Q6600 Voltage question

[how random]

I have been trying to overclock my Q6600 over the last couple of days and i have had it at 2.7Ghz for a day prime stable, so I decided it was time to try for 3Ghz. All has gone well so far appart from CPU-Z showing the voltage to be 1.120v however i have set it to 1.25v in Bios.



Is this normal?

 

[MooMoo444]

Its normal, you get some voltage drop from the BIOS value on all boards, and when under 100% load you get a little more voltage drop.

I can't explain why, you just do - its normal.

Also dear lord, if I had a Q6600 with a VID that low, I'd be taking it a lot higher than 3GHz >_>

 

[how random]

I'm taking it one step at a time

So when idle the voltage will increase a little, yeah?

 

[Cob]

Yip.

 

[MooMoo444]

Well, if you stop Prime with CPU-Z open, you should see a voltage increase.

 

[how random]

It increased from 1.120v to 1.128v, I was expecting a slightly higher jump than that

 

[MooMoo444]

Regardless, lower voltage is better, so you should be happy not trying to fix it! As long as its stable at that voltage, all's good.

 

[how random]

Alrighty then! I will keep running prime and fingers crossed it will stay stable

Thanks for your help guys!

 

[Cob]

Which motherboard?

 

[how random]

Which motherboard?

Asus P5K-E WiFi

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-241-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913&name=Asus%20P5K-E%20WiFi%20Intel%20P35%20(Socket%20775)%20PCI-Express%20DDR2%20Motherboard

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Good motherboard.. should overclock easily..

 

[Greebo]

Me want that chip soooooooooooo badly

 

[psychas]

nice chip should do 4ghz with decent cooling

 

[Pneumonic]

have a look here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17825087 should give you some ideas

looks like a nice CPU

 

[how random]

have a look here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17825087 should give you some ideas

looks like a nice CPU

I've been using that for the last few days, thanks Pneumonic for writing that guide as its really useful

Hopefully I will be able to get some more out of this chip when i get some more spare time