My final e6600 overclock :D

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 21:04

I finally made it!

User Name: SmsMasters
Stability: 8+ hours orthos small ffts

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 L632B086
OC: 3600 MHz
Stepping: 6 B2
Week: L632
Code: B086
Vcore: 1.43V Steady (pencil modded)

Cooling: Air
Cooler brand/model: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe Wifi
Bios Version: 0910
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2
RAM brand: Corsair
RAM rated speed: PC5400
RAM actual speed: PC6400
Latency: 4-4-4-12

CPU-Z Validation: http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=170386

Screenshot:

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 21:10

w3bbo said:
Congrats, nice clocking cpu there tbh. Once you sort the cooling out I would be very tempted to push it further as you hve headroom on the vcore tbh.

Yup, I'm looking to get the tuniq tower maybe and replace my case fans with more powerful ones. With real world apps, my load temps rarely go beyond 60C.

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 21:31

phil14 said:
Water is the way forwards! That what i would suggest! When i build my C2D rig i am going straight in!

Phil

Nice overclock, Is it very fast at that speed Ie can you see a big diffrance than it being at stock.

I can see the difference only in cpu intensive software. Winrar and quickpar are also much faster for me due to the increase memory bandwidth.

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 22:30

s0ck said:
Hi there sms*
I find mine will run small fft's for hours too but fails rather quickly on blend (3.6GHz). How does your fare?

I'm going to try it for at least one hour now.

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 22:45

Cpu Vcore: 1.45 set in the bios (1.43 actual steady)
NB: 1.45V
RAM: 1.9V

Everything else auto

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 22:57

Briton said:
Ok...thanks. Looks like your board is just happier with the higher FSB than mine.

What is your vcore set to?

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 22:58

s0ck said:
Hi there sms*
I find mine will run small fft's for hours too but fails rather quickly on blend (3.6GHz). How does your fare?

I've been running orthos blend for 13mins no errors yet. How long did yours last for?

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 23:05

Briton said:
I took it up to 1.4625 trying to get stable but now I'm back to 1.45 as that didn't work.

What's the vdroop like? What did you set in the BIOS and what do you get in windows under load/idle?

On my ASUS P5B Deluxe, I needed to set 1.5125V in the BIOS as the vdroop took it to around 1.45V actual.

I did the pencil mod and I can now set 1.45V in the BIOS and 1.43 actual steady.

smsmasters · 20 Feb 2007 at 23:17

Briton said:
I didn't notice when I took it higher.

At 1.45v it's 1.440v at idle and 1.432v while Orthos is running small FFT's.

Set the voltage to 1.5V and see if you still get errors in orthos in the first few minutes.

smsmasters · 21 Feb 2007 at 00:27

Briton said:
I'll give it a go.

Edit: Well that seems to have made it stable at 3400 at least for the first 10 minutes in Orthos. CPU-Z is now doing that 1.213v thing but PC Probe II shows the Vcore as 1.47v. Temps now are 65c/65c in Core Temp (63c/62c in TAT). Do you think those kind of temperatures are OK?

Yes, they are fine (a little hot), but try not to make it go any higher.

Which motherboard do you have?

smsmasters · 21 Feb 2007 at 17:40

smegle said:
thats looks so scary

Not really, just a few strokes of the pencil, being careful not to pencil other areas and you will be fine.

smsmasters · 21 Feb 2007 at 22:30

BassJunkie said:
What time did you get on Blend test in the end smsmasters? i had plenty of problems getting it past 4 hours but i used this program called mem set and change some ram settings to get it past 10 hours.. atm i cant remember what setting but if u ask i will find out

Also, try to set your RAM to 1.9V and see if it's stable.