q6600 with striker extreme

bubblebobble · 5 Nov 2009 at 17:40

Ok,

thought I would have another go at OCing my PC again.
I have been running it at 2.7 for as long as I can remember, the fsb is set at 1200, I increased to 1400 and ok but had little gain in the cpu.
So I figure increase again as per suggestions from the forum in the past, as soon as I increase the fsb to 1600 it just hangs.

If I remember I ran it at 3.0ghz on a P35 board by just increasing the FSB.

Do you reckon its the Asus striker?

suggestions most welcome.

thanks

Wedge · 6 Nov 2009 at 16:04

Hey

Ive had my E8500 @ 3.8Ghz for over a year, (maanged to bench it at 4.2Ghz)on my striker extreme.

I dismantaled it yesterday though to build a new i7 system. But here are my settings:

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FSB (QDR) Mhz = 1600
MEM (DDR) Mhz = 800

VOLTAGES:
Vcore = 1.35v
Memory = max manufactor rated
1.2HT = 1.25v
NB Voltage = 1.35v (i needed a 90mm fan sat over the NB to keep it cool)
SB Voltage = 1.50v
CPU VTT Voltage = 1.25v

System clocks:
PCIEX 16_1 Frequency 101
PCIEX 16_2 Frequency 101
PCIEX 16_3 Frequency 101
SPP <-> MCP Auto

I set my RAM timings manually which were 4-4-4-12 (2clock)

This is my opinion only, but dont go over the below voltages.
Vcore = 1.45 max
Memory = max manufactor rated
1.2HT = 1.50 max
NB Voltage = 1.45 max
SB Voltage = 1.55
CPU VTT Voltage = 1.40 max

Good luck. and keep an eye as always on your temps, you can fry an egg on the NB as im sure you know.

found some Q6600 OC

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=159457
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=127331

Rroff · 6 Nov 2009 at 16:12

You will not get a Q6600 much above 3gig (1333 or 1334 FSB) on a striker extreme.

You will need to uprate the northbridge cooling, increase the NB voltage by +0.1 - everything else should run at stock voltages ok.

Better yet do yourself a favor like I did:

and get a real motherboard.

Wedge · 6 Nov 2009 at 16:30

^^ haha, i remember that thread, maniac!

Its been a really good mobo for me. But you do need some patience to clock it.

Rroff · 6 Nov 2009 at 17:37

I spent quite a bit of time to get my Q6600 to a 3gig overclock and hours to get it to 3.2gig stable on that board... swapped for a P35 board and it did 3.6gig stable with a little tweaking, swapped for a P45 and it went straight in at just shy of 4gig... then went to the 750i board where I managed 3.6gig with a LOT of tweaking - but now dropped a Q9550 in the 750i and it went to 3.825gig no hassle and can manage over 4gig but that requires too high voltages due to the vdrop/droop with the nFail chipset