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

[icon57]

has anyone got better oc's by doing the pencil mod?
i am starting to lose faith in my 680i...
all i can get outta this is 400x8, which is barely stable
might have to move on to p35...

[Brother Esau]

No love for you on the 680i either hey icon57? Its too bad because for what is supposed to be the premier Quad Core O.C board I was not impressed with mine!

I am getting my Abit IP35 Pro today I will let you know what I think of it, I mean for under $200.00 its a steal from what I can see and the amount of people that have great results with it in 98% that are happy at least.

D.F.I P35 is the way to go but you really cannot get it right now its in very high demand and no one is selling it ATM

[icon57]

No love for you on the 680i either hey icon57? Its too bad because for what is supposed to be the premier Quad Core O.C board I was not impressed with mine!

I am getting my Abit IP35 Pro today I will let you know what I think of it, I mean for under $200.00 its a steal from what I can see and the amount of people that have great results with it in 98% that are happy at least.

D.F.I P35 is the way to go but you really cannot get it right now its in very high demand and no one is selling it ATM

yeah, its either my cpu, or the limits of the mobo...at this point, i am willing to bet its the mobo....
i am interested to see what your take is on the abit, i am watching that thread as well. i have not used abit since the max3 days of skt 478
i have really toyed with the idea of the gigabyte DS3, there is an open box on the egg for 121.00.
i think the p35 will be very short lived as we head into Q4, so i dont want to invest too much in it.

[Brother Esau]

I have tried my Q6600 B3 & G0 on this board and it craps out at exactly the same points @ X9 & X8 Multi on both B3 & G0 chips so no doubt in my mind its the board for sure! Although I must admit its a hell of a great overclocker for Dual Core

[Brother Esau]

I will have the IP35 Pro in a couple of hours and I have never owned a abit before well not a overclocking board at least.

[treatmentx]

yeah, its either my cpu, or the limits of the mobo...at this point, i am willing to bet its the mobo....
i am interested to see what your take is on the abit, i am watching that thread as well. i have not used abit since the max3 days of skt 478
i have really toyed with the idea of the gigabyte DS3, there is an open box on the egg for 121.00.
i think the p35 will be very short lived as we head into Q4, so i dont want to invest too much in it.

Did you try going straight to 3600mhz? There's some holes you have to jump over. Try 1.46vcore, 1.4v for FSB, then just go straight to 1600mh FSB (or 400FSB QDR) with a 9x multi. (watching temps of course)

[icon57]

Did you try going straight to 3600mhz? There's some holes you have to jump over. Try 1.46vcore, 1.4v for FSB, then just go straight to 1600mh FSB (or 400FSB QDR) with a 9x multi. (watching temps of course)

lol, yes, i know all about the holes in the fsb...i can do 3.6 no prob, but not stable, and i have to use high volts, just to get me there...seems no matter what i tweak, i just cant get 100% stable on this mobo.

[doghouse]

The V Mod worked perfectly on EVGA A1 680i. Droop has disappeared, just brushed over the points a few times, powered on, checked droop using speedfan. Brushed across a few more times - hey presto droop gone.

To get 400+ FSB sable I use the following volts
FSB 1.4
SPP 1.55
SPP-MCP 1.55
MCP 1.6

Using these settings I get my G0 Q6600 stable @3.8ghz using only 1.475v
Benchmarks here we come.

[zodduska]

thanks for the voltages! finally got mine 400+ fsb stable after two weeks of tweaking.

The V Mod worked perfectly on EVGA A1 680i. Droop has disappeared, just brushed over the points a few times, powered on, checked droop using speedfan. Brushed across a few more times - hey presto droop gone.

To get 400+ FSB sable I use the following volts
FSB 1.4
SPP 1.55
SPP-MCP 1.55
MCP 1.6

Using these settings I get my G0 Q6600 stable @3.8ghz using only 1.475v
Benchmarks here we come.