q6600 ds3 965 rev 1 compatability

vanandjuanunited · 18 Jul 2009 at 20:55

anyone running this combo? What kid of overclock if any is possible

Jakey2.0 · 19 Jul 2009 at 14:19

I'm currently running my GA-965P-DS3 rev 1.0 with the Q6600, and it's overclocked to 3.0GHz at stock voltage.

Only thing to note is that you'll need to be running at least BIOS F12 as prior versions don't support the Q6600. Other than that, it's all good...

Hope this helps.

Rroff · 19 Jul 2009 at 14:20

I doubt you will get much over 3-3.2gig overclocking with that combination.

vanandjuanunited · 19 Jul 2009 at 15:07

if i got up to 3.2 i would be happy enough. Have my e6300 at 3.4

Mikey · 26 Oct 2009 at 16:09

What voltages would people go for with this board to get to 3GHz with a Q6600 B3?

Rroff · 26 Oct 2009 at 17:14

Shouldn't really have to touch the voltages to get to 3gig... maybe +0.1 on the northbridge, or +0.2 if you have all 4 RAM sockets in use. Might have to lift the vcore very slightly to offset droop so 1.34-1.3625 - but it should be possible to hit 3gig stable on 1.3.

funkeh · 28 Oct 2009 at 17:41

I've got a P35 board and Q6600, was playing about with it the other day and found I could get a 5 hour prime stable o/c @ 2.8 with my cpu voltage at 1.072V !!

Is that normal for these chips?
I thought it would have to be at least the same as the chips vid?