Post your recent Q6600 purchases here (The Lookout for g0)

[Ace-a-Rue]

watercooled.

if you are watercooling, what temp is "hot" or "to hot" for you with your "G0" cpu?

[situman]

if you are watercooling, what temp is "hot" or "to hot" for you with your "G0" cpu?

Well the chip is rated for 71c. Its already at its limit which means I am temp limited. Then again, I can't really complain when I'm at 3.78ghz, can I?

[Ace-a-Rue]

Well the chip is rated for 71c. Its already at its limit which means I am temp limited. Then again, I can't really complain when I'm at 3.78ghz, can I?

so...you are getting right at 71C when prime 95 or orthos?...i don't think 71C is the ultimate limitation...your cpu will shutdown before it exceeds the magic temperature...you will see a windows freeze and if you have the board out on the bench, you will hear a definite unloading sound coming from all the fans....Tjunction is the main temperature to be concerned with....i doubt you will ever get close to that temp before the cpu will just shutdown automatically.

[justin_c]

i went to 93C on air with a l724a639, with fully loaded vcore. no problem.

[situman]

But is the Tjunction of 100c realistic or even read correctly by Coretemp?

[synergy]

I don't know if it's true that the CPU can protect itself from
over-temperature conditions in some cases of overclocking.

I found out that TM2, thermal management ver. 2,
the one that's implemented in the Q6600, works via
reducing the CPU's multiplier to its minimum value
(x6 for a Q6600), and the Vcore voltage may be changed
as well in that case to some lower value that it's supposed
to be able to run at stock FSB x6 at.

However if you've turned off in the BIOS some set of
features such as TM2, ACPI, or locked the CPU multiplier
instead of setting it on "AUTO" it's not clear to me that
the thermal overload based switching can or will still
occur. It'd be nice if the requirements for the scheme
were better documented and it was clear how much
responsibility ACPI has in that case and what effect
BIOS parameters like running the CPU on manual
volt / clock settings has on TM/TM2's ability to function.

Certainly if you've far overclocked the FSB and it *did*
somehow manage to reduce the multiplier to x6
*and* automatically changing Vcore to the 'stock'
266x6 operating value then it'd almost surely crash
because you'd probably be running it at some much
higher FSB like 400x6 @ the lower Vcore.

If it didn't change Vcore on you then you'd maybe switch
from x8 or whatever you were running to x6 at the same
Vcore and same FSB and the power reductions might not
be quite enough to cool the chip a huge amount if you
had a really high overclock and Vcore already. In the
worst case one wouldn't even NOTICE that had happened
and might keep pushing the OC or something.

so...you are getting right at 71C when prime 95 or orthos?...i don't think 71C is the ultimate limitation...your cpu will shutdown before it exceeds the magic temperature...you will see a windows freeze and if you have the board out on the bench, you will hear a definite unloading sound coming from all the fans....Tjunction is the main temperature to be concerned with....i doubt you will ever get close to that temp before the cpu will just shutdown automatically.

[GripS]

Let's not forget that heat is the ultimate enemy when it comes to the life of electrical components. Just because you have run a chip fine @ 90+C does not mean you want it to run at that temp(or even close to it) on a regular basis. You will indeed SIGNIFICANTLY reduce the life span or your chip.

[Nelly]

Here in the UK Scan has the Q6600 G0 stepping now in stock:-

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=643237

Around £11 cheaper than OcUK, if your a member of Hexus & a regular poster on the forums you will be entitled to free shipping as well.

Much better than ripoff OcUK.

[Brother Esau]

@Ace-a-Rue so did you apologize to Ben from Tank Guys seeing how he delivered you a better chip than most on the forum got?

[ChaosMinionX]

Just received this little number yesterday





Was fully benchable in 3d05,3d06 and pc05 at 3.9ghz 1.5375v

PCMark05 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=1046490 - 12338
3DMark05 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3373847 - 23634
3DMark06 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2813388 - 13959

All on air with Thermalright Ultra-120Extreme lapped

Temps are fantastic, max FSB it would goto windows at was 522-523mhz and 4ghz is a pain on this mobo, but the chip will do it.

Very happy...thanks TankGuys

[TankGuys]

Sweet, glad these are doing well for you guys, that's the goal!!

[GripS]

Damn those B's appear to be freakin insane! Isn't this what happened with the E6600? The A's came out and they were good but then the B's hit and it was

I have been using prime95 as my be all and end all for stability. When i get home i'm gonna see what frequency i can hit just for running the benches.

[pookguy88]

Damn those B's appear to be freakin insane! Isn't this what happened with the E6600? The A's came out and they were good but then the B's hit and it was

I have been using prime95 as my be all and end all for stability. When i get home i'm gonna see what frequency i can hit just for running the benches.

which test (small FFT, mixed, etc.) are you running in prime to test stability?

[justin_c]

prime95 v25.4 with roundoff checking is a must, esp when your trying lowest voltage/mhz. small ffts of course.

[Wiggy McShades]

Just received this little number yesterday





Was fully benchable in 3d05,3d06 and pc05 at 3.9ghz 1.5375v

PCMark05 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=1046490 - 12338
3DMark05 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3373847 - 23634
3DMark06 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2813388 - 13959

All on air with Thermalright Ultra-120Extreme lapped

Temps are fantastic, max FSB it would goto windows at was 522-523mhz and 4ghz is a pain on this mobo, but the chip will do it.

Very happy...thanks TankGuys

wow very nice, i just got the exact smae chip im excited. it was from teh egg if anyone cares

[GripS]

which test (small FFT, mixed, etc.) are you running in prime to test stability?

I use blend

[chappjc]

which test (small FFT, mixed, etc.) are you running in prime to test stability?

I use small when I'm messing with the CPU and I know the RAM is fine. Such is the case if I have the RAM underclocked or at low latencies. Small gives me higher CPU temps than the other options.

I swear by blend for testing memory.

[fornowagain]

which test (small FFT, mixed, etc.) are you running in prime to test stability?

Small for the cpu top end, it gets the hottest. Blend when I start pushing the ram.

[Bail_w]

Small for the cpu top end, it gets the hottest. Blend when I start pushing the ram.

what is the highest you can get for your Q6600 G0, i got the exact same stepping L726A343 and i am at 3.88 with 1.54v

[nvteleskier]

Just received a new Q6600 from TankGuys with the same stepping as "Wiggy McShades" and "ChaosMinionX".

Hope you guys will keep posting new results.

Anxious to see the results!

[ChkDsk]

Received my Q6600 G0 from Alternate.DE today. Cannot find anything about this one yet: 726B027

Currently priming @ 400*8, 1.25V bios, P5K Premium.

[ChaosMinionX]

Just received a new Q6600 from TankGuys with the same stepping as "Wiggy McShades" and "ChaosMinionX".

Hope you guys will keep posting new results.

Anxious to see the results!

I got a 4ghz screen, and 3.8ghz prime screen coming

[Ace-a-Rue]

Just received this little number yesterday

Was fully benchable in 3d05,3d06 and pc05 at 3.9ghz 1.5375v

All on air with Thermalright Ultra-120Extreme lapped

Temps are fantastic, max FSB it would goto windows at was 522-523mhz and 4ghz is a pain on this mobo, but the chip will do it.

nice job at benching at 3.9 Ghz!

my max bench and everest stable is at 3.84 Ghz...if i want to go higher on the overclock, all the voltages have to be increased well beyond my comfort zone.

[Ace-a-Rue]

@Ace-a-Rue so did you apologize to Ben from Tank Guys seeing how he delivered you a better chip than most on the forum got?

you need to leave it ALONE!

[Brother Esau]

Turn that Frown Upside Down and do the right thing