Q6600 OC to 3 GHZ = QX6800 ??

[MacD911]

If I buy a Q6600 and OC it to say... 3GHZ dose it mean its more powerful than the QX6800 ??? and save Heep's of money..?

 

[Hatman]

Short Answer
Yes!

Long Answer
Hell yes!

 

[bkiserx7]

definately yes, and especially because you will increase your fsb giving more bandwidth for the 4 cores to work with

 

[MacD911]

So why would anyone BUY the Q6800 for an extra 500 bucks..? Because you can OC it to 3.7 GHZ and it would be then = to a Q7200 ??

 

[bkiserx7]

binned chip, unlocked multis, and higher OC potential

 

[elcold]

If you got phase cooling unlocked multipliers allow for huge overclocking, thats the best reason to get a high end chip, burning money otherwise.

 

[jackluo923]

Q6800 doesn't exist. Even if does, the multiplier will be locked. Only QX6800 exist. Since its extreme, people will pay extreme price for it. Most of the people buying it are either stupid and rich or who starve for performance.

 

[morg]

Q6800 doesn't exist. Even if does, the multiplier will be locked. Only QX6800 exist. Since its extreme, people will pay extreme price for it. Most of the people buying it are either stupid and rich or who starve for performance.

everything has a price... you want the best desktop (single cpu) computer to overclock ?


Windows vista 449.99 CDN$
retail Ultimate (32+64bit)

P182 gun finish 140 CDN$

P5K Deluxe 250 CDN$

Xeon 3220 775 (Q6600) 618 CDN$
( Q6600 was 10$ more )

4x1gb 1200mhz ddr2 488 CDN$

2x8800GTS 640mb
with low clock to OC 950 CDN$

Antec Truepower
Quattro 850W PSU 188 CDN$

4gig ramdrive 650 CDN$

500go HDD 120 CDN$

LG dvd writer 40 CDN$


vapochill cpu cooler 750 CDN$

custom watercooling
for chipset/video/ram 200 CDN$



Knowing AMD Phenom specs RIGHT NOW-> Priceless


note: already have the vapochill... the watercooling equipment,the ramdrive with the 4gb ram in it, the case and the HDD while waiting for july 22nd for cpu price drop of Q6600, and planning on using actual XP W/ ramdrive soft to use the extra ram from the 3 gig xp supports into virtual memory.

 

[bkiserx7]

Q6800 doesn't exist. Even if does, the multiplier will be locked. Only QX6800 exist. Since its extreme, people will pay extreme price for it. Most of the people buying it are either stupid and rich or who starve for performance.

im pretty sure that is what he was talking about

 

[jackluo923]

Sorry about the confusion.

bkiserx7 wrote

PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Q6600 OC to 3 GHZ = Q6800 ??

while the OP's subject is

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:00 am Post subject: Q6600 OC to 3 GHZ = QX6800 ??

 

[f61]

@morg

try a P35 board and pump the FSB at 4x333. I think the Q6600 might like that just a little

f61

 

[apache_lives]

If I buy a Q6600 and OC it to say... 3GHZ dose it mean its more powerful than the QX6800 ??? and save Heep's of money..?

ah the classic overclocking dream, getting a slower chip to outperform a more expensive chip

 

[crazy032]

Thanks guys, answered my question

 

[dragonsprayer]

the 2 q6600 systems i build this week are burning in at 3.72 and 3.85ghz at 48-52c - they are in bios burn it

i burn in the mobo for 3 days build it and burn the system in for 3 or 4 days


the chip is so good its beyond this ifb expectations

 

[neisonator]

how high can you overclock a Q6600 chip with air cooling?

 

[night_wolf_in]

peeps reached 3Ghz easily. some went 3.2. i wouldnt know the max.