I've wanted to overclock my CPU a bit so I can decrease the amount of stutters a bit more and get a few more FPS BUT... I start to read about overclocking and within 30 seconds I get frustrated and give up. Dealing with voltages and such is something I cannot comprehend for some reason, plus it seems as if it woulod take me weeks to learn how to do this. This is probably a stupid question but is there someone out there that could lead my by the nose on the basics of overclocking my system? In other words, "do this furst, then this second etc". Not knowing what it takes to do this means I may be asking the impossible as the person doing this probably needs and exact same system I would think. Thx for any info.TurnipSPECS:VISTA Home Basic 580 WATT Sunbeam PowerCrucial Ballistix 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAMASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6550ATI Radeon 3870 512250 GB WD SATA HD 120 GB WD IDE HD[/url]

I overclocked my 6750 to 3.2Ghz by only changing a single number in the BIOS. I think it's the FSB and I increased it to 400. Together with my CPU at 8x it gives me 3200hz. The voltage changes accordingly and automatically to achieve this setting. My mobo is a Gygabyte. I am not sure your ASUS works the same way. But I don't think it's as difficult as you may think. Jason

Thx Jason. I hope it's easier than it looks because it confused the heck outta me.

Here's a site that may help: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2188777,00.aspDale

The easiest way to overclock is to use any auto overclock functions in your BIOS (eg. Auto OC by 20%). Test for stability with a 4 hr Prime95 torture test. Next easiest is to find where you can boost FSB and go up in 20 or so MHz steps until it becomes unstable (ie. Prime95 torture test fail within 10 mins), then back it off to the last stable setting and give a 4 hour run with Prime95 torture test to confirm stability. If you can lock your RAM speed to it's rated spec (ie. unlink it from FSB changes), then do that too.Doing the first way should get you towards 2.8GHz, whereas the second way should get you between 2.8 and 3.2GHz. Both do not require any voltage trickery (which, if you did play with, could net another 10-20% overclock). Gary

First, I would like to know your cooling. Stock, or a new heatsink?Once I know this, I can help you out.

Hi There BG. I have a stock cooler ont he CPU with 6 case fans.

I went into the BIOS and DID find an area that will aloow me to OC by 5 - 10 - 15 or 20%. Is it THAT easy to OC this MB? What about RAM speed and such? Do I need to worry about that?TurnipSPECS:VISTA Home Basic 580 WATT Sunbeam PowerCrucial Ballistix 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAMASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6550ATI Radeon 3870 512250 GB WD SATA HD 120 GB WD IDE HD[/url]

>I went into the BIOS and DID find an area that will aloow me>to OC by 5 - 10 - 15 or 20%. Is it THAT easy to OC this MB? >What about RAM speed and such? Do I need to worry about that?Maybe it's THAT easy ;-) It didn't work on my pc. You could allways try the BIOS automated OCing. Before you start testing automated OC, I'd recommend you to study the mobo manual on how to reset CMOS if the pc won't post/boot. Usually it's a jumper on the mobo that's used to force a recet of CMOS. I'd also recommend you to visit the Asus support forum, where you easily may filter topics on your mobo.Download CPUZ, Asus Probe or other tools to monitor your cpu, chipset and mobo temperatures.Good luck with your overclocking.Ulf BCore2Duo X6800 3.3GHzASUS P5W DH Deluxe4GB RAM Corsair XMS2-8500C5BFG 8800GTX, Creative SB X-FiFSX Acc/SP2, Vista 32

Thanks Turnip.Now I need to know your VID. Download CoreTemp, and under "Processor Information", it's there.I also need to know what your BIOS looks like and what options are there.Let me know about these,Regards,

>>I also need to know what your BIOS looks like and what options>are there.>Just a tip: You may download the manual for this motherboard from Asus, and usually there is a specific chapter for BIOS.Ulf B

Just some advice from someone who has been there done that.If you do not know what you are doing, DONT.One of my best freinds owns a computer store so I have had someone to run to and bail me out of trouble.I have shown up MANY times at his store with computer in hand, no sleep and red eyes from late nights of fooling with overclocking and bios memory settings.Especially my Nvidia bases MOB,asus.You read all these post and amazing claims and even though the computer ask you, Are you sure....., you start clicking away.Just yesterday, I made one change in the memory section and the computer wouldnt boot.Had to take out the 8800gt,the battery,jumper and HOPE it rebooted.There have also been times where I crashed the system so bad it required a reload of windows.Needless to say, its guys like me who keep my freind in business.From my long history of trying to squeeze blood out of a rock,hoping a mouse click will solve all my problems, Ive learned moving a slider down,changing video card settings and closing background programs does does more for performance than any overclocking,bios voodoo.I do however understand the breed as I have freinds who were into the muscle car performance group. Spend thousands,countless hours to suck out another 15 hp from their engines.Only to blow em up and have to rebuild the entire motor.Smiles on their face though.:-) But as my computer guru freind tells me.Next time you get the urge to do something "bios,oc ect" stop and bring it to me........

Thx JimJam, I totally agree with you. If FSX wasn't so CPU inrensive, I wouldn't even be considering it. However, If ASUS puts in a O/C utility and it turns out that I can boost it just a bit ( Nothing major ) then I will try it. I'm not wanting much and will judge the benifit when done. If this starts to turn into a quagmire, I will bail. Thx again for the warnings. I will proceed with the utmost caution.TurnipSPECS:VISTA Home Basic 580 WATT Sunbeam PowerCrucial Ballistix 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAMASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6550ATI Radeon 3870 512250 GB WD SATA HD 120 GB WD IDE HD[/url]

Hey BG Her eis the infoVID via CoreTemp is 1.3500vBIOS INFO as follows.Under the ADVANCED MENUThere is JUMPERFREE CONFIGAI NET2CPU CONFIGCHIPSETPCIPnPONBOARD DEVICE CONFIGUSB CONFIGUnder JUMPERFREE CONFIG there isAI TUNINGO/C OPTIONSSYSTEM CLOCKSVOLTAGE CONTROLFSB & MEMORY CONFIGUnder AI TUNING there isAUTOMANUALSTANDARD AI OVERDRIVEUnder AI OVEDERDRIVE there isO/C 5% 10% 15% 20%On the main BIOS "TOOLS" menu there is alsoASUS O/C PROFILEASUS EZ FLASH.You can download the manual for the P5N-E SLI MB from here.http://support.asus.com/download/download....SLanguage=en-usHope this helps. TurnipSPECS:VISTA Home Basic 580 WATT Sunbeam PowerCrucial Ballistix 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAMASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6550ATI Radeon 3870 512250 GB WD SATA HD 120 GB WD IDE HD[/url]

Thx Ulf B. That's a good idea.TurnipSPECS:VISTA Home Basic 580 WATT Sunbeam PowerCrucial Ballistix 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAMASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6550ATI Radeon 3870 512250 GB WD SATA HD 120 GB WD IDE HD[/url]