Thanks very much Shawn. That's a great article you sent. I will have to read it over a few more times. The problem again is that when I go into my BIOS I can't seem to find things that have the exact same labels. I'm sure if I keep reading I will eventually figure it out. I'm a bit chicken because my Blackbird was a lemon (in my opinion) and has gone back to the shop 3 times for things like constant blue screens, one slow SATA port, a failed RAID 0 array etc.

To answer your question, with the Ai thing I chose the standard 15% setting, after finding that the 20% one made my computer freeze after it booted into Vista. I then went into Tools where I used a Tuning thing to bump up the CPU External frequency to 312 MHz. So I'm reading a processor speed of 2812.54 a CPU voltage of 1.28 and FSB of 1250. I have liquid cooling so I guess I should be able to push this thing.

I wouldn't expect an OEM water cooling system to perform as well as a custom built system but yes being liquid based should help a lot.....having said that I am not too familiar with the quality of a Voodoo PC's interiors so you might find it performs as well as a swiftech block and a nice laing pump time will tell.

But start adding a little voltage to your over clock and keep a close eye on the temperatures while running prime95 for a little while, everyone has their own limits but id say 65oC is getting warm while nothing over 70oC (The actual chip is rated to something like 90 but its best to have a safety net in case something's not reading right)

Voltage....1.3v is around stock so try 1.35v maybe eventually 1.4v see how you get on I wouldn't venture much further than that for now see how it goes. There may be an option called "load line calibration" enable that if its present see if it helps at all.

Also do you know if you have the B3 or G0 revision of the Q6600? Download a program called CPUz and it will say.

O just to mention as long as you are just messing with the FSB and the multiplier you shouldn't be able to irreversibly break anything as long as you are sensible. A BIOS reset should resolve any failure's to boot if you go too far...assuming the system doesn't just recover itself after a failed boot. Its the voltage adjustments that cause pain to the system so be careful with it.

Hi Shawn,

Thanks again. I checked and mine is a G0. Did I read somewhere that that is the better of the 2 for overclocking?

Generally yes it is...produces less heat will allow you to push it further ^.^ I reckon you'll see 3.0ghz without too much hurt maybe 3.2. Keep tweaking

Just stumbled across this topic. I bought this exact board the week it was released back in the day...and within a day the board blew and took my RAM with it. I cant believe peeps are still having trouble with this board.

But to get a stable overclock you gotta use the bios mate.....What I try to do is get the timings on my RAM as tight as possible and then overclock the CPU. Google your board and look on Xtreme system forums you will get a guide on there.