Quote Originally Posted by James View Post
You might want to do some more research before you try and OC. But I'll cover some basics.

Bus speed = 266 = 133x2
DRAM speed = 400 = 133x3
Since it's DDR2 DRAM 400MHz x 2 (effective = the DDR2-800 rating)
Thus the 2:3 ratio.

If you want to go with a 1:1 ratio, you need your bus speed at 400. This will make your CPU bus be 400MHz, it will make your ram base clock be 400MHz (the 1:1 ratio). Then you are running your ram at stock clock speeds, and you don't incur any of the additional latency that arises from running non-matched clocks between the RAM and the FSB.

The hardest part about all this is that your ratio settings are tied to those bus speeds you have to select from. I would seriously suggest reading the Anandtech.com article about it to get a better idea of what you want to do.
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i been reading how to overclock all day long now. i'm deciding weather i should buy coolermaster V8 or V10 to cool my CPU. right now it running very hot even with the stock setting:

Prime 95 Test Time(min) 60 min
Room Temp (C) 24
Core 0 (Idle/Load) 59/92
Core 1 (Idle/Load) 57/90
Core 2 (Idle/Load) 52/83
Core 3 (Idle/Load) 55/81

Then overclock my q6600 to 3GHz (333*9) and then maybe to 3.2GHz (400*8)