Q6600 OC Questions
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Hmmm....I dunno... his AUXTIN read 44C. My PWM idle at 43C (albeit with a Spot Cool aimed at them). And 44C would be a bit hot for a system sensor.
Not sure what it is, though. Not feeling confident it's the PWM after seeing your readout (though it is in exactly the same place as my PWM temp in CPUID HM), but it's possible, isn't it?
What temps does AUXTIN read under load?
uGuru is an Abit application. If you are running Vista I think it will work, but not so sure about Windows 7...
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/moth...LGA775&pPRODINFO=Utility&pMODEL_NAME=IP35+Pro
The more I look the more I think it just might be the Northbridge temps. Mine is pretty low, but then again I do run 2x 40mm fans on it.
What I also noticed is that if I turn the 40mm fan speeds up with my controller, it lowers it a little and stops the fluctuation too.
EDIT - what does AUXTIN read on yours?
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I don't have AUXTIN:
And uGuru works on Win7 for me, but it is a bit crashy. I get quite a few system hangs sometimes even when just loading it up without changing anything. It's good for changing fan speed profiles on the fly, though (when it works).
If your board is a Pro board, just install uguru, it will work under w7, but can sometimes crash when you close it... or if you try to change any bios setting other than beep alarms.
I just use harware monitor. If the board is Not the pro version, then I dont think it will have the uguru chip so the software wont work
I got my q6600 running @450/9 (3.6)
but to get there i have the following:
fsb - 450
multi - 9
dram - 900mhz
cpu - 1.425
cpu VTT - 1.23
mch - 1.44
ich - 1.5
For cooling:
120mm 2000rpm fan front intake.
120mm 1500rpm fan rear outtake.
OCZ Vendetta 2 with a 120mm 2000rpm fan (cooler installed so fan blows through heatsink towards rear outtake fan).
12" outtake fan on case roof. (slow rpm)
1x 50mm P3 cooler fan on northbridge.
1x 50mm P3 cooler fan on VRM cooler.
My cpu load temps running Intel Burn Test hits 73c, PWM still get toasty around mid 90c but nothing other than IBT gets it that hot, not even Prime95.
If prime is running but crashing, and your cpu is under 75c, then try raising the MCH volt a little... thats what held me back...
I spent hours trying to get my old OC back after downclocking... I had volts added everywhere... in the end, thanks to Diggsy, i started from defaults, only rasing the cpu and mch volts, and bang, back to top oc
I just use harware monitor. If the board is Not the pro version, then I dont think it will have the uguru chip so the software wont work
I got my q6600 running @450/9 (3.6)
but to get there i have the following:
fsb - 450
multi - 9
dram - 900mhz
cpu - 1.425
cpu VTT - 1.23
mch - 1.44
ich - 1.5
For cooling:
120mm 2000rpm fan front intake.
120mm 1500rpm fan rear outtake.
OCZ Vendetta 2 with a 120mm 2000rpm fan (cooler installed so fan blows through heatsink towards rear outtake fan).
12" outtake fan on case roof. (slow rpm)
1x 50mm P3 cooler fan on northbridge.
1x 50mm P3 cooler fan on VRM cooler.
My cpu load temps running Intel Burn Test hits 73c, PWM still get toasty around mid 90c
but nothing other than IBT gets it that hot, not even Prime95.If prime is running but crashing, and your cpu is under 75c, then try raising the MCH volt a little... thats what held me back...
I spent hours trying to get my old OC back after downclocking... I had volts added everywhere... in the end, thanks to Diggsy, i started from defaults, only rasing the cpu and mch volts, and bang, back to top oc
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Its weird how you crash on 3.3 on a decent board aswell. Im on 3.6 with only a artic cooler with some a/s 5 paste with lower power and temps =/
1.4v is quite high i think
Doesnt RAM effect your OC'ing tho? I know you mentioned you got 4gigs of hyperx stuff, what speed is it?
1.4v is quite high i think
Doesnt RAM effect your OC'ing tho? I know you mentioned you got 4gigs of hyperx stuff, what speed is it?
Ram can have an effect, thats why i suggested raising the mch,
AS for the volts to the CPU, that will depend on his cpu vid and how good a chip it is, no two are the same... for example, diggsy needs 1.5 to get to 400/9 - 3.6... were as i can do the same with only 1.425v.
AS for the volts to the CPU, that will depend on his cpu vid and how good a chip it is, no two are the same... for example, diggsy needs 1.5 to get to 400/9 - 3.6... were as i can do the same with only 1.425v.
@tweak, its not the pro and uGuru didnt work. My cooling is 2x front 120 yate loons 1x 120 yate bottom intake and 2x 120 yate roof exhaust an 1x rear 120 yate + scythe ninja HS with scythe 120 fan towards rear. However there is no fans directed at chipset.
@ jazzy, yeah ive currently got it at 1.5 in bios but the Vdroop is quite bad as just now its showing as 1.4 in cpuid. Anything lower and it just wont get pasr first test of prime. My temps currently are sitting @ 32. 34, 34, 31 on idle with all my fans on low.
That is a decent idle temp i think? Currently using 377x9 1:1 (ddr 754) cpu v 1.5. My ram is 800mhz. Since setting ram to auto voltages instead of 1.8 from cpuid its been more stable also.
Passed 20 mins of prime and a couple of games of Bad comp 2, but i will get it properly stressed later. Id like to be able to bring the cpu v down a bit but this chip seems to like the juice.
@ jazzy, yeah ive currently got it at 1.5 in bios but the Vdroop is quite bad as just now its showing as 1.4 in cpuid. Anything lower and it just wont get pasr first test of prime. My temps currently are sitting @ 32. 34, 34, 31 on idle with all my fans on low.
That is a decent idle temp i think? Currently using 377x9 1:1 (ddr 754) cpu v 1.5. My ram is 800mhz. Since setting ram to auto voltages instead of 1.8 from cpuid its been more stable also.
Passed 20 mins of prime and a couple of games of Bad comp 2, but i will get it properly stressed later. Id like to be able to bring the cpu v down a bit but this chip seems to like the juice.
Sounds like you have plenty of case cooling, your idle temps are better than mine... but worth looking at getting something to point at the pwm area These get hot Fast under stress testing...
Though prime is good, i find IBT pushes the system harder... i found i could pass prime testing but still fail IBT... so worth giving it a run... gets around 4-5c hotter on the cpu running it
If you can run IBT without a fail or shutting down, then your on good track.
I always test with IBT Before Prime, as it will find fault quicker...
These get hot Fast under stress testing...Though prime is good, i find IBT pushes the system harder... i found i could pass prime testing but still fail IBT... so worth giving it a run... gets around 4-5c hotter on the cpu running it
If you can run IBT without a fail or shutting down, then your on good track.
I always test with IBT Before Prime, as it will find fault quicker...
Never tried IBT before but thought I would give it a run through. What do you know, it fails after just over 62 secs every time.
Thing is though the system is 12hrs + Prime stable. Think I will leave as is for now, and maybe tweak a voltage a little more late. Tried raising MCH, but anything above 1.33 causes a hard system lock during IBT. Might just be that the CPU needs a fraction more vcore.
Thing is though the system is 12hrs + Prime stable. Think I will leave as is for now, and maybe tweak a voltage a little more late. Tried raising MCH, but anything above 1.33 causes a hard system lock during IBT. Might just be that the CPU needs a fraction more vcore.
Well ive concluded ill need a better mobo if i want 3.6
The IP35P is not as good as the IP35 Pro and if i run my ram any faster it always becomes unstable.
However i got my current (3.4) OC stable and was able to reduce the vcore so its running cool. Anyone recomend me a cheap s775 mobo thats a good clocker?
The IP35P is not as good as the IP35 Pro and if i run my ram any faster it always becomes unstable.
However i got my current (3.4) OC stable and was able to reduce the vcore so its running cool. Anyone recomend me a cheap s775 mobo thats a good clocker?
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I have only got up to 3.2GHz on my ABIT ix38 quadgt mobo
I'm happy with this speed (in fact stock speed is adequate for most of my daily computer tasks) but it is tempting to see if I can push it further. Below are most of the major voltage and idle (temp never goes above 60 at 100% load with prime95) readings from my everest sidebar gadget. Does anyone have any tips about raising my cpu speed up to 3.4GHz?
I'm happy with this speed (in fact stock speed is adequate for most of my daily computer tasks) but it is tempting to see if I can push it further. Below are most of the major voltage and idle (temp never goes above 60 at 100% load with prime95) readings from my everest sidebar gadget. Does anyone have any tips about raising my cpu speed up to 3.4GHz?
I have only got up to 3.2GHz on my ABIT ix38 quadgt mobo
From the uGuru tab in the bios (wouldnt suggest using uGuru in Windows), select 378 for the fsb, and set the memory divider - its about 4 rows down - to 1:1.
Up your volts (voltage control option accessible from the same page) to whatever your chip needs. My q6600 has a 3.25 vid - about the worst possible - and I need 1.4125 for 3.4ghz.
Increasing mch voltage doesnt seem to improve that position for me on the IX38.
If you have better memory, you might try the 1:1.2 divider. About 908?mhz. A voltage increase with my memory allows it, but I normally just stick with the 7xxmhz 1:1 divider.