E6600 Overclock

[KH]Shadow · 14 May 2008 at 20:59

just done my first overclock, managed to get it to almost 3GHz ran prime 95 for 10mins but the temp was a bit high. hit a high of 65c. :eek:

anyone got any tips on this chip. as i've heard of people hitting 4GHz! :eek:

Cob · 14 May 2008 at 21:34

Anything over 3.5ghz is good with the E6600's. They can start to need some serious voltage after that.

What's your cooling?

setter · 14 May 2008 at 21:47

my old e6600 ran 24/7 for 4 months or so @3.6ghz, vcore in bios of 1.525, think it dropped to 1.478 or so in windows. tested it for 14 hours in orthos, temps rarely strayed over 60.c under an arctic freezer 7 pro cooler. that was during the cooler winter months temp would be a bit higher now that summers kicking in.

setter · 14 May 2008 at 22:01

i had no problems with mine, even pushed it once to 3.74ghz, vcore of 1.578. was stable enough to run 3d mark 06 but i only done it the once. as long as the temps arent to high you should be ok, personally i try to keep below 65.c.

[KH]Shadow · 14 May 2008 at 22:24

my cooling is an old Zalman Ultra Quiet cpu cooler, its not my main pc. i was just playing around whilst trying to get the other to work (as i'm waiting on RMA's and advice as i cant get it going.)

just put my old on back together and i wanted to see how far i could push it. not really doing well. the best temp i've got so far is 52 and thats only at 2.7GHz.

think my vCore is 1.3v and NB 1.2 but when i pushed it up to 3GHz i got the 65c 8(