The Much Needed EVGA 680i A1 Q6600 O.C thread

[sdumper]

I can run 24/7 stable @475 FSB with my previous E6420 that I sold all on low voltage too, so I know my current board is a proven High FSB runner

Yes but thats a dual core and I could post at 500 FSB with my e6420 on the EVGA...the problem is with the quad cores not the dual.

Now for a non sli alternative I do like the P5K Deluxe:

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=224147

[Brother Esau]

I know that buyt lets wait for a bunch of people to join in with their findings first.

[turtletrax]

Loop is finnished and leak tested and did my first boot. Gonna grab some setting from here and start giving them a shot.

First impressions at stock are pretty good. Load times for regular programs in Vista x64 with 4GB are sick, but I am getting a 7-9 degree difference in Everest for the 4 cores. They range from 25-34 degrees.

Have to see if my mount is proper, or is it normal to have that much of a difference??

Anyhow, getting into the meat and potatoes now

[Brother Esau]

The lowest core difference on my Q6600 is about 5-7 cooler running than the rest.

@metric....Are you on water?

[Metric]

The lowest core difference on my Q6600 is about 5-7 cooler running than the rest.

@metric....Are you on water?

Wasn't sure if I should have posted that, but I'm running on a lapped Ultra-120.

I think the heatpipes on mine are slightly defective or something as there's only a 10c difference between 2.4GHz stock volts and my current 3.6GHz ...

[Brother Esau]

Those are really good sinks then!

[sdumper]

Very well done

[turtletrax]

Ok, as a primer I tried 3.2Ghz with...

CPU Vcore 1.4375 (1.39 real)
FSB 1.4
Mem 2.1
SPP 1.45
MCP 1.55
HT 1.5

Mem running 900Mhz ran fine for 25 minutes.

Then Ran 3.38

CPU Vcore 1.468 (1.42 real)
FSB 1.5
Mem 2.1
SPP 1.5
MCP 1.55
HT 1.5

Only let that run for about 10 minutes

Then tried 3.6Ghz with the above settings fully expecting to not get into Vista and low and behold it has been priming for about 10 minutes so far. I did reduce the link to 4X so I dont know if that had much effect, but I did have to lower it for my E6400.

Looks like this chip might have what it takes. I just hope that the Mobo can keep pace

Edit: Well, looks like I got screwed, but not by the Mobo. My PSU doesnt have the water in its balls to power the rig. It goes into protection and now I have to unplug half my stuff to get it to start the rig

Dont have the cash to get a 1K PSU, so I might have to buy a cheap PSU and go dual. Not like my Tt armour looked crappy enough crammed to the rafters, I have to put another PSU in the floor beside it. Getting too expensive...