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***The Official Q6600 Overclocking Thread ***

jonshaw_uk said:
ive set the vcore to 1.35v and 1.4v and also 1.45v but i still cant get it to boot when increasing the fsb to over 1250 wuth a multiplier of 9 making it 2.8ghz. i tried lowering the multiplier to 8 and increasing the fsb but no posting again. could it be the memory - i currently have 2gb matched pair geil 6400. I have left the memory settings on auto and set the cpu to unlinked
any ideas?
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Try with a multi of 8. Mine won't boot with anything above 330*9 but will work fine with 400*8 (3.2).

Ah I see you've tried it.
 
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after doing some reading i decided its time to ditch the fatal1ty mobo and go for something to unleash the true potential of my q6600. am i right in thinking i should be looking to get an abit ip35 pro or similar? would an abit max 975x be any better?
 
Avoid the 975x chipset. It's old tech now.

IP35 Pro and Gigabyte DS4/DQ6 would be a good choice.
 
Suicide shot :D http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=253164
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let the benching commence:)
 
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I'm having my first crack at this overclocking malarkey and have clocked my Q6600 to 3.2GHz. I'm using a P35 DS3P board and TT120 cooler and have been priming for just under 3 hours. My temps are 55C, 56C, 58C and 58C fully loaded. No idea if that's any good or not but I'll be quite content with an extra 800MHz if it passes the 8 hour mark.


Edit: Just turned the fan on my TT120 down to its lowest setting so I can run Prime through the night and the temps only went up by 3C per core. Seems a bit crap considering the difference in noise between the lowest and highest settings. I thought the temperature would've risen a lot more :confused:

Q6600 @3.2
 
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CPU: Q6600 G0
Mobo: Gigabyte G33-S2
Mem: OcUk 8500+
Cooling: Swiftech H20 I20
Vcore: 1.42

8 Hr Prime shot:
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Idle Temps:
Q6600_G0_3_4Ghz_idle.gif
 
Heres my overclocking attempt.




I need some new paste on it i recon. My cooling setup is a bit odd tbh. I have the artic cooling freezer pro on my Q6600 with the thermaltake venus 12 fan. A very very fast fan, upto 6000rpm.


Hello all btw. :) I read the forums all the time. I just thought it was time to sign up.

Matt
 
Its going to be hard to test temps unless you run something that is going to load all 4 cores at once. Prime95 2.53 will do that, get it going for 10 minutes, and you'll get a good idea of your core temps. EVerest is fine for measuring

Then you run it choose Small FFT's to stress the CPU and run it for 8 hours, at least then you know your system is as stable as its going to get and you can help others to compare their overclocks to yours.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
I'm having my first crack at this overclocking malarkey and have clocked my Q6600 to 3.2GHz. I'm using a P35 DS3P board and TT120 cooler and have been priming for just under 3 hours. My temps are 55C, 56C, 58C and 58C fully loaded. No idea if that's any good or not but I'll be quite content with an extra 800MHz if it passes the 8 hour mark.


Edit: Just turned the fan on my TT120 down to its lowest setting so I can run Prime through the night and the temps only went up by 3C per core. Seems a bit crap considering the difference in noise between the lowest and highest settings. I thought the temperature would've risen a lot more :confused:

Q6600 @3.2
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That's a very good result! With only a 3c increase with the fan at lowest speed suggests the TT120 is working very efficiently in your setup meaning heat isn't building up in the aluminum fins so not much airflow is required to keep it cool.
 
After building my PC last week I began overclocking at the weekend and am now feeling happy with the results.

Running the Q6600 at 3.2ghz, I am getting idle temps generally around 37c. These fluctuate by about 2 degrees depending whether the room is really cold, or if we have the heating up. Under Prime95 the temps are hitting around 55-59c (again depending on the room temperature). Under Portal, with a 100% load on core1 I think I saw the temp for that core hit 50c.

Getting the voltages right is where I'll need to spend more time now. I lowered the voltage well under 1.3 last night and Prime95 gave a rounding error after about an hour. So some trial and error there for a while. Really need to understand about the other voltage controls on the IP35 Pro.
 
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