Is it feasible to overclock a quad core (Q6600) with air cooling? Which would be the best heatsink and how far would I be able to OC.
Or would I HAVE to watercool?
Please point me in the right direction.
Is it feasible to overclock a quad core (Q6600) with air cooling? Which would be the best heatsink and how far would I be able to OC.
Or would I HAVE to watercool?
Please point me in the right direction.
i know some people here in xs and other forums have their quad core air cooled. some of the best heatsinks around are tuniq tower, thermalright ultra-120 extreme. you dont have to go to water unless ur going for like 4ghz.
E6600 - 3.6Ghz @ 1.4V
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme + S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm Fan
Asus P5B-Deluxe WiFi-AP
Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1000 2GB
eVGA 8800GTS SuperClocked 320MB 650/1900
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Corsair HX520W
Antec 900 Case
3DMark06 - 13,078
You don't "need" watercooling. You can do it on air just fine.
E6300 @ 3.6 1.5v
Asus P5B-Deluxe
2GB (1GBX2) Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 4-4-4-15 2.4v
Evga 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked
320GB Maxtor 7200.10 SATA
250MB Western Digital Caviar SATA
80GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA
Thermaltake Armor
Swiftech MCR220-QP
Swiftech Micro-Res
Swiftech MCP665
D-Tek FuZion
Masterkleer 7/16" Tubing
With either type of cooling, worry about what your ambient temperature will be. On air or water this is going to have a large effect on your temps and thus overclocks, e.g. if your ambient is 18C you will be fine for either, OC or not. If its 28C you will be hard pressed with air or water to OC well.
Xeon 3060 @ 3,600 MHz [400 x 9, 1.36v] - Ultra 120 Extreme w/ FN121s Push/Pull - P5B Deluxe [1236] - 2 x 1GB G.Skill "HZ" @ 800 MHz [4-4-3-9/2.1v] - EVGA GTX 260 650/1400/1150 - PCP&C Silencer 750 Quad - TJ-09
The new G0 stepping chips can be OCed reasonably well with air coolers such as the TT120 or Ultra-120 X.
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My 3 Q6600 systems top out at 3.5 to 3.55 GHz on air cooling with the Ultra-120 Extreme.
(P5B and P5K deluxe)
Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 & 6600's
6400: 2.1GHz overclocked to 3.360 Ghz, 1.450V Vcore, Asus P5W-DH Deluxe, Rev 67MOAG BIOS 1305 -TTBT
6600: 2.4GHz overclocked to 3.600 Ghz, 1.5375V Vcore, 3.708 Ghz, 1.5750V Vcore, Asus P5W-DH Deluxe, Rev 68MOAG BIOS 1602 - Ultra-120
QuadCore Q6600: 2.4GHz oc to 3.456 Ghz, 1.5625V Vcore, Asus P5B-Deluxe Wifi, Rev 1.03G BIOS 804 - Ultra-120 Extreme New Build, still testing.
Gskill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ (4 x 1GB)
Antec Truepower2 550w EPS
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