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***The Official Q6600 Overclocking Thread ***
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Another update for a new overclock. Have managed 3.44GHz (8x430MHz) now with 1.375vcore:
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quite warm for low volts? Nice clock though!
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Running your cpu at 3.6ghz will see you way more gains than running your ram on a divider at 540mhz
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Thanks sepulchre 
. I was thinking it was a bit warm (well 2 of the cores anyway). Cant seem to get them any close than that. I have lapped both my Tuniq and the CPU. Did a test when seating the the tuniq to see if it was making good contact and it seemed to be so not reall sure what else to do.
I am using the line method btw with my MX2. Am tempted to try the small blob in the middle of the CPU undecided as to whether it would make a great deal of difference.
/Edit was that statement to me Hesky82? If so, the RAM is currently running 1:1 5.5.5.15, at 860MHz (i know that it is stable up to 900MHz).
. I was thinking it was a bit warm (well 2 of the cores anyway). Cant seem to get them any close than that. I have lapped both my Tuniq and the CPU. Did a test when seating the the tuniq to see if it was making good contact and it seemed to be so not reall sure what else to do.I am using the line method btw with my MX2. Am tempted to try the small blob in the middle of the CPU undecided as to whether it would make a great deal of difference.
/Edit was that statement to me Hesky82? If so, the RAM is currently running 1:1 5.5.5.15, at 860MHz (i know that it is stable up to 900MHz).
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Think he meant me..
I know I get more performance out of 3.6ghz with lower ram speed, but I don't really need 3.6ghz all the time, so I keep my temps low and jus clock to 3.25, I could get 3.3, but the ram would be running a lot lower.. tbh the performance difference between 3.3ghz with lower speed RAM against 3.25mhz with higher speed ram is very slim.
I can hit 4ghz with around 1.5v, but the temps are too high without my window open
I know I get more performance out of 3.6ghz with lower ram speed, but I don't really need 3.6ghz all the time, so I keep my temps low and jus clock to 3.25, I could get 3.3, but the ram would be running a lot lower.. tbh the performance difference between 3.3ghz with lower speed RAM against 3.25mhz with higher speed ram is very slim.
I can hit 4ghz with around 1.5v, but the temps are too high without my window open
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It’s a shame your current cooling solution limits you that much! but I guess if you don’t feel your missing out on that extra overclock, there’s no need.
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Shumi84 - what case are you using, i.e is your tuniq getting enough fresh air to do its job?
uZi - You could always use speedstep and let windows drop the multi automatically for you when full performance isn't needed.
uZi - You could always use speedstep and let windows drop the multi automatically for you when full performance isn't needed.
sep: Yea, but even with speedstep enabled, I'm still putting more juice than I'd like to - I prefer to keep my PC quiet
Hesky: I've got an older watercooling kit from a few years back, would need new tubing/blocks and probably a new pump.. spose I could do it, got too much work on for uni at the moment to be messing around with my PC too much though, maybe in a month or so.
Does seem a waste when I've obviously got a pretty good chip here, I agree! Bout time I got one though, my Opteron 170 was awful... could barely get over 2.8ghz, even on a DFI board
Hesky: I've got an older watercooling kit from a few years back, would need new tubing/blocks and probably a new pump.. spose I could do it, got too much work on for uni at the moment to be messing around with my PC too much though, maybe in a month or so
.Does seem a waste when I've obviously got a pretty good chip here, I agree! Bout time I got one though, my Opteron 170 was awful... could barely get over 2.8ghz, even on a DFI board
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I have just got myself a new CM690, am pretty sure that it has enough air going to it. Runs cooler than it did in my old Antec, but like it to be down towards the lower 60s with that vcore.
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sep: Yea, but even with speedstep enabled, I'm still putting more juice than I'd like to - I prefer to keep my PC quiet
Hesky: I've got an older watercooling kit from a few years back, would need new tubing/blocks and probably a new pump.. spose I could do it, got too much work on for uni at the moment to be messing around with my PC too much though, maybe in a month or so
Does seem a waste when I've obviously got a pretty good chip here, I agree! Bout time I got one though, my Opteron 170 was awful... could barely get over 2.8ghz, even on a DFI board
2.8ghz was never awful for an opty 170, I ran mine at that speed. must admit it was an odd chip as it would do that at stock vcore but anymore and it would crash out, was watercooled running very low temps and on my DFI lanparty board that overclocked my opty 146 to 3.2ghz. the 170 was more frustrating than awful I think lol
Yeah, frustrating is probably a better word! Mine would run stable at about 2.5ghz on stock volts (it was one of the really bad batch.. I forget the stepping now) - but after that, one core would always fail prime/orthos. I could get it to 2.6ghz with a bit of a voltage boost, but to get it to 2.8ghz needed a massive jump, Thing is, one core would prime for 10 hours, and the other would fail within 2 hours until I hit stupid voltages, which was very frustrating.
I still think it was bad contact between core & IHS, I did consider removing it, which may have helped, but I didnt quite have the stones lol.
Ah well, I am very impressed with the Q6600 now Despite the work I have to do, I've started tinkering thanks to you lol... I've just taken it up to 3.6 at 1.344v (according to CPUZ set to 1.36 in bios), and its passing prime for 20 mins now. With an open window and my case fans turned on I'm hitting 62/61/59/59 according to coretemp.
Also dropped back to a 1:1 divider with tight timings - I'll check the differences between 800mhz @ 4-4-4-12 1T and 1066mhz @ 5-5-5-12 2T later on
I still think it was bad contact between core & IHS, I did consider removing it, which may have helped, but I didnt quite have the stones lol.
Ah well, I am very impressed with the Q6600 now
Despite the work I have to do, I've started tinkering thanks to you lol... I've just taken it up to 3.6 at 1.344v (according to CPUZ set to 1.36 in bios), and its passing prime for 20 mins now. With an open window and my case fans turned on I'm hitting 62/61/59/59 according to coretemp.Also dropped back to a 1:1 divider with tight timings - I'll check the differences between 800mhz @ 4-4-4-12 1T and 1066mhz @ 5-5-5-12 2T later on
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Nice volts for 3.6Ghz, I have to put 1.392 through my 6600 to get 3.5Ghz, never managed to get it stable any higher unfortunately.
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1.35v is about right for a G0 with a VID of 1.275v on a decent board.
VIDs of 1.2-1.2125v will see you to 3.6Ghz with just under 1.3v in windows and a VID of 1.2375v will take just a little more than 1.3 to see you to the same frequency.
My 1.2125v just about manages 3.6ghz prime stable with 1.288v in windows, only just though.
VIDs of 1.2-1.2125v will see you to 3.6Ghz with just under 1.3v in windows and a VID of 1.2375v will take just a little more than 1.3 to see you to the same frequency.
My 1.2125v just about manages 3.6ghz prime stable with 1.288v in windows, only just though.
managed to get 400x9 on my P5B working the other day
but high vcore = 1.565 in bios (1.48 actual under load via CPU-Z)
temps not bad for a Freezer 7 Pro - 73C max load ... I'd change it for a Tuniq but tbh its completely stable - so not much point -for a lot of faff (removing mobo etc)
but high vcore = 1.565 in bios (1.48 actual under load via CPU-Z)
temps not bad for a Freezer 7 Pro - 73C max load ... I'd change it for a Tuniq but tbh its completely stable - so not much point -for a lot of faff (removing mobo etc)
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I've never overclocked before, I'm now looking at the clock of 2.4ghz and wishing it was 3ghz, can anyone do a quick walk through guide of how to do this please?, as I'm a bit of an old fanny and I don't know what I'm doing
Much hetro man love to he who helps me out.
or she. I'm not fussy
Much hetro man love to he who helps me out.
or she. I'm not fussyI am using a q6600 in my new rig with the asus silent knight 2 CPU cooler, i am going to start overclocking now but i was just wondering if anyone remembers what their idle temps were prior to overclocking as mine currently idles at 12-13 degrees which i thought was very low...?
Anyone go any idea what sort of overclock i could achieve with this, im currenly running it on an asus maximus formula mobo in the antec 900 case.
Anyone go any idea what sort of overclock i could achieve with this, im currenly running it on an asus maximus formula mobo in the antec 900 case.
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what you using to measure your temps, as 12-13 looks wrong unless you have your PC outside.
use CoreTemp to get an accurate reading.