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SO I have a q6600 and an evga 780i board..Right now I have the q6600 at 3ghz with a cpuz voltage of 1.264 and bios voltage of 1.3 its 100% stable prime 95ed it for almost 8 hours my question is is the voltage too high for the cpu? do you think I could get it lower or is that about right for this cpu at that speed...Also I left the fsb voltage to auto? should i manually set it to the stock voltage and then go up from there if needed? ALso does having a high fsb voltage could that increase cpu temps. If you need any more info let me know. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Hi, sounds about right to me (I am a novice too but I have a Q6600 and have just overclocked it). I have a voltage of 1.30625 for 3.2 GHz (400*8), MCH @ 1.140, DRAM @ 1.9v. Mine is also stable. I can't go below that vCore or it becomes unstable, what happens if you drop it back a bit? I have read that dropping the multiplier and increasing the FSB allows you to drop the vCore a bit which obviously has a nkock on effect on temps.
I run at 38-45 idle and between 55 and 66 at load on p95, it would be cooler but my twin 4770's create a lot of heat. By FSB voltage, I assume you mean MCH voltage (?). I had read that the order to increase voltages were : 1st RAM, 2nd MCH, 3rd vCore.
I did this until I got a stable OC then dropped them back in turn to the lowest I could get them without a crash. I never had to go outside normal range for any of them.
Hope this helps in some way?! In short your voltages seem ok but try dropping multiplier/increasing FSB and/or voltage until no longer stable.

Q6600 @ 3.2GHz (8*400)
Gigabyte EP45 DQ6
8GB Corsair XMS2 @ 800MHz
Radeon 4770's in crossfire

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I got my OC to 3.6

Vcore 1.45
Dram 2.01
Ht 1.60
NB 1.63
SB 1.50

FSB 400

Ram 800MHZ (unlinked)
Timings 4-4-4-12-2clock

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xtream, that's about right. Dram will depend on factory recommendations for the RAM you are using.

My Q6600 @ 3.6 GHz. is running at 1.425 volts drooping to 1.40; P95 load temps 61 C. - 65 C. Most of the regulars are running 3.3 GHz. - 3.6 GHz. at 1.40 - 1.45 volts. At that point, so many factors come into play including case and cooler choices.

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ok cool thanks for the responses guys..one quick question are these voltages from the bios or cpuz in windows? thanks

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