Q6600 Overclocking Database.

[Moe_Szyslak]

I was looking for the maximum temps of the q6600 because I wanted to know how far I can push it on aircooling. I want to go for 8x400 to get a 1:1 ratio with my memory. 3.2Ghz is pretty much as far as you can push it on Air. Hopefully the cooler and paste i'm going to use will keep it below critical temp.

[davexl]

I was looking for the maximum temps of the q6600 because I wanted to know how far I can push it on aircooling. I want to go for 8x400 to get a 1:1 ratio with my memory. 3.2Ghz is pretty much as far as you can push it on Air. Hopefully the cooler and paste i'm going to use will keep it below critical temp.

First ignore that table, those temps are Intel specs - I for one won't be using these CPUs in 3 years time.

Second - Big Typhoon has had it's day - not even close to being competitive anymore, Ultra-120 Extreme is the current leader.

Third- temps - Runnning orthos small FFT is about 10C hotter than anything else I run. (380 watts Prime95 vs about 300watts running my 3D renders)

Q6600s can pass Prime95 up to around high 80C's. I have had a system pass overnight runs that nudged 90C, but anything above that forget it.

They will throttle automatically before killing themselves, I am happy to run them up to 80-90C on Prime95, which means load temps in the real world of up to 70-80C.

Look at the rest of the thread - 3.6GHz is about the limit on air. My 3 systems are remarkably uniform - they top out at 3.5 to 3.56 GHz with the Ultra-120 Extreme.

PS- all temps are coretemp.

[Moe_Szyslak]

First ignore that table, those temps are Intel specs - I for one won't be using these CPUs in 3 years time.

Second - Big Typhoon has had it's day - not even close to being competitive anymore, Ultra-120 Extreme is the current leader.

Third- temps - Runnning orthos small FFT is about 10C hotter than anything else I run. (380 watts Prime95 vs about 300watts running my 3D renders)

Q6600s can pass Prime95 up to around high 80C's. I have had a system pass overnight runs that nudged 90C, but anything above that forget it.

They will throttle automatically before killing themselves, I am happy to run them up to 80-90C on Prime95, which means load temps in the real world of up to 70-80C.

Look at the rest of the thread - 3.6GHz is about the limit on air. My 3 systems are remarkably uniform - they top out at 3.5 to 3.56 GHz with the Ultra-120 Extreme.

PS- all temps are coretemp.

The ultra 120 had disappointing results in comparison to the big typhoon vx. Check this review. They used the same antec case.

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8757&page=70

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8757&page=74

The ultra 120 performs worse than the big typhoon VX.

And I really don't want to run my cpu that hot. It has to last me for atleast a year to a year and a half. With those temps the lifespan would rapidly decrease. I'm overclocking my current AMD and that thing is now completely messed up and its only little over a year old. Eventhough I did nothing special. AMD has very little headroom for overclocking in my experience. I just don't want to take too big a risk when it comes to temperatures. And watercooling is just a little too expensive for me right now.