Whats the highest Vcore and PLL voltage for Q6600 ?

[Ice Tea]

Whats the highest Vcore and PLL voltage for Q6600 ?

As i've been offered one that been run at Vcore of 1.6 and PLL 1.8 and i'm abit concerned about core damage.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Depends what it has been cooled with, if it was air cooling thats too high. In fact I would have said it would be too high with water too.

 

[Ice Tea]

It gets worse.

Thermaltake watercooling

 

[platinum87]

Depends what it has been cooled with, if it was air cooling thats too high. In fact I would have said it would be too high with water too.

wouldnt it be better to say it depends on what temperature, and not what method of cooling is being used?

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Why? Unless it was a poor water cooling setup it will be at least equal to your average after market air cooler.

 

[hernaldo]

Whats the highest Vcore and PLL voltage for Q6600 ?

As i've been offered one that been run at Vcore of 1.6 and PLL 1.8 and i'm abit concerned about core damage.

How about asking what clocks it got to and is it still reliably running at those clocks?

Does seem high though, very high (I don't know much about intel stuff, just got into it but from all my reading up a PLL that high can kill a chip outright and that vcore is ridiculous if its been cooled by an equivalent of high end air)

Also depends how much your being asked to pay of course

 

[Ice Tea]

i passed on it and somebody else got it for £90

 

[Rackerz]

Better safe then sorry in the end though, 1.6V could have been gradually killing it over a period of time.

 

[PinkFloyd]

Was that a G0 stepping. Should have snapped it up for 90!

I sold one just over a week ago for 130, bought a nice clocker a few days before that for 140, and have got a mate who just sold his for 135.

I wouldn't have been overly worried about 1.6v, I'm still unsure on the effects pll has though, all I know is that it can kill chips very quickly when over 2v

 

[Ice Tea]

I wouldn't buy a Q6600 now with the new Q9450 due out.

 

[platinum87]

I wouldn't buy a Q6600 now with the new Q9450 due out.

the q6600 is much cheaper

 

[Hesky82]

yup, 100 smackers more than a q6600 g0!

If you’re a dab hand at overclocking the kentfield is a no brainer!

 

[Ice Tea]

how would you go about testing a quadcore for core damage ?

 

[Hesky82]

simple, see if it works
use prime95 to test all cores for stability

 

[Jonnygrunge]

Click the link below for the spec of the G0
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLACR

Click below for the B3
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9UM

Would not touch it if the core was above 1.5V mate! More than likely core damage.

 

[Morrey360]

1.5 to 1.55 max vCore and 1.6 at the most on PLL Voltage

 

[Ice Tea]

thanks

 

[V3g3tto]

With high VID chips, you got no choice for high cores. My stability has settled over time, and im very slowly dropping my vcore (dunno how this is possible, but i've dropped it two notches over the last couple of weeks).

Currently at 1.45 (in bios, 1.43 after vdroop) @ 3375Mhz (375x9)

Before was at 3.4ghz with 1.48v.

I've seen people at 1.6v happily, but i really really wouldn't go above 1.5v at all, long term, i think anything below 1.45v should be safe. As for temps, it makes up it's own mind now and i kinda ignore it, 33C-38C idle, depending on it's mood

 

[w3bbo]

High PLL has as much chance of killing a cpu as high vcore. 1.8v is a lot and definately risky.

 

[Mana]

whats PLL?