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Overclocking my Q6600 problems?

wt123 said:
Ran prime for around 40 minutes and everything is fine, no errors =]

Edit: Although my min on CPU VCore has gone down to 1.37
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Looking good. Don't worry about the vcore dropping, if it is stable, then that's fine.

Northbridge should show as Northbridge on Everest, but I have a feeling the trial version doesn't show all the temps/voltages.

Now, time to ramp it on a little more ;)

EDIT - Asus PC Probe might pick up all the temps we're looking for.
 
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Okay so next step, lets see if we can hit 3.2ghz....

CPU RATIO - 8x
FSB - 400
CPU Vcore - 1.5 (will drop to 1.43 under load)

Leave the others as they were for now.

Report back with the results.
 
wt123 said:
I don't think it worked, let it run, went downstairs to get something to eat and it restarted so!, I will check log

EDIT: Can't find, I'll run it again
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Never worry, give the Vcore a very small increase, say to 1.52 or so in the bios (1.45 under load) and see how it goes.
 
Diggsy said:
What are the individual core temps like? Can you post a CoreTemp screenshot at load?
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Oh yeah give us a sec, I need to get it going again, it was 58-60 =]

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wt123 said:
Oh yeah give us a sec, I need to get it going again, it was 58-60 =]

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That all looks spot on. Plus CoreTemp sets the tjmax at 100c, which is thought to be 5c - 10c higher than Intel say it is, so your correct temps are probably about 5c lower. :)

Some people adjust the tjmax, but I prefer to leave it, as I know if I stay below 70c at 100c tjmax, then I am in good shape. ;)


Anyway, enough rambling, back to your overclock. Try this...

CPU RATIO - 8x
FSB - 425
CPU Vcore - 1.52

Again, leave the others untouched. Just check in the bios that the RAM is staying at or below its rated speed.

That should give a CPU speed of 3.4ghz.

Report back with your results.

Again, it may need a smidge more vcore, and as before, only raise it a very small amount (0.02 or so) and only if needed.

We're not done yet ;)
 
Diggsy said:
Well you haven't reported back yet, so either all is going well, or you have crashed and burned :D
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Well can't seem to find the right VCore lol, tried 1.525, 1.53, 1.54, 1.55, 156 and none seem to work lol!

Anyway I have to go soon, got college tomorrow didn't see the time lol ;p, do you think we could continue this tomorrow?
 
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