Q6600 @ 1.6MHz

Psycho Sonny · 3 Mar 2011 at 03:52

upgrade your motherboards bios to the newest available from the manufacturer's website.

this should solve all your problems (ram and cpu)

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 04:03

Psycho Sonny said:
upgrade your motherboards bios to the newest available from the manufacturer's website.

this should solve all your problems (ram and cpu)

Where can I check for my current BIOS?

It seems to be upto date,

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 04:24

It seems some guy had the same problem as me and he reset his BIOS settings to default, will I have to reinstall if I do this?

solarp · 3 Mar 2011 at 04:28

Is the multiplier set to 9x in the BIOS? Mine also runs at 6x 1.6ghz on the desktop and shoots back up to 2.4ghz when running applications (before I OC'ed it)

I have the default BIOS installed, check the disk that came with the motherboard. Also I dont believe you will have to reinstall anything.

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 04:29

solarp said:
Is the multiplier set to 9x in the BIOS? Mine also runs at 6x 1.6ghz on the desktop and shoots back up to 2.4ghz when running applications (before I OC'ed it)

I have the default BIOS installed, check the disk that came with the motherboard. Also I dont believe you will have to reinstall anything.

The multiplier is set to 6x, how do I change this in the BIOS. It's grayed out for me :/.

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 04:45

solarp said:
Is the multiplier set to 9x in the BIOS? Mine also runs at 6x 1.6ghz on the desktop and shoots back up to 2.4ghz when running applications (before I OC'ed it)

I have the default BIOS installed, check the disk that came with the motherboard. Also I dont believe you will have to reinstall anything.

Thanks a lot man, just did it and it's running at 2.4GHz now

. Also what settings did you use for your OC? I'm planning to OC once I get the rest of my ram this week.

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 05:02

Ran Prime95 for just over 20mins, here are the temps

solarp · 3 Mar 2011 at 06:09

Thats a very cool temp! What heat sink are you using? Expect them to rise like mine did by about 10 degrees.

For overclocking just set the FSB to 333Mhz (default should be 266) and it will OC to 3ghz. Play around with higher frequencies for faster speeds, but be prepared it may become unstable.

Also make sure the voltage, RAM ratios and PCI express freq settings are correct. Most mobo's have these set on auto so dont worry too much. I have the voltage set to around 1.275 (Never go above 1.5 with a Q6600) and my RAM ratios set on 1:1 and PCI express freq on 100mhz.

If anyone thinks these values should be different please say so, so far they have worked fine for me, but there may be a better or more efficient value to input

Glad I could help

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 07:21

solarp said:
Thats a very cool temp! What heat sink are you using? Expect them to rise like mine did by about 10 degrees.

For overclocking just set the FSB to 333Mhz (default should be 266) and it will OC to 3ghz. Play around with higher frequencies for faster speeds, but be prepared it may become unstable.

Also make sure the voltage, RAM ratios and PCI express freq settings are correct. Most mobo's have these set on auto so dont worry too much. I have the voltage set to around 1.275 (Never go above 1.5 with a Q6600) and my RAM ratios set on 1:1 and PCI express freq on 100mhz.

If anyone thinks these values should be different please say so, so far they have worked fine for me, but there may be a better or more efficient value to input

Glad I could help

I am using a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler, I also have a exhaust fan right at the back of it and a fan pointing towards my ram. At the moment my ram is Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 HyperX T1 Memory Kit CL5 2.2V, I have another pair on the way which I RMA'd due to DOA. Should I wait till I get the other set of ram before OC'n?

Also what FSB are you currently using? and did you just change the FSB and nothing else?

Orcvader · 3 Mar 2011 at 09:49

What power settings have you set in Windows? Make sure it's set to Balance.

Go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Power Options.

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 09:53

Orcvader said:
What power settings have you set in Windows? Make sure it's set to Balance.

Go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Power Options.

It's fixed mate, please check my other thread and try to help if possible! Many thanks

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18248501

TrojanWhore · 3 Mar 2011 at 11:59

hey swaps, just to let you know, q6600s become very difficult to overclock when you are running four sticks of ram. it puts a lot of strain on the northbridge, so you will need to up the voltage (NB or MCH in bios) quite a lot to get it stable, particularly if you want it running at 1066mhz. if you want to OC your CPU it may be a better idea to just run 4gb (which is plenty for gaming)

swaps · 3 Mar 2011 at 12:09

TrojanWhore said:
hey swaps, just to let you know, q6600s become very difficult to overclock when you are running four sticks of ram. it puts a lot of strain on the northbridge, so you will need to up the voltage (NB or MCH in bios) quite a lot to get it stable, particularly if you want it running at 1066mhz. if you want to OC your CPU it may be a better idea to just run 4gb (which is plenty for gaming)

Mhm, do you think it would be fine just to OC it just a tad with 4 sticks of ram? like 3000MHz? That would be enough for me lol.

solarp · 3 Mar 2011 at 14:17

All I had to do was change the FSB to 333 (the current freq I am using) in the BIOS swaps and thats it. The mobo sorts everything else out for me but the values I gave you are what mine is set to.

neo-omega · 3 Mar 2011 at 14:34

Overclocking is easy once you get your head around it. I suggest reading THIS thread for the basics (It's what I used and I seem to be doing alright

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swaps · 4 Mar 2011 at 08:16

neo-omega said:
Overclocking is easy once you get your head around it. I suggest reading THIS thread for the basics (It's what I used and I seem to be doing alright )

Hey mate, thanks i'll give it a read. Just wondering what heatsink are you using? Thanks.

neo-omega · 4 Mar 2011 at 12:43

I'm using custom watercooling and my block is a D-Tek Fuzion.

brendan · 4 Mar 2011 at 12:47

I've had my Q6600 for 3yrs running at 3GHz. It's really easy just set the FSB to 333mhz. Rock stable hasn't missed a beat. My motherboard even has some jumpers to force the FSB to that speed so even if I reset the BIOS it comes back

Using an artic cooling freezer 7 pro or something.

I know have 2x2GB 1066mhz ram but I use to do the same on 4x1GB PC6400 ram, without a problem.

swaps · 4 Mar 2011 at 13:51

brendan said:
I've had my Q6600 for 3yrs running at 3GHz. It's really easy just set the FSB to 333mhz. Rock stable hasn't missed a beat. My motherboard even has some jumpers to force the FSB to that speed so even if I reset the BIOS it comes back

Using an artic cooling freezer 7 pro or something.

I know have 2x2GB 1066mhz ram but I use to do the same on 4x1GB PC6400 ram, without a problem.

Awesome, so all you did was change the FSB? no volts etc? if so, yay

.

solarp · 4 Mar 2011 at 19:20

Mobo should handle it, well I have the IP35 pro mobo and it sorts it out for me. Just double check the voltages etc are correct to the FAQ and you should be fine.