Q6600 on Gigabyte G41 mts2p

yakamaster · May 29, 2014

I have been using my q6600 overclocked on g41 mts2p mobo for about month now..(from 2.4GHZ to 3Ghz)I am not sure whether this mobo could be used for O/C ing.Will my Mobo die sooner than its lifetime because of O/C ing?

yakamaster · May 29, 2014

sorry that i have posted it under graphic and display category by mistake....

i7Baby · May 29, 2014

That mobo isn't really made for Overclocking. It will do mild overclocks only.

yakamaster · May 29, 2014

is this a mild overclocking? i mean from 2.4 to 3ghz?

i7Baby · May 29, 2014

Yes. 2.8 would be milder.

yakamaster · May 29, 2014

will my mobo die sooner if i continue using in 3GHZ?

COLGeek · May 29, 2014

It could. How are your idle and under load temperatures? Also, what make model of PSU are you using?

Are your memory and/or GPU overclocked?

COLGeek · May 29, 2014

yakamaster :

...moved to overclocking.

yakamaster · May 29, 2014

Idle 49C load I dont know exactly but around 75C..PSU brand Powerful 500W..memory 4GBx2 Dual channel 667mhz..they are not O/C ed..And gpu is Gtx 660 oem it is not O/C ed but i have uploaded a better BIOS..

COLGeek · May 29, 2014

That is pretty hot under load. Do you have a link for that PSU? What heatsink are you using?

yakamaster · May 29, 2014

It is stock cooler..Nope I even couldn't find proper a link.but it has 6 pin connectors in it..seems like a good one..but this should be it http://prod.danawa.com/info/?pcode=1097263

COLGeek · May 29, 2014

Get rid of the stock heatsink. Temps should drop quite a bit. What case are you using?

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

Its just a normal atx casing..I keep one side open...

i7Baby · May 30, 2014

As you can see - 49C is too high for idle. Gaming and testing (via Prime 95) temps will be even higher. Probably too high for Prime 95 to actually run. So you're overclock won't be 'stable'. You won't be able to continue to use it. Drop your overclock till your idle temp is under 40C.

As ColGeek said - you need a real good cpu cooler to be able to overclcock properly. And as I said - the G41 chipset mobos are not made for overclocking.

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

the problem is it doesn't stay under 40C even if it is not o/c ed..I think the problem is with the cooler.and here room temp is around 27C

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

and by stable you mean?i played theif, assassins creed BF without any crashing, BSODS..my mobo supports 1333MHZ fsb and since i overclocked the q6600 now works @1333MHZ fsb...

i7Baby · May 30, 2014

It's old and sounds like its not in very good condition. I would suggest not spending any more money on it and trying to save to buy something a bit newer.

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

Yeap..i hope to buy an i5 with overclocking capabilities..Can you recommend me a good mobo and a cpu?for around 250$.it doesnt matter if it is used.I should be able to use it for about 2-3 years...

i7Baby · May 30, 2014

For i5 4670k get an ASRock Z97 Extreme 4. See - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mainstream-gaming-z97-motherboard,3824.html

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

Yeap i play most of the latest games on ultra preset..It is still good..

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

Its a G0..

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

I personally dislike amd..few years back i had an amd athlon processor and it just died..no reason.then i bought a duron. it too died...now i am hesitated to buy AMD products...

yakamaster · May 30, 2014

I have 4GBx2 Running Dual channel..fsb dram ratio is 1:2 my processor is working at full fsb 1333mhz..

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