Need help overclocking further

[MpG]

This article by X-bit might be worth looking at. It's not your exact board, but it's very similar, and on one page, they go into detail on how they overclocked it, including voltages and weak points that they found while OCing a quad-core.

[3.0charlie]

Originally Posted by Kessler

It's been stable for 2 hours in orthos @ 3.4 Ghz ( 8x 425 ).

You're getting there, slowly but surely. But why the 8x multi? The Q6600 has a 9x default multi.

You might be hitting your board's FSB wall. Try upping the multi to 9x, and drop the FSB the 400.

John

[ineedaname]

By the way what is your batch number?

If you had your batch number you can look up what other people have been getting with it.

I personally would go up to 1.45 or so voltage for 24/7 use.
less than 63C for max load to me is fine.

[Kessler]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

You're getting there, slowly but surely. But why the 8x multi? The Q6600 has a 9x default multi.

You might be hitting your board's FSB wall. Try upping the multi to 9x, and drop the FSB the 400.

John

Well I tried setting 9x 378 and it didn't work...

I read a bit of the article on xbitlabs and searched Asus Maximus Formula overclocking on Google.

I've been able to raise the vcore and ram voltage but when I set 1.4325v in the bios it shows 1.400v in CPU-Z! Which one is correct?

Also is there any program to see the current ram voltage?

[3.0charlie]

There are no reliable software to monitor voltages. Can't hit 9x378? But 8x425 works. I'm surprised, but keep on playing with the BIOS settings and you may hit 8x450. Or 9x400.

[Babrbarossa]

If you're just going for the max OC for bragging rights and some benches- giver 'er some more voltage- if the load temps are only 55, you have another ten degrees to play with- although, I found that nothing beyond 1.45 helped my q6600 OC (think I might need to reseat my waterblock)