-
Competitor rules
Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
anyone know what temperature can damage a q6600 1.25v and what volt will damage it
- Thread starter winngames
- Start date
Soldato
- Joined
- 25 Sep 2003
- Posts
- 3,725
- Location
- Manchester
On air with an aftermarket cooler you'll probably be fine to go up to 1.38v, remember to check your temps. Basically you're fine up to 1.4v but the higher you go the more heat there will be and this is what you need to really keep your eye on. Download coretemp and use that to see the cpu temps. If you use speedfan remember to ADD 15 degrees as it doesn't report it correctly. Max temp I would be happy with is about 65 degrees (UNDER LOAD!) but ideally 50 and lower.
Check this thread out to get a feel for what you might be able to acheive.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17779323
and also, make sure to read through Jokesters great guide here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922
What motherboard are you using? Also, your voltage seems high for that overclock. Not that it's a problem but it will just make things hotter, that's all. If you can lower the voltage and still be stable then overall that's a lot more desirable.
Good luck!
Check this thread out to get a feel for what you might be able to acheive.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17779323
and also, make sure to read through Jokesters great guide here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17612922
What motherboard are you using? Also, your voltage seems high for that overclock. Not that it's a problem but it will just make things hotter, that's all. If you can lower the voltage and still be stable then overall that's a lot more desirable.
Good luck!
Last edited:
Temperatures are unlikely to damage the cpu as it will throttle before then and auto shutdown if temps get too high. Your GPU will artiface and 'sparkle' when it shows signs of overheating. afaik the gpu's will NOT auto shutdown if they get too hot so be carefull with them.
Soldato
- Joined
- 25 Sep 2003
- Posts
- 3,725
- Location
- Manchester
that gfx card is fin up to about 85 degrees or so I've read! Mine just peaks on 80 degrees with no problems. But yeah, graphics cards be careful with overclocking, if you see any white sparklies then I believe that's the memory being too high and if it's corruption then its shaders or core.
What motherboard are you using? Also, your voltage seems high for that overclock. Not that it's a problem but it will just make things hotter, that's all. If you can lower the voltage and still be stable then overall that's a lot more desirable.
Good luck!
my pc is a dell so my only hope is to oc the pc, i know everyone is goin to hate me but im using ntune seein that it can be easily undone , also dell have locked the cpu, when the cpu was at 1.25v it crashed when trying to oc. works fine at [email protected] crashed at 2.7ghz
Last edited: