Xtreme Low Q6600 G0 Temp on Air !!! (Lots of Pics)

[dinos22]

XtremeTiramisu's CPU is on par with the ES CPUs WOW

[y2jdmbfan]

I'm getting around 47C on all 4 cores at idle with my Big Typhoon @ stock voltage and 8 X 400 = 3.2GHZ. You think the Typhoon is too small for the Q6600 G0 stepping I got from NCIX?

Thanks,

Y2J

[Xilikon]

I still don't trust those temps. Like I said if it was me I would check it out in XP just to be sure. I realize this screenie was taken in morning, but he has others in afternoon with same low HD and system temp.

This post
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...9&postcount=11
says his ambient temps go from 21 - 30++. Even 24C HD and 25C system at 21C ambient is kinda weird. Just hoping he is not burning his chip up due to a temp monitor on 64 bit OS that isn't proper, but maybe I am just paranoid.

Just ignore them, I got the same buggy temps (system is -31C) with Vista Business. However, the core temps is accurate.

[Emerica]

I still don't trust those temps. Like I said if it was me I would check it out in XP just to be sure. I realize this screenie was taken in morning, but he has others in afternoon with same low HD and system temp.

This post
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...9&postcount=11
says his ambient temps go from 21 - 30++. Even 24C HD and 25C system at 21C ambient is kinda weird. Just hoping he is not burning his chip up due to a temp monitor on 64 bit OS that isn't proper, but maybe I am just paranoid.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. He should try to get coretemp working.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Just got my CPU! I'm pressed for time and got my G0 Q6600 to easily run 2 orthos @ 3.6GHz. I thought I'd try to quickly see what it can do...this is all i could boot into windows at...FOR NOW Room ambient is 24C...unsure what it is under the desk where the puter is.

still, very nice!....3.8+ is nothing to sneeze at with a quad core on air!

[XtremeTiramisu]

I'm finally back.

Alright, very nice to know that a few of you can also bring the Q6600 G0 baby up to 3.7~3.8ghz range. It's definetely something out of the norm and amazing. For those of you who also got yours up to ~3.7ghz what was your cooling method, ambient temp and relative Vcore? It's always nice to make some comparason

Also my VID is 1.2625 so this generally means the chip has better overclock-ability @ lower given volts for the same clock as the same chip running at same clock speed. For example, someone need 1.45v to get 3.6~3.7 stable but I only need about 1.38v load to get 3.6+ stable.

VID doesn't determine your overclock-ability in terms of your chips' max FSB or clock speed but it has to do with the voltage that's needed to acheive those speed. At stock speed 2.4ghz, we each start off with different voltage being different VID from chip to chip. I started of at 1.23v (1.26v VID) at 2.4ghz and some may start off at 1.28v (1.30v VID) at the same 2.4ghz for our Q6600 G0s.


An update on the new high OC progress:

You guys all know I'm testing my xtreme quad OC on AIR right so ambient def plays a very significant role here. I was having terrific luck running 3780mhz at only 1.45v load with ambient temp being 19c~20c in the early morning.

Now the ambient has rise up to 26~28c all afternoon and it's considerable warm at the current time - 7:30pm PST so I need to back down on the clock : volts a little bit. So far I know for sure of is that this chip is capable of getting prime stable at 3700mhz ++ that's for sure. 3.8ghz may even be possible if we're on a different season :p

But you gotta love summer time and the sun shine and we're all hiding inside OC-ing like bunch of geeks...lol no offense, saying that including myself :p
So I'd say Max stable OC for this season will be in the low-mid 3700mhz and given that, it's still an outstanding OC on air. Expect 3.8ghz+ on air towards the end of the year



This screen shot is just to show the effect of increased ambient temp and its relation to the core temps.
50min+ Small fft full load on all 4 cores. (This isn't the max stable OC if you haven't seen my previous screen shots)



Anyhow, I'll update the next screen shot shortly.
Thanks to everyone who has participated in the thread

[dinos22]

this is great

and it's what i was hoping they would be able to do

~3.6GHz

anything above that is bonus

[XtremeTiramisu]

this is great

and it's what i was hoping they would be able to do

~3.6GHz

anything above that is bonus

Yep!
I'm already showing you proven solid 100mhz bonus at 3.7ghz on air
It's a RETAIL chip afterall and not one of those ES too good to be true BS.

At 3.7ghz with low volts on air, it's still PRIME STABLE during the season we OC'er hate the most - SUMMER!

Even at 3700mhz and a little higher is still consider as safe and stable for running it daily as long as you strictly keeping your 4 x 100% load 4 cores prime temp down below Intel Spec's 71c.

I'm sure none of the applications I do will ever get all 4 cores to run like prime..lol hence much lower core temp in the end. But I just want to use Prime's 100% x 4 cores temp as my standard.

[dinos22]

let's hope they are ALL like your chip now

[RLM]

let's hope they are ALL like your chip now

Not quite unfortunately.

Thought I would grab this mid prime to show the vdroop.

Set at 1.56v in bios. Idle at 1.51-53. As you can see 1.45v at load.

Didn't realise your tests were small FFTs. All my previous tests were blending. Seems blending is just a tad more difficult to get stable, but runs cooler than ffts. My PWM temps are looking good

These temps are cpu underwater. Aircon fighting a warm Thai day.

RLM

[dinos22]

i bet you if you used it on the Asus mobo you would get the same result as XtremeTiramisu

[The Nemesis]

i bet you if you used it on the Asus mobo you would get the same result as XtremeTiramisu

agreed.

[XtremeTiramisu]

Similar result but not quite the *same* unless his VID is exactly as the same as mine at 1.2625v

Also it seems like RTL is on high-end water cooling setup + Priming in Blend instead of small fft which will produce even more heat.
His ambient temp will also vary his overall core temp but not as much as air cooled quads.

I will not doubt his Q6600 OC-ability but he may ended up using a tad more volts than mine clock for clock.

But all in all, it's great to see the G0 Q6600 all have very good results

The future is here now! essentially, I didn't expect this day to come so soon, especially for air cooled quad core OC'ers

[dinos22]

abit will use more volts and droop harder than Asus
hence why i said what i did as i've had experience with both on dual cores

quad core droop will be even worse

[XtremeTiramisu]

abit will use more volts and droop harder than Asus
hence why i said what i did as i've had experience with both on dual cores

quad core droop will be even worse

True, the new P35chipset Asus P5K series has the "voltage damper" feature that's very helpful in later stages OC. When voltage damper is set to enabled, it's always 0.008v droop from idle, same for C2D and C2Q. If the voltage damper is set to dissabled, you'll get more vdroop, hence lower core temp in the end and this may or may not be a good thing.

[Icer]

Heh, stable or not (not), I always wanted to post a 4GHz screenshot...here it is.

[erwinz]

Yep!
I'm already showing you proven solid 100mhz bonus at 3.7ghz on air
It's a RETAIL chip afterall and not one of those ES too good to be true BS.

At 3.7ghz with low volts on air, it's still PRIME STABLE during the season we OC'er hate the most - SUMMER!

Even at 3700mhz and a little higher is still consider as safe and stable for running it daily as long as you strictly keeping your 4 x 100% load 4 cores prime temp down below Intel Spec's 71c.

I'm sure none of the applications I do will ever get all 4 cores to run like prime..lol hence much lower core temp in the end. But I just want to use Prime's 100% x 4 cores temp as my standard.

hey man congratz on your Q6600 G0

hehehe is luihed convince.. I think he is in for the lookout of a good chip..

hey dinos22 when is your Q6600 G0..

[erwinz]

Heh, stable or not (not), I always wanted to post a 4GHz screenshot...here it is.

nice.. hehehe.. what batch?? Q6600 is really flying..

[shiznit93]

I think you have me sold on the P5k Dlx, that abit is very cheap but waaay to much vdroop. Hopefully my NCIX g0 (on the way and confirmed SLACR) will be comparable to yours. Off topic but do you guys have anything to say against getting open box P5K Dlx from Newegg?

[hecktic]

nice results guys...

anyone at 4.5ghz air stable yet?

[RLM]

abit will use more volts and droop harder than Asus

Not a great fan of Asus boards, but given the vdroop, dampeners and the like, I might of given it a bit more consideration. Still...........

Just a few more tests. 1.63v bios 1.57 idle in guru etc.

8800 gtx 655/1055

[Icer]

Nice

Kinda makes me wish I had watercooling.

[easyrider]

Not a great fan of Asus boards, but given the vdroop, dampeners and the like, I might of given it a bit more consideration. Still...........

Just a few more tests. 1.63v bios 1.57 idle in guru etc.

8800 gtx 655/1055

is that orthos stable?

[XtremeTiramisu]

is that orthos stable?

When we seek Orthos or Prime stable, this usally means the OC'ed setting will be used as a 24/7 machine. Taking 24/7 machine into account, his given high voltage 1.63v in BIOS and 1.57v Idle to acheive 3.9ghz may already defeat the purpose of running it on a daily basis unless he doesn't give a damn about longevity of the nice new G0 chip. So it's pointless at this stage whether his G0 Q6600 is prime stable or not.


I can clearly tell by the way his screenshot was captured is that he's seeking for the max possible "bench-stable" OC'ed settings at this stage.

I know this thread is meant for Q6600 G0 Overclock-ability on air but don't missed that his nicely done 3.9ghz clock is on high-end water.

I wonder what's his temp are like at this OC stage on water and what could be the max OC-able speed with water cooling a G0 Q6600. It would be nice to compare whether hundreds of dollars invested in a watercooling is worth taking up the OC up to the next high level from proven 3.7ghz+ on air configuration. (Saying this becouse I'm thinking about watercooling, but short on fund )

[fornowagain]

When we seek Orthos or Prime stable, this usally means the OC'ed setting will be used as a 24/7 machine. Taking 24/7 machine into account, his given high voltage 1.63v in BIOS and 1.57v Idle to acheive 3.9ghz may already defeat the purpose of running it on a daily basis unless he doesn't give a damn about longevity of the nice new G0 chip. So it's pointless at this stage whether his G0 Q6600 is prime stable or not.

Well it would still last a few years at that voltage, so hardly a big deal considering the turn over of chips. If its prime its prime, temps and running costs aside. Its under water so I doubt the temps are as high as air.

I can clearly tell by the way his screenshot was captured is that he's seeking for the max possible "bench-stable" OC'ed settings at this stage.

All that from a screenshot? This is XS you know, that's the point.

I know this thread is meant for Q6600 G0 Overclock-ability on air but don't missed that his nicely done 3.9ghz clock is on high-end water.

Debatable if a swiftech kit is high end, nah that's a disservice just about I suppose.

I wonder what's his temp are like at this OC stage on water and what could be the max OC-able speed with water cooling a G0 Q6600. It would be nice to compare whether hundreds of dollars invested in a watercooling is worth taking up the OC up to the next high level from proven 3.7ghz+ on air configuration. (Saying this becouse I'm thinking about watercooling, but short on fund )

In the real world 200/300MHz from a decent watercooling setup would be hardly noticeable. Doesn't seem to stop anyone, always want that little bit extra. Prolongs the chips lifespan and its nice and silent.