Q6600 voltages

R.Muller · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:44

sorry if this has already been asked or answered.

My q6600 (G0 stepping) @ 2.8ghz is running at 1.392 volts (core voltage) i was just wondering whether this was to high as i was reading some people had 1.25 or something.

Many thanks in advance
Ryan

vertica · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:47

Is that on auto voltage or have you set it yourself? wither way that sounds high for that speed, should do it on stock volts

R.Muller · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:52

its all on auto voltage, maybe this is just because of the batch of CPU's, ill try a later version of CPU Z. My dads Q6600 is running at 3ghz and at 1.360

Ill try a later version of cpu z and see if it reads anything different, core temp reads 1.16V ???. I was just wondering if 1.392V is anything to worry about

Edit: core temp is VID 1.1625. Is this the one to worry about or the core voltage? would someone mind explaining the difference between the two?

Many thanks

vertica · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:59

Whilst that voltage wont kill the chip, (load temps?) it is too high,

Double check with the latest versions, but if core temp is sowing your VID as 1.16V, then it shoudl run on stock at 1.16V so 1.39 is far too much for 2.8Ghz

My q6600 had a VID of 1.325 (one of the later poorer clockers) but only took 1.35Ghz to hit 3.2Ghz,

R.Muller · 14 Dec 2008 at 12:18

load temps are 55 degrees C in coretemp, idle is 38. I checked on the intel website and they said VID specs up to 1.5. If im at 1.1625 this is safe right? i havnt changed any voltages ive literally just installed the cpu and set the FSB. Cant understand why core voltage is 1.392 but VID is 1.1625V

vertica · 14 Dec 2008 at 13:13

if you truely do have a VID of 1.1625V, thenyou should be able to set the voltage at that value and run the cpu at stock,
at you current voltage, temps look good so you should be able to clock it very well.

fix the voltage in the bios, then progressively up the fsb till its no longer stable, then a touch more voltage repeat, till your limited by temps (<70C) or reach a level where the voltage increase has no benifit (dont go over 1.5)
Once at your desired/max speed, jsut tewak the voltages till its stable.

SMN · 14 Dec 2008 at 14:54

Im running mine at 3.44Ghz on Vcore voltage of 1.39v. Thats a G0 Q6600 on a Gigabyte DS3P.