Overclocking an Intel Core 2 Q6600
// April 8th, 2008 // No Comments » // General, Linux
I upgraded my desktop pc recently. I bought a new CPU, motherboard, memory and graphics card. With Ubuntu in mind, I went for:
- Intel Core 2 Q6600
- MSI P35 Neo2
- 4Gb Corsair TwinX RAM
- Gigabyte Silent nVidia 8600GT
- Akasa Evo 120 CPU Cooler
- Artic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
I overclocked my 2.4Ghz Q6600 to 3.2Ghz quite easily. This was done by setting the CPU multiplier to 8, and the FSB to 400Mhz (8×400 = 3.2Ghz). I left all the voltages at their lowest possible setting. I also set the memory multiplier to 1 so that the RAM runs at 800MHz. I have the CPU fan set at 50% so it’s near silent.
