E6400, DDR2-667, new to overclocking, help pls :)

[Roxor]

Hi, I'm fairly new to the whole overclocking business.

I have an E6400 core2 duo with 4gb of fairly standard DDR2-667 5300 RAM. I have an ASUS P5L 1394 motherboard. I was running version 0107, but flashed it with (*i think*) the newest version 0607 (i was hoping i might get some more options).

I've turned off the power options, my PCI-E set to 100. I can't seem to go past an FSB of 295. I do have fairly bog standard Ram (the make is Amicroe). I've had a fiddle with the Ram voltage, increasing it from 1.8V to 1.9V and also changing some of the ram timings, 5/5/5/12.

Is there anything else you could suggest or do you think i've reached the peak of what my ram (if that is the bottleneck) is capable of.
Some CPU-Z stuff listed below, if that helps. Thanks.

CPU-Z TXT Report
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CPU-Z version 1.52.2

Processors Information
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Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
Codename Conroe
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x0)
CPUID 6.F.6
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping B2
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 2336.0 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 8.0 x 292.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1168.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2133 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 8.0x
Max VID 1.325 V

Chipset
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Northbridge Intel i945P rev. A2
Southbridge Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) rev. A1
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 292.0 MHz (1:1)
CAS# latency (CL) 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 5
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 12
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 1

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Transcend Information (7F4F000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-5300 (333 MHz)
Part number TS128MLQ64V6J
Serial number 0007C079
Manufacturing date Week 16/Year 08
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 3.0-3-3-9-12 @ 200 MHz
JEDEC #2 4.0-4-4-12-16 @ 266 MHz
JEDEC #3 5.0-5-5-15-20 @ 333 MHz

Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor Winbond W83627DHG
Voltage 0 1.28 Volts [0xA0] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 1 12.82 Volts [0xE6] (+12V)
Voltage 2 3.34 Volts [0xD1] (AVCC)
Voltage 3 3.34 Volts [0xD1] (+3.3V)
Voltage 4 1.67 Volts [0xD1] (VIN1)
Voltage 5 4.68 Volts [0xC3] (+5V)
Voltage 6 1.63 Volts [0xCC] (VIN3)
Temperature 0 37°C (98°F) [0x25] (SYSTIN)
Temperature 1 48°C (118°F) [0x60] (CPUTIN)

Hardware monitor Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
Temperature 0 57°C (134°F) [0x1C] (Core #0)
Temperature 1 55°C (130°F) [0x1E] (Core #1)

Hardware monitor Radeon HD 4890
Temperature 0 42°C (107°F) (GPU Core)

DMI BIOS
vendor American Megatrends Inc.
version 0601

DMI Baseboard
vendor ASUSTeK Computer INC.
model P5L1394

DMI Processor
manufacturer Intel
model Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
clock speed 2336.0 MHz
FSB speed 292.0 MHz
multiplier 8.0x

DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 4096 MBytes
max# of devices 4

[stopthekilling77]

Just a heads-up, Roxor, we have an excellent Core2Duo overclocking guide right here

After you give it a read-through, I'm sure we'll be able to help you fine tune things :D
And welcome to the forums!

[pwcmed]

I had a E6600 that I could not get to 3.0Ghz to save my life. I kept on reading how everyone was getting well over what I was getting.. I think some of the earlier Core 2 Duo's weren't good overclockers. Hopefully the guide on this site helps.