Overclock Q6600

[scottish]

What a decent bus speed on the Q6600 with a stock heatsink and stable.

[N!ck]

Depends if your RAM can take upping the FSB i think. Just slowly increase it by tiny amounts each time and watch the temps?

[Recursion]

Don't even try it with a stock cooler.

[scottish]

You can change so RAM isnt linked to the FSB i'm sure :P

[Stephen!]

Bus speed on a Q6600 makes no sense. The bus speed comes from the motherboard, not the processor. That's the clock speed. Edit: i take that back, sorry :P. 380Mhz for 3.4Ghz would be a decent OC

Anyway it really depends what the VID of the chip is. The higher the VID, the lower the chance you have of attaining a high overclock.

[scottish]

1.3250v

I reckon i could get to atleast about 3Ghz on stock heating and stable.

[Stephen!]

Ouch, that's a high VID. You could give it a go though. Report back :)

[scottish]

I'll try about 10pm when i can be bothered to restart comp..

I got a heatsink some Coolermaster one or something in other computer but can't be bothered taking it out as it required work and i plan to buy watercooling about december (if i bought it now i'd get moaned at :P) so no point wasting 20 quid or so for another part of the computer to stick in my drawer.

[scottish]

Can't edit above, but apparently i can't change frequency l0l.

[Stephen!]

Hmm, why won't it let you?

[scottish]

No option for it o.0

I can change memory timing, all voltages, FSB, multiplier etc but no frequency? :S

[Recursion]

FSB is frequency

[scottish]

yeh i know l0l i found it now, before i only seen the speed for the ram but now i got it. :P

Ok got it to 3Ghz running at about 50-60°.

Gonna run Prime 95 in a min.

[Stephen!]

Did you BSOD? :P

[scottish]

Nope, i didn't OC too much i just set FSB to 1333 knew it should work fine with stock heatsink, atm its 47°c on each core with about 10-15% load :P

[Stephen!]

I mean, when you ran Prime95 what where the temps?

[Recursion]

Try an Intel Burn test xD

[scottish]

Ah, na gonna run the Prime95 tomorrow as im about to go now, and just watched prison break :P

[Tomm]

Make sure you monitor your temps if you do run this though else you'll risk damaging your CPU.


Try an Intel Burn test xD

[Recursion]

Ah, na gonna run the Prime95 tomorrow as im about to go now, and just watched prison break :P

Run Prime95 for like 12 hours.

[scottish]

Whats your average temps at 3.6 and which cooler o.0

[mat64]

Whats your average temps at 3.6 and which cooler o.0
I believe he uses a Vendetta 2

[Recursion]

I need to reseat my CPU, but with my Vendetta 2 (you got it right ;)) I get about 55c Load and 39c idle.

That is with a voltage increase to 1.495v too. But as I say, after my reseat it should be a little better.

My VID is 1.2625, quite a lot smaller than yours so I can overclock easier/better :P

I also changed my RAM speeds a bit to bring it 1:1 with my CPU.

[scottish]

Yeh i'll probably do 3.6-4Ghz after i get watercooling (if i get it) :P

[Recursion]

Im happy at 3.6 for now, I might try and push it to 4GHz tonight, not sure :8

[Recursion]

Can't get it to boot Windows a 1.550v @ 4.02GHz :(

Sorry couldn't edit

3.8GHz 1.50v boots Windows :D

EDIT: BSOD after Login :(

[scottish]

Install Super PI, what time do you get for 1M? :P

[Recursion]

Hang on, so far so good with 1.45v @ 3.7GHz

[scottish]

Mines 1.4v @ 3.0Ghz lol.

[Recursion]

Lol, ive gone from 2.6GHz to 3.7GHz and lowered my temps :O

SuperPI - 1M = 15secs

EDIT: Orthos BSOD'd me. Upped the v to 1.5 now

EDIT: Gone back to my 3.61GHz. I kept BSODing at anything over it

[Recursion]

Sorry for double post.

Somethings not right here, it wont stop BSODing even back at 3.6GHz where it was but is fine at stock 2.4GHz :eusa_thin

[scottish]

1M is 18 secs :P for me :P

[Recursion]

I need to get my OC back to 3.6GHz without BSOD first LOL

[scottish]

Did you change the Voltages back? o.0

Holy crap, brens rig beats us hands down...

1M calculation - 1min 15.141 seconds. LOL

[Bren]

pretty good huh!

[Recursion]

Did you change the Voltages back? o.0

Holy crap, brens rig beats us hands down...

1M calculation - 1min 15.141 seconds. LOL

LMAO. Bloody hell! How slow can you get?! :P

[scottish]

Pentium 2? :P

Bren try the 32Million one, it'll finish about the time when your sig hits 0 :P

[Bren]

ill try now lulz
couldn't handle it and closed it's self :@

[Stephen!]

I get 14.535 seconds on 1MB

[scottish]

Stephen whats your av temp @ 3.6? + which cooler ^_^

[Stephen!]

40 idle and around 67 load.

Ultima-90i

[--ss--]

oioioi, how do you check your processor speeds?

[scottish]

CPU-z . or system properties :P

[--ss--]

Time taken = 24.774
http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/439189.png (http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=439189)
Bren got pwnt soz

[scottish]

Cause speedstep on your CPU looks underclocked :P

[Recursion]

My CPU is fine on 3.4GHz, cleared the CMOS to try 3.6GHz but still a BSOD, apparently it happens to loads of people, they tone down the OC and then put it back in a weeks or so time and its fine LOL

[scottish]

Lol, pretty messed up o.0