Q6600 maximum overclock

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Hi,
Does anybody know what is roughly the maximum overclock I could get out of a Q6600 on an IP35 pro motherboard with air cooling? It's currently stable at 3.31Ghz but i'm sure i can squeeze some more out of it!
I want to fiddle with it tonight.
Many thanks
 
There are many different factors that will affect the max overclock. Most Q6600 G0's will do 3.6ghz. What cooling do you have? Is that the Abit IP35 Pro?
 
3.4 - 3.5ghz should be achievable on most quads, there are a few factors that can help to eek more out of it, such as a low vid cpu from a good batch, cooling and the amount of vcore required for a given clockspeed.
 
Every chip is a bit differnt, the maximum overclock is really defined by the chip. I would say the max for every chip is where it is stable & you are happy with the temps (below 70 loaded).
The most I have seen on air cooling is about 3.8(can't remember exactly), I'm not sure I would run it for long on air at that tho lol. Just remember that the hotter it runs the less life you will get out of it.
 
Most ive seen on air is 4.0ghz from a member on here, ive had mine at 3.8ghz prime stable, temps below 70c on air, but i wouldnt run it at that 24/7
 
Ive found 3.6ghz, which i can run on reasonable voltage of 1.4v, to be a nice sweetspot, runs nice and cool and handles any program or game easily.
 
Conversation killer, was looking to overclock my Q6600 too so far ive got it to 3.4 and its stable

And beep, do i know you from somewhere???
 
well I got the Q6600 to 3.8Ghz but at this point you will need water cooling and my OCZ VENTT 2 couldn't take it so I back it off to 3.6Ghz both times it was stable as a rock

I had a maxumis 2 formular back than
 
3.6Ghz is the sweet spot on the q6600.

1.55v is the max voltage as indicated my intel (LOL I have run 1.7v for bench runs)

72c max load is what you should be looking for. (this is the most I would allow)

P35 boards are great for this chip

Missed it was thread revival night,
400x9, less than 1.5v would be nice
 
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Thats what I have from mine. In BIOS I am adding +0.200V to the CPU, although my VID is 1.300V it seems that in windows its actually lower. I think with higher frequency RAM I could hit 3.8GHz but I wouldnt keep it there. I am happy with 3.6Ghz. :D
 
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Thats what I have from mine. In BIOS I am adding +0.200V to the CPU, although my VID is 1.300V it seems that in windows its actually lower. I think with higher frequency RAM I could hit 3.8GHz but I wouldnt keep it there. I am happy with 3.6Ghz. :D
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What mobo are you using and have you enabled load-line calibration (LLC)?
 
My Q6600 with VID1.325v require vcore 1.48 (1.47~1.48 in windows) to stable in prime without the 4th core stop working. While it might be possible to reach 3.8GHz, but personally I don't think it's going to be worth it as it would most likely require vcore at something like 1.6v. Despite I have one of the best air-cooler around, I'm just sticking with 3.6GHz...as I don't think boost from the exta 200Mhz on 3.8GHz would be too noticable, and worth the hassle and extra power consumption and heat. Currently my idle temp is around 35~37C, and prime temp max at around 62~64C.
 
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