Overclocking Q6600 - Stable

I know that I have written many articles about overclocking the Intel Q6600 on the Gigabyte mobo. Well, I think this will be something different. I have managed to overclock my Q6600 on the Gigabyte P25-DS3R to 3.2Ghz from 2.4Ghz with temperature stable at 45c without 100 percent utilisation. With 100 percent utilisation, it will be around 52c. If you are using the P35 mobo from Gigabyte, just make sure that you have a good HSF. You need stable memory and a good graphics card. Once you are ready, get over to the BIOS menu.

When you restart the pc, just press del button to get to the BIOS menu. After that, you need to enable adjusting of the FSB. Change the value of memory SPD from auto to 2.0 so that it will show 800mhz. Make sure that you change the CPU multiplier from 9 to 8. The nest thing which you need to do is to manually adjust the voltage. Just change the 'normal' setting to 'manual' setting. After that, change the DDR2 overvoltage from 'normal' to +0.3. The last thing which you need to do is to increase the CPU voltage from 'normal' to 1.4875. Save the settings and reboot the pc.

If you have managed to do it properly, your pc will boot normally and it will show 3.2Ghz. I am using an Artic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 HSF. It only cost £12 and it works fine. Have fun! My overclocked rig is stable now (touch wood) for a week.