E6600

[dokko]

Hello friends.

I've had my rock solid stable E6600 at a decent clock since i've got it, 3.2, but was thinking of pushing it further.

Its still at stock volts and idles at about 25, reaching 33C when under load.

I've got a GA - P35c DS3R

Arctic freezer

4GB GeiL

CPU @ 400x8

The previous owner had it at 3.6 IIRC but cannot remember any of the settings.

So should i raise the 400 to 450 taking the mem up with it, or should i whack a 9 multi on it and raise the volts, and if so what too?

Thanks.

PS: I'm looking at a new CPU in the summer, where should i go from here?

Again thanks.

 

[Rackerz]

3.2 on stock volts? My E6600 is a hungry bugger and wants 1.55V for 3.4! You keep going higher on the 8x multi, not sure how far you might get but keep trying with it and see what results you get. Memory should hold out as well GeiL is pretty good stuff.

 

[Bizarre]

Leave it at 400 and up the multi to 9 thus keeping the memory 1:1 with the cpu and within its rated speeds.

If you run into stabilty probs keep upping the vcore in .5 increments until stable or temps no longer permit.

 

[Reality|Bites]

3.2 on stock volts? My E6600 is a hungry bugger and wants 1.55V for 3.4! You keep going higher on the 8x multi, not sure how far you might get but keep trying with it and see what results you get. Memory should hold out as well GeiL is pretty good stuff.

You may find it needs far less volts to run at 3.3Ghz

 

[dokko]

Thanks guys.

So what kind of volts am i looking at for a 3.6 OC?

 

[Rackerz]

Nobody knows really, it's complete luck of the draw. I'd take a guess and say around 1.45V for your processor, providing it recieves good cooling.

 

[pastymuncher]

Mine needs 1.45v for 3.6Ghz. I decided to go for the extra bandwidth and went for 8x450. Still reckon it's got more to give as that was the first clock i tried for it. Can't be bothered to try for more at the moment as i have got into Crysis.

 

[Cob]

3.2 on stock volts? My E6600 is a hungry bugger and wants 1.55V for 3.4!

Is that a newer chip? The older ones seem to need far less volts (my L628A needs only 1.52v for 3.7ghz).

 

[setter]

mine is quite greedy for voltage as well, 1.525 set in bios for 3600mhz, been up as far as 3740mhz for a few benches, vcore of 1.58750 (max reccomended by nvidia for a 680i board) on air cooling, not something id run 24/7.

 

[dokko]

One other thing.

What happens when it needs more volts, does the computer not start?

 

[pastymuncher]

One other thing.

What happens when it needs more volts, does the computer not start?

That's one thing that could happen, or it does'nt post, or it could start and enter windows but when you try to run something it could crash. Prime will fail as well.

 

[dokko]

Core temp has not been reliable for me since getting Vista (weird readings inc showing 3.6 instead of 3.2) think its a bit buggered, just heard someone mention the other one so you reckon i should use that?

Cheers for all the info people.

 

[Cob]

Core temp has not been reliable for me since getting Vista (weird readings inc showing 3.6 instead of 3.2) think its a bit buggered,Cheers for all the info people.

It's because you've dropped your multi to x8. It confuses a heck of a lot of software (inc Windows).

 

[dokko]

It's because you've dropped your multi to x8. It confuses a heck of a lot of software (inc Windows).

Yeah i remember about this now, cheers.

Solution, whack it up to 9!

So what about the temps, just bin coretemp?

 

[Cob]

I would keep CoreTemp.

Have you set up Real temp correctly?

 

[dokko]

I would keep CoreTemp.

Have you set up Real temp correctly?

Yeah, with the ini file etc...

Coretemp with the vista starter.

 

[dokko]

There's a new version out, now vista comp.

 

[Cob]

v0.97.1 is out too.