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Q6600 owners... what is your VID?

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If you own a Q6600, please reply with your VID and the stepping of your chip. The VID can be found using coretemp. If you're using vista, coretemp will not display the stepping in some cases, so you can use CPU-Z (it's listed under "revision") to get the stepping.

Here is a shot of mine for reference:


If all else fails, look on the box your q6600 came in; the last 5 letters after the Q6600 in the production code will tell you the stepping. "SLACR" means it's a G0 while "SL9UM" means it's an older B3. Here an example shot taken by XtremeTiramisu to give you an idea:


So, I have a B3 w/ a VID of 1.2875v

EDIT: Here are the data as of 23-Sep-2007 at 7:30 AM based on people's replies to my VID thread here and elsewhere; just as a reminder, please do not post your VID from here on out as I won't be updating the data sets:


*Histograms generated with SBHisto

Total replies: 208
102 replies so far for B3 stepping Q6600s:
(VID: # of replies)
1.1625: 3
1.2125: 1
1.2250: 1
1.2375: 1
1.2500: 5
1.2625: 2
1.2750: 13
1.2800: 1
1.2850: 1
1.2875: 12
1.3000: 14
1.3100: 1
1.3125: 15
1.3200: 1
1.3250: 31

158 replies so far for G0 stepping Q6600s:
(VID: # of replies)
1.1125: 1
1.1520: 1
1.1625: 5
1.2000: 5
1.2125: 9
1.2150: 1
1.2200: 1
1.2250: 8
1.2375: 10
1.2500: 16
1.2525: 1
1.2600: 1
1.2625: 17
1.2650: 1
1.2700: 1
1.2750: 25
1.2850: 1
1.2875: 23
1.3000: 17
1.3125: 10
1.3250: 5
 
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Just updated the first post of the thread with the data collected. Have a look!
 

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W00t, engineering sample ftw! :laugh:
 
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Somethings not right since your core temps are right... must be a vista problem. I don't think we can believe that VID... you don't by chance dual boot into xp do ya?
 

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Somethings not right since your core temps are right... must be a vista problem. I don't think we can believe that VID... you don't by chance dual boot into xp do ya?
No ... I use Gentoo GNU+Linux, not Windows. That's why it's wrong, I just thought the result was amusing.
 

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So any clue's to what stepping is best and what overclocking can be acheived realistically on air? have been thinking about getting one.
 

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graysky, this is a nice thread you made. I was just wondering... shouldn't you be running the Q6600 to its native FSB, which is 266MHz, to get the right readings for its default Voltage? As I see it, if you overclock the FSB, the board automatically raises VCore, so all the effort is blown away. Also not all boards report real Voltages to CPU-Z or other software I think.


I might be wrong though, but I had to ask :confused:
If what you've achieved in this statistics is thrue, one should be lucky to get low Voltages with G0 also, so no point of waiting unless additional price cuts :D
 
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@rumbec - I dunno... if I boot my Q6600 9x266 or 9x333 the VID is always the same.
 
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@ Tatty_One:

I had the same question. Here's the thread, it has all the info I found on it about B3 vs G0: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=36118

Basically, G0 is better, can theoretically OC better (although each setup varies), and can take more heat stably.


@graysky: where is this "elsewhere" you're getting replies? Mind if I check it out, I'm always lookin for a new place to scroll.
 
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Okay guys, just updated the first post of the thread to reflect the new replies... have a look!
 
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I don't quite know what to make of this whole lower VID = higher o/c potential thing. My chip for example, is a B3 stepping Q6600 w/ a reported VID of 1.2875V (coretemp), yet I can run 9x266 (stock) which is stable to 2x orthos for over 8 hours (I stopped it after 8 hours) @ 1.1375V in the BIOS which is 1.040V in CPU-Z under load. I can also run 9x327 @ 1.2275V in the BIOS or 1.208V in CPU-Z under load or a full 9x333 @ 1.2625V in the BIOS or 1.232 V in CPU-Z.

My point is that all these vcore values are under the VID reported in coretemp. In my case, the VID reported in coretemp doesn't seem to mean anything given that I can run my system up to a 25 % o/c well under this voltage.

Questions:

-What does the coretemp VID mean if anything?
-When comparing two identical stepping chips, does the one with the lower VID equate to anything meaningful?
 

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So any clue's to what stepping is best and what overclocking can be acheived realistically on air? have been thinking about getting one.

Most forums are talking about the Q6600 GO stepping, being the best. However, thats because the first run of B3's were not doing so good. The latest B3's and GO's are just fine;
Random Murderer got a B3 and pin modded it, NP runs like a champ. :toast:
 
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You are using the auto setting in the bios?

Getting a G0 sometime next week from Tankguys and will let you know what the Auto setting CPU VID is once she's in the socket. But really, each motherboard is going to give you a different value, much less different manufacturers' models. No electronics have the exact charateristics so the saying 'Your mileage may vary.' I'm sure you know all this and are getting frustrated with me by now. So I'll cut to the chase. I believe, my humble position on this is the motherboard is much more a variable than the CPU, though it is a variable also. So no, I don't believe reading such as Core Temps, which rely on a reading that the motherboard must ship out to the OS somehow, are reliable enough to describe anything meaningful. Or CPU-Z either. If the readings were reliable they would be the same at the same time.

But I've been wrong before, a lot.

Did that wrong, sorry for the double post!
 
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i have G0 stepping at 1.285 VID ( i already reply your post on toms hardware guide grasky, so dont add me to list or will be double listing )

and it seems like my highest clock resuilt is 2.9 at 320x9 , and it will not go any higher even if i raise my all voltage. ( yea even highest voltage on NB and SB) so im thinking is either im hitting the FSB wall from my mobo, or this CPU is not much different then the B3 stepping

my current temp is 39-43c through out all 4 cores FULL load at 55-59C

i see people with B3 stepping on other forums hitting 3.2ghz.... but thats on a p35 motherboard..
 
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You might try relaxing your mem timings as well; overclocking isn't just a function of the CPU settings.
 

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i have G0 stepping at 1.285 VID ( i already reply your post on toms hardware guide grasky, so dont add me to list or will be double listing )

and it seems like my highest clock resuilt is 2.9 at 320x9 , and it will not go any higher even if i raise my all voltage. ( yea even highest voltage on NB and SB) so im thinking is either im hitting the FSB wall from my mobo, or this CPU is not much different then the B3 stepping

my current temp is 39-43c through out all 4 cores FULL load at 55-59C

i see people with B3 stepping on other forums hitting 3.2ghz.... but thats on a p35 motherboard..

in THEORY the G0 stepping was supposed to be much better all around, especially for overclocking, but they haven't fared so well. the B3's seem to be reaching around 4GHz on water(5.5-6GHz on phase/LN2 :eek:); i've got mine at 3GHz via pin mod and the damn thing hasn't even broken a sweat, i'm pretty sure i could get 3.4-3.6 if i really wanted to.
 
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Do you have a link to a "howto" on that pin mod? With like pics n stuff? That seems awesome, I just don't want to do it wrong =/. Is that pin mod on just the B3 stepping, or the G0 also?
Also, can you overclock it after the pin mod?
 

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Do you have a link to a "howto" on that pin mod? With like pics n stuff? That seems awesome, I just don't want to do it wrong =/. Is that pin mod on just the B3 stepping, or the G0 also?
Also, can you overclock it after the pin mod?

ahh, you know not of the pin mod magic, aye?
yes, i have a link, check the end of this post. the mod works on ANY lga775 processor, there's actually two different pin mods, one to make the processor run with a 1066 FSB stock and one to make it run 1333 stock, and yes, you can still oc it. all the pin mods do is tell the bios that the stock fsb is different than what intel set it at. as you can imagine, these mods come in quite handy when dealing with a mobo that has limited oc options or even none at all.
1333 FSB mod
1066 FSB mod
 
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That pin mod is interesting, but I'm assuming if the board allows the user to set the FSB, there is no point in doing this pin mod, no?
 
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That pin mod is interesting, but I'm assuming if the board allows the user to set the FSB, there is no point in doing this pin mod, no?

I agree unless there is something I dont know? please do tell :toast:

Will this help someone with an enthusiast board or no?:confused:
 

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holy cow thats a bit of reading...

I got through a bunch of it... It's purpose is mainly to OC in a mobo without OC options.

My question:

Will it raise the FSB wall on my mobo? (currently 404)

Guess I have to try it to find out...
 

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I agree unless there is something I dont know? please do tell :toast:

Will this help someone with an enthusiast board or no?:confused:

eh, i did it, and i have a pretty high end board.
 
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Ya but basically, I think the question is, is this any different than just adjusting it in the bios? Will the pin mod make it more stable, even in higher OC? It's pretty dope overall tho.
 

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Audio Device(s) RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 | HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply LEPA G1600-MA 1600W | Corsair CX750M 750W
Software Win 10 64
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Ya but basically, I think the question is, is this any different than just adjusting it in the bios? Will the pin mod make it more stable, even in higher OC? It's pretty dope overall tho.

people have argued both sides. some say it will make it more stable, others say it's the same as just raising the fsb in bios. i did it simply for the convenience of not having to oc in bios, i just connected the pins and put it in the mobo, the thing runs like a champ.
 
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