BFG 680i what cpu upgrade?

[wilno]

Been away ages...completely lost track of things!

Any CPU's compatible nowadays that OC sell? I have a 5 year old core2duo in at the moment.

Thanks

 

[lollyhayes]

You could go for a G0 stepping q6600 for about £50. that would pretty much max out your 775 platform.

 

[lollyhayes]

Whoops, double post.

Also, your motherboard is not compatible with the Yorkfield 45nm quad cores (these are the die shrink from 65nm to 45nm of the Q6600 I mentioned which is a Kentsfield).

 

[wilno]

Thanks lollyhayes

Re: the q6600 - I use a DangerDen waterblock on my E6600, I don't suppose that's compatible is it? I won't bother to W/C the graphic's card if I upgrade but would like to on the CPU.

Thanks

 

[muppet]

do you o/clock your cpu . i bet you could get it quite high with watercooling .

 

[lollyhayes]

Thanks lollyhayes

Re: the q6600 - I use a DangerDen waterblock on my E6600, I don't suppose that's compatible is it? I won't bother to W/C the graphic's card if I upgrade but would like to on the CPU.

Thanks

No worries, danger den blocks are fairly good, you could definitely give it a go. As long as you aren't hitting high 60's 70's with it at the moment I imagine it would be good enough for the Q6600.
It certainly wouldn't kill it if you tried it.

 

[decto]

From what I remember the 680i motherboards were quite poor at clocking quads so you may want to research if you intent to OC.

I still have a MSI 680i board in the cupboard that I couldn't get stable at 3Ghz with a Q6600.

Same chip is currently at 3Ghz in this board http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-344-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1490
though will do 3.4Ghz prime stable at 1.42V with a few tweaks though for air cooled fan noise I keep it at 3Ghz.

If you can find one at a sensible price the QX6700 or QX6800 were multiplier unlocked quad kentsfields that may be a better bet.

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[wilno]

Thanks Guys

 

[Jokester]

As decto mentions the 680 chipset/motherboard weren't great with quads though there was a rev 2 revision of the reference boards (of which the BFG is one) which largely fixed the issues. You need to check the product number on the board to see if it's a rev2 and I also have a suspicion that BFG never actually sold the updated board.

 

[lollyhayes]

Hmm, I used to have a Asus P5NT-WS nForce 680I and it got to 3ghz ok. Can't remember what revision it was though...
The extreme quads will definitely get you there, although at what cost, im uncertain.

 

[Marine-RX179]

I use to have a 650i board which I could only overclocked my Q6600 G0 to 3GHz max...and higher it would become unstable. After swapping out the crappy nforce board for a Asus P5Q Deluxe, my Q6600 is now running at 3.6GHz prime stable.

I think for a 680i board, you realistic expection for max overclocking a Q6600 is probably 3.0GHz...despite the only average overclock, a Q6600 G0 at £50 is a very good upgrade from the E6600.

 

[setter]

As decto mentions the 680 chipset/motherboard weren't great with quads though there was a rev 2 revision of the reference boards (of which the BFG is one) which largely fixed the issues. You need to check the product number on the board to see if it's a rev2 and I also have a suspicion that BFG never actually sold the updated board.

I had the reference evga 680i a1 revision board. This was the updated, supposed quad friendly version. 3.0ghz was the most i could get from a q6600, didnt matter what settings, voltages i tried etc, it wouldnt take it any higher. It packed in so i replaced it with an Asus p5q deluxe p45 board. The same cpu topped out at 3.8ghz with ease in this board.