Hey what are some safe voltages?

donttrustevery1 · Sep 16, 2008

Hey I have a Asus P5N-E SLI and a q6600. My 4x1GB OCZ DDR 800 sticks are running at 2.1 volts because I know that that's safe and recommened. But I am having stability issues with the rest of my system. My PSU is OCZ 800W Xtreme and its almost brand new so PSU isn't the problem. So I need to up my voltage on my northbridge and core. I can easily achieve 3.0 Ghz but sometimes it does crash. My q6600 isn't overheating and I have lots of room to overclock yet with the temps I'm recieving. So I just need some advice at what to set my voltages at on my mobo. I would like to see if I can get my q6600 to like 3.3 ghz or even a stable 3.0 ghz.

ZenZimZaliben · Sep 16, 2008

Do you know the stepping for your Q6600? B3 or G0?

donttrustevery1 · Sep 17, 2008

ZenZimZaliben said:
Do you know the stepping for your Q6600? B3 or G0?

Its G0. On my old Abit Mobo..(IP35-E).. I could easily get 3.0 ghz without messing with any voltages. This Asus mobo is a POS!

dadi_oh · Sep 17, 2008

donttrustevery1 said:
Its G0. On my old Abit Mobo..(IP35-E).. I could easily get 3.0 ghz without messing with any voltages. This Asus mobo is a POS!

Well I just started overclocking last night on a Q6600. Check my thread below for my BIOS settings.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=978909&postcount=1

I had a P5NE-SLI board before. My only issue was that the northbridge ran really hot when FSB was overclocked. The P35 chips run a lot cooler. I watercool my northbridge now. It would have really helped the P5NE.

Every board has different default settings in the BIOS so just because the defaults on the ABIT board ran the Q6600 at 3GHz doesn't mean that the ASUS board is crap. It just means that the defaults are different. What you really want to pay attention to is the core voltage under load. If you want to get to 3.6GHz my guess is you will need about 1.45V on the core under load. It will take some trial and error on your part to find the right setting in the BIOS to achieve this. But that is the fun in overclocking... It isn't just a knob on the outside of the case labeled "normal" and "ludicrous speed" :laugh:

newtekie1 · Sep 17, 2008

donttrustevery1 said:
Its G0. On my old Abit Mobo..(IP35-E).. I could easily get 3.0 ghz without messing with any voltages. This Asus mobo is a POS!

Actually, it is more likely the chipset is a POS. The nVidia 6 series does not like to overclock quads, it is great for dual cores, but shitty for quads. I have the same motherboard, and it won't give a stable overclock on my Quad, Solaris17 had the same issues you can read his thread here.

The P35 is much better at overclocking quads than the 650i on the P5N-E.

donttrustevery1 · Sep 17, 2008

thanks for the info. whats the stock voltage on a NB and CPU etc.

alexp999 · Sep 17, 2008

newtekie1 said:
Actually, it is more likely the chipset is a POS. The nVidia 6 series does not like to overclock quads, it is great for dual cores, but shitty for quads. I have the same motherboard, and it won't give a stable overclock on my Quad, Solaris17 had the same issues you can read his thread here.

The P35 is much better at overclocking quads than the 650i on the P5N-E.

Agree on chipset issue. We couldnt even get a quad to run at stock on a 680i and 750i. :shadedshu

donttrustevery1 · Sep 17, 2008

I maybe be able to sell this motherboard to a friend that is building a computer. He's going to run a dual core. I am planning on selling my 3850 to him also and buying...?(probably 4870 not sure whats best per dollar right now). If i would get a new mobo with PCI E 2.0 I would have to get ddr2 1066 ram. I have ddr2 800 in my current rig. Would the ddr2 800 work in a ddr 1066 standard motherboard?

alexp999 · Sep 17, 2008

donttrustevery1 said:
I maybe be able to sell this motherboard to a friend that is building a computer. He's going to run a dual core. I am planning on selling my 3850 to him also and buying...?(probably 4870 not sure whats best per dollar right now). If i would get a new mobo with PCI E 2.0 I would have to get ddr2 1066 ram. I have ddr2 800 in my current rig. Would the ddr2 800 work in a ddr 1066 standard motherboard?

I'm running DDR2-800 fine in a DDR2-1200 mobo. Its just advertised as the maximum.

:toast:

donttrustevery1 · Sep 17, 2008

Awesome..

So i should try to set my vcore at about 1.35 V and my NB at about 1.39-1.49 V and see what goes from there?

donttrustevery1 · Sep 17, 2008

Do these voltages above look good for 3.0 ghz? ^^^^^^^^

alexp999 · Sep 17, 2008

Core voltage looks good, but have had no exp with the NB voltages for your board, sorry to not be of much help. :ohwell:

warup89 · Sep 17, 2008

im really jealous of you people with the q6600's that OC waaaaay better than my q6700 :mad:

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On topic though:

my q6700 is basically the same as the q6600, and right now im running my cpu at 3.7Ghz [1.58v] and its fine so far, so don't be afraid to push a bit more.

donttrustevery1 · Sep 17, 2008

warup89 said:
im really jealous of you people with the q6600's that OC waaaaay better than my q6700.

On topic though:

my q6700 is basically the same as the q6600, and right now im running my cpu at 3.7Ghz [1.58v] and its fine so far, so don't be afraid to push a bit more.

WOW thats a really high voltage!

alexp999 · Sep 17, 2008

warup89 said:
im really jealous of you people with the q6600's that OC waaaaay better than my q6700.

On topic though:

my q6700 is basically the same as the q6600, and right now im running my cpu at 3.7Ghz [1.58v] and its fine so far, so don't be afraid to push a bit more.

Your running @ 1.58v on air! :eek:

What temps are you getting? Even so, you must remember that even with temps in check you will be getting degredation. I would have thought nearing on 1.6v would be 4Ghz voltages.

warup89 · Sep 17, 2008

donttrustevery1 said:
WOW thats a really high voltage!

yep, i was afraid to take it all the way up there but one day i got the courage and bam.....so far air cooled [with themalright ULTRA] i get 43C idle and 65C load, which i consider decent.

alexp999 · Sep 17, 2008

warup89 said:
yep, i was afraid to take it all the way up there but one day i got the courage and bam.....so far air cooled [with themalright ULTRA] i get 43C idle and 65C load, which i consider decent.

65*C load! That is really low for 1.58v. What CFM fan do you have? And is that running OCCT 100% stress or something similar?

warup89 · Sep 17, 2008

alexp999 said:
65*C load! That is really low for 1.58v. What CFM fan do you have? And is that running OCCT 100% stress or something similar?

im using a thermaltake 120mm 78CMF fan which is kinda noisy, but it doesn't bother me much, i also lapped the hell out of my heat sink to get a smooth shiny surface[because is known for the ULTRA heatsinks to have a mildly warped surface], and im using AS5 thermal compound. when it come to gaming and such the temps stay well below 64C but while benching OCCT, prime, 3dmark, the temps reach a range between 65-67.

almost forgot.....I have very decent air flow since i have a full tower case with 5 120mm fans and ambient temps are around 78c-82f [25c-28c]

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