Took my Q6600 to new heights!

Okay, well where do i start..i guess first off you guys are probably gonna hate me for not making sure its prime stable, but i wasn't worried. i was just overclocking for fun. and that's what its all about right?

anyways i'm in love with windows 7 for its overclock friendly-ness. on vista i had a hard time booting 3.9ghz with 1.57v. with w7 i could do 3.9ghz with 1.49v!

long story short my main goal of the night was to get it to the coldest temperatures i could, and see if i could manage to beat the octo core system in the CPU queen test for everest. lets let the pictures speak for themselves.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...acerx/4050.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...acerx/4100.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...acerx/4150.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...cerx/41502.jpg

By the way, this RAM was only 35$ when i bought it new...my mushkin kicked the bucket.
A-Data Vitesta Extreme Edition ddr2 800 4-4-4-12 :P


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...cerx/41503.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...acerx/4200.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...acerx/4226.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...acerx/4233.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...cerx/42302.jpg


those were the temps for at idle. the CPU jumped up to about 20C on all cores at load. still, it was really nice.

crap i just remembered i never saved a cpuz validation file....at that clock do you think its worth going into the database? :)

i guess i should mention i maxed out @ 4236mhz, and didnt weild any higher of a score for everest which made me sad. i was so close to getting it.
i was using 1.6v in bios with 102% addition. it was right there!!!

theres always next time i suppose..

Yeah that's pretty nice for a Q6600. Worth putting in the database.

Awesome work :clap:

I got 4.1GHz on air before :D

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Originally Posted by fatguy1992

Awesome work :clap:

I got 4.1GHz on air before :D

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Air :D very cold air and I think i got frostbyte.


xdrift0rx you can give it a little bit more voltage, It wont die and you should be able to complete a PI 1m.

http://members.cox.net/chewxs/4230%20pi%201m.JPG

Awesome work to chew* as well :up:

The air was about 5C for my 4.1GHz, i tried 4.2GHz but my P5E couldn't handle it :(.

wait is that a quad playing nice on a 680i board :eek:


very nice clocks BTW

yeah i was impressed with it too cause i know the 680i's are known for not being able to get a high FSB.

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yeah i was impressed with it too cause i know the 680i's are known for not being able to get a high FSB.

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I think you got a sub 12 second PI in that chip :eek: and on a 680i to boot.

how close is DICE cooling compared to LN2? i dont think i can get LN2 easily but DICE you can get from like supermarkets, right? only other thing i would have to do is try to find/ make a pot.. i'd be willing to try it.

DICE isn't close to LN2 but its enough you could get a good bit higher clock then on water

:D Nice Q6600, they still rock!!!! Temperatures are quite low BTW ;).

yeah i benched her outside when it was 10*F (those probes are all off...)

waiting for it to get that cold again so i can do some more tests. hopefully my new ram will be in by then too.

also, are there any tutorials on how to make your own DICE pot?

I don't know what your mobo is capable of, but I know that on my Maximus Formula 1, my max FSB on my Q6600 is about 470. On my former Maximus Formula 2, it's 510 ;)
It gives me the need to play with my Q6600 too ;)
I've got the same VID than chew*

did a little bit of benching, though it wasnt nice and cold. thats what the weekend will have to wait for...

it really likes the cold compared to in here. so i can expect more out of it hopefully :)

forgot to mention this new ram KICKS ASSSSSS
g skill black pi ddr2 900 4-4-4-12.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...erx/480mhz.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...rx/4837mhz.jpg

i was able to boot 485mhz but it crahsed before i could ss it and save it. guess we'll hvae to wait till saturday :)

Dang I wish my Q66 would play that nice with my 680i I am so ready to get rid of this board but it sucks being broke. Lol

:D Really nice FSB @ that CAS 4. Nice RAM too!!! I've just got some G.Skill PI PC6400 CAS4, what is your voltage on your RAM?

This is a quick test with my former MF2 & some Crucial PC5300 Cas3:
http://images4.hiboox.com/vignettes/...47565fa846.jpg

really nice clocks there for a q6600 on water

510 fsb with a quad is very nice

Is your northbridge watercooled ?

;) On this pict, it wasn't WC yet. I had to modify my NB's contact (and BTW, yes, I put a MCW-30 on it) . Once done, my MF2's NB was about 37° :)
Q6600 performs very well with Intel P45 in term of FSB.

my northbridge isnt watercooled, but has a nice big fan blowing over it ..

@ mr-rob: my ram was running at 2.1vi didnt want to push it yet cause its brand new.. i've already eaten up 2 sets of mushkin redline which wasnt the greatest. this stuff rockkkkkkkkkkkkkks

You guys are getting closer to me with every day guess i better start cranking the quad again
i,ve a q6600 too 4311ghz (479x9) max so far but recon there is more in it and ram is holding me back.
hopefully by friday tho the new stuff will arrive and i will have finished the wb mount for the northbridge :D

@xdrift0rx: Thx. I hope my new set of RAM will do this well too :D
But on my MF1, my Q6600 doesn't like high FSB. I think i had to desynchronize it :(
(I really like your wallpaper :D)

@-Acid-: :) Nice Q6600!!! Guess you have the right cooling ;)

Just fun, my Q6600 on my MF1:
http://images1.hiboox.com/vignettes/...f51219400e.jpg
:D

4231Mhz here

Weird how we all getting roughly the same, this was with -4c air. I think NB is the deciding factor here.

http://thumbnails15.imagebam.com/242...e324255305.gif

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@ mr-rob: my ram was running at 2.1vi didnt want to push it yet cause its brand new.. i've already eaten up 2 sets of mushkin redline which wasnt the greatest. this stuff rockkkkkkkkkkkkkks

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You should try the adata you were using. Sit a fan over them and increase timings to 5,5,5,15 or 18 and see how high you can take them with more volts..........just for fun obviously :)
I have the standard adata ddr2-800 modules and they go over 1100mhz easy with 2.3v

atleast that way your gskill's are safe.

you guys are crazy ive got a q6600 only at 3.8 wonder if i can get further with geil 8GB ram im useing anyone know if i could abit ip35-e mobo, read about winodws 7 more overclcok friendly im useing 7 well done guys on the 4ghz and above awsome. im guna have a play with mine whats the max v/core i should go ?

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you guys are crazy ive got a q6600 only at 3.8 wonder if i can get further with geil 8GB ram im useing anyone know if i could abit ip35-e mobo, read about winodws 7 more overclcok friendly im useing 7 well done guys on the 4ghz and above awsome. im guna have a play with mine whats the max v/core i should go ?

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P35 is a crackin' chipset for quads :)

what cooling you got mate? and what temps you runnin' at load? Do you know the vid of your cpu?