Would I see a huge improvement overclocking a dual core over a stock Q6600.

ralv585 · 17 Sep 2009 at 11:27

Would I see a huge improvement overclocking a dual core over a stock (2.4ghz) Q6600.

I’m motherboard limited, Asus P5N-E – SLI, so overclocking the Q6600 is out of the question.

I’ve got a 8800GT, and it’ll be running through a 720p tv, currently Crysis runs well, around 40-50fps with everything on high, Batman is around 45-60fps, but I can notice some lag, its not smooth as I want it to be.

I’m selling the system to my friend, as a budget gaming PC, so I kind of want everything to be as good as I can get it. I don’t think he’s the type to be tweaking cfg’s or turning down details etc (console player)

Any suggestions on a good dual core? My budget is around £50

Thanks

oggiet · 17 Sep 2009 at 11:42

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-251-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

I would go for above, most overclock to about 3.2GHz but some can even get to 4.0GHz

gurusan · 17 Sep 2009 at 11:56

Keep the q6600....overclocking isn't out of the questiong completely..surely the mobo can at least to 333MHz fsb (3GHz)?

McstylisT · 17 Sep 2009 at 12:00

Another vote to keep the Q6600 mate. Its a decent CPU.

I had an old 680i chipset which were not good clockers. However i still managed 3ghz with 1.4v.

What is the chipset of that board m8 ?. You should be able to get 2.8ghz without a touching anything other than fsb.

McT

ralv585 · 17 Sep 2009 at 12:56

I was thinking about getting a new mobo too.

I’ve tried, it just won’t clock, the highest clock I’ve seen was 3ghz on my mobo, and that guy was using some kind of voodoo magic.

The most common is around 2.6-2.8 if you’re lucky, but it’s a lot of stress to get it at that.

I was hoping for something that I could just pop in the mobo, set the fsb, maybe give it more juice if needed and leave it at that.

I’ll have one more go tonight.

ralv585 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:16

Just a little update, managed to get it to 2.8ghz, prime stable for 3 hours

There was an automatic overclocking feature on the board I stumbled on, set it to overclock to 15% and did a quick stress test. Then took the figures in cpuz and did everything manually.

Shame I didn’t know about this feature a year ago, may have convinced me not to invest in i7!