cooler for a stock q6600?

2-step · 13 Jan 2012 at 20:32

could someone advice me on what cpu cooler to get for about £30?
for a stock q6600 in a antec 900 just to replace the stock cooler as its well poo

Thanks

RJC · 13 Jan 2012 at 20:41

Cooler below should be fine:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

2-step · 13 Jan 2012 at 20:51

Thanks!

lomez · 13 Jan 2012 at 20:58

aye the gelid is a really good budget cooler, will over clock very nicely.

j.col · 13 Jan 2012 at 21:47

are you going to overclock it?
if yes then the Gelid is a good cooler.

if not, then get a cheaper one

2-step · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:26

I am not going to over clock it, never have done never been interested in it, i don't mind paying upto £30 for a good cooler but im not too sure on what one too choose,

i had this on a AMD Athlon http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

might just get that again as i was happy with it.... what do you think?

Deception · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:41

Still got the cooler? Can always re-use it if you got the 775 bracket. Like above, if you're not overclocking (which is a pity!

), then the arctic will be fine.

2-step · 13 Jan 2012 at 23:02

Its still attached to the cpu, going to keep it on there for another build,

and i tell i lie i would like to overclock it but its just i honestly don't know what i am doing and i cant get my head around it

plus i dont think the motherboard is any good its a asus P5N-E SLI

Deception · 13 Jan 2012 at 23:08

2-step said:
Its still attached to the cpu, going to keep it on there for another build,

and i tell i lie i would like to overclock it but its just i honestly don't know what i am doing and i cant get my head around it plus i dont think the motherboard is any good its a asus P5N-E SLI

That's what these forums are for

Get the Gelid and lets unlock the beast :cool:

j.col · 13 Jan 2012 at 23:11

you still should get to 3.0ghz on most mobo's.

download cpu-z and load it up.
have a look at the revision, if its a G0 you are good to go, a B3 its slightly harder,
A B3 needs more power and is hotter, but you should get either to 3.0 fairly easy.

go for the Gelid. and

this is a very basic explanation of overclocking

its basic maths. your Q6600 is rated at 1066mhz. you always divide this number by 4 so 1066/4= 266, this is your fsb. (or cpu frequency)
then your processor (cpu) has a multiplier of 9 (or cpu ratio)
so 266 x 9 = 2394mhz or 2.4GHz, your stock speed

boot into bios,
and disable C1est, and any other power saving features.

unlink your ram, using the ram divider, so it stays at stock speeds, you can overclock the ram later.
this means leave it at 667mhz or 800mhz or 1066 or just under (whatever your ram speed is)

can you raise the fsb? yours is now 266. (266 x 9 = 2394mb or 2.4ghz ) try rising it to 280
boot into windows
download realtemp and coretemp (google them)
install and run them
then download intel burn test (IBT) and run it.
have a look in task manager and notice how much free ram is listed.

in ibt set threads to 4 (for 4 cores) and then click on custom ram and enter an amount just below the free amount.
eg. i have 2520mb free ram. so i enter 2500 into the custom ram.
run the test for 10 passes. for now,
and then at final speed you want, run for 50 passes
keep an eye on temps (do not let it go over 75.c)

or download prime95 and run the torture test/large fft's

if test runs fine, go back into bios, and change frequency (FSB) to 300 and repeat the tests.
keep doing this in 20mhz steps until windows will not boot. then just go back a step (remove 20mhz from the fsb) to the last stable frequency,
or
just raise the cpu voltage a couple of levels. it should now boot. Test again and if it passes, then start raising the fsb again, and on and on

its a balancing act, higher voltages will get you higher fsb, but it will also give you higher temps.
Most G0's will do 3.0GHz (333 x 9) on stock volts, but you may need to raise it a couple of levels.
Max voltage for a Q6600 is 1.5v,

the trick is to do this step by step,

2-step · 13 Jan 2012 at 23:22

Right, i just looked and its a G0 revision, i will order the gelid and come back to this post

as deception says lets unlock the beast

thanks!

2-step · 17 Jan 2012 at 18:10

OK so i just got the Gelid and here are some screenshots

Stock:

Gelid:

used Prime95 i am expecting it to fluctuate as the TIM settles and what not

will overclock this at some point now would be rude not to

RJC · 17 Jan 2012 at 19:15

Slight difference

2-step · 17 Jan 2012 at 19:44

Alos i am having a bit of a problem, i have noticed that the fan is spinning at max speed :confused:

I have slowed that fan down with speed fan to 700 RPM instead of 1500 RPM

Its maxing out at 50c under full load at 700 rpm

do you think i have put the cooler on wrong? because when i turn speedfan off it goes straight back to full blast, even if the pc is on idle ?

any ideas?

andy_mk3 · 17 Jan 2012 at 20:03

Don't use speedfan. There is usually settings in the bios for the CPU fan control.

2-step · 17 Jan 2012 at 20:10

andy_mk3 said:
Don't use speedfan. There is usually settings in the bios for the CPU fan control.

Now you mentioned about that setting i fianly found it :cool:

thanks!

j.col · 17 Jan 2012 at 21:44

also if it was me, i would whack the fans on full speed for stress testing,
Stress testing is extreme, and your temps will be around 10-20.C lower in day to day gaming.
So for normal use, just reduce the fan speed for a quieter pc.

Deception · 18 Jan 2012 at 07:21

Very nice temps (now that they finally loaded, no thanks to VM!).