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***The Official Q6600 Overclocking Thread ***

spooks said:
Just bought a G0 Stepping, I will be putting a Gigabyte P35 DS3R board and 4GB OCZ Dual Channel 6400 ram in. I have a Zalman 9700NT Cooler with a 120mm fan. Do you think it is possible to run this cpu at 333fsb therefore equalling the specs of the 3ghz QX6800 on completely stock voltage. I don't like the idea of putting more volts through a brand new cpu. Also, can simply overclocking the fsb damage the processor? Thanks
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I dont see why not, My chip can do 3.2 with vCore well under 1.35v
 
Hello guys,

Got mine yesterday. Haven't OCd it at all yet, but with a Scyth Samurai Andy, it's running at between 35-38 idle, and went upto 50ish full load (100% on all cores for several minutes only) - From what I understand, these temps are relatively high for stock clock - I know it's not dangerously hot atm, but I would like to do some overclocking.

Does it sound likely i've cocked up the heatsink? I'm sure it's installed properly (it won't twist or anything, all firmly in) but I think I might have ****** up the thermal compound.

Any ideas/thoughts?
 
Can't get my Q6600 to post past 3.2GHz (tried upto 1.5v and increased NB voltage, slack timings etc). I think its the PSU as its only a Tagan 430w running a GTX and watercooling :p

Just ordered a Corsair HX 520W :cool:
 
I put on a Tuniq Tower on mine....and with 1.4V on the core and it cloked to 3.45Ghz...it idles at 38C. Full load it goes to 60. I was quite impressed by this on air!
At stock speeds and voltages...idle was in the 30 range.
Yours doesnt differ too much from this....when full loading leave the load on for longer than a few minutes and it tends to get hotter and hotter for the first 15 minutes before settling out.

I think your safe to overclock a bit. If you dont think the compound is done properly...do it again. Also make sure its Artci Silver
 
I had a quick go at OC'ing my G0 this morning, left the voltage at stock, took the Ninja off and gave the copper a polish then stuck some arctic silver on, took it to 3.2ghz straight away, been priming for an hour(ish) and temps are between 48-51 under load, very pleased.

And now it appears to be shagged.

For some reason my PC keeps freezing when I prime it, it'll also crash in-game. I've tried lowering the multi and upping the FSB, using different dividers, upping the voltage to 1.35v but nothing's making a difference, anyone have any ideas? Temps are still acceptable when it crashes.
 
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Don’t you have to add 15 deg to G0s as they are not being read correctly by the motherboards currently?

Duke said:
Can't get my Q6600 to post past 3.2GHz (tried upto 1.5v and increased NB voltage, slack timings etc). I think its the PSU as its only a Tagan 430w running a GTX and watercooling :p

Just ordered a Corsair HX 520W :cool:
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What motherboard is that on? I doubt its your PSU to be honest.
 
HI there

Can get into windows at 4GHz and do general stuff, browsing etc.

Stable rock solid at upto 3850MHz and 3800MHz seems bomb proof. This is air-cooled and silent cooling too so pleased with what these chips can do. :)
 
Gibbo said:
HI there

Can get into windows at 4GHz and do general stuff, browsing etc.

Stable rock solid at upto 3850MHz and 3800MHz seems bomb proof. This is air-cooled and silent cooling too so pleased with what these chips can do. :)
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which air cooler?
 
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