Hi,
Ive just brought a new CPU cooler (Tuniq Tower), and wanted to try and get as high an overclock as possible, but I just cant seem to get my Q6600 B3 to go above 3.2ghz at all.
Managed to get it stable on orthos at 3.2ghz with 1.385vcore set in the bios, but if I try going any higher it either corrupts Windows Vista and I have to repair/system restore from the Vista disc or I get the blue screen of death during boot up. Ive tried upping the vcore loads to 1.465 to get round this, but it makes no different, windows still gets fooked up if I go above 3.2ghz (tried 3.25 and 3.3ghz).
Do you think Ive hit the limit of this chip? Or maybe this motherboad doesnt like an fsb any higher than 356?
Temps arnt causing the problem as its under 70c on load, which isnt too bad for a B3 Q6600.. and when I ran it at 2.91ghz on the stock intel cooler (for almost a year) temps were in the mid 70s on load.
Memory (Crucial Ballistix) isnt the problem either, as thats underclocked to 711mhz (its rated 800mhz), and ive had that stable over 900mhz before I overclocked the cpu higher.
One thing I have noticed is the terrible vdroop I seem to have when checking with everest during orthos tests. Its set to 1.385 in bios but drops as low as 1.31 under load, if everest is accurate. Im using an Abit Quad GT motherboard, didnt realise they were so bad for vdroop?
Ive just brought a new CPU cooler (Tuniq Tower), and wanted to try and get as high an overclock as possible, but I just cant seem to get my Q6600 B3 to go above 3.2ghz at all.
Managed to get it stable on orthos at 3.2ghz with 1.385vcore set in the bios, but if I try going any higher it either corrupts Windows Vista and I have to repair/system restore from the Vista disc or I get the blue screen of death during boot up. Ive tried upping the vcore loads to 1.465 to get round this, but it makes no different, windows still gets fooked up if I go above 3.2ghz (tried 3.25 and 3.3ghz).
Do you think Ive hit the limit of this chip? Or maybe this motherboad doesnt like an fsb any higher than 356?
Temps arnt causing the problem as its under 70c on load, which isnt too bad for a B3 Q6600.. and when I ran it at 2.91ghz on the stock intel cooler (for almost a year) temps were in the mid 70s on load.
Memory (Crucial Ballistix) isnt the problem either, as thats underclocked to 711mhz (its rated 800mhz), and ive had that stable over 900mhz before I overclocked the cpu higher.
One thing I have noticed is the terrible vdroop I seem to have when checking with everest during orthos tests. Its set to 1.385 in bios but drops as low as 1.31 under load, if everest is accurate. Im using an Abit Quad GT motherboard, didnt realise they were so bad for vdroop?
It's a lot better with a fan now although I still intend to remount the heatsinks and use a bolt mod to re-attach them at some point.