Q6600 Overclocking Database.

[Moe_Szyslak]

If anyone here is still wondering how hot the cpu can get before possible damage, go here: http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm

[boogle]

If anyone here is still wondering how hot the cpu can get before possible damage, go here: http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm

That's really useful, thanks Seems the CPUs are a lot more resilient when it comes to voltage than heat.

[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.

[phill]

There are two models of the Ultra 120 tho and I think the Ultra 120 Extreme drops the temps a bit further doesnt it??

[Moe_Szyslak]

There are two models of the Ultra 120 tho and I think the Ultra 120 Extreme drops the temps a bit further doesnt it??

That I don't know

[aussie-revhead]

Core 2 Duo E6600
(dual 2.4GHz - 4MB) 1.2V
(0.85V~1.5V) 1.55V 75A 65W 60.1° C

If that was true then my E6600 and everyone elses would be toast.

[phill]

That I don't know

Anandtech did a review with it not so long, back, here's the link for you

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2981

Hope that's of some use Was looking at buying one, but decided to try Water cooling and see what happens

[davexl]

That I don't know

I am talking about the Ultra-120 Extreme, which gave me an average of 15C better load temps than the Ultra-120 original. They are NOT the same product. And the original Ultra-120 gave me about 20C better results than the Big Typhoon they replaced.

Take it from a guy who has replaced a lot of heatsinks ;-) (3 or more samples of each of the above)

I agree with you about AMD - but Core 2 duo and quad are incredibly robust. I have been running 50% overclocks from the day Core Duo came out, and none have lost a MHz of overclock over time. I won't talk you into breaking your hardware, but running cooler will certainly minimise that, so I would ditch the Typhoon.

3.45 is achievable on very safe voltages on Q6600s.

[DMH]

Yes it does

[Moe_Szyslak]

So did X-bit labs

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...x_5.html#sect0

Here the typhoon wins again. Even at it's lowest speed. The extreme does win on load though. And its tested on a Q6600 Perfect test. When looking for the maximum possible overclock the ultra 120 extreme won. But I'm only lokking for 3.2Ghz, nothing more.

In the end they're both great coolers. But I'm sticking with the Big Typhoon VX.

The performance of the ultra 120 extreme does depend on what coolers you buy for it as it doesn't come with any in the box.

[Moe_Szyslak]

I just checked a few stores and as it turns out, I can't even get the ultra 120 extreme. Even the typhoon is hard to get, I only found one store that sells it. Newegg is not an option for me as they don't ship overseas.

On a side note, I just received my RAM. 4 x 1GB OCZ PC6400 5-5-5-12 Special Ops Edition
They're much smaller than I thought they would be. Or maybe thats just me. The Woodland camo looks really cool.
Also, the Q6600 dropped in price again to 293 euro's ($404). Just one more week untill the next pricedrop

EDIT: I found an even better one. Scythe Infinity. Also comes standard with a 120mm fan. Its the most silent and the best performing cooler out there. And this oneI can get Its also 4 bucks cheaper

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...dup/page16.asp

AAAAAAW Crap! I just found one on X-bit labs that states the typhoon is better:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...scythe_11.html

I hate this.

I'll just go with the Typhoon. I'll lap it to sqeeze out an extra 2 degrees celsius. It's base isn't perfect. The Typhoon is also smaller and lighter. The infinity is MASSIVE!. I'm just so sick of all the contradicting test results.

[Moe_Szyslak]

Everyone who is still wondering when the G0 stepping will be on sale, read this Intel Product Change notification

http://intel.pcnalert.com/content/eo...N107463-00.pdf

[user1234]

Everyone who is still wondering when the G0 stepping will be on sale, read this Intel Product Change notification

http://intel.pcnalert.com/content/eo...N107463-00.pdf

bad link

anywayZ stop with the idiotic links, if you got some news just spit it out fool

[Moe_Szyslak]

bad link

anywayZ stop with the idiotic links, if you got some news just spit it out fool

excuse me? Bad link? That PDF shows the product change Notification. It shows that the production of cpu's with stepping B3 has stopped. WTF is your problem?

[XtremeTiramisu]

FSB 470 * 8 @ 3760MHz 8hrs+ Small FFT Prime Stable.


Core temp are 67~70c so this is what I'll have as my max 24/7 OC for this season.
Ambient room temperature is 24.9 to 25.1C measured with a digital thermometre; system temp is where the hottest place in my room. Ambient room temp is always 1~2C below it.

All relative system specs in my sig.

I will add everyones results, please provide the following information, a cpu-z screenshot, voltage used under 100% load, and what stability tests it has passed.


- Achill3uS - 3.6ghz - 1.43v - Asus Commando - P95 Stable (B3 ES)
- davexl - 3.45ghz - 1.464v - P5B DLX - P95 Stable
- GAR - 3.43ghz - 1.43v - Asus P5K DLX - P95 Stable (L640F179)
- Highoctane - 3.2ghz 1.37v - P5B DLX - Orthos Stable
- crossg - 3.1ghz - 1.35v - P5H DLX - Orthos Stable (L631B120)
- Cadaveca - 3ghz - 1.18v - DFI 965-S - P95 Stable (L644G068)

Please add my results.
Currently Top of the chart and I'm air cooled. Thanks G0 Q6600

[Moe_Szyslak]

Amazing results on an aircooled system. Great job

[Leeghoofd]

I am talking about the Ultra-120 Extreme, which gave me an average of 15C better load temps than the Ultra-120 original. They are NOT the same product. And the original Ultra-120 gave me about 20C better results than the Big Typhoon they replaced.

I don't buy that that's insane must have been due to an improper mount, you get 35°C gain from switching heatsinks, yeah right

If you gained let's say 5°C going from one high end to another I can believe that, but don't tell me the extreme model gives you 15°C from the original one, if this was true I would ditch my watercooling immediately and would be at 38°C full load on both cores then with the Extreme cooler, .... while my watercooling setup only gave me 5°C gain ( taking the 8800GTX into account ) under load on the cores...

[Moe_Szyslak]

Either he's full of or he means Fahrenheit instead of Celcius. He might want to check that.

[devilmc]

Hello guys, i know this is just a Q6600 overlclock thread, but maybe someone can help me here.

I need some tips on how to set up the DFI NF680i LT bios for Q6600, i would like to run it at 400x8=3.2 ghz with ram 1:1, just have some problems finding the best balance between voltages and gref and so on.

Can anyone with the same configuration write me down his recommended settings for that config? (i cannot find out hot to set the multiplayer @ 8x)

Atm my orthos, prime and 3dmark2006 5x loop stable config is the following:

[HoriWanderFuLL]

L640F312s B3
Not my highest Oc for the cpu but time to start to see how hard i can keep it stable..Highest Oc for this cpu is 4300 Mhz


Shot at 2007-07-31

[Moe_Szyslak]

there's no guarantee that someone elses settings will function the same on your hardware. You can always try though.

[idiotekniQues]

the ultra-120 extreme is in stock at xoxide. i just ordered one. it is east coast too for faster shipping to us in these parts.

[crazyea]

Q6600 (G0) @ 3.6, P5k Premium, Ultra 120 + FBA12G12L1BX
All relevant info in screenshots....

Primed over 7hrs, Under Load
At Idle, 5-6mins after stopping prime
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=223128