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rags_20   08-29-2008 at 03:23:56 AM

I bought this brand new Q6600, installed it on an Intel DG31PR, 4 gigs of DDR2 800 Vista Home Premium and an 8600GT 1GB.
Problem is, when I go to CPU-Z it says my processor is running at 1600MHz - 6 x 266.7 But isn't the Q6600 supposed to be running at 2.4 GHz at stock?
http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr67/hplp20/System.jpg
But the system information says it's running at 2.39 GHz. So confusing..!!!
Also, is it possible to overclock using the DG31PR?

------------------------------ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 | Thermalright Ultima 90 120mm fan | Intel DG31PR | 4 GB DDR2 @ 800MHz | HD 4850 512 GDDR3 | Corsair VX450 | Samsung 22x DVD RW | Windows Vista HP 32-bit/ Windows 7 64-bit dual boot | Samsung SyncMaster 19" LCD VGA 920NW |
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dagger   08-29-2008 at 03:25:03 AM
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You have speedstep on. Go to bios and disable it.

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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dagger   08-29-2008 at 03:33:08 AM
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rags_20 wrote :

What's speedstep?



It throttles cpu speed back when idle.

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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rags_20   08-29-2008 at 03:37:07 AM
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Am i better off without it?

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dagger   08-29-2008 at 03:39:05 AM
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rags_20 wrote :

Am i better off without it?



If you overclock, you should turn it off. Otherwise it's fine.

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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Grimmy   08-29-2008 at 03:43:17 AM
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There is a sticky on this.

And I use speedstep on my 3.2ghz OC. It just takes more time to tune in the voltage to make it run more stable.

SpeedStep main advantage is to cut down on heat.

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rags_20   08-29-2008 at 03:43:33 AM
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Can I overclock using Intel DG31PR?

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rockbyter   08-29-2008 at 04:14:59 AM
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The reason a 2.4 GHz processor would be running at 2.39 is usually caused by the motherboard. The actual fsb of all motherboards is variable by a few MHz. yours happens to be just barely lower than others and windows rounded down. mine runs a few MHz faster, no big deal. Run CPU-Z and see what it says your actual running speed is, then overclock if your bios allows it.

------------------------------ If you don't know what OS/2 is, you don't understand.
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bobbknight   08-29-2008 at 05:06:31 AM
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The Q6600 will get up 3ghz without much trouble at all. Do a bit of reading on the forums to see how to OC.

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thogrom   08-29-2008 at 05:20:26 AM
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woo hoo w/ the 300th speed step thread :D

w/e when your new you just want your answer right away and don't take the time to search... :)

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Dargo   02-07-2009 at 11:35:50 PM
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bobbknight wrote :

The Q6600 will get up 3ghz without much trouble at all. Do a bit of reading on the forums to see how to OC.


Not so fast, budy, not so fast! I am a very "old" Techie and I have been building pc;s since "Intel 286". I had an e6400 for more than 1year and I have had it running at 3-3.2 Ghz constantly without even close to the thermal upper-limits and very stable. Before I bought the G0 Q6600 I have been reading hundreds of "reviews" from all kind ofso called happy reviewers. I have a GA-EP35-DS3R, 2Gb of OCZ RAM and a 8600 GTS oc'd @ 750 Mhz. I just replaced the processor.and.... what a desilusion. Q6600 is one of the whorse overclockers among Intel cpu's. To keep it stable at more than 2.8 Ghz, you have to rise the vcore voltage somewhere arround 1.35v and this will make cpu to be VERY HOT! You can't even think to use PRIME95' or run Cinebench10 for more than few seconds before the temp alarm will cry (alarm set @ 70 C the max Tj spec by Intel for proper functionality). So, at stock speed it is OK but is acting whorse than my old e6400 playing Crisys at mainstream settings. And something else, I wasn't be able to see the evidence of the so-called multi-tasking due to multicore architecture. I didn't rip-off DVD's yet but In my opinion this is another soap-balloon at least for the average consumer.

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