q6600 is this a good overclock

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this is my first overclock
its on an asus p5k se/epu mobo with 4gig of geil ddr2-800 ram which is
underclocked. the cpu has 1.46vcore and is liquid cooled,
could i do any better or is it maxed out




by the way it does not go past 45c when i stress test it
 
Yeah 3.6 looks good. i would say the voltages look a bit high, but it depends on the chip (I was lucky enough to get a low VID one). Generally speaking 3.6 is the ideal clock for one of these as you can run PC6400 memory at 1:1. With watercooling, i imagine with a bit of luck you could push it up to 3.8, I've never tried though
 
Seems good to me, I used to run mine at 3.6 but knocked it down to 3.4 as I'm very picky about keeping temps/fan speeds down. I Used same speed RAM and almost the same mobo and it was as stable as anything.
 
phill0i said:
this is my first overclock
its on an asus p5k se/epu mobo with 4gig of geil ddr2-800 ram which is
underclocked. the cpu has 1.46vcore and is liquid cooled,
could i do any better or is it maxed out




by the way it does not go past 45c when i stress test it
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Looks pretty ok, my own quad under air cooling does 3.6ghz on 1.400 vcore. On air cooling, as long as you keep your cpu voltage around 1.5 or so and temps below 75'c you should be ok, im prepared to maybe knock my vcore above 1.5, but you have more headroom with water cooling, if you do decide to go higher report back and let us know how you get on. Im considering going with a watercooled rig if i buy a q9550.:)
 
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hi all thanks for replies
i just tried for 3.8 but voltages seem freaky i can only get it stableish with vcore at about 1.57 so i think its a no go im afraid
 
i would be afraid to. imagine this...... in ur bedroom u go, turn the computer on and BOOOOOOOMM ur computers ****ed!!!
 
1.57v is fine under water as long as your load temps are under 75c

Your voltages for 3.6 ghz are ok not a golden CPU but certainly a lot better than a lot of the Q6600 over the past six months or so
 
Mines almost exactly the same 3.6ghz needs 1.45v to get an extra 400mhz needs 1.51v in bios (showing 1.5 in windows) mine creeps upto mid to high 50's if you run orthos etc, but it's never as high as 50c with gaming/general use. Idle high 20's to low 30's across the cores.
 
Admiral Huddy said:
Looks good. I can't get mine stable at 3.6.. Can you post the CMOS changes you made please.
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afraid not as this thread is quite old and i dont have that pc anymore:(
im now on
e7300 @4.2
p5q se/r
4gb corsair xms2
9800gtx+ oced
scythe infinity
and its all rapped up in an antec 900
 
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I had 3.8 out of mine for about 1.4 volts something like that it was not there for long temputres were too high for me
that was my old Q6600 which I replaced
 
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