Got a Q6600 what next....?

dougieboy

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Hi there guys, I am looking for some help.

Have read the stickies at the top, and now have all the requisit utils etc on my PC... I am runnning XP and have

OCZ 2GB(2 x 1GB) Kit 1066MHZ PC8500 2X1024MB 5-5-5-15
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
BIOSTAR P43-A7 Socket 775 Intel P43 Moboard
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

I am not really looking to overclock too much, as I dont really need to much power out of this system. I just need to know what are the basic parameters in the bios to make the most out of the memory etc. It doesnt seem that the memory is running at 1066Mhx, it shows up as 800MHz in xp...

please help!

thanks
 
You will need to go into the BIOS and manualy configure the timmings. voltage and speed.
Checking the motherboard shoudl hopefully give some information were to look in the BIOS.
 
thanks.

I think that what would be great, is an idea of where I should be aiming (clock speeds etc) before thinking about increasing the voltages..

cheers
 
Oops the above was regards the memory, should have mentioned that :o

For the time being keep the memory at 800mhz, increase the CPU FSB to around 334mhz, this should give the cpu speed of 3ghz.
When I had my Q6600 I needed 1.30v ~ for stability, before saving check the memory speed, hopefully it should not of gone above 1066, if it has you will need to adjust the memoryy multiplier, hopefully this should be on the same screen.

Hope the above helps :)
 
are you looking to overclock the memory? It is sat at 800 because your processor is only running 266mhz clock (quad pumped)

Leave the memory alone and just raise fsb by a little
 
Thanks chaps....

I have currently got the FSB at 220, giving me a clock speed of around 2000, but looking at CPU-Z, it keeps going down to x6 multiplier, so I effectivly keep losing a third..

this is with the auto-voltages on the MB...

DRAM Fr is 441 at the moment, with FSB:DRAM 1:2
shall i keep it on autovoltage?
 
dont touch volts on anything yet......and speed step is just lowering the stepping when you are not at load. Powersaving function. You can turn it off in bios but if you load test it will revert to max.
 
am now up to 3000mhz, still letting the bios control the voltages. Have realized that my mobo can't handle the memory at 1066. Never mind.

Did a test last night and all cores got to nearly 60deg. I got scared and stoppe. Is this ok? How hot is safe?
 
memory will only show as pc26400 800mhz in cpuz even when you have 1066 modules running at the rated speeds
 
Doing well here.....

Got the chip at 3000: Voltages on auto still..
Seem to have got the memory at nearly 1066 (2x499.8)
- I increased memory to 2.3V, and then BIOS gave me different DRAM options

Nowonly 2 questions left

a) What sort of temps are we happy with for the chip
b) how do i best test this setup (I have prime95 but am scared to use it until I know the answer to the above question)

Then all I need to do is go and buy a game! I have a HD4670 and nothing to play on it!
 
Download CPU-Z and double check the vcore on your cpu, sometimes on auto some boards over compensate, I needed 1.30v~ to run at 3ghz.
Max temp, personaly I would keep it under 70 - 75c.
 
Just keep upping the FSB bit by bit until you hit stability problems. Use prime to check for stability. Once you've hit this with the voltage at auto. you could then manually up the vcore if you want to go further.
 
dougieboy said:
am now up to 3000mhz, still letting the bios control the voltages. Have realized that my mobo can't handle the memory at 1066. Never mind.

Did a test last night and all cores got to nearly 60deg. I got scared and stoppe. Is this ok? How hot is safe?
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Set your BIOS to switch off/alarm when your CPU hits 80 degrees and you'll be fine.

Try and keep it under 70 degrees though.

And to re-assure you, back when I used to do watercooling, once after I'd been fiddling around in the case, I'd forgotten to put the CPU waterblock back on. Needless to say the PC switched itself off rather sharpish! Opened it up, got the cooler back on which took a good few minutes itself, and switched it on. Went into BIOS to see what the craic was with the temps, and to wait for it to cool down. CPU was at 105 degrees when I got into BIOS.

So yeah, they're tough wee things really. :)
 
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