Q6600 driving me nuts

[Scotlish]

I literally spent 20 hours straight trying to figure out the best setup for a q6600. Some of you guys here have been succesful with the proc so I need advice.

Ive pretty come come down to Asus P5Q deluxe, Radeon 4870, Mushkin 4gb 2x2 ddr 800 and of course the q6600. I really did not want to spend 200 bucks on a motherboard for such an old chip but if it can get me 3.4-3.8 overclock then it is worth it. What pisses me off is all the charts that I look up the motherboards that are that high are discontinued or have terrible reviews.

Please if you have a better suggestion throw them down because this is driving me crazy.
Furthermore what should I do about air cooling to sustain the 3.4-3.8 sweet spot?

 

[rubix_1011]

DDR2-800 will be good, but if you want to get closer to 3.8 you more than likley will need 1066.

I have the P5K deluxe which is a P35 chip and have mine at 4.0 on water. I have heard that the P35/45 and X38/48 boards OC better than the Intel 650i/680i and the 690i.

3.0 on a q6600 is simple, swich your FSB from 266 to 333, leave the rest at stock...should work fine for almost everyone.

If you want to go higher, make sure you have a decent cooler and try your multiplier at 8x instead of 9x...I had more success that way, and I have seen others as well. There are good OC stickies so be sure to read through those thoroughly.

You might have trouble air cooling to 3.6+, but I'm sure it can be done. Maybe check into a good NB cooler as well???

 

[jimmysmitty]

^What he said. Oh and try to get the P5K-E. It has higher quality caps than the P5K so the OCing will be easier and better.

But overall the P35 chipset will be your best bet and be cheaper while giving you the same options.

 

[glasshouse]

Well Well the task of oc the q6600 is pretty easy,
3.2 you might be able to pull of with air cooling, but it gonna have to be very good...
3.2 and above will be done by water cooling, if you love your cpu at all.
i personally pefer gigabyte boards p35 or p45s, i am running EP35-DS3L, aftermarket cooling on the NB and SB
i run 3.4 - 3.6 almost all the time depending on what im doing, could even push up to 4.0 if i really wanted to...only with water cooling will you get this high..or nitrogen but who use that on a day to day basis..if you need spec chk out the pic watch you nb volts and run fsb 1:1 ratio with ram, vcore volts are very important do not exceed 1.55 stay between 1.2 -1.5 that should be sufficient, figure out if your q6600 is a G0 hopefully it is better for OC'ing and Good Luck

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[Mondoman]

Why do you need a quad-core instead of a dual-core? The e8xxx series are very nice.
Why do you need to reach 3.4GHz? Remember, OCing doesn't come with guarantees.

 

[Rubenov]

Why do you need a quad-core instead of a dual-core? The e8xxx series are very nice.
Why do you need to reach 3.4GHz? Remember, OCing doesn't come with guarantees.

Says the guy with the signature:

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e2160@3GHz: OCing my way to Ubuntuland!

 

[iluvgillgill]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138122

i would get this newer p43 chipset which is 1600FSB gaurranteed. but if you have a bit more get the P45 from the same manufacture that made a motherboard that broke the world record.the Biostar Tpower P45 is the best P45 on the market it even beats Asus and Gigabyte. many people said Biostar have spilled magic portion on it that make its better then anyone else.

the board could be said 550FSB "stock" and 600FSB is the NORMAL limit.search it up and you will see alot of sites about it.

 

[jimmysmitty]

Well Well the task of oc the q6600 is pretty easy,
3.2 you might be able to pull of with air cooling, but it gonna have to be very good...
3.2 and above will be done by water cooling, if you love your cpu at all.
i personally pefer gigabyte boards p35 or p45s, i am running EP35-DS3L, aftermarket cooling on the NB and SB
i run 3.4 - 3.6 almost all the time depending on what im doing, could even push up to 4.0 if i really wanted to...only with water cooling will you get this high..or nitrogen but who use that on a day to day basis..if you need spec chk out the pic watch you nb volts and run fsb 1:1 ratio with ram, vcore volts are very important do not exceed 1.55 stay between 1.2 -1.5 that should be sufficient, figure out if your q6600 is a G0 hopefully it is better for OC'ing and Good Luck
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Meh a Zalman 9700 will cool it at 3.2GHz fine. Or a Tuniq. Or a Ultra 120. Any of those work great with a Q6600.

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i would get this newer p43 chipset which is 1600FSB gaurranteed. but if you have a bit more get the P45 from the same manufacture that made a motherboard that broke the world record.the Biostar Tpower P45 is the best P45 on the market it even beats Asus and Gigabyte. many people said Biostar have spilled magic portion on it that make its better then anyone else.

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Its still a bit different for quads. Dual cores can normally get to a higher stable FSB than quads. But the P45 has been showing a bit of OCing prowes.

As for the OP, remmeber that the lower the voltage the better. I have mine @ 3GHz @ 1.225v stable (Prime95 for 12.5 hours) which is lower than stock. So if you can hit 3.4GHz at about 1.325v or a bit higher your temps should be good with a decent after market HSF.

 

[Mondoman]

ilgg - perhaps you've been drinking a bit of that "magic potion" yourself?