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Q6600 VID

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Are the latest Q6600 all vids over 1.3 or is it still completely pot luck as to what vid you'll get if you buy one?
 
Mine is 1.3000 and it clocks reasonably well, its fairly recent too only about 2 months old, can get to 3.4 with 1.42-ish voltage, but 3.6 needs 1.52+ for me. Though I'm happy with 3.42.. ;o
 
No, I built it for a friend who wants to keep it stock. I will convince him to OC eventually!

Good to know you got a decent speed out of yours. Thanks for the info.
 
I've got to be honest, I've never seen any conclusive evidence that the VID is the driving factor in clockability, I've seen 1.325 chips get up to and sometimes over 3.8/4ghz and lower VID chips be poor clockers.

I wouldn't get hung up on it. Its very "xtremesystems". Those guys talk so much they can convince themselves of anything.

Look at it this way, they won't have got worse at making them so even if it has a high(er) VID chances are it will still go well into the upper 3ghz levels.

I have a 1.325 VID (it was one of the first G0s, actually bought from the states before G0 was freely available here) and it'll go up to 3.6 pretty easily, 3.8 with more vcore.

I most certainly wouldn not find myself paying more for a lower VID chip because even if its a "proven" clocker there are too many variables in play to make it worth any more eg mobo, mobo BIOS, PSU, memory, cooling and any combination of the same.
 
mines a Q813AXXX and has a vid of 1.325. I was quite dissapointed when i saw it but it actually clocks very well and scales good .

3.00ghz : default V
3.20ghz : 1.335
3.30ghz : 1.350
3.40ghz : 1.367

thats with aircooling (S1284) , cannot go higher as we have a quite bad heatwave in Greece now , will report back how much it needs when weather cools down
 
Batch: L 807AXXX VID: 1.325 Bought recently (~1 month ago). Like Iraklis was quite disappointed, but clocking has gone well.

3.00 Ghz : will run at less than stock vcore, but have not done a long term stability test
3.30 Ghz : 1.35625 v (failed prime at 1.35 after 7 hours or so, so upped it a notch)

Have been into windows at 3.6 at around 1.4 but havent gone for any long term stability testing - im happy with a day to day clock of 3.3 at very little over stock voltage. Do not be disheartened by a high VID!
 
I think it probably just means that your highest clock comes at a slightly lower Vcore, for example a 1.25 VID might max out at 1.4v where a 1.325 would max at 1.475?

I wouldn't be suprised if the steps were the same.
 
My vide is 1.2875 yet mine likes lots of volts to get 3.6Ghz+ I have 1.55 for 3.7Ghz I can bench at 3.8 but that needs 1.6v.
 
as i am aware for Q6600

VID = volts needed for 2.4ghz

so the less it needs for stock the less it would need for higher Ghz and the better chance it will do 3.6/3.8/4 Ghz

however there are still variables so i think it is the case for all of them, but there are still those that dont fall into the general statistic
 
Guess it's a bit of pot luck tbh got a Q6600 VID 1.2625v delivered last Tuesday, home build on Wednesday.
Currently 2437.37 with FSB 1083.5 @ 270x9 (5:6, 5, 5, 5, 13, 2T 1.8v) 2 x 2 GB OCZ PC2 8500, idle temps with Tuniq Tower 120 on P5Q-DLX of;

Core#0 34
Core#1 35
Core#2 28
Core#3 32

Still have about 12 hours or so till AS5 curing run in completes then I’ll see what it can do.

EDIT: Batch as above L 807B066
 
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FP0#:L737B

VID 1.2375

Able to do 3200Mhz on 1.218V in bios.

Not a later Q6600 though, bought s/h from MM. :)
 
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