q6600 overclock

spearman914 · Jan 26, 2009

frankie827 said:
so basically i have a very good chip?

Very good clocker, u got lucky or maybe it's just ur mobo that clocks good.

Cja123 · Jan 26, 2009

Man I had a G0 q6600.. wouldn't touch over 3.6GHz on my DFI LP LT X48 T2R :banghead:

. Sad story..

spearman914 · Jan 26, 2009

Cja123 said:
Man I had a G0 q6600.. wouldn't touch over 3.6GHz on my DFI LP LT X48 T2R . Sad story..

What CPU cooler was it on? But 3.6GHz for a quad is dam good for almost any stepping.

frankie827 · Jan 26, 2009

spearman914 said:
What CPU cooler was it on? But 3.6GHz for a quad is dam good for almost any stepping.

arctic cooling freezer 7 pro w/ an evga nforce 680i lt sli mobo

Cja123 · Jan 26, 2009

Spearman it was under water.. as well as the NB.

wolf · Jan 26, 2009

ntdouglas said:
Its dead dude. lol jk Is that 52-55 load at 1.5v

yeah full load, like UT3 for instance, or any massive multitasking.

prime/orthos saw 60-61 but i really hate those programs anyway, with alot of chips ive tested over the past few years, prime/orthos stable is bogus compared to gaming/windows stable.

what i mean by that is, what orthos/prime rejects as unstable i have had as 24/7 overclocks on a hardcore gaming rig, so i dont really use them anymore.

spearman914 · Jan 26, 2009

frankie827 said:
arctic cooling freezer 7 pro w/ an evga nforce 680i lt sli mobo

Wasn't talking to you but nice chip.

Cja123 said:
Spearman it was under water.. as well as the NB.

That's too bad...

Cja123 · Jan 26, 2009

Especially when temps wouldn't touch over 55*c :cry:

I had a lot of room to clock that quad but it wasn't up to scruff I guess. I pulled my GF's quad out of her computer and loaded it up with my motherboard. Her's was a G0 as well. I hit 3.7Ghz, but nothing more. It was within the last 5 months, and I heard the newer G0's weren't that great.

*edit- I did have pretty crappy RAM though.. that could have limited the overclock but too late now. Sold the computer to a friend of mine. Maybe I'll go over there and put in some corsair dominators at 1066Mhz and see if I can't clock it up.

ntdouglas · Jan 26, 2009

wolf said:
yeah full load, like UT3 for instance, or any massive multitasking.

prime/orthos saw 60-61 but i really hate those programs anyway, with alot of chips ive tested over the past few years, prime/orthos stable is bogus compared to gaming/windows stable.

what i mean by that is, what orthos/prime rejects as unstable i have had as 24/7 overclocks on a hardcore gaming rig, so i dont really use them anymore.

I hear ya. I don't prime much unless I'm screwing around with vcore.

J-Man · Jan 26, 2009

I needed over 1.3V to hit 3GHz when I had the B3 Q6600 so I think your comment is fake almost.

erocker · Jan 26, 2009

J-Man said:
I needed over 1.3V to hit 3GHz when I had the Be Q6600 so I think your comment is fake almost.

Do you have any idea that each chip is different? I've seen plenty of Q6600's with his stepping have good overclocks. Don't crucify others for the shortcomings of your own hardware.

J-Man · Jan 26, 2009

Watch out, erockers about. :rolleyes:

ntdouglas · Jan 26, 2009

J-Man said:
I needed over 1.3V to hit 3GHz when I had the B3 Q6600 so I think your comment is fake almost.

I was just going to say, what is a BE?

Who are you refering to?

erocker · Jan 26, 2009

Just have some respect for others please. :rolleyes:

Cja123 · Jan 26, 2009

^My friend has my old quad running at 3.2Ghz with 1.32 vCore. CPUs are not created equal. Sure that has been said a thousand times now.

J-Man · Jan 26, 2009

Author of this thread. I think it's impossible to hit 3GHz only 1.2V. If I remembered correctly, I needed 1.33V or 1.34V to hit 3GHz stable in Prime95.

wolf · Jan 26, 2009

i can do 3ghz on less than stock set in bios, which equates to very low...

1.2875 is my Q6600's VID

i cn run 3ghz stable on a P45 by setting 1.2625 in bios

this ends up being 1.22-1.20 reported under windows/load

i find it odd i can clock to 3ghz on less than stock yet it takes 1.5+ to get 3.6 gaming stable. :confused:

J-Man · Jan 26, 2009

I must of had a crappy B3 then. My Q6600 didn't like going above 3.2GHz though. Q9550 FTW!

wolf · Jan 26, 2009

J-Man said:
I must of had a crappy B3 then. My Q6600 didn't like going above 3.2GHz though. Q9550 FTW!

i want a Q9650 so bad, pity they're so expensive in Australia.

naturally i would prefer an i7, but i dont prefer the bill for the new board and 12gb of ram ill want to go with it.

spearman914 · Jan 26, 2009

wolf said:
i want a Q9650 so bad, pity they're so expensive in Australia.

naturally i would prefer an i7, but i dont prefer the bill for the new board and 12gb of ram ill want to go with it.

Don't go i7. Q5500 = i7 neck to neck. C2D/C2q or P II is the better deal for now.

J-Man · Jan 26, 2009

Exactly why I'm not going i7 yet, spearman. i7 is not worth it. I'm glad I always make the correct deicisions when I make my move for an upgrade. I predict that i7 will be worth it in summer time (June/July). I'll upgrade to the best CPU, 6GB DDR3 1600MHz or higher, the best ASUS board. I have plenty of time to save up my money.

wolf · Jan 26, 2009

spearman914 said:
Don't go i7. Q5500 = i7 neck to neck. C2D/C2q or P II is the better deal for now.

my thoughts exactly, i really want to find someone who's jumping on the i7 wagon that i can get a QX9650 from.... hello unlocked Multi :toast:

spearman914 · Jan 26, 2009

wolf said:
my thoughts exactly, i really want to find someone who's jumping on the i7 wagon that i can get a QX9650 from.... hello unlocked Multi

Would be cool if Intel release a Q9550 Black Edition for about the same price as the current Q9550 or something lol. The QX's have fucked up prices. AMD did it, why not Intel?

Jakl · Jan 26, 2009

spearman914 said:
Would be cool if Intel release a Q9550 Black Edition for about the same price as the current Q9550 or something lol. The QX's have fucked up prices. AMD did it, why not Intel?

Cause Intel wants to control us! Rawr :shadedshu

Intel should release more BE at a reasonable cost...

J-Man · Jan 26, 2009

I never understood why the QX9650 was like £400 more then the CPU below it (my processor). I mean WTF. Unlocked multiplier and 200MHz more, wow. Haha.

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