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flavaone

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So I overclocked my Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 to 3.0GHz @ 1333MHz for the first time, but it doesn't seem stable. I was able to boot into Windows and all, but after about an hour and a half of running my system, it would just freeze. I basically just left all the settings either on Auto or Disabled. Should I increase the Vcore voltage, and if so what should I set it to? Right now at stock it's at 1.200 volts.
 
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What are temperatures like at that speed?
 

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So I guess an average of about 23.75 degrees celcius.
 

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Loaded temps?
 

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No, at idle.
 

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He was asking for loaded temps I believe.
 
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What is it under load? You can probably move vCore up some to try to get some stability, but you have to watch the temperature. It would be nice to know what the load temp is.

In the end, it may be that 3GHz is to much, and you just have to clock it down some though.
 

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3.0 at stock volts? try running 1.2750 Use 2 instances of orthos to use all 4 cores.
 

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He was asking for loaded temps I believe.

Yeah, if temps are ok a bump in voltage is needed.

@ OP: What's the ram running at and what kind of ram do you have?
 

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Yeah, if temps are ok a bump in voltage is needed.

@ OP: What's the ram running at and what kind of ram do you have?

Corsair Dominator XMS2 4GB (4x1GB) @ 1066MHz DDR2 PC2-8500 C5
 

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Is that what the mem is runnning at now? And loaded temps would be really helpful btw ;)
 

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Is that what the mem is runnning at now? And loaded temps would be really helpful btw ;)

Yes, that's what my memory is running at now. Here's my load temps while running CINEBENCH R10 Rendering (x CPU) test. I just upped the Vcore to 1.3000.

 

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Yes, that's what my memory is running at now. Here's my load temps while running CINEBENCH R10 Rendering (x CPU) test. I just upped the Vcore to 1.3000.


You'll be fine if you give it some more voltage. But you should be running something like Prime 95 (4 instances for 4 cores)
 

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Yeah, I'm going to run Orthos 2006 right now in 2 instances. I'll let you guys know if all is okay when I'm done.
 
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