Best sidegrade ever? (Q6600 to... Q6600 !)

[mrk]

That's right! I just upgraded my B3 to a G0 and wow!

I thought either my RAM or Mobo (4x1GB of XMS2 6400 C5 and Asus P5KC) were the bottleneck as I could not get stable beyond 2.7GHz and even at 2.61GHz idle the temps were in the 50 degrees region per core according to coretemp and latest Speedfan!

Now though I installed the G0 and whacked it right up to 1333fsb to get 3GHz and the temps are simply astonishing when comparing idle for idle and the overclock difference (2.6 vs 3.0)

I won't be buying one of the new Quads anytime this year /at all/ now and will sell the B3 on eBay or something making the G0 at most only a £50 upgrade

Here's the readout atm:

B3 @ 2.6-2.8

G0 @ 3.0

Now my 8800GT can breathe!

 

[mrk]

What are the load temps like?

I usually play 2-3 hrs of TF2 or something, I'll run a 3dmark actually as that would be a good test!

 

[mrk]

Well right after 3dmark06 run temps were:

That's lower than what the B3 was IDLE!!!


Edit*

Crysis has a more fluid framerate now too!

 

[mrk]

Hi, could you possibly post the exact settings you used to achieve this? Vcore etc? Plus the RAM settings?, etc?

Cheers.

Everything is left on auto, the only thing I changed was FSB !

CPU-Z link: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=321206

 

[mrk]

Aye it's on very high settings but using the natural colours mod which makes the gfx look even better and game run faster,

In DX9 mode it looks just as good!

 

[mrk]

Of course if you start blowing everything up in one go it crawls as expected but play normally and it's fine

I'm now at 3.1GHz, the temps have gone up...virtually no degrees and I am confident 3.4 is easily achievable but will need to play tonight. For 24/7 use though 3.1 should do me fine!

4ghz on air? maybe!!!!

 

[mrk]

hmm..

a g0 or a e2180 peeps.... which to get :/ pay day in 2 days!

G0 @ 3GHz+, 4cores better than 2 !!

 

[mrk]

that is a bargain i suppose

I'm making it my mission now to have my g0 ' 3.33 now as I won't rest until it is!

 

[mrk]

Damn that's hot :O is there variations of G0 then ? like SLACR G0 and normal G0 ?

Mine idles at about 40-44 per core or less and under load is no more than 55 per core (in Crysis) and an overall of 45-50 !

Will try 3.33 tonight when I get home

I'm on a Freezer 7 Pro with AS5 btw and noticed the temps from load to idle drop very fast which i guess is the AS5 doing its job! - all with the cpu fan at 50% speed btw!

 

[mrk]

Where do you check the VID dude ?

The shop I got mine from had it displayed and sold as "the one that overclocks" (their words!) and they had loads in stock (OEM versions of course not retail) @ £149inc vat so I just went for it.

Perhaps the OEM ones are cherry picked ones?

 

[mrk]

:s

I don't really want to burn my cpu out!
Is there a max safe limit on the G0 ? bearing in mind I've only changed FSB so far and not made any manual voltage adjustments or anything!