Post your Q6600 overclock

[billiardicus]

Please post your mobo, OC, vcore, core temps (stressed), HSF, and stability status

Me:
- GA-P35-DS3L
- 3.2ghz@1.3375v
- 65C, 65C, 62C, 60C
- Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7
- stable for 7hr 40min on Prime95 small FFT (I shut off, no crash or error).

I think this thread will give people a feel for what is possible with different HSF and typical vcore values.

We can list case too (Centurion 5 here), but I don't think it will be a big factor.

 

[Kraynor]

Mobo: Asus P5KC
CPU: 3.6 GHz @ 1.475v
Temps: 35C, 33C, 32C, 33C
Cooling: Arctic Silver 5 + Zalman Reserator XT
Stable: 72+ hours prime95 small FFT

Edit:
Stepping: B3 (pretty important piece of info)

 

[Lupiron]

Kraynor, can you do me a favor and put yer stuff on factory settings with all the speed junk disabled like speed step and list the VID of your b3, please?
Mine is a g0 1.2625 VID. (Can hit 3.6 on 1.38 loaded.)
P5k-e Wifi
3.8 w/ x 8/475 = 1900 FSB! (1.5250 Bios, 1.50 windows, 1.488 loaded.)
8 Gigs of 1066 @ 951 in sync.
Temps max out at like 74c, but its fast! (Daily temps are never over the 50s, and thats gaming with crysis.)
OC'd 8800 Ultra at 684 core, 1620 shader and 1152 mem clock.

Ultra is on water, and the processor is on a TRUE w/ good fan.

Stability. Other than no problems of any kind for a week. No freezes, no BSODs, nothing. However, it fails prime 95 small ftts at test 4 like clock work. I dont believe its processor related. I cant get an error with anything else. And I have went from 1.5 to 1.6 Bios VCore with zero effects. Possibly has something to do with the fsb I run. Thats my next guess, but as long as it doesnt cause any problems.

--Lupi

 

[Perp]

He can just run coretemp. VID is hard coded into the chip and will display on coretemp with zero regard to what you bios voltage is set.

My guess is that he has a 1.3 VID q6600.

 

[Lupiron]

I would guess more like a 1.2500 or so one with that OC. I have a 1.3125 and its hot at 3.2! at 3.6 it needed like 1.55 volts.

--Lupi!

 

[liveonc]

I got a q6600 for use on an Asus Barebone, then found out that I was missing out on lot's of fun. Since I already used up cash, I decided to go for a cheap mobo from MSI, a MSI P6NGM-FD with 2 OCZ SLI DDR2 PC2-6400, cooled by a ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120. I can only get it up to 2925Mhz in a cold room, otherwise 2800ish if it's 24/7 in the heat. Gonna get an Asus P5K and hope to go nuts, but have been looking at an Asus Striker Extreme??? Budget's tight cause it's only for the sake of fun. For now. Gonna get a pair of OCZ DDR2 PC8000, and a d815 so I get 2 computer's and nothing goes to waste. Any comment's on what's a better mobo to go with? An Asus P5k or a Striker?

 

[liveonc]

PS I wrote d815 but meant d915, that I plan to use with the same mobo from MSI. If the FSB's the same and the d915 with the x14 multiplier, I'd hoped to get 3,4-3,6Ghz on the MSI. Gonna cool it with a C/M HyperTX2 or an A/C Freezer 7 PRO. RAM's gonna be what I'm using now, but the Q6600 on the new mobo's gonna use an OCZ PC8000 Reaper. Everything on air, cause I can't be bothered, and all the simple water cooler's even worse than air.

 

[Lupiron]

Just be aware that those 680i chipset boards hate when overclocking q6x00s. Unless ya need that sli, get the p5k-e!!

 

[iluvgillgill]

billiardicus! how many different threads have you open to get help on your new pc overclocking problems?lol

im a true fan of you though!same as lupi!reply to your every single thread!hehe

 

[Lupiron]

Come on, people, post yer daily use over clocks! So far I am winning. Kewl, I started OCing a little over a month ago!

I win, I win! Wouldn't want that, right??

--Lupi!

 

[iluvgillgill]

lol what you exactly try to do lupi?lol

 

[sportsfanboy]

He a little lupi

 

[iluvgillgill]

lol
as a tip.you shud always select the lower multiplier and obtain the highest stable FSB possible.

 

[Dunkel]

 

[papasmurf211]

Mobo: Asus Maximus X38
CPU: Intel Q6600 3.6 ghz (401 x 9) 1.2875v (VID 1.2250v)
Temps: Idle: 35 35 34 34 Load: 59 59 60 60
Cooling: Tuniq Tower 120 lapped + AS5 in Antec 900
Stable: 8 hours prime 95 small fft
Stepping: G0

Can anyone recommend a solid water cooling kit that will beat this setup? I can easily achieve 4.0 on this VID.

 

[iluvgillgill]

lap the cpu and get the TRUE with 2 high cfm fan

 

[Dunkel]

How much do you want for your chip? :lol:

Screw water cooling.

 

[Lupiron]

And the doubters were saying what? Gotta hope for a low VID next time! And yeah, I'll bet that you can. Where is Evil when ya need him??

With that VID, you should use water! You can make it sing, hehe!

Other than that, I agree with Dunkel. How much for the chip?

--Lupi

 

[iluvgillgill]

maybe he wanted 4g as he mentioned???

 

[liveonc]

Might be my crappy mobo, but I got 11950 on 3dmark06 with 1300Mhz on CPU @2,8Ghz and 800Mhz on RAM and only 12000 with 1300Mhz on CPU @2,8Ghz and 950Mhz on RAM. The 800Mhz RAM was with 4-4-3-10 and 950Mhz was with 5-5-5-18. Crappy Mobo but it cost 1/3rd as much as the P35i mobo that I just ordered. The RAM used was a PC2-6400 OCZ SLI, gonna replace that with a PC2-8000 OCZ Platinum. Hope to get up to 3,4-3,6Ghz on stock voltage with the new mobo and RAM on air, and get above 16000 on 3dmark06... But am I just kidding myself??? EVIL <- LIVE, -> GOOD <- DO GO

 

[iluvgillgill]

its better to sync the fsb to memory.or the 1:1 ratio.you will gain alot more performance.to hit 2.8G select 400x7 will have better performance gain than 350x8,and 350x8 will have better performance gain than 311x9 even 800mhz on memory for all those different fsb.

 

[liveonc]

Linking the CPU/RAM was one of the first things that I did, no matter if it was a high FSB/Low multiplier, or a low FSB/high multiplier. Sometimes logic does not always dictate. Read this: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3239
If we lived in a world where what looks good on paper always kicks ass, then HD3870 and HD3870X2 would be really good cards, but they suck. Surprisingly also what is said about the new 9800GX2. It's not just as fast as 8800GT in SLI, but why??? It should have been faster.

 

[iluvgillgill]

a higher fsb will lead to better memory performance.if you have everest and goto the benchmark then you will see the result.the cpu who have 1600fsb will have higher memory speed even at the same clock 800mhz.and you can certainly try it out on your motherboard.select different multiplier and make sure you have your memory at 900mhz with different multiplier.than you can see the result for yourself!i have actually try it.and it is true.you have to know that everything that goes in and out the memory module is through the NB.so higher fsb will gave you wider bandwidth.understand?

 

[Perp]

Linking the CPU/RAM was one of the first things that I did, no matter if it was a high FSB/Low multiplier, or a low FSB/high multiplier. Sometimes logic does not always dictate. Read this: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3239
If we lived in a world where what looks good on paper always kicks ass, then HD3870 and HD3870X2 would be really good cards, but they suck. Surprisingly also what is said about the new 9800GX2. It's not just as fast as 8800GT in SLI, but why??? It should have been faster.

Yet 3dmark06 world records were broken with 3870 quad crossfirex.

I actually have 2 3870x2s and yes just like all high end setups it suffers from dimishing price/performance. Not sure if the 9800gx2 offers this yet, but the crossfirex setup allows for 2 monitor use compared to Sli which doesn't (unless the gx2 does).

I think my biggest issue with nvidia is their unwillingness to play nice with intel and forcing you to run sub-par nividia boards for sli. Maybe their NB setups will get better, but recently intel based boards are clearly superior overclockers.

 

[liveonc]

its better to sync the fsb to memory.or the 1:1 ratio.you will gain alot more performance.to hit 2.8G select 400x7 will have better performance gain than 350x8,and 350x8 will have better performance gain than 311x9 even 800mhz on memory for all those different fsb.

If it was possible, I would. But this board was bought for cheap and not for pride. The multiplier is locked at x9, even when you set the damn thing to do x7 or x8 in the bios, it totally ignores that you changed it. Might be in need for an updat, because I got it ONCE to boot with an x8 multiplier.

What I meant with the link was that it wasn't always an advantage to max out on the FSB.