*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[RLM]

Alright I've finished my first successful overclock attempt. Here are the specs

Batch L723A964
3510 Mhz (390.1 x 9)
BIOS 1.425V Windows 1.416V IDLE 1.400
Idle
42-42-35-40
Load
66-66-58-58

This still seems pretty hot to me, especially since I'm watercooling with a D-Tek Fuzion waterblock and PA 120.2 radiator. It makes me think that I might have improperly mounted the waterblock (I've heard overtightening causes concave bowing) and I'm tempted to lap the processor. But I'd like some feedback first. It might be worth noting that my AS-5 has not cured yet and I know that will give me a drop of a few degrees. Comments?
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If it's the same as mine, a L723B, which has a difference of about 9c between cores, I suspect it's not the mount.

I've spent a great deal of time, trying to remount with a bowed apogee GT, using mx-1 and mx-2 (not at the same time), and it's made very little difference. To add to this I've also tried the chip on a friends setup, with a standard apogee GT, and the same. This is on two different boards.

The fact is my previous q6600, a L724A ran with cores all pretty much even, which I'd say confirms the mount is not really part of the equation.

Will give mine a lapping to see if that imporves the situation, but not expecting miracles.

That aside this L723B is a pretty decent chip, priming at 3.825 ghz with 1.47v.

RLM