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upgrading from a e6600
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To what? The E6600 is still a capable cpu and will not be holding your gpu back at 3Ghz. Why can't you get it any further? Most should hit 3.4-3.6Ghz with a voltage boost and a bit of tweaking.
I agree,
A 4MB Conroe clocked at 3GHz is sweet! The only notable advantage of upgrading to a 45nm Wolfdale core is a cooler running and more power efficient system . . .
Cooler running lends itself to being quieter machine which is important to some, and running a 3GHz/3.6GHz clock at low volts does make a noticable difference to running costs £££
"Trust me, I'm a scientist!" - Egon Ghost Busters!
Running costs ££££ are a stealth tax on the overclocker!
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I agree,
A 4MB Conroe clocked at 3GHz is sweet! The only notable advantage of upgrading to a 45nm Wolfdale core is a cooler running and more power efficient system . . .
Cooler running lends itself to being quieter machine which is important to some, and running a 3GHz/3.6GHz clock at low volts does make a noticable difference to running costs £££
"Trust me, I'm a scientist!" - Egon Ghost Busters!
You and your ultra low power rigs. How on earth did you get that E8400 running at 1v?
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You may need to increase NB voltage a tad as well. I have a P35 DS3R rev 2.0 and that would run my old E6600 at 3.6Ghz which was only a tad behind the 3.8Ghz it would run in my Asus P5E X38.
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The max I had out of mine was a smidgen over 3.9ghz
Used to run it @ 3.8Ghz for ages
Push harder
Used to run it @ 3.8Ghz for ages
Push harder
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Post the BIOS settings you currently have and maybe some of us can help tweak it a bit more to help put the clock up more.
But yeah, the E6600 is still a great chip, and even then, any decent Core 2 chip running over 3Ghz is still plenty enough for most people. Unless you have money to spare to go for a 45nm Wolfdale chip or Quad Core, the E6600 is still fine as it is.
But yeah, the E6600 is still a great chip, and even then, any decent Core 2 chip running over 3Ghz is still plenty enough for most people. Unless you have money to spare to go for a 45nm Wolfdale chip or Quad Core, the E6600 is still fine as it is.
I've yet to see an e6600 that doesn't do at least 3.2ghz (400 x 8) and with the x2 divider, pc6400 memory runs at stock 'frinstance. I've yet to see any real world benefit clocking one of these higher for gaming as the gpu will the bottleneck anyway.
With a bit of work you could get 3.4ghz-3.5ghz I'd have though, maybe even more if its a gooddun. You might have to use the 9 multi if you're using pc6400 memory (to avoid overclocking it if possible), give the vcore 1.45v, bump up the n/b and fsb voltages a tad (one increment each to start with), disable "usb legacy support" (don't ask me why but it enables a better overclock if you do so on gigabyte mobos).
Try that lot and see how you get on.
With a bit of work you could get 3.4ghz-3.5ghz I'd have though, maybe even more if its a gooddun. You might have to use the 9 multi if you're using pc6400 memory (to avoid overclocking it if possible), give the vcore 1.45v, bump up the n/b and fsb voltages a tad (one increment each to start with), disable "usb legacy support" (don't ask me why but it enables a better overclock if you do so on gigabyte mobos).
Try that lot and see how you get on.
Yea the E6600s are great CPUs, mine is near on 3 years old and still going strong and its been overclocked all that time 
I cant think of a reason to replace it, the extra cost is not worth the performance gained for gaming.
I cant think of a reason to replace it, the extra cost is not worth the performance gained for gaming.
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at the moment i get 3gig with no tweaks,i did manage to get it to 3.15 by uping the voltige by 1 then it just kept on crashing back to stock values 2.4
this is what i have in my bios
system voltige controll (auto)
dd2/ddr3 oververvoltige controll (auto)
pci-e ( normal)
fsb (normal)
vcore (auto)
cpu voltage (auto)
with ones should i be looking to up.
this is what i have in my bios
system voltige controll (auto)
dd2/ddr3 oververvoltige controll (auto)
pci-e ( normal)
fsb (normal)
vcore (auto)
cpu voltage (auto)
with ones should i be looking to up.
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Set voltage manually. Try setting cpu voltage to 1.4v and setting the fsb to 8x400 (3.2Ghz). If it runs at 3.2Ghz it has a good chance of hitting 3.6Ghz (9x400) with a little more voltage. Change your ram speed as well because when you increase the fsb you also increase the speed of the ram. Ideally you want your ram running at it's stock speed or less at this stage. To get the motherboard to run with a 400mhz fsb you will probably need to increase NB voltage a couple of notches. My old E6600 needed 1.425v vcore to run at 3.6Ghz (9x400).
Make sure you have a decent cooler and keep an eye on the temps when stress testing.
Make sure you have a decent cooler and keep an eye on the temps when stress testing.
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Now we are getting somewhere. When you are satisfied it's stable increase the multiplier to 9x (3.6Ghz). You should'nt need to adjust the motherboard voltages but will probably need to increase vcore to 1.45v.
