Q6600 Guaranteed to clock at 3.3ghz

Deyvy · 27 May 2008 at 16:30

Right I'm looking to upgrade mobo and CPU..

I've decided on the Abit IP35 Pro, and a Q6600, but I'm new to overclocking and was wondering if I purchased the Q6600 guaranteed to clock at 3.3ghz would it make my life easier? It is 50 pounds more than the normal one on special atm..

Hmm, I've just noticed the more expensive one says (1466FSB) How will that work with the IP35 pro?

uv · 27 May 2008 at 16:44

Jees, £50 more?

Pick any G0 Q6600 - they're pretty much *all* guaranteed to hit 3.3

Don't bother with the cherry picked ones.

1466 is just 366Mhz FSB - 366*9 (q6600 multi) = 3.3Ghz.

The IP35 will hit 366 easy peasy

Columbo · 27 May 2008 at 16:49

Total waste of £50. Save your cash and just buy an OEM Q6600 and a decent air cooler. You'll hit 3.3 on the first boot with the a-bit.

Deyvy · 27 May 2008 at 17:06

Good news..

Cheers for the advice..

Been searching these forums, had a quick read, seems the guaranteed at 3.3ghz cpu, u get a free guide also..

Greebo · 27 May 2008 at 17:14

Deyvy said:
Good news..

Cheers for the advice..

Been searching these forums, had a quick read, seems the guaranteed at 3.3ghz cpu, u get a guide for £50 also..

FIXED

Minstadave · 27 May 2008 at 17:30

If I remember rightly the chips aren't even tested to run at those speeds, they're normal Q6600s off the shelf, its simply you're paying £50 for the right to return it if it doesn't.

The fact that OcUK is able to send out a CPU gaurenteed to do 3.3ghz without testing it shows you how confident they are that any q6600 can do those speeds.

benktlottie · 27 May 2008 at 18:07

uvmain said:
Jees, £50 more?

Pick any G0 Q6600 - they're pretty much *all* guaranteed to hit 3.3

Don't bother with the cherry picked ones.

1466 is just 366Mhz FSB - 366*9 (q6600 multi) = 3.3Ghz.

The IP35 will hit 366 easy peasy

Are OCUK cherry picking chips for the overclocked ones? If so, how are they doing that without opening the boxes??? :confused:

Minstadave · 27 May 2008 at 18:52

No don't think they're cherry picking, its more the fact that all G0 Q6600s clock well.

Richdog · 27 May 2008 at 18:55

Deyvy said:
Good news..

Cheers for the advice..

Been searching these forums, had a quick read, seems the guaranteed at 3.3ghz cpu, u get a free guide also..

It's totally worth it just for the free guide, it will turn you into an overclocking master, you may even get 3.4ghz out of the CPU and that is almost impossible without serious skills!

uv · 27 May 2008 at 19:24

Richdog said:
It's totally worth it just for the free guide

that's just mean

PhillyDee · 27 May 2008 at 19:37

I cant even get 3.2 out of my G0. Must be the gigbayte P31 board. terrible clocker. Just cant get it stable any higher. Ive tried pretty much everything. Oh well. May upgrade the board at some point. Its only a folding rig.

Spyhop · 27 May 2008 at 19:39

The spirit of overclocking is getting the extra performance for free. Stay well clear of these things

Altaz · 27 May 2008 at 20:48

PhillyDee said:
I cant even get 3.2 out of my G0. Must be the gigbayte P31 board. terrible clocker. Just cant get it stable any higher. Ive tried pretty much everything. Oh well. May upgrade the board at some point. Its only a folding rig.

Thank your lucky stars you can get that much, I can't get over 3.0 (333x9), and I've tested that 8 hours prime stable at 1.2V (VID 1.28).

easyrider · 27 May 2008 at 20:54

3.3 is a mediocre clock for a Q6600.

Greebo · 27 May 2008 at 20:58

no1$dn said:
Thank your lucky stars you can get that much, I can't get over 3.0 (333x9), and I've tested that 8 hours prime stable at 1.2V (VID 1.28).

err you tried upping the vcore? You haven't even got your cpu running at it's VID for 2.4Ghz and it's still stable at 3Ghz? :confused:

I need 1.4v in bios = 1.3v under load in windows with my 1.25v VID to get 3.4Ghz stable.

From memory I needed 1.3v to get 3.2Ghz stable so if you are trying to get over 3Ghz by sticking to 1.2v then you will be disappointed.

Don't forget these chips are rated as 1.35v (see side of box). All the ocuk guide will probably tell you is

1. set fsb to 366
2. set vcore to 1.4v
3. boot up system

Stable system at 3.3 Ghz (if not send back for another one)

The only time they will get them back is ones where people have poor mobo. However, I'm not sure where you stand if you send the cpu back and they send you a 24 hour prime small tft screenshot at 3.3Ghz on a better board? Hopefully they will just give you your money back.

Greebo · 27 May 2008 at 21:01

easyrider said:
3.3 is a mediocre clock for a Q6600.

On the stock cooler? Perhaps not. I would suggest that with a stock cooler and as far as I am aware the ocuk guarantee does not require any superior cooling, that is getting to the topend especially if they sent you a cpu with a VID of over 1.3v.

I wouldn't expect much more, perhaps 3.4-3.5 at the very best on stock cooling and high voltages.

Altaz · 27 May 2008 at 21:39

Greebo said:
err you tried upping the vcore? You haven't even got your cpu running at it's VID for 2.4Ghz and it's still stable at 3Ghz? I need 1.4v in bios = 1.3v under load in windows with my 1.25v VID to get 3.4Ghz stable.

From memory I needed 1.3v to get 3.2Ghz stable so if you are trying to get over 3Ghz by sticking to 1.2v then you will be disappointed.

Don't forget these chips are rated as 1.35v (see side of box). All the ocuk guide will probably tell you is

1. set fsb to 366
2. set vcore to 1.4v
3. boot up system

Stable system at 3.3 Ghz (if not send back for another one)

The only time they will get them back is ones where people have poor mobo. However, I'm not sure where you stand if you send the cpu back and they send you a 24 hour prime small tft screenshot at 3.3Ghz on a better board? Hopefully they will just give you your money back.

I am not new to overclocking

I've spent hours playing around with FSB and voltages no luck, think i tried pretty much every combination under the sun. I've decided its either my board or heat sink (Scythe Andy Samurai). I can boot into windows fine at 9x400 but can't run anything stable (OCCT + Prime), even tried 8x450, which again booted into windows, but wasn't stable. If only I had a bigged case, I might be able to get a decent heat sink.

(I didnt get my chip from OCUK).

Greebo · 27 May 2008 at 21:46

no1$dn said:
I am not new to overclocking

I've spent hours playing around with FSB and voltages no luck, think i tried pretty much every combination under the sun. I've decided its either my board or heat sink (Scythe Andy Samurai). I can boot into windows fine at 9x400 but can't run anything stable (OCCT + Prime), even tried 8x450, which again booted into windows, but wasn't stable. If only I had a bigged case, I might be able to get a decent heat sink.

(I didnt get my chip from OCUK).

Sorry, no offence meant. It was just the way you said almost as good as I can't get over 3Ghz at 1.2v which misguided me.

Hope you get it sorted at some point.

Altaz · 27 May 2008 at 21:50

Thanks, I deffo think its something to do with the cooling I am getting tempts of 70C within of a minute of OCCT kicking in. Maybe the ThermalRight Ulitma 90 might be a good bet.

Greebo · 27 May 2008 at 21:58

no1$dn said:
Thanks, I deffo think its something to do with the cooling I am getting tempts of 70C within of a minute of OCCT kicking in. Maybe the ThermalRight Ulitma 90 might be a good bet.

Yeah sounds toasty to me. I find my system gets unstable once it gets into the 70's. Luckily for me that was at 3.8Ghz

Left mine now on 3.5Ghz since it's a nice balance between voltage and heat and temps max out in low 60's.

I'd get yourself better cooling as soon as your can.