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OC an old Q6600?

Stripes

Stripes

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Hi everyone.

I've got a Q6600 G0 SLACR /w P35-DS3Rr1.0 and 2GB Ballistix PC8500 RAM that I've been using at stock speeds (don't ask) for the past two and a bit years. I'm planning to replace the stock cooler with an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro soonish, as well as grabbing a new case for the system to replace my now ancient (and uber-ugly) XaserII.

Are there any issues I should be aware of when overclocking parts which have been @stock in-situ for this length of time, apart from cleaning off the old TIM throughly? In addition what would be a sensible 24/7 overclock to expect given it has a Coretemp VID of 1.2625, I was thinking something between 3.0 and 3.2GHz.

Thanks in advance for all, and sorry about having my first post as a new thread.
 
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Ive never had any issues clocking parts that havent been overclocked for years. I think my old opteron 146 when a year or so without being overclocked. I didnt even bother to clean off the old paste, just increased the clock and it was fine

edit - go with huddys guide instead, its slightly better!
 
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Thanks for the links Admiral Huddy.

From what I've been reading load temps above 65C are cause for some concern with air cooling, would this be about right?
 
Depends what CPU. I've had an old cpu up to 92c. Your computer will usually blue screen, or turn itself off if temps get too high. Not much to worry about really. (unless you turn off the protection)
 
Stripes said:
Thanks for the links Admiral Huddy.

From what I've been reading load temps above 65C are cause for some concern with air cooling, would this be about right?
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That would depend on what kind of load the CPU was under, and for what length of time.

I had no problems with my CPU hitting 70ºc for a few minutes whilst stressing it with 100% load to see if I could beat the Q6600 results in the SuperPi/Fritz thread.

Mind you that was at 4054MHz, and with 1.5v core.
 
paradigm said:
That would depend on what kind of load the CPU was under, and for what length of time.

I had no problems with my CPU hitting 70ºc for a few minutes whilst stressing it with 100% load to see if I could beat the Q6600 results in the SuperPi/Fritz thread.

Mind you that was at 4054MHz, and with 1.5v core.
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I'd really freakout if my temps were 70ºc with 1.5v core
-38ºc ish is way better ;)

On topic 3.2 should be very easy for a q6600 with little or no voltage change and the stock intel hsf can cope no problem !

Dont think its possible to cook a modern cpu anymore with build in thermal safety's

make sure to post up your results

Karl
 
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