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***The Official Q6600 Overclocking Thread ***

Bryston4bsst said:
Hi there,

I thought I would share my settings with you!

Quad 6600 GO pack date 08/16/07
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R
2GB Crucial 5300 (2.2v)
Thermalright 120 extreme with push pull Noctura 120mm 1200rpm fans
Noctura 120mm 1200rpm (front in-take & exhaust)
Thermalright NB cooler SLi
Bumped the northbridge & southbridge by 0.1v each
CPU volts 1.475 in bios
400X9 = 3600MHz
Idle 35.31.28.35 (but that can vary on room temp)
Load 58.55.57.57

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Nice first post and welcome to my thread and welcome to the forums,

easy.:D


P.S Just get that stable for 8 Hrs now :p
 
Cheers easyrider / fornowagain / Marse for welcoming me to the thread/board.

i'll run it for longer tomorrow - in the meantime i will use the PC for normal activities to see what she can do (and to monitor temps when the conservatory heats up in the hot weather and adds maybe another 4 or 5C to load!)
 
Big.Wayne said:
So any chance you could make yourself useful and edit the first post to showcase the top ten stable overclocks, settings, steppings/codes, cooling stuff like that?

thanks! :)
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Yeah sure.

All of you listen....:)

Email me your clocks and cooling stepping and vcore to my trust email.

I will gladly collate this information into post number 1 for easy analysis.

Don't email unless you are at least 8 hrs prime stable either!

So attachments of this would be fine.
 
3.6ghz 8hr prime stable is a wonderful overclock, i would be over the moon with that type of clock, im going to get my new board tomoz, as my DH deluxe craps out at 340fsb with quads

anyone know a decent p35 board, im looking at the DQ6, any good?
 
TiZoR - i think my board is pretty good value for money - the Gigabyte P35C-DS3R from Overclockers.co.uk for not much money (£82 or something). I bought it as a friend has one and it does 435MHz plus - but also has support for DDR3 and the new Penryns. It might not have built-in wifi or tonnes of overclocking options compared to the more expensive boards but has taken me to 3.6HGz Q6600 at the moment. As usual i replaced the Northbridge HS but that is a good investment in my book as it often helps temps when oc'ing...good luck with whatever you choose :)
 
w3bbo said:
Which version and which test?:p
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Considering this is a cpu thread, personally I don't consider blend to be that much of a test of cpu stability, especially compared to small fft. Blend just doesn't get hot enough, consequently pulling less current. For system stability I tend to use lower multiplier's with high fsb. Not being contentious as I'm sure opinions will differ, but any consensus?
 
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fornowagain said:
Considering this is a cpu thread, personally I don't consider a blend to be that much of a test of cpu stability compared to small fft. Blend just doesn't get hot enough, I tend to use lower multiplier's to test the system. Not being contentious as I'm sure opinions will differ, but any consensus?
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I generally do small FFT to test for the max clock and produce the most heat.

However Blend is a good test that I have a stable system in terms of ram mobo etc..

For arguements sake if small FFT is used then thats a good indication you have an ok clock.
 
easyrider said:
I generally do small FFT to test for the max clock and produce the most heat.

However Blend is a good test that I have a stable system in terms of ram mobo etc..

For arguements sake if small FFT is used then thats a good indication you have an ok clock.
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As do I, normally I'd test the system first, drop the multi crank up the fsb and find the controller/memory limits with blend and memtest. Then higher multi with small ffts to find the cpu's limit and maximum temps. At least then if it fails I know its not the system. I've seen 8hr+ blend stable systems fail in minutes under small ffts. When it come to stability 'each to their own', the stability debate always seems to get quite heated (excuse the pun).

I've tested a few apps in the past, CPU-Burn-in, TAT and SP2004 (small ffts) pull a lot of current. OCCT and S&M can be quite demanding as well. I haven't tried any of those with the quad, no idea on compatibility. Probably the most demanding would be folding.

CPU Burn In
OCCT
S&M
Sp2004
Prime v25.4
TAT
 
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fornowagain said:
Considering this is a cpu thread, personally I don't consider blend to be that much of a test of cpu stability, especially compared to small fft. Blend just doesn't get hot enough, consequently pulling less current. For system stability I tend to use lower multiplier's with high fsb. Not being contentious as I'm sure opinions will differ, but any consensus?
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Nah m8, everyones opinions are different otherwise the world would be a boring place. I've had a cpu 100% stable on smallfft's but passing blend for the whole setup was a totally different matter. But yeah you are right, this is a cpu thread and as such I guess we should be stressing the cpu and giving out the results if nothing else but to find out which weeks are better.
 
I think making sure your rig is stable is all well and good but mine is pretty much for games/encoding etc, I have a stock system for vital work, most apps won't push you rig as hard as Prime95 so I don't really care if I get the odd crash! ;)

If Prime fails after 30 secs then you've got problems, if it fails after 6 hours then I think it's less of an issue depending on what the rig is going to be used for. Obviously anybody using a massively overclocked rig for important work wants their bumps felt unless it's completely stable.

I've just been playing Supreme Commander for three hours, never a hickup and my temps did't get above 50 degrees, it certainly didn't push the rig as hard as say Prime.

HEADRAT
 
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Got to agree with you there HeadRat.

I can prime at 3.8 stable and play games at 3.9 no problem allegedly unstable. There is a 30 degree difference between playing Battlefield 2, for 3 hours and prime for 30 mins. :eek:

People argue about prime stability, but real world use doesnt need to be prime stable on all 4 cores for 8 hours.
 
Rex-Kramer said:
Got to agree with you there HeadRat.

I can prime at 3.8 stable and play games at 3.9 no problem allegedly unstable. There is a 30 degree difference between playing Battlefield 2, for 3 hours and prime for 30 mins. :eek:

People argue about prime stability, but real world use doesnt need to be prime stable on all 4 cores for 8 hours.
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Fallacy...

Its ok "kidding" but if your CPU cannot compute data prime numbers you have a system that is not doing its job.

No ifs or buts
 
fornowagain said:
As do I, normally I'd test the system first, drop the multi crank up the fsb and find the controller/memory limits with blend and memtest. Then higher multi with small ffts to find the cpu's limit and maximum temps. At least then if it fails I know its not the system. I've seen 8hr+ blend stable systems fail in minutes under small ffts. When it come to stability 'each to their own', the stability debate always seems to get quite heated (excuse the pun).

I've tested a few apps in the past, CPU-Burn-in, TAT and SP2004 (small ffts) pull a lot of current. OCCT and S&M can be quite demanding as well. I haven't tried any of those with the quad, no idea on compatibility. Probably the most demanding would be folding.

CPU Burn In
OCCT
S&M
Sp2004
Prime v25.4
TAT
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Superb post:)
 
Rex-Kramer said:
People argue about prime stability, but real world use doesnt need to be prime stable on all 4 cores for 8 hours.
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Well I kinda understand your point but consider it a *universal* yard stick, its something that anybody can download and run for free and a picture of the results shows that that machine running overclocked really is stable.

Overclocking is cool, having your machine freeze while enjoying a game or reboot while you are doing some work is pretty ******* annoying!

Get the overclock primed, then share your results with the Borg and enjoy your juicing machine! :cool:
 
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