How do I overclock Q6600

thisguyneedshelp · Oct 22, 2015

Hi

I know this cpu is very old

but I still use it and i would like to oc it. i I don't know a lot about oc but I tried to oc it to 3 ghz (9*333) but windows won't boot and simetimes I get bluescreen(i think this has something to do with ram?). So I set it back to stock speed, and i couln't find a helpful tut on youtube cuz their bios is different than mine.

Here's how my bios looks like:

my pc parts:

Q6600 2.40ghz (mobo: Abit Aw9d-max)
Sapphire r7 260x 2gb ddr5
4gb Kingston ddr2-800 mhz
Corsair cx430

btw i am using stock cooler, but ill be upgrading soon.

Thanks

thisguyneedshelp · Oct 22, 2015

hey thnx for replying

i dont know if my cpu G0 SLACR is and i coudn't find the pci or pci-E option either, but here's what i did:

my pc did boot but windows didn't and it kept restarting so i tried again and i got a bluescreen:

thisguyneedshelp · Oct 22, 2015

ok sorry for late reply, i found the cpu stepping its B, revision G0

so here are the new setting with 2.79GHz:

i tried to do 9*320 the first time it worked but then i got bluescreen saying MEMORY_MANAGEMENT and graphics card driver didn't work, so i set it back to 9*310 and its now fine. do u think i can go any higher (even if i get a better cpu cooler)? do i then have to change memory settings?

btw is this where i can change pci/pci-E frequency? if so should i change pci latency timer to 100?:

thisguyneedshelp · Oct 22, 2015

quick update, yea now im getting bosd irql_not_less_or_equal and memory management with the 2.79ghz oc

thisguyneedshelp · Oct 23, 2015

Ok i think i got now, but if it starts to crashing ill just set it back to stock speed, its not worth it to keep trying and i dont want to damage anything in the end. Thanks

4Ryan6 · Oct 23, 2015

thisguyneedshelp :

Overclocking the Q6600 using a stock cooler is a very bad idea, I suggest you cease and desist your overclocking attempts until you can get a good after market cooler.

While you are waiting study the guide I've linked below, a cooler on the performance level of a
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO will work just fine.
It is the same quality level of cooler I used to get my Q9550 to 4ghz.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/259899-29-core-overclocking-guide

thisguyneedshelp · Oct 23, 2015

Ok thanks but do you think i can still oc it to min 3ghz even if get an after market cooler? cuz my cpu stepping is B is it possible?

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