Striker Extreme Q6600 wont OC over 2.8ghz?

[jayrolla]

First off here is the setup

Asus Striker Extreme Mobo (bios 1508 I believe)
Intel Q6600 B0 (Sunbeam Direct Core Freezer cooled)
2x 1gb HyperX PC2-8500 @ 800mhz (5 5 5 15 @ 2.2v)
EVGA 8800GTS 640mb SC
Antec 350w PSU

Now the problem is I cant boot into windows without Blue Screen at anything over 2.7ghz. I have all the normal bios settings disabled that I should. Ive been raising only the vcore and NB voltage and it doesnt help. Ive gone up to 1.5v at the vcore and 1.45v at the NB and I still cant boot to windows.

I know the Striker Extreme is a crappy mobo, but I got a new one at a steal. But it should not be this bad. I used this same mobo to run my 1.6ghz dual core at 2.4ghz no problem.

Could the issue be the PSU? I know its small but this PC runs like a champ at stock 2.4ghz. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[calinkula]

Your PSU is too small. It may be stable at stock speeds, but as you OC your system is going to pull more power. A decent 500 - 600 watt PSU would solve your problems.

OC'n can draw more power than you expect.

 

[jayrolla]

I was thinking that overclocking woudlnt pull any more power unless I upped the voltage. Plus its such a small amount you add the proc, I didnt think it would be an issue.

 

[calinkula]

I would say your 350 watt PSU is quite maxed out with your setup at stock speeds. Part of a stable power supply is amp rating and not just total wattage.

I have an E8200, 8800GT, 4 gigs of the same ram that you have, plenty of fans and some other stuff hooked up. I'm running an Antec 650 watt PSU and everything is OC'd to the limit. If I turn on my case lighting my GPU complains it doesn't get enough power. But OC'd components can be extra sensitive to power fluxing some.

 

[richardscott]

the q6600 sucks down 95w normally when you push it hard it can easily go up to 200-240w so yea id agree with Calinkula it is maxed out, also when you max out a psu its mtbf goes down aswell .

 

[lunyone]

If you plan on adding more to your rig, I'd suggest the Corsair 650w PSU for $93 - $20 MIR = $73!!! has 52A on the 12v rail, so you can OC to your desire with your setup!!! Has 2 6+2pin PCI-e power connectors, so you can hook up any single GPU card out on the market!!
Corsair TX CMPSU-650TX ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supply
Newegg's link, has more details and pictures to look at than the Buy.com link

 

[V3NOM]

www.thermaltake.outervision.com see the increase in power you need from an OC!

 

[Zorg]

You shouldn't need any Vcore increase to get to 3G. 1.5V @ 2.7 is way too much. The Antec 350 is running hard at those voltages.

 

[bobbknight]

God Asus and their Striker POS and piss poor support.
First get a good PSU, PC Power 610 will work.
Then gently try to work it up to where you want it.
Or run out and get a DFI BloodIron board.

 

[Zorg]

A new PSU and a P45 mobo may be in order.

nVidia, fix the 680i chipset!

 

[dagger]

680i chipset cannot oc quads. Use the forum search function, for q6600 and 680i, and you'll see a lot of people asking about the same 2.8ghz wall.

Ignore meaningless marketing gemmick names like "Striker Extreme." The board runs on POS 680i chipset. This is one of the reasons I don't like Asus, their naming scheme is really aimed at nothing more than deception. Gigabyte is much more straight forward, GA-P45-DS3L is P45, GA-X48-DS4 is X48. DS4 and DS3L also denotes more detailed hardware specs. Each letter stands for something specific.

 

[jayrolla]

Well only reason I bought the board was because we had it at our work and I got it NEW at $100. The board retailed for a lot and I was dumb and didnt research. My buddy is running the same board and he is has hit 3.4ghz no problem and runs it all the time at 3ghz.

I will get a new PSU and see if that helps. If not than a good mobo may be in order. Whats a good mobo for under $100. I dont need sli so it dont have to be nvidia chipset. Is the intel chipset the best for overclocking?

 

[lunyone]

Keeping it under $100:
$85 shipped!
GIGABYTE GA-EP43-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

$114 - $15 MIR = $99!!!
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

$94 shipped!! p35 based mobo, was last generation chip but OC's quite well too!
GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

 

[dagger]

$114 - $15 MIR = $99!!!
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
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Actually, that's $105 - $15 mir = $90.

There's also this similar performing p45 Asus board for similar performance at $10 more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131333

It's interesting that this one doesn't use the fancy name. Basically, for Asus, avoid anything with fancy names. They use them on motherboards that are either bad performers or highly overpriced to fool noobs into buying. Solid products don't need the name.

Performance ranking: P45 > P43 > P35

However p45 does not support full x16 pcie2.0 in crossfire. X38/48 perform the same as p45 while supporting cf, but can run upward of $200.

 

[lunyone]

Actually, that's $105 - $15 mir = $90.

You forgot to add the shipping of $9 to the price. I did, since this equals the total cost to the buyer. Most people forget to add the shipping charges to their prices, so the when quoting prices, I include every charge that is listed. No suprises that way.