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Hi Forum.. Just built a new box with following components:
Intel C2D-E6400
MSI P6N 650i SLI-FI mobo
Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2-800 (2.2v) memory/2gig
Rosewill RCX-Z775-SL 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS HDD
XFX PVT80GGHE9 GeForce 8800GTS 320MB PCIE GPU
COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power 650W Power Supply
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Installed WinXP Pro with sp2 and system is up and running (without a hiccup) quite nicely... PCAlert4 shows: CPU=20c, Sysytem=25c, CPU Fan=2170...  CoreTemp shows: Core#0=32c, Core#1=31c.... My guess is that these numbers are good.
 I have built quite a few builds over the last 15 years but mostly on the AMD platform and have "never" attempted to overclock... I was thinking of trying it with this new build as it seems, from this forum, I have all the right components... I would like to try a modest O/C maybe up to 3ghz... I went to the bios and the Cell menu and tried to make some changes  but some items will not allow you to change their values and to be quite honest, I'm not sure "what" values need to be changed and "where", to attain an O/C of 3ghz... I appoligize for my ignorance in overclocking but I really do not want to screw up this system... I was hoping that one of you nice gents out their with the same basic components could point me in the right direction...  "Thanks in advance",   JD <aka: Peckrhead>

mis dos centavos,
I am another pleased owner of this fine board. Proud to say it!
Great layout, install was a breeze (though MSI is in serious need of a native English speaking tech writer), basic setup went alright,
though I still have issues (probably due to the crappy utilities); but performance and ease of OCing is great.
Anyhoo, I've been working on/with this cheat-sheet
Here's a short version-
       *Update BIOS to the latest version or not; there are differing opinions on the need to, you have to do
        the cost/benefit|risk analysis.
Part 2. In BIOS Setup
    [ ]   (1) On first boot enter BIOS Setup and select - 'Load Optimized Defaults'
    ** If you've never seen or figured out how to enter BIOS Setup, you probably need to learn more before
       thinking about overclocking. Think about it.
        (2) Save and exit.
ON REBOOT ENTER BIOS Setup again AND SET THE FOLLOWING:
[ ] A. >>Advanced BIOS Feature
   [ ]   (1) >CPU Feature   **Press <F4> FOR 'C1E' FIELD*
        [ ]  1. Execute disable bit                  [DISABLED]
        [ ]  2. Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3    [DISABLED]
        [ ] *3. C1E                                      [DISABLED]
   [ ]   (2) >CHIP Feature
        [ ]  1. HPET                                      [DISABLED]
[ ] C. >>H/W Monitor
   [ ]    1. CPU Smart Fan Target                    [DISABLED]
[ ] D. >>Cell Menu
   [ ]  1. D.O.T. Control                                 [DISABLED]
   [ ]  2. EIST                                                 [DISABLED]
   [ ]  3. >System Clock Mode     [ MANUAL ] or [ LINKED ]| AUTO
   [ ]  a. FSB Clock (MHz)                           [  1064  ] 400 - 2500MHz
        [ ] *b. Memory Clock (MHz)                  [    533  ] 400 - 1400
   [ ] *c. Adjust CPU Ratio                   [     8    ] per CPU
 edit/
      *CPU 'speed' = ('FSB Clock'  /  4) x 'CPU Ratio';
        ie. , 1064 / 4 = 266.6 x 8 = 2128MHz core 'speed' (E6400 spec).
           *(b) is DDR speed or frequency. Since 533 / 2 = 266.65 MHz; result
             should be 1:1 FSB|DRAM ratio. if 'System Clock Mode' is [MANUAL],
             (b) can be any speed supported by RAM and FSB|DRAM ratio may vary.
                                                                                                                    /edit
   [ ]  4. >Advanced DRAM Configuration (leave all at 'Auto' OR)
   [ ] a. Memory Timings      [ MANUAL ]
   [ ] c. tCL                 [  4 ] per SPD
   [ ] d. tRP                 [  4 ] per SPD
   [ ] e. tRAS                [  4 ] per SPD
   [ ] f. tRRD-tWTR              [AUTO]
   [ ] e. tREF                [ 12 ] per SPD
   [ ] e. Command per clock      [ 1T ] per SPD
         * Entries above are for my specific RAM.*
   [ ]  5. Adjust PCIE Frequency      [ 100  ]
   [ ]  6. CPU Voltage                 [        ] per CPU
   [ ]  7. Memory Voltage       [        ] per SPD specification
   [ ]  7. NB Voltage             [ 1.25 ] default 1.25 - 1.5v
   [ ]  8. SB Voltage             [ 1.5   ] (auto) 1.5 - 1.7v
   [ ]  9. FSB VTT Voltage       [   2 %] default 0 - 20%
        *You must use the +/- numpad or PGUP/PGDN keys to change
        the Memory voltage (7).
   [ ] 10. >Spread Spectrum         [DISABLED]
E.  <F10><ENTER>    Reboot to OS and check temps and CPU-z.
F. Reboot to BIOS Setup>Cell Menu -
6. Further attempts:
   [ ]  3. >System Clock Mode     [ LINKED ]
   [ ]  a. FSB Clock (MHz)         [        ]
        [ ]  b. Memory Clock (MHz)   [        ]
   [ ]  c. Adjust CPU Ratio       [        ]
            **I am currently using (a) 1450, '(b)' 725,(c) 8;
            for an [email protected] running 2,990MHz (8*362.5MHz).
   [ ]  4. >Advanced DRAM Configuration
   [ ] a. Memory Timings      [ MANUAL ]
   [ ] c. tCL                 [    ] per SPD or 'Auto'
   [ ] d. tRP                 [    ] per SPD or 'Auto'
   [ ] e. tRAS                [    ] per SPD or 'Auto'
   [ ] f. tRRD-tWTR         [AUTO]
   [ ] e. tREF                [    ] per SPD or 'Auto'
   [ ] e. Command per clock      [ 2T ] per SPD or 'Auto'
            *I currently use 5.0, 5, 5, 31, 2T; result -
            362.4MHz bus speed, 1:1 FSB|DRAM, 5-5-5-15-21-2T.
   [ ]  5. Adjust PCIE Frequency   [ 100  ]
   [ ]  6. CPU Voltage                   [      ] per CPU
   [ ]  7. Memory Voltage        [      ] per SPD specification
   [ ]  7. NB Voltage               [      ]
   [ ]  8. SB Voltage               [      ]
   [ ]  9. FSB VTT Voltage         [     %]
        *Mine read: 100 | -- | 2.1 | 1.25 | 1.5 | 2% |
As you increase the FSB, the RAM will follow in the pattern of 1:1
shown in BIOS.
When 1FSB:1RAM is overclocked above the rated frequency of your RAM
use the following values: Timing: 5-5-5-15; vDIMM: 2.#V, max per DIMM.
e.g. DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 1.9V operating at ~400Mhz will need to be set
to 5-5-5-15, 2.1 - 2.2V.
5. Save settings and reboot.
_______________________________________ _________ED. 02_070329_1718pdt_
And on and on and...
Sorry about the formatting, I typed this in Notepad, Lucida Console (monospace), and pasted it in to the editor. Something I don't know evidently. Hope you find this handy regardless. If you see an error let me know, I haven't made a mistake so far this year, so I know I'm due.
One of you mods can delete the whole thing if you like. I don't mean to step on any toes or threads!
TonyB.
jeez!  How ugly!
P6N SLI Platinum, MSI; BIOS ver. 1.0
E6400 @ 2900.0MHz (8x362.5) 36% Over specification

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