Want Q6600 at 3.6GHz and 8GB of RAM, what motherboard?

[Ender17]

I'm thinking of upgrading from my E6600 and D975XBX2 to a Q6600.
This D975XBX2 has been stable as a rock, but I don't think it can do 400FSB with quad core from what I've been reading. I also am planning on getting 4 x 2GB RAM.

Rest of my system:
8800 GTS 320
Highpoint 2320
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

so whatmotherboard?

[chew*]

I think you may find it tough to reach 3600 with all 4 banks of memory occupied on just about all motherboards......Might want to settle for 2x2G.

[screwtech02]

Best i can get outa mine is 378fsb/3.4, with a full 8gb....

[antsh]

I haven't tried 8GB, but with 4 sticks of 6400 ballistix 450FSB is not a problem on my p5k premium with my q6600 at 3.6 (450x8). Specs below.

[crazyea]

My dfi board does it nicely. :D


http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92105850/large.jpg (http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92105850)

http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92109711/large.jpg (http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92109711)

[turtletrax]

My dfi board does it nicely. :D




:clap:

Nicely done ;)

[Ender17]

My dfi board does it nicely. :D


[IMG]http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92105850/large.jpg[IMG] (http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92105850)

[IMG]http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92109711/large.jpg[IMG] (http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/image/92109711)

nice

[bot@xs]

I haven't tried 8GB, but with 4 sticks of 6400 ballistix 450FSB is not a problem on my p5k premium with my q6600 at 3.6 (450x8). Specs below.

i second that, good taste btw

same board, same cpu, almost same ram. i got ballistix 8500's x4

i have it running 400x9

http://ezsmhub.com/images/teambot/bench/q6600@3600+625-1000.jpg

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

see my sig, despite dead mobo those stats are correct. 4 sticks plus 8-phase power = ownage

[Ender17]

see my sig, despite dead mobo those stats are correct. 4 sticks plus 8-phase power = ownage

kinda wary since that's the PSU I have
they didn't play nice together?

[antsh]

i second that, good taste btw

same board, same cpu, almost same ram. i got ballistix 8500's x4

i have it running 400x9

Wow, is your cpu really running at 3.6 at that voltage or is cpuz just reporting it wrong? I need 1.448 reported to get that high, well at least at 450, haven't tried 400*9. What speed are you running those ballistix at?

[bot@xs]

well yah, seems like cpu-z was not reading it properly. the new version of
cpu-z reads it at 1.4xx. not sure the exact number, i will post an update pic
when i get home. it's set to auto in bios thou with the vcore damper enabled.
pretty sweet and stable.

http://ezsmhub.com/images/teambot/bench/screen2.jpg http://ezsmhub.com/images/teambot/bench/screen3.jpg

speedfan doesn't show the temps correctly either. it's in the late 50's - early 60's

http://ezsmhub.com/images/teambot/bench/screen1.jpg

folding with 4 console instances - 100% load - (24 hours and up for each setting or until crash)

the ram is still my week spot. i tried these settings
1. 800mhz 4-4-4-10 - (3h) nice, very fast but needs 2.3v still not 100% stable
2. 800mhz 4-4-4-12 - (11h)good, almost solid
3. 1066mhz 4-4-4-15 - (39h)good, almost solid
4. 1066mhz 5-5-5-15 - (48+)ok, solid
5. 1066mhz 5-5-5-18 - (48+)ok, solid
6. 1200mhz 5-5-5-15 - (24+)had crashes even with 2.3v
7. 1200mhz 5-5-5-18 - (24+ so far)that's the setting now seems to hold up for now,
auto volt, however cpu-z shows core@400 fsb@1600 divider@ 3:4 so the ram should be 600 but still shows at 533.

[shawn1998]

I have been able to reach 3.6 with my Q6600 G0 and 8 gigs of G-Skill on several boards, including the Abit IP35 Pro, both the DFI P35 and X38 mobo's (I kept the X38) and now currently on an EVGA 780i. I run it at 3.0ghz for everyday operations, but I always see how far I can push it when I get a new board. I really do like this 780i board. It clocks well, lets me run my Areca 1210 at it's full 8X bandwidth, all with 2 8800gt's in SLI. Sweet.

Shawn