Guys, can anyone please help me, becuase I haven't got a clue. I'm trying to overclock my Intel Q6600 - I have a biostar GF7050V-M7 Motherboard with AwardBios v6.00PG.

On my main bios screen I have a number of menu options - I presume the one I need to go into is 'Performance Booster Zone'

Its currently set to the following:-

Current CPU Freq, MHZ Setting 2400.0 Current value 2400.0
FSB - Memory Clock Mod - Auto
FSB - Memory Ratio - Auto
FSB (QDR), MHz - Auto - 1066.7
Mem (DDR), Mhz - Auto - 800.0

Memory Timing Setting - Optimal
CPU Clock Ratio Unlock - Enabled
CPU Clock Ratio - 9 x
CPU Voltage - 100%
DDR Voltage - 1.85V
NB Voltage - 100%
VTT Voltage - 100%

What I want to do, is to increase my CPU Freq to 3mhz

Can someone please give me a step-by-step guide on how to do this, through my bios?

Thanks in advance.

you can start reading about overclocking here: HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals)

Thanks for the info, but that's just confused me even more now - does anyone have any ideas on what I can set my settings to?

Another guide to try is here: A beginner's guide to overclocking

Covers just the basics. Added plus is for owners of Gigabyte motherboards as the BIOS screens match, at least in my case. My BIOS is also Award BIOS v6.00PG, so that guide should cover you (give or take a few labels named differently).

I also overclocked my Q6600 to 3 GHz. In short, you do the following:
- Increase the FSB to 333 MHz. With a CPU multiplier of 9X (which I believe is locked to no more than 9x for CPUs such as the Q6600), that equates to 2997 MHz.
- Play around with the memory ratio so that the FSB * ratio = speed of your RAM, which in your case is 800 MHz. So the memory ratio should be 2.4.
- Keep the PCI-E frequency locked to 100 MHz, if an option exists.
- Up the CPU's voltage by a small bit, only if Windows BSOD's with an error similar to "A clock interrupt was not received..."

there are no magic numbers to just get the Q6600 to 3GHz
every chip is different. settings that work for someone else's Q6600 won't necessarily work for yours. if you want to overclock your chip, you have to read about how to overclock, then keep trying different settings till you get your system stable.

search for my overclocking thread.

i have a Q6600 and i got it to 3Ghz stable without increasing the core voltage.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.as...p;enterthread=y

The thread there is titled: HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

I admit the subject matter might be a bit dense for the average user here at Neowin, but if you familiarize yourself with the terminology (Wikipedia helps a lot), that guide is EXCELLENT.