How far can I push Q6600

JoeDredd · 26 Apr 2008 at 16:36

Hi all

At the moment have PC as per sig, but after lapping both quad & TT, I am now thinking of squeezing it up to 3.6 :cool:

But I would like to check a couple of things with the knowledge of the forum;

1. What is the max volts for quad ?
2. What is max load temp for quad using P95 small ffts?

Thank you for your assistance in this matter

schumi84 · 26 Apr 2008 at 16:55

Max load temp - you really dont want to be going higher than 70 degrees really, low 60s preferable.

With regards to the max voltage, i would have thought that as long as your TT can hack it, 1.5 - 1.55 should be ok.

JoeDredd · 26 Apr 2008 at 19:24

Ok I have OC'd to 3.6 idle temps of 45, load temps of 76 (after 2 1/2 hrs of P95 small fft).....would you consider this to be safe..oops at 1.4v in bios

Nick1881 · 26 Apr 2008 at 20:00

That seems quite high for a TT, Mines clocked to 3.51 @ 1.49v and hits 75C using a Scythe Ninja

JoeDredd · 26 Apr 2008 at 20:10

mr_x_plosion said:
That seems quite high for a TT, Mines clocked to 3.51 @ 1.49v and hits 75C using a Scythe Ninja

what seems quite high :confused:

sprognak · 26 Apr 2008 at 20:42

Don't forget ambient temp makes a big difference...

1kiwi · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:17

stupid summer

Nick1881 · 27 Apr 2008 at 09:20

JoeDredd said:
what seems quite high

Load temps of 76, I'm changing my case and HSF to try to get mine below 70.

psychas · 27 Apr 2008 at 10:10

try to not go over 73 well my temperatures increased by 2 c as its summer time if u want to get 3.8 or 4ghz get a decent water kit

JoeDredd · 27 Apr 2008 at 10:14

I was thinking of adding a second fan to TT, but unsure what type and how to connect. I know it will need something like cable ties to the TT but where should I connect it for power and speed

JoeDredd · 27 Apr 2008 at 10:17

psychas said:
try to not go over 73 well my temperatures increased by 2 c as its summer time if u want to get 3.8 or 4ghz get a decent water kit

It was about 25 in my room yesterday, idle temps this morning are down to 40 so ambient temps make a big difference :eek:

!!! quite surprising really, I might clocked it back to 3.4 when summer really gets going to assit temps

juno_first · 27 Apr 2008 at 19:02

My bro just got a sclacr q6600 in a good case on high end air & gets 3.7, under load 72c.
My B3 for a year has been doing 3.55 on water, under load 98c.

1kiwi · 27 Apr 2008 at 20:30

lol 98c <--- are you serious>?

juno_first · 27 Apr 2008 at 20:34

Yer 98c, its fine & runs 24/7, 60c idle & plays games for hours without a hitch.
My case is a very old GlobalWin 802 & keeps my feet warm too

Intel spec on these chips is 100c, people are still old school when it comes to temps.

psychas · 27 Apr 2008 at 21:12

anyone fried bacon

your cpu will not last long at those temps

mattyrigby00 · 27 Apr 2008 at 22:36

atleast if you need boiling water you can just get some out of the watercooling loop.

thegoonden · 27 Apr 2008 at 23:56

mattyrigby00 said:
atleast if you need boiling water you can just get some out of the watercooling loop.

You mean the phase change loop as it is now :lol:

Sin_Chase · 28 Apr 2008 at 12:19

Jesus, you guys are nuts. I am not happy with mine hiting 60 deg under load. 70!?! No thanks

1kiwi · 28 Apr 2008 at 12:55

I figure 70 as fine as it doesn't even hit 50 when playing games soo...

schumi84 · 28 Apr 2008 at 13:58

Yeah, 70 is fine as there are very few (in my experience, no) games that max out the CPU to make it work at 100% load.

The hottest mine seems to get to is about 55 and that is in Crysis, AoE3 stresses quite well but still not hot enough to worry about.