Overclock you will be able to squeeze out. Really depends on how much you'd like to overclock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenz Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 hey welcome to occ :thumbs-up: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 The GA-965P-DS4 is a decent board, but be sure to upgrade to the F10 BIOS Helped me a lot when I was trying to OC my RAM on there! It's a little picky on RAM (all 965's are), but with a little tweaking it went very far. Could you post some info on your cooling solution(s)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 welcome to OCC! you should get cpu-z and check the cpu stepping, that in the end will tell you how far you can OC the cpu not taken in account Ram, MB...etc and report back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwalter85 Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 looks like a nice combination. road-runner has had his Q6600 at 4.1Ghz before so that chip is definately overclockable if you have the G0 revision:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davies Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) The GA-965P-DS4 is a decent board, but be sure to upgrade to the F10 BIOS Helped me a lot when I was trying to OC my RAM on there! It's a little picky on RAM (all 965's are), but with a little tweaking it went very far. Could you post some info on your cooling solution(s)? i am using a 850w power supply, with the normal intel heat sink that came with the CPU ? with a Coolermaster Centurion case, with two fans. Edited February 9, 2008 by Davies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davies Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) screens from cpu-z I will be updating the bios today to F10 I would like to overclock to at least 3ghz. is this going to be possible? and is there anything i can do with the memory to tweak it? if so how? Edited February 9, 2008 by Davies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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