my quad core 6600

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 19:16

just started to over clock this on air cooling am up at 3.85gig and stable been playing COH in directX 10 mode its fab

hardc0re_tid · 4 Sep 2007 at 19:19

what cooler, what board, what ram?

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 19:24

ok ive got a quad core 6600 95 watt edition
crucial xms 6400 4 gig of ddr2
thermalright ultra extreme with 120 fan fitted
150 gig raptor
geforce 8800gtx all thrown on a P5B delux mobo
all in a antec 900 case ive also put a thermalright cooler on the gtx with a 92 mill fan

Yesam · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:01

Nice rig you've got there, and a nice OC. What are the temps like?

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:05

not looked at it yet while stressed speed fan says 32 on cpu and cores 0123 at 25 ish

easyrider · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:09

micky1up said:
just started to over clock this on air cooling am up at 3.85gig and stable been playing COH in directX 10 mode its fab

I'll guarantee that the 3.85ghz will fail prime.

Playing games is not stressing your cpu to its max.

So don't kid yourself.

Rackerz · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:20

I can second that, give it a go on Orthos/Prime to see if it passes.

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:21

ooh a bit touchy i will try prime to check but its been up and running various video editing and games since midday no problems

kkthxbye · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:21

q6600 @ 3.85ghz and 32c...hmmm

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:27

thats idle ive not monitored it yet during stress

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:29

im really bothered about testing anyways im a games player and do a bit of video its not crashing so why should i be bothered

kkthxbye · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:30

calm down dear...

WJA96 · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:31

micky1up said:
thats idle ive not monitored it yet during stress

Even so, that's pretty special - I've got my G0 stable under water cooling at 3.65GHz and it idles at about 47C on each core and about 65C under load. I'm having to run 1.45V to keep it stable with 0.3 extra on the Northbridge of my P35-DS4. It is totally stable though - 3200ppd on F@H.

Servo · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:37

micky1up said:
im really bothered about testing anyways im a games player and do a bit of video its not crashing so why should i be bothered

You should be bothered, you need to find the real temps of the cores, this will help to protect your cpu if it's overheating. What happens when your on the last level of your game and the computer dies?

Just get prime quad and test the machine, Mine will do 3.8 prime for nearly 4 hours, but reset's it's self, thats with 1.5v real vcore and temps of 70+ on watercooling.

We really are trying to help you, and all hope that your machine is stable at that speed.

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:40

wel im running with 1.55 volts and 1.45 on the northbridge

the p.c been on since midday and the speedfan temps say cpu 33 0123 @28

Servo · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:42

did you add 15oC on each core, speedfan is out by that much?

gunner · 4 Sep 2007 at 20:56

micky1up said:
wel im running with 1.55 volts and 1.45 on the northbridge

1.55 volts on the CPU on air. That sounds toasty to me.

micky1up · 4 Sep 2007 at 21:05

rigth ok which temp tools do i use then speed fan and core temp say the same thing

i havent tried lowering the volts yet im still OCing and playing

vocch · 4 Sep 2007 at 21:11

Are you using core temp 0.95.

DavidB · 4 Sep 2007 at 21:12

Just add 15c to the temperatures shown on speedfan, the tjunuction they calculate the temperature from is 85c rather than 100c.

So your idle temperatures are actually around 48c