E6550 Impressive Overclock

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01-30-2008, 08:31 AM
RAW-Raptor22

E6550 Impressive Overclock

I was at my grandfathers house and decided to test the OC on the rig I built him. The specs are:

C2D E6550
Gigabyte P35 DS3L
MSI ATi Radeon 2600XT
2x1GB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400
Intel Stock Cooler XD

All OCs are completely stable:

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8602/2800sf4.th.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2747/3000vv2.th.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6540/3200dt6.th.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1865/3400qs3.th.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3641/3600vf4.th.jpg <<<<< BEST OC

Max OC was 3605MHz/515MHz bus/2060FSB on 1.30V with the Intel Stock Cooler and Zalman STG1 thermal paste. :)
01-30-2008, 08:38 AM
Jowy Atreides

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raptor22

I was at my grandfathers house and decided to test the OC on the rig I built him. The specs are:

C2D E6550
Gigabyte P35 DS3L
MSI ATi Radeon 2600XT
2x1GB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400
Intel Stock Cooler XD

Max OC was 3605MHz/515MHz bus/2060FSB on 1.30V with the Intel Stock Cooler and Zalman STG1 thermal paste. :)

that is impressive for the e6550,
mine runs at only 3.5Ghz stable at max
01-30-2008, 08:39 AM
webwilli

E6550 @ 3.600 MHz Prime :D

http://pics.mwirths.de/pics/thumb/e6550_l723a_3605.jpg
01-30-2008, 08:44 AM
RAW-Raptor22

Nice man, I didnt have time to prime mine because I had to leave. I wouldve also done a SPi run and 3dmark06 but I couldnt do that either. With such low volts and the stock cooler, I would love to see how this chip would shine with my Zalman9700 and some real volts. :)
01-30-2008, 10:44 AM
TEDY

great oc :)

what's your VID????
01-30-2008, 05:28 PM
RAW-Raptor22

Quote:

Originally Posted by TEDY

great oc :)

what's your VID????

VID?
01-30-2008, 10:04 PM
TEDY

coretemp...VID.

how on earth you get so low temp with stock ???
01-30-2008, 10:45 PM
metro.cl

It is a nice CPU but would call it impresive, here is where i maxed the FSB on my old E6550.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1...3815mhzgj8.jpg
01-30-2008, 10:50 PM
irev210

pretty good for retail

almost as good as my old ES (see sig) and metro's ES
01-31-2008, 04:45 PM
RAW-Raptor22

Yeah, I would love to see what some extreme cooling would do. I couldnt really since i didnt pay for the rig (i only built it). :)

Thanks
01-31-2008, 08:04 PM
aoch88

This is a better bang for buck than the E8400 for now I guess :D
02-01-2008, 12:51 AM
dertimaushh

Quote:

All OCs are completely stable:

Quote:

I didnt have time to prime

:rofl:

Good results anyway. :up:
02-01-2008, 01:50 AM
gundamit

So what does your Grandfather think about you overclocking his rig? Can he tell the difference when he plays online shuffleboard? :D
02-01-2008, 01:59 AM
Leeghoofd

Quote:

Originally Posted by aoch88

This is a better bang for buck than the E8400 for now I guess :D

I would still love to pay the small premium to get the 9x as I would be pretty darn sure I would get 3.6 with way less FSB and even more without worrying about my mobo/ram limiting stuff...
02-01-2008, 06:55 PM
RAW-Raptor22

Quote:

Originally Posted by gundamit

So what does your Grandfather think about you overclocking his rig? Can he tell the difference when he plays online shuffleboard? :D

:ROTF:

I just started doing it and he was watching me. He's pretty tech literate on the software side of things and I explained what I was doing as I went. When I got to 3605MHz he said he didn't want to 'push the envelope' and is was like 'winning money in a casino, then trying to go back and win more' so I didn't want to go against his wishes. I turned it down to 3GHz even and left it. He is a financial adviser so he runs a lot of financial programs along with Quicken 2008, Office 2007, Photoshop CS3 (hes a photo nerd), and Roxio 9 so in fact he could very well see an improvement with the extra 700MHz. :)

It is a pretty decent rig though right? Even maybe as a backup gaming rig, or poor mans gaming rig, 2600XT GDDR4 is a pretty capable little card. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by metro.cl

It is a nice CPU but would call it impresive, here is where i maxed the FSB on my old E6550.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1...3815mhzgj8.jpg

What cooling and voltage?
02-03-2008, 11:29 AM
metro.cl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raptor22

:ROTF:

I just started doing it and he was watching me. He's pretty tech literate on the software side of things and I explained what I was doing as I went. When I got to 3605MHz he said he didn't want to 'push the envelope' and is was like 'winning money in a casino, then trying to go back and win more' so I didn't want to go against his wishes. I turned it down to 3GHz even and left it. He is a financial adviser so he runs a lot of financial programs along with Quicken 2008, Office 2007, Photoshop CS3 (hes a photo nerd), and Roxio 9 so in fact he could very well see an improvement with the extra 700MHz. :)

It is a pretty decent rig though right? Even maybe as a backup gaming rig, or poor mans gaming rig, 2600XT GDDR4 is a pretty capable little card. :)

What cooling and voltage?

1.3 Vcore and Air Cooling (cant remmember correctly but maybe Noctua 12CM Heatsink). The chip was impresiive but hit a FSB wall around this speed.
02-03-2008, 11:46 AM
RAW-Raptor22

Quote:

Originally Posted by metro.cl

1.3 Vcore and Air Cooling (cant remmember correctly but maybe Noctua 12CM Heatsink). The chip was impresiive but hit a FSB wall around this speed.

Nice! Great clock for the low volts. I didnt find the real max for mine because I stopped early, but it probably was getting to a hight temperature point. I overclocked the e6550 in my other grandparents rig to 3337MHz (unstable) but that was with an MSI P35 Neo-F which has a known FSB wall at around that point, so I was screwed to begin with. :p:
02-03-2008, 12:08 PM
Chri$ch

E6550 @ 3.8Ghz (543FSB) primestable (1.36v)

http://www.abload.de/thumb/e65503.8ghz1zks.png
02-03-2008, 12:17 PM
RAW-Raptor22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chri$ch

E6550 @ 3.8Ghz (543FSB) primestable (1.36v)

http://www.abload.de/thumb/e65503.8ghz1zks.png

Nice, what cooler? Thats good.
02-03-2008, 11:17 PM
bleachigo

Man, i feeling a little jealous on everyone's OC on the e6550:( .Mine just gets to about 3.255Ghz Orthos stable for 15 hours.Anything higher and i get BSOD's.Maybe it's my 430W PSU that i have but i doubt it.I think it's the Abit IP35 Pro that's the limiting factor.I also can't lower my RAM speed because of the board at this OC.Here's a pic of my failure as an OC'er:ROTF: .Anyways nice OC's from everyone:up: .

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ursCPUonly.jpg
02-04-2008, 12:40 AM
TEDY

i don't get it stable even with 450x7....1.3975v in bios, don't want to go over 1.4v :P
02-04-2008, 03:43 PM
[LCN]Knowledge

I can get 3.3GHZ with 1.36(real voltage), but anything higher is not Orthos stable. I guess it could be my Mobo MSI Neo2-FR, or maybe my 430W TT PSU Or... my memories dont want to go any higher despite i loose the timings and TRFC. :(

You all have great chips, nice overclock with low voltage :D
02-04-2008, 05:03 PM
Rol-Co

Ahum.....mine :rolleyes:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=165215
02-04-2008, 06:38 PM
[LCN]Knowledge

OMG Rol-Co, nice chip! and rams also. 4GHZ on air!! O_o
02-04-2008, 07:14 PM
RAW-Raptor22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rol-Co

Ahum.....mine :rolleyes:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=165215

With an awesemo cooler... :p:
03-24-2008, 06:51 PM
RAW-Raptor22

I wonder what some more voltage would do for my OC?
06-12-2008, 05:02 AM
dtheatre

bro [cTx] Raptor22,

actually, what is your grandfathers rig OC temperature on stock cooler ??
06-12-2008, 06:06 AM
RAW-Raptor22

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtheatre

bro [cTx] Raptor22,

actually, what is your grandfathers rig OC temperature on stock cooler ??

If I remember correctly they were around 45-48C on full OC... but I think I just got a good chip. ;)
06-12-2008, 06:50 AM
naokaji

Quote:

Originally Posted by [cTx] Raptor22

If I remember correctly they were around 45-48C on full OC... but I think I just got a good chip. ;)

they go like crazy with high volts, just need a board that can deliver the fsb needed... the msi board I used it in sadly has a wall at 538...
06-12-2008, 12:57 PM
RAW-Raptor22

Quote:

Originally Posted by naokaji

they go like crazy with high volts, just need a board that can deliver the fsb needed... the msi board I used it in sadly has a wall at 538...

The MSI P35 that I tested (with a different 6550) fsb walled at 476... normal for that board is 465 so I was lucky... :yepp: