Q6600 overclock without a fan?

petemyster · 30 Oct 2008 at 14:58

Am thinking of overclocking my Q6600 but I only have the stock fan. How much could I safely overclock it? Or do I need a CPU fan before even thinking of doing it?

Pilky01 · 30 Oct 2008 at 14:58

It depends.

petemyster · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:01

Pilky01 said:
It depends.

depends on..? How much I want to overclock it? In that case, an overclock to 3.0Ghz

Pilky01 · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:03

The VID of your chip, your motherboard your ram etc.

jak731 · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:04

how is airflow in your case?

petemyster · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:07

Pilky01 said:
The VID of your chip, your motherboard your ram etc.

Intel Core 2 QuadPro Q6600 8MB
Corsair 4GB DHX XMS2 (2x2GB)
Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45
Cooler Master Cavalier 3 T03 A
Sapphire ATI HD4870 X2 2048MB
1000W power supply

Pilky01 · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:12

petemyster said:
Intel Core 2 QuadPro Q6600 8MB
Corsair 4GB DHX XMS2 (2x2GB)
Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45
Cooler Master Cavalier 3 T03 A
Sapphire ATI HD4870 X2 2048MB
1000W power supply

VID?

petemyster · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:17

Pilky01 said:
VID?

I don't know, it hasn't arrived yet. All I know is I need to overclock it for my 4870x2. But can you guys do a rough guess for me, if i could overclock it without a fan (just assume the VID is, i dunno, average?

)

MooMoo444 · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:22

1000w lol

jrwagh333 · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:23

wooo wattttage lol

rjk · 30 Oct 2008 at 16:02

1000w and no watercooling?

shame on you

i suggest starting out for a 3GHz overclock on stock volts - even the newer [lesser] q6600s should be easily doable

set your multiplier to 9 and the fsb to 333

gives you 3000mhz

or 3GHz

then check your temps

i would upgrade to a good quad aircooler if you want to push for more

then you can look at upping voltages and going higher - realistically - unles you get a miraculous low VID chip then you should be only looking at 3GHz on stock cooling

a TRUE is on this week only and it looks very swish! - worth the investment imo
you will need a 120 fan to go with it as well

petemyster · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:23

3Ghz with a Q6600 with stock cooling? Got ya, what about the chances that the chip will fry?

rjk · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:59

its not going to fry - prime95 test it for a bit and see how hot it gets

if below 70 you are fine

psd99 · 30 Oct 2008 at 20:05

1000 watts? Bloody hell what you building a 747?

Well why would you not want a fan on the heatsink?

petemyster · 30 Oct 2008 at 22:03

psd99 said:
1000 watts? Bloody hell what you building a 747?

Well why would you not want a fan on the heatsink?

the 1000W is to power my 10 4870x2's and 30 Q6600's

and im gonna get the fan as a christmas present ^^

Happy · 30 Oct 2008 at 22:19

I currently run my Q6600 at 3.2GHz without a cooling fan, just a Xigmatek S1283 heatsink; since I'm between water cooling

hibeesmad · 30 Oct 2008 at 22:30

rjkoneill said:
1000w and no watercooling?

shame on you

i suggest starting out for a 3GHz overclock on stock volts - even the newer [lesser] q6600s should be easily doable

set your multiplier to 9 and the fsb to 333

gives you 3000mhz

or 3GHz

then check your temps

i would upgrade to a good quad aircooler if you want to push for more

then you can look at upping voltages and going higher - realistically - unles you get a miraculous low VID chip then you should be only looking at 3GHz on stock cooling

a TRUE is on this week only and it looks very swish! - worth the investment imo
you will need a 120 fan to go with it as well

I have never overclocked before, however I am thinking about an upgrade. Is it as easy as this? Change the multiplier to 9 and fsb to 333? Do you need to change any more settings? I have a Zalman 9500AT boxed and waiting, is this a good cooler for 3Ghz?

Thanks,

Johnny.