First Time Build :O

[DirtyPolo]

Okay, thanks alot :)

Must have the patience of a saint :D

[Dalo Harkin]

He he - I try.

 

Right these may be slightly different from yours as I water cool but here you go:-

POWER

hardware monitor

 

I then have

CPU fan speed - N/A on mine as waterblock

Chassis 1,2,3, are set to IGNORE

 

Asus Q-fan settings are

ENABLED

OPTIMAL

ENABLED

AUTO

36 degrees

[DirtyPolo]

that is all the same as mine except for the CPU fan of course, and when i change them FROM ignore, all it does is show the RPMs... and no other options except IGNORE or show RPMs

and i see yours only has 3 fans too :(

[Dalo Harkin]

Fan controller it is then -

 

If its just for one fan then something like this will do Scan.co.uk: Asetek PCI FAN Speed Adjuster Kit 3pin Fan/Fan Controller/ Motherboard Kit - AK-FC-08-AT

[DirtyPolo]

I guess so :P

Need one that controls 4 I'm guessing :)

Yay I can count.

I'm not bothered about it though, so I wont get one unless I really have to.

 

My next question :P

The Asus tools that OC it automatically, like NOS and things, are they fine to use, like would they actually do what it says on the tin?

[Dalo Harkin]

Is the board not controlling any of the 4 - I though 3 were ok and one was not - use the one in the link for the front fan

 

As for the OC tools - I can tell you how to get 3.3 on air - at your own risk of course :D

[DirtyPolo]

I would like it to be stable of course, what difference would I see at say 3 instead of the current 2.4?

 

And according to the Asus manual, it says chassis fans 1-4 are controlled by the board, there isnt another slow "pwr_Fan" which it does not mention at all.

[Dalo Harkin]

3.3 is a good gain and stable - if the case can take the heat

[DirtyPolo]

Okay and how easy is it to do? versus the difference it will make?

[DirtyPolo]

Should I post any questions in this thread or in the right ones? :D

[Dalo Harkin]

Sorry Matt,

 

I have been away a few days - it is very easy to do its just 2 settings in the BIOS - you did get some 1066 RAM didnt you?

[Dalo Harkin]

Right Matt -

 

THIS IS TAKEN AT YOUR OWN RISK

OVERCLOCKING CAN REDUCE THE LIFE OF YOUR COMPONENTS, AND VOIDS MOST WARRANTIES.

 

This was the SAFEST and best solution when I ran on air 3.3GHz per core!

 

Go into the BIOS and click:-

ADVANCED

JUMPERFREE CONFIGURATION

AI OVERCLOCK TUNER - set this to MANUAL

SET THE FSB FREQUENCY to 367

You then need to set the timings for your RAM - if you chose the OCZ REAPER 1066 it will be 5-5-5-15 and then save and exit.

PLEASE KEEP AN EYE on your temps as I am not sure if the case that you bought is up to the job - An Antec on the other hand :rolleyes:

[DirtyPolo]

hey it's fine :P i'm away for the next 4 days.

and yeah I did although on BIOS it only detects it as 667? :S

and it also says "Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Count: 2"

whats the "Count" for?

 

also my pc seems to have random memory lapses, earlier it could not detect the HDD, even after restarting 4 times, then on the fifth time, it found it again and it did the same with the keyboard and mouse :(

 

it's working fine now though :D

 

So how would I go about OC'ing it? I might do it when I get back Monday night, so if you explain and I don't have time to do it now, i'll do it then. :P

 

EDIT: in answer to if my case is up for it, at the moment, the CPU never exceeds 40 degrees, is that fine for standard? And thats after playing Call of Duty 5 for a few hours.

 

I'll try it now and watch my temps, if it goes too high just reset back to Auto right? :P

Edited November 21, 2008 by DirtyPolo

[Dalo Harkin]

Dont worry about the count thing mine does it too -

I have put the instruction for OC'ing it in the post above yours :)

Thats weird with the lapses - have you set the HDD to the top of the BOOT list in the BIOS and I dont mean the HDD as first boot device - do you just have the one drive?

[DirtyPolo]

the top is auto set to floppy eventhough there isnt any 3.5" devices connected, but then its the HDD then the CD drive :S and it's in the sata port 1. It's first in everything, and yeah I just have the one drive, how long should drives last? As I have a 250GB HDD in my old pc, and I was thinking of maybe slaving it or using it for backups on my new system, but my old PC is about 7 years old :)

 

And I'm still away from home until tonight so I will try the OC'ing when I'm next with my pc.

 

Thanks

[Dalo Harkin]

To be honest Matt if the drive is an older one its not as good as a SATA and you may be better asking SANTA for one - Set the First device to HDD and disable the others.

You will be impressed with the OC - run a benchmark before and after thats where you notice the difference, You are gaining Nearly 4Ghz over the 4 cores - Most people dont have one chip that runs at that speed - :D

[DirtyPolo]

Haha okay :P

 

I don't desperately need another HDD, just wondering if it would be of any use :D

 

And okay, I'll OC tomorrow after college as I'm not there right now, unfortunately I'm at my dad's which needs a new switch as this one refuses to work, it changes the ports that it wants to work each and everyday... :P

 

Thanks

[DirtyPolo]

Okay well I ran a benchmark test at the original and now again at the new OC and it's a great improvement :D

 

throughout the test even under full load, the CPU stayed below 50'C

Time to go test it out with fallout3, farcry2 and CoD5 :D

 

Thanks

[DirtyPolo]

It's a pretty old thread I know, but just updating to say the pictures have finally been uploaded and linked in my signature :P

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Old thread or not Polo it has had over 1300 views and will be a most excellent reference point for others building their own PC.

 

May I say thank you also for adding the link to join FPCH in your signature. :)

[DirtyPolo]

No problem :P it's a good community that we need to encourage others to join it :)

 

guests can read for help but they will all know something that other members may not! :) it's always good to help :D

 

and thankyou for the comment about the thread, I hope it does come in handy for others as I have asked a lot fo questions throughout my build :P

 

I'm happy to help others in anyway I can, I guess this thread almost makes up for my lack of knowledge about other things :D