Q6600 Default Voltage?

[Hesky82]

I know, but I tested it with 9x multiplier to start with and got nowhere near 400MHz so that itself is not limiting the CPU as you can work around it.

yup, thats because the higher multi at that fsb stress the motherboards cpu power regulation more so that 8x400mhz.

Whats the work around then?

 

[fornowagain]

What air cooler would you guys recommend that would actually make a difference?

I've had the Tuniq and the Ultra both. Get the Ultra and a decent medium CFM fan like Yate Loon D12SM-12. Just be prepared to lap the HSF base if its bad and you wont look back.

 

[Shocky-FM]

yup, thats because the higher multi at that fsb stress the motherboards cpu power regulation more so that 8x400mhz.

Whats the work around then?

Use 356x9? the motherboard will boot upto 385MHz so theres some room to spare with better cooling if I can be bothered.

But I managed to reduced temps slightly by mounting another 120mm fan at the front of the case, dropped temps down to 57/61/56/62 @ 3.2GHz which isnt so bad, just a shame it only did 3.1GHz on stock volts.

 

[tbz_ck]

Woah, so quads have a variable default voltage? Is that what VID is?

Only just got a quad so I'm baffled as to what a VID actually is

 

[fornowagain]

Its get described as the default Vcore, but its not. It stands for Voltage ID, the one shown by apps like coretemp is the maximum load line reference voltage (has a factory set range of 0.85VID-1.6VID). If you get a low one, means you have a lower thermal profile and theoretically it should clock better than a high one. The actual Vcore comes from a power plane or land on the cpu with a voltage VCC. The Vcore can change (if you enable it in the bios) to suit the load and follows the load line.