Q6600 and P5B mobo: Can it be done?

TehBluebear · 24 Jan 2008 at 05:41

Hi guys. Just recently purchased a Q6600 G0, and put it onto the ASUS P5B motherboard that I already had. It's up and running perfectly atm, but I'm interested in bringing the clock speed of the Q6600 up to around 3.2-4Ghz-ish. Currently using a Scythe Ninja PLUS-B HSF.

What i want to know is, is the P5B a good enough mobo to start overclocking the CPU to speeds of 3.2GHz-ish? And would I need to OC my mobo and RAM too while I was at it? Never really OC'ed before, so I don't know these things. Skim read the beginners guide, but felt really lost.

What would be my best course of action IF I can overclock effectively with my P5B?

Cheers.

Cupra · 24 Jan 2008 at 06:12

read the stickies in this section is the best place to start

that motherboard should let ou clock some but not as good as the newer p35 x38

Big.Wayne · 24 Jan 2008 at 07:47

TehBluebear said:
Q6600 and P5B mobo: Can it be done?

You should be fine

I used a P5B-Deluxe with a G0 Q6600 and it clocked to 3400MHz without much fuss. While the P5B-Vanilla may not be as good a clocker as the deluxe version I should imagine you will still be good for 3200MHz-3400MHz is your chip is half decent.

HeX · 24 Jan 2008 at 09:49

Friend of mine has a Q6600 G0 @ 3.2 in his P5B so should be doable

Peter-B · 24 Jan 2008 at 14:05

3.2 GHz is fairly easy on a P5B.

I was running a GO @ 3.2 @ 1.45 vcore prime stable on a vanilla board up until last month.

It would go to 3.4 but wasn’t prime stable, but would run 24/7 without a crash!

Temps with Artic freezer pro were around 60 full load.

Its now running a E6400 @ 3.4GHz.

They are a great mobo, I’ve had 3, but some are better than others.