Xtreme Low Q6600 G0 Temp on Air !!! (Lots of Pics)

;) I Can't wait to share my happiest moment in life so I'm not going to be wordy this time. Pictures speak a thousand words.

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Finally lapped my Thermalright Ultra120 Extreme. The heatsink base was extremely CONVEX!
The lapping work took me more than 6 hours. Used 320x2, 400x2, 600x2, 1000, 1500 and 2000grid wet/dry 3M sandpapers. (more details and pics on this in the air cooled forum ;) )
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Idle state after the system finished the Vista performance rating bench.
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Prime small fft stress test full load all 4 cores.
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NOTICE: I'm using Vista 64bit OS. So I can only open Speedfan 4.32 to get the core temp.
Coretemp 0.94/95 and Intel TAT aren't supported in Vista x64.

Before you start flaming about Speedfan's core temp inaccuracy, know that Speefan 4.32 assumes the max Tjunction is 85c instead of the actual 100c from the Quad.
You've to ADD +15c on top of Idle/Load temps to get the actual core temps. And it's still an incredibly low temps for a high-end air cooled quad at stock settings.
*Maybe my lapped job did the trick;)

I've also posted the temp readings from BIOS and Asus AI suite as a reference. Those temp are always lower than the actual core temp.
So after you've added +15c on top of the core temp reported from Speedfan 4.32, the core temp is accurate and does get higher than the temp reported from Asus AI Suite and BIOS.:)


Here's is another reference temp reading/OC from my previous setup before I just swapped to the G0 Q6600 last night.
This is just to show you that Speedfan 4.32 is actually picking up the core temp accurately given that C2D has Tjunction of 85c instead of 100c from the quad.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2...5330335yi7.jpg

3.73 at 1.4vcore is excellent for this quad. Temps are pretty good too. My L631B with 2 cores runs 60C under load. Finally, some results to think upon.

Looks great for temps. I didn't look at mine at stock but when overclocked to 3.4 GHz, SpeedFan is reporting 52C top under load (forgot the +15C thing so 67C on air is not bad). I didn't try with lower voltage yet.

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Originally Posted by sofarfrome

3.73 at 1.4vcore is excellent for this quad. Temps are pretty good too. My L631B with 2 cores runs 60C under load. Finally, some results to think upon.

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It's not the Q6600 but a E6700 ;) The Q6600 is still at stock settings.

let see some OC please

looks good so far.

I'm confused about the whole coretemp thing though. Seems to be working find for me here on vista64.

Talk about cheap Quad Core thrills! Preliminary OC @ 3Ghz and temps are still amazing on AIR!!
I think I may have a good chance beating some watercooled Q6600 rigs :cool:
Gotta give myself props on my lapping job again :D

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2...003ghz2xj1.jpg

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Originally Posted by ludeboy12

looks good so far.

I'm confused about the whole coretemp thing though. Seems to be working find for me here on vista64.

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Screenshot or ban ;)


BTW... Grats on the G0 quad bro!

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

Talk about cheap Quad Core thrills! Preliminary OC @ 3Ghz and temps are still amazing on AIR!! I think I may have a good chance to beat some watercooled Q6600 rigs :cool:
Gotta give myself props on my lapping job again :D

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Very nice. I think I might have to lap my heatsink as well. What is your room temp?

Good luck with your quad XT :)

Looking forward to some real OC results ;)

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Originally Posted by freeze888

Very nice. I think I might have to lap my heatsink as well. What is your room temp?

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You should cos I wasn't very happy with my OC'ed E6700 temp using the same TR U120 X (it was severely CONVEX!) hence the 6 hours lapping job and finger cramps.

Very good question, ambient indeed, it's summer time! and a sunny day today.
RIght now in the early morning, the current temp is roughly 21c but gets 30c+++ by the afternoon.

Please try 3.4 GHz and see if you can do better than mine. If you do, I might lap my SI-128 (same base as yours, might not be flat).

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Originally Posted by Xilikon

It's not the Q6600 but a E6700 ;) The Q6600 is still at stock settings.

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OOPS!!!

I was :confused:

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Originally Posted by CedricFP

Good luck with your quad XT :)

Looking forward to some real OC results ;)

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Thanks, and for sure some more serious results;)

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Originally Posted by Xilikon

Please try 3.4 GHz and see if you can do better than mine. If you do, I might lap my SI-128 (same base as yours, might not be flat).

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Of course, I'm goign to aim for 3.4ghz...
results in a sec
:D

Coretemp 0.95 works in Visa x64, running it as admin should do the trick.

Nice clocks on the quad, only thing that's keeping me from buying one is the knowledge that 45nm is really close too. :D

Nice job, I am glad its just my POS storm.

Not the G0

INCREDIBLE !! I can't believe I'm on air and having this unreal quad core thrill....am I dreaming?! :D

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5...0034002px1.jpg

Push it further so I can justify a motherboard swap :D Mine is limited due to the crappy XBX2 fsb limitation :(

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INCREDIBLE !! I can't believe I'm on air and having this unreal quad core thrill....am I dreaming?! :D

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Boo...I want better temps too >_< May I ask where you got your info for lapping your heatsink. I know my chip can go much higher than 3 Ghz.

Also, did you buy some kind of lapping kit or did you buy your stuff from various places?

Yeah, the temp is really low.
Let's see more OC results!

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Originally Posted by Xilikon

Push it further so I can justify a motherboard swap :D Mine is limited due to the crappy XBX2 fsb limitation :(

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C'mon, you know the answer already..do I really need to prove it to you?;)
EVA2000 has already proven that P5k-Dlx is the best mobo right now for quads - 480+FSB instead of the ~420ish FSB in the past with P5B-Dlx or badaxe2 in your case

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Originally Posted by freeze888

Boo...I want better temps too >_< May I ask where you got your info for lapping your heatsink. I know my chip can go much higher than 3 Ghz.

Also, did you buy some kind of lapping kit or did you buy your stuff from various places?

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It's fairly easy to do the lapping if you follow the steps correctly. You can do a quick search for heatsink lapping and hopefully you will find the answers you need.

I didn't buy the lapping kit for myself but I know many others recommand EasyPC kits. If you can get "3M imperial wet/dry sandpapers" locally for a reasonalbe price, then just buy some locally.

For my Thermalright Ultra120 Extreme, the heatsink's base was severely convex, take my words very literally. Hence, took me 6hours to lap it. In such severe condition, start with 320grid then 400 - 600 - 800 - 1000. You can stop right here as going up any further will come to a point of no significant performance increase. but I still go from 1500 and then 2000.

I'll post more pics on the lapping process in the air cooled forum so you can the transforming of the copper base and the # of sheet(s) I've used to lap it.

that is very impressive

dont make me regret my purchase on my e6850

Subscribed for more OC result.

whats load temps like?

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Originally Posted by michaLcoughliN

dont make me regret my purchase on my e6850

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Hi michalcoughliN, I've seen you participating in the E6850 vs Q6600 or alike threads for the past weeks and I know you prefers a highly clocked E6x50 rather than G0 Q6600 but I'm the other way around. That's becouse I already have a golden E6700 that can be OC'ed to 3.8ghz stable at 1.46v underload. Hence, I don't want to take the risk of getting another C2D E6x50 and worry that if I'll fall into the no luck side like we all have read the thread "are all G0 too good OC'er..NO"

Well I gotta say believe what you originally believed it. I hope to see your highly OC'ed E6850 near 4ghz @ reasonable volts ;)

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Originally Posted by Envydia007

Subscribed for more OC result.

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Next goal, 3.6ghz on air!

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Originally Posted by michaLcoughliN

whats load temps like?

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I've screenshots of all load temps 2400mhz, 3000mhz, and 3400mhz. scroll up pls:)

Awesome results. I think I'm going to order a Q6600 as well.

I call this stage a dream come true for air cooled quad! :D

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9...ometrueqc1.jpg

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Sweet chip mate. That's definitely a keeper :up:

I'm thinking 3.8 GHz on air :D

3.6 at only 1.35v ??? I will toss the damn pos board and get a P95 board like a P5K !!!

I bet you can go higher still...

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Originally Posted by K.I.T.T.

Sweet chip mate. That's definitely a keeper :up:

I'm thinking 3.8 GHz on air :D

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3.8ghz on air...I think I'm going to be the first one to get it stable and with reasonable volt / temp ;)

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Originally Posted by Xilikon

3.6 at only 1.35v ??? I will toss the damn pos board and get a P95 board like a P5K !!!

I bet you can go higher still...

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Stable up to 14mins but just failed from one of the cores.
I may need to start some tweaking but it's being an easy OC up to 3.6ghz so far :)

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

I call this stage a dream come true for air cooled quad! :)

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This is not fair ;_; Probably should have asked you before, are you stress testing using small FFT, large FFT or blend? Are you testing on a bench, open case or closed case?

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Originally Posted by freeze888

This is not fair ;_; Probably should have asked you before, are you stress testing using small FFT, large FFT or blend? Are you testing on a bench, open case or closed case?

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Easy there ;)
As you can see from the prime, it's small FFT, max load on CPU and little on rams. I've already known my max OC on my rams so it's out of the case now.

It's in close case but highly ventilated Antec 900 case.

Pleae refer to m sig for my complete air cooling method and configurations.

and this is from NCIX i presume? store or shipped?
run coretemp as admin on x64.

congrats , great chip tiramisu (3600mhz @ 1.35v) :up:

oh man so my guy was not far off at least with some retails being about the same as ES :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up:

1.35v @3.6Ghz on air

FAINTS

i don't believe the temps though>>> not doubting you but the fact something has changed with G0 temp reporting

it is impossible to idle below ambient temp so add another 20C if uncertain :D

btw QUAD and mobile CPUs have always had 100C tjunction

Wow, 3.6 @ 1.35 - if P95 craps out after 14 min, I'd say that thing will run forever at 1.4v REAL (so allow for vdroop.)

Great chip.

I notice you have an A batch code - I wonder if "B" CPU's of the G0 series will generally clock better, like with the B2 and B3's.

Amazing results, but with one, possibly the current best air cooler too! If you can keep this up I'm going to stick with my intent to get a Q6600 instead of a E6850! An extra ~500Mhz OC isn't worth the loss of two cores to me :)

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

I call this stage a dream come true for air cooled quad! :)
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...amComeTrue.jpg

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very nice temps.. :)

any news of the priming?? how many hours? and what voltage for 3.6 GHz??.. :)

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LOL can any of you guys even read?

As he explained, you need to add 15C to his temps to get the accurate results.

BTW, still extremely impressive results!
3600 MHz on air = wowsers :eek:

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Originally Posted by -n7-

LOL can any of you guys even read?

As he explained, you need to add 15C to his temps to get the accurate results.

BTW, still extremely impressive results!
3600 MHz on air = wowsers :eek:

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his assumption is W.R.O.N.G. :)

what matters though is that he is stable at those clocks

temps we will disregard until people figure out what's changed with G0s

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Originally Posted by dinos22

his assumption is W.R.O.N.G. :)

what matters though is that he is stable at those clocks

temps we will disregard until people figure out what's changed with G0s

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Well, wrong or not, we know there is no way it is loading @ 47C on air, lapped Ultra 120 eXtreme or not, unless he has it sitting in a freezer.

The moment you all have being waiting for: 3.6ghz Prime stable on air!

1.38v loaded and *62c = 47c + 15c (Actual max Tjunction is 100c)
Ambient temp = 29c right now in the summer afternoon!
Overall it's one helluv killer chip! :D

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Originally Posted by unclewebb

I believe that SpeedFan 4.32 assumes a maximum junction temperature of 85C for the Quads when it should be using 100C. You need to add 15C to the SpeedFan reported temperatures.



Reported Temps = TjMax - DTS ( DTS is the on chip digital thermal sensor reading )

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This guy on [H]forum explained better.
I'll try getting core temp 0.95 to work on my Vista x64. (I remember I did also tried run it as admin but to no avail..)


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29C ambient outside maybe

but not in your room :p:

look at your system/HDD temps

they should be in mid-high 30C should they not unless they are G0 revisions too :D :D :D :D

have you tried 3.7Ghz :D

N7, of course I can read. :yepp: With that extra 15c or not, it is impressive for air. Even with an extra 15c his temps are not much higher than my E6300 at 3.5Ghz, despite the higher clocks and 2x the cores with 4x the cache on them. Heck my temps match his when I hit 3.74Ghz, and I have a full blown WC loop for just the CPU.

Awesome result tiramisu! Congratulations on your "Dream Come True"
I know you have good airflow in your case but how is the hard drive and system at ambient?

Hope to see even better results soon!
Derek

XtremeTiramisu,

On 64 bit Vista, all I do is *right click* the icon and choose run as admin...works for me everytime.

How to get Core Temp & various other appz to work in Vista 64:

Command prompt run as administrator (type cmd in start menu's search bar then right click & run as admin)

Type this:

Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON

Reboot.


(That disables driver signing.)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5...vista64nk0.jpg

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Originally Posted by Flinch

XtremeTiramisu,

On 64 bit Vista, all I do is *right click* the icon and choose run as admin...works for me everytime.

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I tried that long before and just tried it again today knowing that I'll hit a looping failed loading coretemp error...and it still does...0.94 doesn't have looping error but only one error poped out. 0.94 can be opened but all the readings are messed up..

I think I've to dissable driver signing but I'm still figuring out how to do that..

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Originally Posted by -n7-

How to get Core Temp & various other appz to work in Vista 64:

Command prompt run as administrator (type cmd in start menu's search bar then right click & run as admin)

Type this:

Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON

Reboot.


(That disables driver signing.)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5...vista64nk0.jpg

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Thanks so much, I just tried exactly what you've provided up there.
I won't do a restart do just, I'm waiting for my priming to pass 8+ hour mark ;)
Yes it's still stable as of now.

I still so excited to know that this new Q6600 G0 runs cooler than my golden E6700, it's unbelieable. I wasn't having high hope for running quad on air, even with a lapped TR U120 X but it looks like it has helped:clap:

8x450 with only 1.38 vcore is one hell of a quad core.. :) very nice.. :)

mm.. can you find the maximum fsb?? no stability test ofcource.. just screenies.. :) I want to know whats your fsb wall on air.. :D

very nice chip you got there.. :)

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Originally Posted by erwinz

8x450 with only 1.38 vcore is one hell of a quad core.. :) very nice.. :)

mm.. can you find the maximum fsb?? no stability test ofcource.. just screenies.. :) I want to know whats your fsb wall on air.. :D

very nice chip you got there.. :)

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yes of course, will do that in about an hour.
Still waiting priming to pass +8hrs :)

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

yes of course, will do that in about an hour.
Still waiting priming to pass +8hrs :)

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thanks.. :) will wait for it.. :D hope you can do 500fsb.. :) or more.. hehehe

7x515 fsb prime stable will be some quad.. :) good luck..

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

The moment you all have being waiting for: 3.6ghz stable on air! 1.38v loaded and 62c *47c + 15c (Tjunction difference being 100c) (ambient temp = 29c right now in the summer afternoon!) Overall one helluv killer chip.

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woah congrats ... can you do some max FSB tests on the cpu to see if it can do >500FSB ?

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Originally Posted by eva2000

woah congrats ... can you do some max FSB tests on the cpu to see if it can do >500FSB ?

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and while you're at it post VID value from coretemp :D

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

yes of course, will do that in about an hour.
Still waiting priming to pass +8hrs :)

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The luck of some people. One cherry chip right after the other. Totally gonna hit 8 hours if you hit 7 already.

Good chip, but your temp are wrong ... no tool can read G0 temp correctly now ...

Look at Priming or Orthos for Throttling of Cores, on this chip throttling starts at 75 degrees ... you will see, if your cores are throttling temp is above 75 degrees ...

Nice work!

Same batch as me :D.

Hopefully, I can attain similar results. Right now, I'm priming 334x9 (3 Ghz) @ 1.2500 vcore in bios (1.2000V real).

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

yes of course, will do that in about an hour.
Still waiting priming to pass +8hrs :)

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who CARES about 8 hours of priming...NO ONE will ever be doing that in a real world operating environemnt...SO...get on with clocking that baby up!;)

Finally a 8+ hours Prime stable. 1.38v loaded and 57~61c from 4 cores :cool:


It's not as hot as during the day time now, ambient temp has dropped down to 23c from 27~29c in the earlier in the afternoon. Hence, core temps dropped a little too :up:
I'm sure 3.6ghz on air isn't the max stable OC just yet but it's the final stable OC at this stage.
I'm going to test max FSB and suicide screenies later as per the demands. Hopefully 4ghz on air suicide screeny ! :D


http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6...ometrueoz8.jpg

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

who CARES about 8 hours of priming...NO ONE will ever be doing that in a real world operating environemnt...SO...get on with clocking that baby up!;)

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He is a folder, so of course he will.

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

Finally a 8+ hours Prime stable. 1.38v loaded and 57~61c from 4 cores :cool: (It's not as hot as during the day time now, ambient temp has dropped down to 22c from 27~29c in the earlier in the afternoon. Hence, core temps dropped a little too:thumb: )


I'm sure 3.6ghz on air isn't the max stable OC just yet but it's the final stable OC at this stage.

I'm going to test max FSB and suicide screenies later as per the demands. Hopefully 4ghz on air suicide screeny ! :D

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very nice q6600 indeed.. :) hehehe now for the highest fsb.. hehehe go go go :)

4 GHz 1st :D

**I really think P35 chipset helps in the succesful overclock and stability of the quad core.. :D

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Originally Posted by -n7-

How to get Core Temp & various other appz to work in Vista 64:

Command prompt run as administrator (type cmd in start menu's search bar then right click & run as admin)

Type this:

Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON

Reboot.


(That disables driver signing.)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5...vista64nk0.jpg

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Tried your method, restarted the computer and run as admin still gives me looping error failed coretemp load!

and now I cannot even go into control panel. Everytime I want to open it, it's gone in a blink of a sec. Just like how we open Intel TAT on Vista x64...

How can I revert things back to normal again?!
Thanks

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He is a folder, so of course he will.

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i don't care about folding!:)

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Originally Posted by XtremeTiramisu

Tried your method, restarted the computer and run as admin still gives me looping error failed coretemp load!

and now I cannot even go into control panel. Everytime I want to open it, it's gone in a blink of a sec. Just like how we open Intel TAT on Vista x64...

How can I revert things back to normal again?!
Thanks

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you should switch back to XP..forget vista with overclocking and getting test programs to function correctly..VISTA just stinks right now!

You would probaly see more overclock on Xp!

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

i don't care about folding!:)

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Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue

you should switch back to XP..forget vista with overclocking and getting test programs to function correctly..VISTA just stinks right now!

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He is a folder, so of course he will.

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Who says I'm a folder..lol
My primary goal in OC is run my system in maximum OC'ed state for day to day use.

BUT, of course I'll test out the max FSB and some suicide screenies just so I won't get kicked out or get flamed from our lovely "XS" community:p:


Regarding Vista, it's actually x64 Vista that's kind of annoying cos Coretemp/Intel TAT isn't supported no matter what I tried.
Vista 32bit worked flawlessly though!

But I've another pair of 2GB ballistix tracer 8500 kit that I want to use for a total of 4gb configuration so I kinda want to keep x64bit Vista.

no flaming...my main focus is to get you focus on the main topic..."OVERCLOCK" the heck out of that 'G0'

I can finally use Coretemp 0.95 in Vista 64 bit. Please use the following FYI. :)

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All you have to do is type "cmd" in the Search Box included in the Vista Start menu. Next, press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open a command prompt window with elevated privileges. Now enter bcdedit /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS in order to disable Driver Signing and reboot.

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Exactly as what others and I have stated, Speedfan's core temp + 15c = Coretemps core temps.
It's always your CPU Tjunction temp (100c) - DTS = core temps. Coretemp 0.95 can read the max Tjunction of the Q6600 G0 at 100c properly but Speedfan assumes the max Tjunction for the Quad is 85c like all C2D. In the end, either programs give accurate core temp readings.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9190/coretempzi3.jpg

so you actually think that your temps are accurate as reported by coretemp now

i'm having trouble digesting that man

Ok, to make this clearly, I'll re-quote this informative quote from unclewebb

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I believe that SpeedFan 4.32 assumes a maximum junction temperature of 85C for the Quads when it should be using 100C. You need to add 15C to the SpeedFan reported temperatures.

Reported Temps = TjMax - DTS ( DTS is the on chip digital thermal sensor reading )

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AM I AM TELLING YOU

that i don't think those temps are correct

ambient 29C
CPU (quad) idle at 3.6GHz with 1.4V 31-34C on air

no way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmm could this be a unique CPU sample? I find it hard to fathom your overclock on air but well done nonetheless.

try ITAT..?? ide like to see what that gives you for temps.

And if it is legit im really upset :(

LMFAO, how do u explain running your old E6700 at 62c on 3700MHz and then running a quad at 3600c on 60c, you should be banned :ROTF: Making stupid ppl belive they will get a cool cpu.. At least admit that u benched outside somewhere where ambient would be like 8c at night

In CoreTemp, go into Options and select the option that displays how far until Tjunction. Apparently that'll give you accurate temps then (you just do Tjunction - reading to get the actual temp).

another reason to move to canada

Tested using x6 and x7 multiplier:


FSB 502+ = Black screen


FSB 501 = Could POST but extremely unstable. "Unknown CPU is detected, update BIOS is required to unleash its full potential!"
- Maybe future BIOS update will enhance FSB flexibility on quad cores..
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4651/501fsb1yp9.jpghttp://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7214/501fsb1im1.jpg


FSB 500 = Coupld POST and go into BIOS but immediately blank screen upon loading windows.
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9443/500fsb1sd4.jpg

FSB 490 = System would hang during loading windows or upon logging into windows.
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8749/490fsbbu8.jpg

MAX FSB SCREEN: 489
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4917/489dz4.jpg

FSB488/485
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FSB480 is more stable but still not prime stable unfortunately.
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/993/4801xc9.jpg

for quad air cooling.. :) MAX FSB SCREEN: 489 is really good.. :)

mm.. what vcore you have tried for 500 fsb??

really nice chip man.. :)

maybe you need to tweak NB voltage and vtt for the 480 stability.. :D

very nice results.. push some more if you have time.. :D really good to see Q6600 G0 quad on the run.. :)

here only B3.. I need to wait for G0.. :D

WOW thats one cool running quad core.. are you getting the same kind of temp readings in bios too..

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Originally Posted by erwinz

for quad air cooling.. :) MAX FSB SCREEN: 489 is really good.. :)

mm.. what vcore you have tried for 500 fsb??

really nice chip man.. :)

maybe you need to tweak NB voltage and vtt for the 480 stability.. :D

very nice results.. push some more if you have time.. :D really good to see Q6600 G0 quad on the run.. :)

here only B3.. I need to wait for G0.. :D

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P5K-Dlx is known to take quad OC-ability up to the next level without a doubt ;) and I guess I'm just lucky that I've got a really good batch. I guess this is a pay back for over a hundred of $ restocking fee I spent to get my golden E6700.

NB/FSB voltage obviously set to the max without questions. Reference voltage for CPU/NB also set to higher x63 and x61 strength. CPU PLL voltage set to 1.8v max.

Dissable DRAM static read control as well...basically I tried everything within my knowledge and experience with the P5K-Dlx.

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WOW thats one cool running quad core.. are you getting the same kind of temp readings in bios too..

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Yes, please read my first post regarding the relation btw BIOS temp vs Coretemp vs Speedfan vs non-DTS based temp reading softwares ie. Asus probe or Asus AI suite.

I use Asus AI suite to show the idle/load voltages and they're the same as in the BIOS so it's accuractly enough to take them into account. It's also good for reading the RAM's load voltage and monitoring all fans.

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LMFAO, how do u explain running your old E6700 at 62c on 3700MHz and then running a quad at 3600c on 60c, you should be banned :ROTF: Making stupid ppl belive they will get a cool cpu.. At least admit that u benched outside somewhere where ambient would be like 8c at night

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I agree,benching was done in 10-15c environment.Surprising thihg is that many people here actually believe thic cr.p!

Whats your idle temps at stock v and mhz? Itll give a good idea if your temps at 3600mhz is accurate or not :) Post coretemp aisuite ...

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Whats your idle temps at stock v and mhz? Itll give a good idea if your temps at 3600mhz is accurate or not :) Post coretemp aisuite ...

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It's accurate becouse I update all my OC progress right from the start stock configuration.

Please read from the first post.......

Please don't make me explain the relation btw BIOS temp, non-DTS based temp reporting software ie Asus probe or AI suite, Speedfan 4.32 and Coretemp 0.95 again. If you've followed up my updates regularily throughout the 4 pages in the thread, you'll have a clear idea how accurately are the temps. Although the temps from this and that all reads diff but at least THEY CORRESPOND to one another in a way, and this the key.

Just for Lui, my Vancouver buddy from XS :)
I'm re-testing 3.6ghz on air stability and it does seems my previous 8+ hours settings are true for stability :)
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5999/luijw6.jpg

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Yes, please read my first post regarding the relation btw BIOS temp vs Coretemp vs Speedfan vs non-DTS based temp reading softwares ie. Asus probe or Asus AI suite.

I use Asus AI suite to show the idle/load voltages and they're the same as in the BIOS so it's accuractly enough to take them into account. It's also good for reading the RAM's load voltage and monitoring all fans.

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LOL OK its official i have to get my eyes fixed :ROTF: well you have one kick arse chip congrats mate :toast:

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I agree,benching was done in 10-15c environment.Surprising thihg is that many people here actually believe thic cr.p!

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LMFAO, how do u explain running your old E6700 at 62c on 3700MHz and then running a quad at 3600c on 60c, you should be banned :ROTF: Making stupid ppl belive they will get a cool cpu.. At least admit that u benched outside somewhere where ambient would be like 8c at night

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I really don't want to bother making a reply to posts such as these ^ but I'll do so one last time and I'll not do it again. Believe it or not..YOUR BUSINESS.
I DON"T CARE.

All I got to say is LEARN HOW TO READ...FROM PAGE 1 TO 4.
Obviously, you guys don't get one bit.

I repeat, I'll not make anymore replies regarding any TEMPERATURE facts. I'm not here to fool ppl, this is not the intention why I've joined this community. The reason I started this thread is 1. To share my joy and my lucky draw of the new Q6600 G0. and 2. Let those anxiously waiting for G0 OC/Temp results people to have more insight on the new G0 Q6600.

DID I ever said my results is the norm for Q6600 G0?! NO.

In the end, it all depends on your whole system configuration and a little luck. That's all.

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LOL OK its official i have to get my eyes fixed :ROTF: well you have one kick arse chip congrats mate :toast:

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Thank You :toast:

Good job on the OC, XtremeTiramisu. I should get mine today and expect to do the same OC by this weekend. :yepp:

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Good job on the OC, XtremeTiramisu. I should get mine today and expect to do the same OC by this weekend. :yepp:

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I hope we can get more similar Q6600 G0 results so we can generate what's an average OC:voltage and temps like from all the results.

Ladies and Gentleman, 3720mhz Teaser...more results to come. I'll call it a day for today

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5...teaser1ls4.jpg

Mate, you'd be better off using the 9x multiplier with a lower FSB. With a quad core, you'd do better if you stay below 450 MHz on the FSB as far as stability goes. :)

Try 422 x 9 and see if you can get that prime stable!! :up:

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Mate, you'd be better off using the 9x multiplier with a lower FSB. With a quad core, you'd do better if you stay below 450 MHz on the FSB as far as stability goes. :)

Try 422 x 9 and see if you can get that prime stable!! :up:

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Thanks a lot K.I.T.T, your advice is well taken!
And you've given you advice at the perfect timing becouse I seems to be hitting a wall right now at ~3.7ghz. Maybe I should try the x9 multiplier cos I know I'm starting to get near the max stable FSB from the Q6600 G0 and P5k-Dlx combo at ~480ish.

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I really don't want to bother making a reply to posts such as these ^ but I'll do so one last time and I'll not do it again. Believe it or not..YOUR BUSINESS.
I DON"T CARE.

All I got to say is LEARN HOW TO READ...FROM PAGE 1 TO 4.
Obviously, you guys don't get one bit.

I repeat, I'll not make anymore replies regarding any TEMPERATURE facts. I'm not here to fool ppl, this is not the intention why I've joined this community. The reason I started this thread is 1. To share my joy and my lucky draw of the new Q6600 G0. and 2. Let those anxiously waiting for G0 OC/Temp results people to have more insight on the new G0 Q6600.

DID I ever said my results is the norm for Q6600 G0?! NO.

In the end, it all depends on your whole system configuration and a little luck. That's all.

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Well mate,I'm sorry.I was a bit to quick to react.I don't doubt your good intentions.

I have been following this thread with excitement and thanks to all have participated in making this information available to everyone:up:

I won't get my Q6600 until Sept. It seems like forever.

Xtreme Tiramisu you are Rocking:clap:

OC Status Update: Obtaining a new high record!


Unfortunately, things did not get smooth sailing as soon as I challenge my Q6600 G0's max stable OC. At 3720mhz, I can easily go into windows and do regular tasks at relatively low 1.41v but it's definetely not prime stable at this given Vcore.

I tried to get preliminary prime stable result with each Vcore interval increment and I finally stopped at 1.55v set in BIOS. 1.55v set in BIOS = 1.5200v idle and 1.5120v full load. At this given Vcore, I was having difficulties in getting prime stable in less than a minute run.

FSB 465 x 8 multiplier were the settings for 3720mhz.
I know I'm near the boundary of my Q6600 G0 and P5K-Dlx's max stable FSB overclock, so even with relatively high Vcore, prime is not showing stability for the current OC stage in less than a min.

I'm going to try to pass the OC beyond the previous 3.6ghz prime 8+ hour stable thredshold using the default x9 multiplier.

More results to come :)



FSB 460 x 8 was able to run prime's 3 tests for a couple mins before it failed, which is a little better than FSB 465 x 8. At this point I'm still trying to figure out whether if it's my air cooled setup that's reaching the max OC-ability for Q6600 G0 or may be that the CPU is near its max FSB OC or the motherboard is starting to show instability support at high FSB OC.


http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8...et149vlfl3.jpg

FYI, at those temps, you reached the limits. That's exactly what I experienced myself when trying to prime at 3.4 GHz, 1.4v and it failed after 3 hours (rebooted itself). The temps is hovering around 72C on the hottest core from CoreTemp 0.95. Since yours is bigger and lapped, you are able to push it further but obviously, we got similar results and we are just temp limited.

I guess that for 100&#37; stability 24/7, we should try to keep it under 65C under max load. 70+C is on the borderline of stability, hence why Intel wrote a Thermal Specification of 71C in the docs, which might be the tripping point.

In my case, it's about the egg and the chicken because if I want to keep it stable, i need to raise the voltage but to lower the temp under 70C, i need to lower so I'm confused which one is causing crashes (too high temp or not enough voltage). For now, I will back down to 3.2 GHz for 24/7 use till I finish my watercooling setup. Your results gave me a good reason to invest in watercooling because I truly believe the G0 Q6600 can go to 3.7-3.8 on water for sure.

For sure, congratulations on your awesome results :)

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FYI, at those temps, you reached the limits. That's exactly what I experienced myself when trying to prime at 3.4 GHz, 1.4v and it failed after 3 hours (rebooted itself). The temps is hovering around 72C on the hottest core from CoreTemp 0.95. Since yours is bigger and lapped, you are able to push it further but obviously, we got similar results and we are just temp limited.

I guess that for 100% stability 24/7, we should try to keep it under 65C under max load. 70+C is on the borderline of stability, hence why Intel wrote a Thermal Specification of 71C in the docs, which might be the tripping point.

In my case, it's about the egg and the chicken because if I want to keep it stable, i need to raise the voltage but to lower the temp under 70C, i need to lower so I'm confused which one is causing crashes (too high temp or not enough voltage). For now, I will back down to 3.2 GHz for 24/7 use till I finish my watercooling setup. Your results gave me a good reason to invest in watercooling because I truly believe the G0 Q6600 can go to 3.7-3.8 on water for sure.

For sure, congratulations on your awesome results :)

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Thanks Xilikon, you've provided me some more insight on the quad.
It's good to know that the G0 Q6600 thermal spec. is actually 71c instead of 61c for none G0s. Intel just updated the G0 processor infos these couple days I guess.

Yes, one of my three assumption is that I'm reaching air cooling's max OC potential for Q6600 G0 but let me tell you that K.I.T.T who made the reply above you is actually the one who's right about the obstacle I'm facing right now...;)

What can I say, check my following post:cool: