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Hi guys,
I have some questions with regards to improving my clock up to 3.6GHz - realistically the highest amount I can safely get the Q6600 G0 up to (rest of the spec in my sig).
I currently have the following settings in the BIOS:
FSB: 377
Multiplier: 9
Vcore: 1.40v
DRAM Volt: 2.10v
RAM Timings: 5-5-5-15
The rest is set to auto. The following is reported on windows at 100% processing - that's folding, not prime (it is prime stable though):
VID: 1.2375v
Temps
Cores: 63 62 54 52 (note: these temps are about 8-10C less than when testing for prime stability)
NB: 43
SB: 37
Voltages
Vcore: 1.32v
SB: 1.09v
FSBT: 1.42v
DRAM: 2.19v
DRAM Ref: 1.10v
NB: 1.49v
I plan on putting my new hard drive for RAID 0 shortly, and I'm going to take a look at my spread of my thermal paste as I think it may not be covering one side of the processor, doubt it will make much difference though.
My question is, what should I change in order to get myself stable to 3.6? I tried previously with 400 * 9 at 1.425v and it lastest for a couple of hours through prime, but crashed shortly after that. I also noticed that the NB voltage was being reported as 1.69v at the time - not good! The DRAM voltage seems a bit high at the moment as well, 2.1v is the max rated voltage...
Is it also worth me trying 450 * 8 rather than 400 * 9? What would the difference be voltages and temp wise? I'm thinking about this because the RAM I have can be set up to 1000 in the BIOS without overclocking, and would the machine be quicker with higher FSB, lower multiplier and a higher RAM clock or with a lower FSB, higher multiplier and lower RAM clock but tighter timings i.e. 4-4-4-12?
Any help would be welcome
p.s. this isn't a reactionary thread from Cob's warning about his quad core, I've been planning this for a while
I have some questions with regards to improving my clock up to 3.6GHz - realistically the highest amount I can safely get the Q6600 G0 up to (rest of the spec in my sig).
I currently have the following settings in the BIOS:
FSB: 377
Multiplier: 9
Vcore: 1.40v
DRAM Volt: 2.10v
RAM Timings: 5-5-5-15
The rest is set to auto. The following is reported on windows at 100% processing - that's folding, not prime (it is prime stable though):
VID: 1.2375v
Temps
Cores: 63 62 54 52 (note: these temps are about 8-10C less than when testing for prime stability)
NB: 43
SB: 37
Voltages
Vcore: 1.32v
SB: 1.09v
FSBT: 1.42v
DRAM: 2.19v
DRAM Ref: 1.10v
NB: 1.49v
I plan on putting my new hard drive for RAID 0 shortly, and I'm going to take a look at my spread of my thermal paste as I think it may not be covering one side of the processor, doubt it will make much difference though.
My question is, what should I change in order to get myself stable to 3.6? I tried previously with 400 * 9 at 1.425v and it lastest for a couple of hours through prime, but crashed shortly after that. I also noticed that the NB voltage was being reported as 1.69v at the time - not good! The DRAM voltage seems a bit high at the moment as well, 2.1v is the max rated voltage...
Is it also worth me trying 450 * 8 rather than 400 * 9? What would the difference be voltages and temp wise? I'm thinking about this because the RAM I have can be set up to 1000 in the BIOS without overclocking, and would the machine be quicker with higher FSB, lower multiplier and a higher RAM clock or with a lower FSB, higher multiplier and lower RAM clock but tighter timings i.e. 4-4-4-12?
Any help would be welcome
p.s. this isn't a reactionary thread from Cob's warning about his quad core, I've been planning this for a while