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

[GAR]

You shouldnt need the Vcore mod unless you are using Phase or L2N/DICE, correct? The board is capable of giving 1.7v+ to the core, so you would need extreme cooling for more.

Sure, but why would you want your cpu to idle at 1.5 volts and give you 1.4 under load, wouldnt you want it to be 1.4 idle, and 1.5 load, lower idle volt results in lower idle temps.....my idle temps went down quiet a bit, because in order for me to get 1.47 under load, i needed 1.53 at idle, that meant a higher idle temp wich sucked......now it sits at 1.46 at idle, and 1.47 under load, its awsome....takes 1 minute to do, and not harmful in any way at all, fully reversable with isopropyl alcohol.

[turtletrax]

Sure, but why would you want your cpu to idle at 1.5 volts and give you 1.4 under load, wouldnt you want it to be 1.4 idle, and 1.5 load, lower idle volt results in lower idle temps.....my idle temps went down quiet a bit, because in order for me to get 1.47 under load, i needed 1.53 at idle, that meant a higher idle temp wich sucked......now it sits at 1.46 at idle, and 1.47 under load, its awsome....takes 1 minute to do, and not harmful in any way at all, fully reversable with isopropyl alcohol.

Yes the Vdrop mod does this, but the Vcore mod is for more voltage is it not? I might be misunderstanding what that mod is for. I did shade the resistor pictured by the CPU HS/fan header and accheived the results without having to shade the resistor near the DIMM slots.

I just dont want to advise people to shade a resistor that will give the proc more voltage that they dont know about.

[nugzo]

Yes the Vdrop mod does this, but the Vcore mod is for more voltage is it not? I might be misunderstanding what that mod is for.
I did shade the resistor pictured by the CPU HS/fan header and accheived the results without having to shade the resistor near the DIMM slots.
I just dont want to advise people to shade a resistor that will give the proc more voltage that they dont know about.

I did mine exactly like you did turtle. You are correct about the vcore being for more voltage. Vdrop/vdroop is all we need with air/water

Will any pencil do, say a HB? I presume it needs to be a graphite pencil?
How many passes?
Lightly or hard?
Does it need any soldering?

No soldering needed. #2 HB works fine. Yes Graphite.
I shaded mine hard. about 20 full passes. I don't know if that's correct, but thats what i did and it works great.
( I just read in original vcore post to start with 3 light to medium pressure passes, then check bios vs windows voltage)
maybe you should start with 3 like suggested. You can always go back and add more if it's not right.
I just shaded between the 2 red X's. The blue says alternative.
I did not do the vcore mod, just the vdrop. I don't think you can do the vcore with a pencil.

[Ic3man]

Excellent, thx for the advice guys

I'll give it a go when I get a 2B pencil

[uclajd]

Thanks for the clarification on the mod. Will stop by Office Depot today as I know they have the 2B's. Got a EVGA 6801/Q6600 project this weekend for a friend. Wish me luck!

[GAR]

Thanks for the clarification on the mod. Will stop by Office Depot today as I know they have the 2B's. Got a EVGA 6801/Q6600 project this weekend for a friend. Wish me luck!

a #2 pencil works like a charm

[Ic3man]

Decided to go the #2 route (HB in UK btw) due to not having a 2b and being eager to get it on.

Worked a charm, no more drop, no more droop

[Nater]

ugh, i'm gonna sell my P5N32-E, it's annoying as hell.

How high did you get the FSB with a quad? Mine won't go over 316MHz. I've got a IP35-Pro on the way.

[St3vil_68]

This was fast, easy and eliminated my vdroop! Thanks!

[nugzo]

Decided to go the #2 route (HB in UK btw) due to not having a 2b and being eager to get it on.

Worked a charm, no more drop, no more droop

Yeah #2 HB is all i could find. Did the trick better than expected.

[Brother Esau]

Meh....my EVGA 680i A1 shows no love for Quad Core overclocking!

[GAR]

Meh....my EVGA 680i A1 shows no love for Quad Core overclocking!

Youre doing something wrong, i have had 4 680i boards, and they all clock the same, same fsb holes, same everything, make sure your vtt/fsb voltage is at 1.5 thats most important with quads.

[Brother Esau]

Sorry thats already been explored also dropping the HT multi to X4 as well and this board has the exact same cut off point as my B3 & G0

[nugzo]

I've also tried 4 different evga a1's in the past 2 weeks. 1 out of 4 gave me 465fsb on quad. the others will get me there but not stable. the other 3 were identical to each other as far as holes and fsb.

[Brother Esau]

Heck I cannot even get decent FSB by dropping the Multi to X8 400 FSB and it starts to choke.

[nugzo]

Heck I cannot even get decent FSB by dropping the Multi to X8 400 FSB and it starts to choke.

Whats your CPU's max so far? Could it be the chip and not the board? my first 2 g0's (L723,L724) i couldnt get stable at 3200mhz no matter what multi and fsb. I blamed my board until my 3rd g0 (L724) came in and went straight to 3700mhz.

[Brother Esau]

There is some weird stuff going on with this board with the USB ports not working all 4 of them that is then a day later they work plus some other things which is to long winded for me to get into so I am inclined to believe its the board! Besides 2 Q6600 chips one B3 1 G0 and both have the same flake out point at X9 and X8 Multi...I don't think so, its the board

[zodduska]

did the vdroop mod with some random hello kitty pencil, worked great. thanks!

[GRAFiZ]

did the vdroop mod with some random hello kitty pencil, worked great. thanks!

I have it on high authority that if a "Hello Kitty" pencil is used, you can expect an overclock of nearly 10% greater then that of a standard pencil.

[nugzo]

I have it on high authority that if a "Hello Kitty" pencil is used, you can expect an overclock of nearly 10% greater then that of a standard pencil.

10% ? I always thought it was a minimum 50% with the "Hello Kitty" pencil mod.

[zodduska]

10% ? I always thought it was a minimum 50% with the "Hello Kitty" pencil mod.

yes, I can confirm this.

[GAR]

did the vdroop mod with some random hello kitty pencil, worked great. thanks!

LMAO, that brought a smile to my face hahaha......anyway why didnt we know about this pencil mod alot earlier, man wish i knew this a long time ago, so simple and efficient.

[disruptfam]

Is this how you do it??? do i just shade a line (3 or 4 passes) over that area?



also can someone post a larger pic of the mobo and where it actually is cuz i can't find it


cheers

[disruptfam]

anyone?

[turtletrax]

anyone?

Yes you are correct.