*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[sdumper]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=155921

This one was phase ...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=30

Impressed but shocked at the vCore and temps. On my B3 at that vCore I would have been very hot.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...0&postcount=50

Very impressed!!!! But running two orthos instances still only stresses 2 cores...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=107
no validation

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=154758

impressed but no prime...

i didn't go back through this thread, but I'm sure there are a few here also.

Im still a bit skeptical but will see for myself on Friday and thanks for all the links I owe you one!!

[GripS]

Let me know if you find one(3.6ghz+ stable on air). From what i have seen the high clocks on air usually are under unreal circumstances like an unusually cold room or an air conditioner pointed at an open bench setup. I'm not talking benches or 2 hours prime stable either. Talking 8 hours prime stable on air in a room that is approx 65-70F.

[nugzo]

Im still a bit skeptical but will see for myself on Friday and thanks for all the links I owe you one!!

are you sure thats phase?


TEST SETUP:

* Q6600 G0 L727Axxx
* XFX 680i SLI Motherboard
* 2GB Corsair PC10000 DDR2 RAM
* PCI Geforce MX400 GFX Card
* 60GB IDE Drive
* Corsair HX620 PSU >> 620W
* Thermaltake Big Typhoon air cooler
* Windows XP Pro Lite

maybe i didn't read far enough, i just went by what OP posted. Anyway, good luck on yours. My first 2 sucked, my second 2 are completely stable at 3700mhz on water. 1.45v 55-60c loaded.

[GripS]

Bah.... Damn work restrictions i can't see pics in that post from Dinos22. Does it show reasonable temps on an 8+ hour prime load? I'll check when i get home.

[TheWolf]

Im still a bit skeptical but will see for myself on Friday and thanks for all the links I owe you one!!

Must not be reading this thread then or you missed my post.

This ran & still running folding at home 24/7 stable for the past 4 days.
I've seen times when passing prime or Orthos for 24hrs that folding wouldn't run stable.
So if you want a real test use folding for a stability test, if it can fold its stable.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=614

Also Orthos can fully stress all 4 cores if you know how to to set it up.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=529

Here is a shot after 32 hours full load & the paste "AS5" has settled some.

[GripS]

Hmmmm..... OK. If a system can pass prime95 but fail folding then you should have no problem posting 8 hours of prime95 then right?

Not one of the links posted shows 8 hours prime stable on 'normal' air cooling. I don't feel so bad about my modest clock anymore. I guess what one person considers stable isn't necessarily stable for another. To each his own.

Please don't take this as an argument. I'm not trying to start anything. sdumper asked for proof of 3.6-4.0 STABLE on air cooling. I have yet to see the proof from the links provided.

[billdavis]

Hmmmm..... OK. If a system can pass prime95 but fail folding then you should have no problem posting 8 hours of prime95 then right?

Not one of the links posted shows 8 hours prime stable on 'normal' air cooling. I don't feel so bad about my modest clock anymore. I guess what one person considers stable isn't necessarily stable for another. To each his own.

Please don't take this as an argument. I'm not trying to start anything. sdumper asked for proof of 3.6-4.0 STABLE on air cooling. I have yet to see the proof from the links provided.

IMHO if it is not 8 hour SP95 stable then it is a joke because your just waiting to corrupt your os

ive seen a couple of dudes who claim stable but cant post any prime 95 shots because it just isnt stable so it crashes

bench stable is diffrent though most of my benches are verry unstable but aslong as i can run the bench mark im happy

my 24/7 settings are always ~ 3 day F@H stable

[TheWolf]

Well if I wanted to waste 8 hours of my folding time I would redo the test with Orthos & this time take screen shots. I don't use prime95 much, have never like its layout or the way you can't tell how long it been running as easy as Orthos. Like I said I have had it fail F@H after running more than 8hrs of prime95 or Orthos so I don't waste a screen shot on those two very often except in just to show what the temps run at after 15 or 20 mins. of there load.

I have a Xeon X3210 coming & I just moved the Q6600 over to my AB9 QuadGT for testing is another reason. I had hoped for a better OC in the GT but at this point looks like 9x390 is the max stable OC. Only more testing & maybe a backwards flash to beta 13.b04 will help get more. The GT is on final 15 bios at the moment.

Once the X3210 has been tested & I find witch CPU I like the best for the IP35 Pro IF its the Q6600 G0 then I'll put it back, then I may do the 8 hour test just so you can maybe be happy with my results. Not that I really care. lol

[Ace-a-Rue]

I have a Xeon X3210 coming & I just moved the Q6600 over to my AB9 QuadGT for testing is another reason. I had hoped for a better OC in the GT but at this point looks like 9x390 is the max stable OC. Only more testing & maybe a backwards flash to beta 13.b04 will help get more. The GT is on final 15 bios at the moment.

the QuadGT is running the 1066 strap all the time that is why it is limiting the overclock on the Q6600...you are getting exactly what i got on the QuadGT with my Q6600 B3....it's faster in superPI than my current IP35 Pro...now, overall system performance on IP35 Pro is now on par with the QuadGT results....i used PCMark 2005 to compare the two boards.

[TheWolf]

that is good!

some people mistake bench stable with F@H/Prime stable

that is odd f@h failed when p95 is 8+
did the ambient temp change? maby a littel more v core and youll have it

A little more tweaking/voltage fix the problem, this was at the 3.6 OC in the above pic. I hit up to 3.990 with this cpu played with 3.8 & 3.7 but was tiered & never got a stable setting prime or Orthos wise. I'm happy for now with 3.6 & may try for more later on.

the QuadGT is running the 1066 strap all the time that is why it is limiting the overclock on the Q6600...you are getting exactly what i got on the QuadGT with my Q6600 B3....it's faster in superPI than my current IP35 Pro...now, overall system performance on IP35 Pro is now on par with the QuadGT results....i used PCMark 2005 to compare the two boards.

I'll have to re-check but the 1333 bus I'm sure was added for the GT in one of the later beta bios. So someone said. There is no added option in bios to manually select the 1333 bus. I asked in our mod section at the Abit Forum if the 1333 bus option could be added as selectable option/unhidden. No answer from the bios team yet or Abit. I'll have to double check were I got the 1333 bus info from. Can't seem to find the post at this time.

[sdumper]

Must not be reading this thread then or you missed my post.

This ran & still running folding at home 24/7 stable for the past 4 days.
I've seen times when passing prime or Orthos for 24hrs that folding wouldn't run stable.
So if you want a real test use folding for a stability test, if it can fold its stable.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=614

Also Orthos can fully stress all 4 cores if you know how to to set it up.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=529

Here is a shot after 32 hours full load & the paste "AS5" has settled some.

Hmm regarding Orthos stressing 4 cores...thats the first I have heard that and Im hardly a noob
Anyways it would be nice to try this out so will do a little checking and see if I can set it up to stress 4 cores.

[TheWolf]

Hmm regarding Orthos stressing 4 cores...thats the first I have heard that and Im hardly a noob
Anyways it would be nice to try this out so will do a little checking and see if I can set it up to stress 4 cores.

DL Orthos unpak in a folder, then make a second folder & unpak a sceond copy. Place a Icon on the desk top for each "if you like" open both. Now before starting each open task manager locate ORTHOS right click on it & go to Set Affinity, click, you will see the second pic. below, uncheck CPU1 & CPU3 click ok, then do the same with the other run of ORTHOS but this time uncheck CPU0 & CPU2. Close task mgr & start one run & wait about 5 second for it to start working & then start the second run. That's it.

[sdumper]

DL Orthos unpak in a folder, then make a second folder & unpak a sceond copy. Place a Icon on the desk top for each "if you like" open both. Now before starting each open task manager locate ORTHOS right click on it & go to Set Affinity, click, you will see the second pic. below, uncheck CPU1 & CPU3 click ok, then do the same with the other run of ORTHOS but this time uncheck CPU0 & CPU2. Close task mgr & start one run & wait about 5 second for it to start working & then start the second run. That's it.

Awesome thanks man!!!