***The Official Q6600 Overclocking Thread ***

[willhub]

Basically stay on the 200 grit until all the nickel plate is gone and it's flat. (check with a metal ruler/stanley knife blade)

Once its flat move onto 400 and sand in one direction until the groves are all in the same direction (remember to rotate the chip 90 degrees every so often, but keep sanding so the grooves go the same way).

Once grooves are all the same way move onto 600 and sand in the opposite direction, do this til all the grooves are now the other way.

Repeat til 1000 grit.

1000 won't get you mirror shine, but thats not what you are after anyway, you just want it flat and not as rough as a badgers behind.

You can go all the way up to like 2000 grit and then brasso it to make it all shiny, but there really is no point, past about 800-1000 its all for looks really.


As for static, no idea, but like I say done 2 CPU's and never had a problem with it, just popped the plastic cover on the back and some masking tape down the sides to hold it on and away I went.

Thanks for the help.

I'll just wear my Anti-Static wrist band and hope for the best, does lapping increase resale value? How much you rekon an E6600 that only get 3.4 max lapped would go for?

 

[Big.Wayne]

How do you lap properly? I think I will have to get someone to do it for me I dare not do it

I'll lap it for you Will, give it a nice even 400 grit finish!

 

[willhub]

I'll lap it for you Will, give it a nice even 400 grit finish!

You live 200+ miles away from me It would cost me to get it down there and then you probs would want paying for service on top of that lol.

 

[Hesky82]

Do you actually have the cpu yet Will?

 

[willhub]

Do you actually have the cpu yet Will?

No I'm planning ahead. I gotta wait untill the end of jan and when I start worrying I cant stop since thinking about replacing the mobo, putting new cpu in, and fan worrying about static and so on I know its easy stuff really but its tricky for me to get a cpu cooler on when the mobo is loose on a desk. And my temps currently get to 60 degrees in orthos, 70 in TAT then I Bsod and this is on an E6600 and its worrying what a Q6600 G0 will be like, I cant risk using this OCZ Vindicator and I dont know if that 120 extreme job will be any different.

 

[Big.Wayne]

You live 200+ miles away from me It would cost me to get it down there and then you probs would want paying for service on top of that lol.

Have you heard of the post office and of course I wouldn't charge you Will but I would insist on a shout in your next YouTube epic!

Anyway I reckon you could do it yourself for less than £1.00, go to your local DIY Store and find out where the Wet n Dry sandpaper is, have a look through all the different grits and then grab yourself

1 x 240 grit
1x 400 grit

If you are feeling flushed then grab yourself a few extra 400grit sheets because you may decide you wanna go on a lapping frenzy once you realise how easy it is, if you really must then grab a sheet of 600 or 800grit.

Once you have done this then we can proceed!

 

[Hesky82]

No I'm planning ahead. I gotta wait untill the end of jan and when I start worrying I cant stop since thinking about replacing the mobo, putting new cpu in, and fan worrying about static and so on I know its easy stuff really but its tricky for me to get a cpu cooler on when the mobo is loose on a desk. And my temps currently get to 60 degrees in orthos, 70 in TAT then I Bsod and this is on an E6600 and its worrying what a Q6600 G0 will be like, I cant risk using this OCZ Vindicator and I dont know if that 120 extreme job will be any different.

And your E6600 never ran that toasty on your P5N-E?

 

[tbz_ck]

I've just spent £632 on an upgrade and couldn't justify more than the stock cooler. Running at 3Ghz with stock volts at the moment. Just wondering what stable overclocks people are managing with the stock cooler or whether you have more generous wives than I and all have mega air or water cooling setups !

 

[melbourne720]

Will, just follow the guide that HeX linked to. I'm no overclocking wizard, but I managed to lap an e2160 and a e6600.

You could always practice on a e2140, see how far it clocks and sell it on MM with a screenprint of the clock you got it to. It'll probably be almost revenue neutral, and you'll be confident in lapping a IHS that is identical to the IHS on a Q6600.

 

[wuyanxu]

Count yourself lucky, my Q6600 is insane.


I can get 3.2Ghz prime stable on stock volts.

However 3.33 takes 1.4V

I've got 2 options left to explore.

1) Flash the mobo to the latest BIOS, disable the onboard WiFi and hope that something in the old bios was stopping it clocking.

2) Lap the Q6600 as two of the cores are always 5C higher than the other two, and hope that the newly lapped Q6600 and even temps let me clock higher.

Wouldn't mind but the VID is only 1.2875, i've seen people with 1.325V VID chips hit 3.6!

Bah.

think you are unlucky??

my q6600 VID is 1.325v, needs 1.41v for 400x8 3.2Ghz stable, and needs more than 1.52v for 3.6Ghz stable (sometimes still crashes)

 

[Hesky82]

Will, just follow the guide that HeX linked to. I'm no overclocking wizard, but I managed to lap an e2160 and a e6600.

You could always practice on a e2140, see how far it clocks and sell it on MM with a screenprint of the clock you got it to. It'll probably be almost revenue neutral, and you'll be confident in lapping a IHS that is identical to the IHS on a Q6600.

If I did that I would end up wanting to keep the chip!!

 

[willhub]

And your E6600 never ran that toasty on your P5N-E?

It was yes, it worrys me my temps dont seem ok, I mean 70 degrees at 3.4Ghz 1.47V in Intel TAT and 60 degrees solid in Orthos, just dont seem right those temps, abit too high if you ask me.

 

[Big.Wayne]

just dont seem right those temps, abit too high if you ask me.

Hey Will, your becoming an *OverCooler*

I've had that condition for over three years, can't stop myself being obessed by temps!

 

[GregI]

You guys, just finalising my system. Can anyone recommend the best cpu cooler for the q6600 for an asus p5k-e?

 

[Big.Wayne]

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme


I should be on commission from Thermalright!

 

[willhub]

You guys, just finalising my system. Can anyone recommend the best cpu cooler for the q6600 for an asus p5k-e?

I'm guessing it will be that

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821


Big.Wayne I dunno if I'm an overcooler , I just think that I should be getting lower temps considering I'm using an OCZ Vindicator which aint far off the Ninja scyth or w/e its called and an Antec P182, I just dont think 60 degrees is cool enough, infact if the temps are fine it would make a Q6600 cooler in a way.

 

[Big.Wayne]

I'm an overcooler

I'm using an OCZ Vindicator

Will you may well be the only person on these forums using that cooler, I don't think I ever heard of it before!

Did you order the TRUE? (mines just arrived!).

Did you buy the Wet n Dry sandpaper?

 

[GregI]

Okay, ill get that and a Scythe S-FLEX 1600rpm fan. More than what i would want to pay but i suppose it will keep me cool.

 

[Hesky82]

It was yes, it worrys me my temps dont seem ok, I mean 70 degrees at 3.4Ghz 1.47V in Intel TAT and 60 degrees solid in Orthos, just dont seem right those temps, abit too high if you ask me.

60C in Orthos with near 1.5v on air cooling in reality isn’t that bad dude! my E6600 would hit 50c under water with the same voltage.

An average Q6600 G0 will only need 1.3-1.4 to get to the same clock. I’ve never tried a quad on anything other than water cooling so I can’t comment on air cooled temps.
The best thing to do is just try it and see how it goes, lap your cooler at least and see what temps you run with a quad.

 

[Big.Wayne]

More than what i would want to pay but i suppose it will keep me cool.

Thermalright Ultra-120A CPU

£25.84 inc VAT