Overclocking (Main Thread)
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I'm honestly not sure, but I suspect it might hit a wall at 280...
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Overclocking (Main Thread)
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I've got a Q6600 running on an ASUS P5K, but I'm hitting a bit of a wall. Every time I attempt to overclock past 280, things get unstable. Strangely enough, at 279, it seems perfectly fine—I've run it through a CPU stability test for about 6 or 7 hours without any issues.
I suppose I'm wondering what specifically I should be tweaking to push it a little further? I've spent some time following various guides on different forums, even tried disabling things like the 🤣
, but I haven't had much luck. The same thing happens when I try with my Core 2 Duo E7200 on this same motherboard...
For context, the rest of my setup consists of: a Radeon HD 4870, a Corsair 750W power supply, and 8GB of RAM (4 x 2GB sticks at 667 MHz).
I suppose I'm wondering what specifically I should be tweaking to push it a little further? I've spent some time following various guides on different forums, even tried disabling things like the 🤣
, but I haven't had much luck. The same thing happens when I try with my Core 2 Duo E7200 on this same motherboard...
For context, the rest of my setup consists of: a Radeon HD 4870, a Corsair 750W power supply, and 8GB of RAM (4 x 2GB sticks at 667 MHz).