Q6600 or QX6850?

Diakatarnis · 6 Aug 2007 at 19:39

Right im building / upgrading my rig. I was looking at some of the overclocks on the Q6600 chips and have seen some insane overclocks but everyone seems to be using either watercooling or phase change.

So can i overclock the q6600 to a nice level using just a descent air or would a qx6850 be better for me?

Also where can i get a nice phase change unit?

CB666 · 6 Aug 2007 at 19:46

q6600 unless you got money burning a hole in your pocket.

Diakatarnis · 6 Aug 2007 at 19:49

its sort of warm in my pocket, but if i can get a q6600, a phase change unit and overclock it to 6850 speeds for less then 6850 im up for it

SS-89 · 6 Aug 2007 at 20:22

Well considering my q6600 is at 3.2ghz with 1.38 Vcore (1.344 after Vdroop :rolleyes:

) on air (Tuniq Tower) idling at 43,42,40,39 (38,,38,35,33 on a cool day) on the cores and full load 70,67,66,62 (64,62,62,60 on a cool day). Under real world load such as oblivion it never goes above 60 degrees on any of the cores. I think the q6600 is the way to go. Bear in mind you need to choose a good clocking mobo and ram.

slap ed · 6 Aug 2007 at 20:33

i,m getting them idle temps on stock , thinks me needs a better cooler . these things run damn hot

Diakatarnis · 6 Aug 2007 at 20:45

cool

any ram you can suggest? im after 4gb in x2gb sticks and was looking at the EVGA 680i mobo

unless there are others that yo ucould suggest?

Spartacus · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:11

I'd get the Q6600 considering the difference in price to a QX6850

Im not far off 3ghz with the stock heatsink and fan with stock voltage, so get a decent cpu cooler at you should do well with the Q6600

Diakatarnis · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:14

cool. basically my farther needs to dump some cash for his business so im not paying for any of this its sorta free bee as they've run out of items to buy. which is why a 6850 isnt really a problem but if it really wasnt worth it then i would go for the 6600. I think ill see how much more he needs to spend before i make the descision.

But either way motherboard and ram suggestions?

MumboJumbo · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:33

Omg get the Q6600 and something else then. Dont waste it.

clocka · 6 Aug 2007 at 21:36

why the 680i? do you need sli? if so wait for the x38 boards coming out very soon, they are p35's but with sli and a few other minor changes, they will o.c the quad nicely unlike 680i boards.

Diakatarnis · 6 Aug 2007 at 22:06

yea basically the build i was looking at was

QX6850
EVGA 680i
another 8800GTX
4gb Ram in 2x2gb sticks possibly 8gb if they need to spend more :S

but it needs to be done before sep so i dont think i can wait for the new intel boards

SS-89 · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:04

The 680i is not a good quad clocker, the p35 chipsets are.

stickroad · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:24

Diakatarnis said:
yea basically the build i was looking at was

QX6850 - I will do the smart thing and not the stupid and idiotic thing and buy a Q6600.
EVGA 680i - Actaully i do not need SLI becuase its a waste of money, i will go for one of the P35 Chipsets.
another 8800GTX - No i wont waste my money and buy another GTX becuase thats stupid.
4gb Ram in 2x2gb sticks possibly 8gb if they need to spend more - I will get 4GB of Memory since it will be plenty and who ever gets 8GB is dum.

Ok Good.

w3bbo · 6 Aug 2007 at 23:25

clocka said:
why the 680i? do you need sli? if so wait for the x38 boards coming out very soon, they are p35's but with sli and a few other minor changes, they will o.c the quad nicely unlike 680i boards.

SS-89 said:
The 680i is not a good quad clocker, the p35 chipsets are.

What a load of tosh. It might be a good idea to actually do a little reading up before making false statements like that tbh. The 1st revison of 680i's were poor but the latest A1 revison is at the very least on par with the P35 chipset for quad core clocking.

4ghz on an EVGA 680i :

Diakatarnis · 7 Aug 2007 at 07:10

nice 4ghz on a q6600 :O that must be under phase change.

And basically its either spend the money or lose it, he will get taxed screw loads on it so i might as well spend as much as i can. hence the waste on another 8800GTX and the 8gb of ram :S

But if a 6600 overclocks loads wouldnt a 6850 overclock to silly speeds as well? 5.5ghz odd?

SS-89 · 7 Aug 2007 at 09:21

w3bbo said:
What a load of tosh. It might be a good idea to actually do a little reading up before making false statements like that tbh. The 1st revison of 680i's were poor but the latest A1 revison is at the very least on par with the P35 chipset for quad core clocking.

4ghz on an EVGA 680i :

Ok sorry I didnt realise the 680i had a new revision in which case it doesnt matter what board you go for. However, you could save money and forget sli and go for a cheaper p35 chipset.

Participant · 7 Aug 2007 at 11:37

Your father needs to reduce his cash levels so he sticks it into his son's PC? Lol.

w3bbo · 7 Aug 2007 at 12:23

Diakatarnis said:
nice 4ghz on a q6600 :O that must be under phase change.

But if a 6600 overclocks loads wouldnt a 6850 overclock to silly speeds as well? 5.5ghz odd?

That was done on water. A few threads on XS have chips like these not just with the EVGA.

It appears not all G0's are doing so well though so its a but of a lottery if you are going to get a good one or not. Theoretically, the higher spec the cpu the higher it should overclock as it has been speed binned higher. This however, again, is not always the case. You better your chances sure, but is far from certain.

Diakatarnis · 7 Aug 2007 at 19:53

hmm ok well i should get at least another 500mhz out of it shouldnt i?

w3bbo · 7 Aug 2007 at 21:27

No idea. Nothing is a given when it comes to overclocking m8.