Help overclocking Q6600 to 3.4GHz (B3 Stepping)

You are right about the B3's not OCing as good.

Do me a favor and save your OC profile, then set everything on stock/auto, while keeping speedstep disabled and all the other processor options, like c1e, vanderpool, disable bit, and all the spread spectrum junk.

Then boot into windows and load core temp 0.96.1 and report the VID it shows. Then run prime or something and make sure that core temps VID doesnt fluctuate. CPUz is supposed to, not core temp.

We want to know the factory VID burnt into yer chip! Thats a fair indicator of abilities from what I can tell. I have a high volt one, 1.3125. Its horrid for OCing.

--Lupi

Thankyou for the replies, my VID is awfully high at 1.3250v when im looking at it from an overclocked point of view in core temp. Thanks. I am starting to think I should justb get rid of the B3 and get a G0 though.

Oh, is the 1.415 in the bios, or what you see in windows? Either will turn out better than mine, lol, so we know your VID shouldnt be to bad! I need 1.4ish depending on droop for 3.2 stability.

I have a maximus formula that currently has its vcore at 1.38ish because there is no droop at all when Load Line Calibration is enabled! Yee haw! but at that point my b3 needs power to go higher. So 3.2 is its decent spot, which sucks.

I'll guess you have a 1.27ish VID one, but I hope its really low! Waiting for someone to have a really low VID q6600 of either stepping. Then again, who knows what else is factored into your temps and speed. Could be wrong temps and its really 90c!

So why not just list out yer components for all to see? it will help! We know you have a intel x38 mo bo, no ram, no power supply, no video card, a q6600 b3... no cooler, what programs you use to read those temps, what OS, blahblah...

I guess thats enough for now!!

--Lupi

Oh, those idle temps seem rather low for a B3! You have speed step on so that it idles low?

Well, I can tell you that on my B3, 3.46 ghz is obtainable with 1.52 volts. But this depends on how much heat you want to tolerate. On my water system with Prime95 small FFTs, the coretemp reaches 80c (with just the CPU in the loop).

The B3 takes a beating but generates a lot of heat, even for water. If I were to push it (temps aside), I probably can manage 3.51 ghz with a vcore of 1.6. This will definately get it in the 90c area.

This is just to give you an idea of what to expect.

Ok, my VID in BIOS and Core temp seem to actually be 1.325v! I just don;t know how it ended up this high, i bought the CPU in June 2007 and I would have thought it might have been a G0, oh well. CPU-Z reports my voltage to be 1.39 something. If you were also wondering i am using an 8x multi.

My specs:

Gigabyte X38-DS5 Motherboard
4 GB (2x2 GB) of OCZ 800Mhz running at 825MHz 4-4-4-12 2t
OCZ 700w PSU
1x 8800GTX
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 B3 @ 3.3GHz 1.4125v (fully lapped)
Seagate 8MB 250GB Hard Drive, Seagate 320GB 16MB Hard Drive (I wish I had a raptor!!)
Creative XFi Extreme Gamer 7.1
ASUS Arctic square CPU cooler (lapped and on forced fan speed)
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Case (mmm...lots of room )

So I guess thats about it. Lupiron, might you just get a G0 if you continue to struggle? Im very near to doing that. Thanks.

I still dont think its giving you the right value. When next you get the chance, go back to auto voltages and run core temp again, and cpuz and anything else, DL HWMonitor if you dont have it, because you'll love the tool, and tell me their values, two in windows and you can somewhat guess the vid from the droop.

--Lupi

Wonder the version of core temp that is being used! Did you get 0.96.1?

download the latest 0.97.1. Vista x64 ready.