E6550 "G0" testing 3.6GHz w/ 1.29Vcore, 3.8GHz w/ 1.35Vcore Low Volts, High Clocks!

[Gepidae]

My ip35 arrived so has my e6550. Just waiting on my HD and Ill have it up and running. Btw im using stock intel cooler in the meantime till I can decide what I want (and if I have cash left over after my 8800gts purchase, lol).

[irev210]

so the ES 6550's clock well but the retail ones don't... is that the consensus so far?

Retail "B" chips seem to clocking just fine


Just for reference, the ES is 711A if I remember right.

[shimmishim]

lol so again the early retail B's are good. geez so frustrating

[Jasy]

Anyone with a retail cpu that can post its results?

[Den Leiw]

I got my new e6550 up to 3150 Mhz (450x7 with 1:1)
Stable in Orthos 1 Hour

I tried booting at 500x7 but didn't even post. I believe it's the P5N-E Sli mobo that limits the oc because not everybody can get the FSB up to 500 on it.
So max oc for me is sth between 450-499 x 7 but I can surely go higher with another motherboard. NB got 1,563v and cpu is 1,36v (maybe I should up it?)

Temps are ok, using Zalman 9500 to cool it.

I know it may not really be very good for you "xtreme" people but I am new to overclocking (only did a pathetic 212 FSB OC on my 4000+ before). The Rig cost me 600 € and I only intended to oc it to 3 Ghz at first but I am happy with the results.

If you want to give me any tips on what I could do/try for better oc, go ahead ^^


Core Temp and Everest CPUID show the 6550 as 6650

[njkid32]

This is actually the best I got my cpu to run on air.. Not to bad

[Jasy]

Bah! You have an ES

[clayton]

I'm gonna stick with dualcore until they have lower powerhungry Quadcores out. This chip is mine!
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Ch80

[hecktic]

To the OP, what is the batch number of your e6850 ?

[Den Leiw]

ok, I could bring mine up to 3451 Mhz, but that's as far as it can get and I don't even know if it is stable yet, I'm wondering if I should replace the mobo and get 680i to see how far it overclocks

[Jasy]

A p35 should be better for this kind of cpu

[Den Leiw]

A p35 should be better for this kind of cpu

Can you maybe recommend me one that is also compatible with upcoming intel 45 chips ? Should I stay with Asus as several of their boards are supposed to support it.

[ziddey]

p35's support 45nm penryn. even asus p5b's will support it somehow. way to go asus.

[irev210]

Can you maybe recommend me one that is also compatible with upcoming intel 45 chips ? Should I stay with Asus as several of their boards are supposed to support it.

I play with both the P5K Deluxe and the P35-DQ6


I prefer the DQ6, it has a better cooling solution and better build quality. Both boards overclocked a few different E6550's for me to the exact same FSB limit.


Either board is very nice though!

[zerazax]

My E6550 at stock volts did 7 x 450 = 3.150 GHz no problem. Now its time to start pushing it higher. Doing this on the Gigabyte P35C-DS3R. L719A batch. Orthos stable 6 hours no problem so far.

[TEDY]

just got E6550 L723A, what can i expect from it?

[Jasy]

just got E6550 L723A, what can i expect from it?

I have the same batch and i can run 475-485*7 (1,28v) with a crappy wc system in a p5k "vanilla" vmodded. I didn't test any further, got no time for that.

Show some results

[TEDY]

what's your VID, is it normal that lowest vcore in my bios is 1.3375V?

[TEDY]

can you guys set vcore less then 1.3v with E6550 ?

[Jowy Atreides]

I got my new e6550 up to 3150 Mhz (450x7 with 1:1)
Stable in Orthos 1 Hour

I tried booting at 500x7 but didn't even post. I believe it's the P5N-E Sli mobo that limits the oc because not everybody can get the FSB up to 500 on it.
So max oc for me is sth between 450-499 x 7 but I can surely go higher with another motherboard. NB got 1,563v and cpu is 1,36v (maybe I should up it?)

Temps are ok, using Zalman 9500 to cool it.

I know it may not really be very good for you "xtreme" people but I am new to overclocking (only did a pathetic 212 FSB OC on my 4000+ before). The Rig cost me 600 € and I only intended to oc it to 3 Ghz at first but I am happy with the results.

If you want to give me any tips on what I could do/try for better oc, go ahead ^^


Core Temp and Everest CPUID show the 6550 as 6650

3.15 here too, with the p5n-e sli
and with an abit ip35

[Jasy]

can you guys set vcore less then 1.3v with E6550 ?

Your board still the ABIT IP35-E?

[TEDY]

yes

[Jasy]

Try to upgrade the bios, maybe you'll have more function.

[TEDY]

i have 14...only 15 is newest.

[Jasy]

Damn... That's too bad! My VID goes from 1.00v to 1.70v, and your lowest is 1.33? Sell your board and buy another, i think it's the best solution.