Q6600 Overclock Settings Check
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No worries. Leave it with me. I have to go out and might not get near the PC again until tomorrow. Will report back then.
Hey there. Okay, found the manual, which makes it easier for me to see what you are looking at in the bios.
Try this...
CPU Clock Ratio - 8x
CPU Host Frequency - 400 (if available)
PCI Express Frequency - 100
Memory Frequency - 800
DDR2 - +0.2 (up to 0.4 as needed)
PCI-E - leave
FSB - +0.1
(G)MCH - +0.1
CPU - 1.4
With any luck that will get you up and running at 3.2. With the memory and FSB running nicely in sync.
Just keep an eye on the temps. You don't want the CPU temp going over 70c if you can help it.
You might be able to reduce one or more of these voltages just a little, which will help temps, but give this a go as a starting base and see how it goes.
Try this...
CPU Clock Ratio - 8x
CPU Host Frequency - 400 (if available)
PCI Express Frequency - 100
Memory Frequency - 800
DDR2 - +0.2 (up to 0.4 as needed)
PCI-E - leave
FSB - +0.1
(G)MCH - +0.1
CPU - 1.4
With any luck that will get you up and running at 3.2. With the memory and FSB running nicely in sync.
Just keep an eye on the temps. You don't want the CPU temp going over 70c if you can help it.
You might be able to reduce one or more of these voltages just a little, which will help temps, but give this a go as a starting base and see how it goes.
Diggsy!
Your the man!
Running that OC, at idle it's about the same on stress it's currently at 1 or 2 degrees over what it was at 3GHz.
Prime 95 has been running for over an hour and it's passed all the tests so far. I will run a more long term test, but that's pretty good if you ask me.
Thank you very much!
Your the man!
Running that OC, at idle it's about the same on stress it's currently at 1 or 2 degrees over what it was at 3GHz.
Prime 95 has been running for over an hour and it's passed all the tests so far. I will run a more long term test, but that's pretty good if you ask me.
Thank you very much!
Hmm, it's like it's hitting it's stride, the temps have actually gone down a degree or two.
I can hear the RPM on the cpu cooler bobbing around a bit, I think it seems to have found a sweet spot it want's to stay at.
Currently reading:
60 - CPU
1 - 56
2 - 56
3 - 55
4 - 55
Those temps are pretty much what the 3GHz was.
I can hear the RPM on the cpu cooler bobbing around a bit, I think it seems to have found a sweet spot it want's to stay at.
Currently reading:
60 - CPU
1 - 56
2 - 56
3 - 55
4 - 55
Those temps are pretty much what the 3GHz was.
Thats pretty normal. As soon as the load comes off these CPUs, the temps plummet.
Good to hear its working well up to now anyway.
Oh and your load temps dropping a degree or 2 when running something like Prime over a long period is also quite normal.
Ok I ran 95 overnight. I have previously run it for 2 hours no issues, so I thought it safe to leave overnight.
So I set it off at just after 2000 and by 21:57 my PC had rebooted (I didn't notice until the morning).
Seconds before the reboot (although I was sure I had switched off the automatic reboot on BSOD) Windows Defender decided Real Temps that was running had changed and it had stopped it. This is the only thing before the crash and no red crosses before or after it (beyond the normal DHCP I occasionally get).
So do you think this is connected to the OC or just Real Temps?
I will be running 95 again tongiht regardless, just wondered what you thought?
So I set it off at just after 2000 and by 21:57 my PC had rebooted (I didn't notice until the morning).
Seconds before the reboot (although I was sure I had switched off the automatic reboot on BSOD) Windows Defender decided Real Temps that was running had changed and it had stopped it. This is the only thing before the crash and no red crosses before or after it (beyond the normal DHCP I occasionally get).
So do you think this is connected to the OC or just Real Temps?
I will be running 95 again tongiht regardless, just wondered what you thought?
There were no Prime 95 errors. It just crashed, I think it was RealTemps.
Yeah good idea, I had planned on running it without realtemps (using hardware monitor or everest) but if that fails I will disable Defender.
Id say, just disable defender (mine is off all the time) and run prime95, cpuz and coretemp. Hardware monitor (IP monitor or something i think its called, diggsy recommended it to me and its free) if you want.
Dont need to have anything else running really. But i have Nod32, daemon tools, a defrag program and my xonar drivers
Dont need to have anything else running really. But i have Nod32, daemon tools, a defrag program and my xonar drivers
With defender off and not running RealTemps (ran hardware monitor instead) it ran through the night with no errors.
I think that's working.
This morning the temps were a little higher than they were over a 2 hours run, the overall temp was between 62-65 and the individual cores were around the 61 mark.
Do you know of any programs like prime 95 to test graphics cards?
I think that's working.
This morning the temps were a little higher than they were over a 2 hours run, the overall temp was between 62-65 and the individual cores were around the 61 mark.
Do you know of any programs like prime 95 to test graphics cards?