Journey of a Q6600

[kyle2020]

Ok, so im now going to set my processor to 3.6 or 3.8, and then overclock the nuts off my GT and give you all a final 3dmark result . . . post back in about half an hour!

 

[KoRnMaN]

could you tell me?

hi kyle, just wanted to know one thing. ive got the same cpu and motherboard(will be coming soon) but did you have to change any voltages in bios to get 3.6ghz out of the q6600? i have a asus p5n32 680i sli motherboard and i cant overclock this cpu. for some reason my motherboard is poo for quad cores funny cuz i had my intel c2d 1.8ghz running @3.2 prime stable no problem at all lol.

Anyway would apreciate you answer.

 

[kyle2020]

hi kyle, just wanted to know one thing. ive got the same cpu and motherboard(will be coming soon) but did you have to change any voltages in bios to get 3.6ghz out of the q6600? i have a asus p5n32 680i sli motherboard and i cant overclock this cpu. for some reason my motherboard is poo for quad cores funny cuz i had my intel c2d 1.8ghz running @3.2 prime stable no problem at all lol.

Anyway would apreciate you answer.

to get 3.6Ghz i had approximately 1.4V running through it, so i think my chips a winner in terms of overclocking. at 3.8 i had 1.45V, and i couldnt get a boot @ 4Ghz (i tried 3 times and got fed up. went on counterstrike haha).

Your looking at about 1.4V to get to that holy grail of Q6600 overclocks. Some people can do it on as low as 1.32V, some require close to 1.5V. It highly depends on the batch you get your chip from (luckily, mine was one of the good ones).

Keep me posted mate!

 

[KoRnMaN]

counterstrike

thank you mate much apreciated. my cpu-z reading shows 1.152v on default settings so i assume its a good one. send me the ip address of counterstrike and ill come join you, whats ur nick? my steam account is tdg176

 

[kyle2020]

thank you mate much apreciated. my cpu-z reading shows 1.152v on default settings so i assume its a good one. send me the ip address of counterstrike and ill come join you, whats ur nick? my steam account is tdg176

1.152V @ 2.4 (stock) i take it? if so, and if shes stable, thatll be one hell of an overclocker!

*edit*
added you on steam, time for some cs_office noobage

 

[Solaris17]

EXCELLENT WORK KYLE!!! i remember helping you with the 500 and your mobo and now you got a quad at 3.6 and your all over that 4GB of ram i must say this is one of the best upgrade and success storys iv ever seen im incredably happy for you dude good job

 

[kyle2020]

EXCELLENT WORK KYLE!!! i remember helping you with the 500 and your mobo and now you got a quad at 3.6 and your all over that 4GB of ram i must say this is one of the best upgrade and success storys iv ever seen im incredably happy for you dude good job

i personally thought you had dissapeared on us sol! Havent spoken to you in such a long time, how are you my friend?

Well, i must say im so happy with my setup now. That 5000+BE, however great, was a bit of a let down for what i needed my system to do. I do miss it though Hopefully gamster provides a good home for her!

Now, just to buy a 4870 or dual 4850's next year and im set! haha. I cant spend anymore on my rig for a good year or so now, ill be putting my papers in for my provisional license soon! Driving is more important than my computers life i do believe, and considering my first years insurance will cost me in excess of £800, i need to get some money saved up.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words sol, please, dont go quiet on us like that again! i expected the worst!

 

[JrRacinFan]

I am surprised you didn't take my suggestion yet kyle and try to push those vipers more. Keep up the good work!

 

[fatguy1992]

thank you mate much apreciated. my cpu-z reading shows 1.152v on default settings so i assume its a good one. send me the ip address of counterstrike and ill come join you, whats ur nick? my steam account is tdg176

I'v run at 1.064v at stock, prime 95 stable

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Does a Q6600 score a 5.9 at stock speeds in vista? If so you could build an all 5.9 system pretty cheap now.

 

[kyle2020]

Yep, on stock it scores 5.9 - every part of my system does bar my HDD - that scores 5.7.

Oh and Jr, i was getting bored of overclocking and tweaking, but if i get bored this weekend ill have a play with timings and so on. Still havent even overclocked my GT yet

 

[kyle2020]

Just got her to boot on 4Ghz, i was shitting bricks i promise you - managed to get a screenshot however bad things started happening, ie my mouse stopped moving, my music wouldnt play properly, and i also wasnt very confident in the volateg needed / the temps it produced. heres the shot anywho:

And then playing around for low temps, heres what she idles at, not bad for an £11 freezer pro :

 

[kyle2020]

Is it just me or is there some awful ghosting in that second picture?

 

[Solaris17]

dude good work indeed is 1.58 what you were really running through it? try bumping NB and SB voltage. btw what is that media player you have open?

 

[kyle2020]

dude good work indeed is 1.58 what you were really running through it? try bumping NB and SB voltage. btw what is that media player you have open?

i was actually running it at 1.6V dead on, which made me feel uncomfortable enough as it was. The media player is winamp (because of my G15 + itunes it shit) with a glass like skin.

 

[KoRnMaN]

cant wait to get mine

cant wait to get my mobo really looking foward to go to 4ghz and beyond lol

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hey Kyle, any update since the last time? Hows it running???

 

[kyle2020]

Hey Kyle, any update since the last time? Hows it running???

no, no updates as of yet, been running her @ 3.2Ghz 1.35V for a while now, cranked her up to 3.6 for crysis warhead

All's well so far, im looking to get either crossfired 4850's or a 4870 in by the end of the month, so that will bring me E-Penis result up a fair bit no doubt.

Any results from your end?

 

[Chicken Patty]

no, no updates as of yet, been running her @ 3.2Ghz 1.35V for a while now, cranked her up to 3.6 for crysis warhead

All's well so far, im looking to get either crossfired 4850's or a 4870 in by the end of the month, so that will bring me E-Penis result up a fair bit no doubt.

Any results from your end?

Nice bro, I just bought a 4870 and I can't be happier, runs everything flawlessly.

I got my 9850 up to 3.5 GHz stable and validated at 3.6 GHz, but it died shortly after, i upped the NB cpu voltage too much, I knew what I was doing, but took the risk and it happened . I have a 9950 now at 3.4 Ghz and going, so lets see how that goes.

When I get home I'll post some screens of my clocks and stuff so you can check it out dude

 

[kyle2020]

Teeny Weeny update for all you people, installed a new Xigmatek HDT-S1283 with the Crossbow bracket thing a week or so ago, so i can now run her @ 3.6Ghz, 1.4V 24/7 without feeling guilty about my temps:

Also, i tried booting with my ram slightly over 1100Mhz, and was greeted by several blank screens after POST. I guess my ram must top out just after the 1066Mhz mark, so that is one area i cannot push further. I have decided to keep these results for now, and not bother overclocking my GT as id like to use these results as a comparison for next year when i upgrade my graphics.

Any thoughts, questions or criticisms, hit me with them!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Teeny Weeny update for all you people, installed a new Xigmatek HDT-S1283 with the Crossbow bracket thing a week or so ago, so i can now run her @ 3.6Ghz, 1.4V 24/7 without feeling guilty about my temps:

Also, i tried booting with my ram slightly over 1100Mhz, and was greeted by several blank screens after POST. I guess my ram must top out just after the 1066Mhz mark, so that is one area i cannot push further. I have decided to keep these results for now, and not bother overclocking my GT as id like to use these results as a comparison for next year when i upgrade my graphics.

Any thoughts, questions or criticisms, hit me with them!

Hey Kyle, great temps bro, what is your ambient temp like?

 

[kyle2020]

Hey Kyle, great temps bro, what is your ambient temp like?

ambient, im guessing around 20 degrees?

 

[Chicken Patty]

ambient, im guessing around 20 degrees?

those are great temps mate. On the stock AMD cooler for my Phenom I was getting about 40ºc idle and 55ºc load with ambient at about 24-25ºc. That was over 1.4v, don't remember correctly.

 

[kyle2020]

Quite a big update coming at you all! Just dropped in a spanky new GTX 260, and the results, i must say, are impressive:

3.2Ghz, GTX @ stock:

Keep checking back, benchmarks in progress!

 

[Solaris17]

dude totally awsome