Striker pwns EVGA with Q6600 G0

[Akuma2000]

I got my PC running, so I'm overclocking too.

I've tried the 3.8 settings from Linflas, but it won't boot

Tried almost every other setting here posted, also just a black screen.

So I almost gave up, but tried one last thing.

Everything on auto, but:
FSB: 1800
MP: 8
Memory: 900
CoreVoltage: 1.55

And wtf?! it boots!!! \0/

Running Prime95 right now.

(running Vista 64bit, it sucks to press F8 each time I boot, so I can use Core Temp :S)


---- Update -----
Damn, after 17 minutes of prime an error and reboot

[Khaotic]

Yes but Khaotic asked what he could do with an E6400,, a dual core...

Yeagh, kindof a thread jack to ask for the opinon on that in here, but i'm kind of at my end with this Q6600. Sure it's a great chip, but not a great combo on this board. I'm a gamer, and want to GAME. Since most games aren't even properly threaded to take advantage of 2 cores let alone 4, i think i'll go back to two until the next great SLI board comes along. Along those lines, I want the most bang for the buck. I got rid of all my older Core2Duo chips, so now i will have to take my chances with a new one.

[Leeghoofd]

Well I loved my E6600 on this board, but the E6850 worked at 4ghz ( E6600@3825) though I couldn't run my ram above 1000mhz with this cpu not even with 400FSB, which the E6600 kindly did allow me ... prolly some limitation of that NB/bios together with the 1333FSB CPU's...

some german users are having a blast with the new E8500 CPU at 4ghz too...

[Akuma2000]

... 3712 is my 24/7 now at 1.5v. No c1e though

Right now, I'm running Prime95 at 3712 too and it's been running for 15 minutes stable.
Hope it'll keep this way.

Question Nugzo:
Is your 1.5v in your BIOS or in Windows?

I have in BIOS 1.62 and at LOAD it's 1.504.

[Khaotic]

So let me get this right. Going with a 1333 FSB processor on the Striker Extreme is a bad idea if overclocking is the goal? So is it same to presume then that the 4MB cache CPUs that run with 1066 are good to go for overclocking with the Striker?

I want to pull the trigger on a new processor, but which one.....
So that's why i'm asking the quetsions about a 4MB cache proc versus a 1333FSB proc versus a 2MB cache proc.

[Leeghoofd]

Khaotic I got a smooth 445FSB to get 4ghz with the E6850 (1333FSB CPU) funny enough my rig wouldn't be stable with the ram at anything above 1000mhz, apparently the older generation allowed me to get better ram clocks... also weird is that with 1305 bios the 1333FSB CPU ran perfectly smooth though with the Q6600 later on I had to revert back to 1303 to get a good OC... the 680i is like a woman to me, works and is nice when it wants to , can be a on a bad day

[Khaotic]

Totally agree with you there.
So a 1305 BIOS in place rocked for the 6850. But like I'm seeing here, you neeeded the 1303 to OC your Q6600.
So, with that logic, the FSB holes don't exist with a 1333 processor using 1305? Hmm. Decisions decisions.......

[Akuma2000]

YESS!

Got 3.825 stable with Linflas' magical settings!!

I don't understand why it works now and this morning just had black screen.

Anyway, primed several hours and played Counter-Strike Source without any problems.

Great!!

I've set vcore in BIOS to 1.625v
CPU-Z shows 1.536 idle and 1.50 at load.

Shall I set the vcore lower or should I leave it like this?

[Khaotic]

........and thats similar to what i'm seeing here. I can go for days and see no problems whatso ever. Then, out of the blue, a BSOD or lockup. Sometimes only once, other times almost every hour for a few hours at a time. Then, it's all back to normal for - oh - however long.
I've ran memtest for HOURS and I've ran just about every other CPU stability test I can think of. Prime, Everest, SuperPI. none of those crash or error.
I've heard theories that 4GB of RAM is just BAD on these boards, and i've heard that 4GB of RAM is BAD with a Soundblaster X-fi.

I'm hoping the next gret SLI set from nVidia doesn't draw as much fire as this did. So, nothing against the 1333 FSB CPU's, but the good ol' E6400 or E6600 is looking like my best bet for stability.

[GreyPaws]

........and thats similar to what i'm seeing here. I can go for days and see no problems whatso ever. Then, out of the blue, a BSOD or lockup. Sometimes only once, other times almost every hour for a few hours at a time. Then, it's all back to normal for - oh - however long.
I've ran memtest for HOURS and I've ran just about every other CPU stability test I can think of. Prime, Everest, SuperPI. none of those crash or error.
I've heard theories that 4GB of RAM is just BAD on these boards, and i've heard that 4GB of RAM is BAD with a Soundblaster X-fi.

I'm hoping the next gret SLI set from nVidia doesn't draw as much fire as this did. So, nothing against the 1333 FSB CPU's, but the good ol' E6400 or E6600 is looking like my best bet for stability.

I yanked my X-fi just to test as well as yanking 2 sticks to only get 2 gigs still no diff I'm playing with low voltage settings now

[GreyPaws]

What you got set in Bios mate . seeing ya VID is only 1.25 or such you can try to set 1.3250 in bios wil drop to 1.275 or such under full load...

Glad you got it stable mate...

Here are the current BIOS numbers so far stable for 20 min or so done the PI calc and WCG is running at 100% on all cores as I type this:

Vcore 1.325 Everest reads 1.28 on load
Mem 2.0
NB 1.35
SB 1.50
CPUVTT 1.30

seems to be stable @ 9*333 for 3.0 you think i can lower MB voltages some more?

ok well after 3hours of all 4 cores at 100% (WCG) i'm at 58c (CPU) 73 70 68 67 (core 1,2,3,4) 42c Mboard

[Leeghoofd]

I think you pretty nailed it there GreyPaws... looks good mate too bad it doesn't seem to want to go higher, but look it like this you got qx6850 performance out of a much cheaper CPU...

[linflas]

Here are the current BIOS numbers so far stable for 20 min or so done the PI calc and WCG is running at 100% on all cores as I type this:

Vcore 1.325 Everest reads 1.28 on load
Mem 2.0
NB 1.35
SB 1.50
CPUVTT 1.30

seems to be stable @ 9*333 for 3.0 you think i can lower MB voltages some more?

ok well after 3hours of all 4 cores at 100% (WCG) i'm at 58c (CPU) 73 70 68 67 (core 1,2,3,4) 42c Mboard

Are you on a stock cooler? or some alternative CPU cooling? Cause this is mine on WCG @ 3.6 on water

Sorry bout the large size

[GreyPaws]

My cooling is not that great I have a Zalman Resorator cooling the CPU the rest of the board is on air. I was thinking about upgrading the cooling but I have no Idea what direction to go. Any tips would be appriciated.

[Dudeguy]

Here are the current BIOS numbers so far stable for 20 min or so done the PI calc and WCG is running at 100% on all cores as I type this:

Vcore 1.325 Everest reads 1.28 on load
Mem 2.0
NB 1.35
SB 1.50
CPUVTT 1.30

seems to be stable @ 9*333 for 3.0 you think i can lower MB voltages some more?

ok well after 3hours of all 4 cores at 100% (WCG) i'm at 58c (CPU) 73 70 68 67 (core 1,2,3,4) 42c Mboard

Hi Grey, we got about the same setting except for 2 thing,
I've got a bit less temperature (not much... my max on 1st core is 70 at worst)
But what make me more worried is that :
Vcore 1.325 Everest reads 1.28 on load
.... mine is 1.5 idle.
I would like if you want, (and can ?) could you try encoding video ?
Everest was running super stable for me (at even less) but when I was encoding video (TmgEnc Express) it was freezing my comp after a while.
It was freezing after about 3h of straight encoding.
but for anything else it's super

[GreyPaws]

Hi Grey, we got about the same setting except for 2 thing,
I've got a bit less temperature (not much... my max on 1st core is 70 at worst)
But what make me more worried is that :
Vcore 1.325 Everest reads 1.28 on load
.... mine is 1.5 idle.
I would like if you want, (and can ?) could you try encoding video ?
Everest was running super stable for me (at even less) but when I was encoding video (TmgEnc Express) it was freezing my comp after a while.
It was freezing after about 3h of straight encoding.
but for anything else it's super

I think I have Pinnicle studio somewhere otherwise I dont have anything I can encode with unless you count the movie maker that comes with windows.

I've had World Community Grid BIONIC client running for 3 days on these settings now. 100% CPU utilization for over 50 hours now no crashes.

[Natalia]

Hello!

Just got my new Striker Extreme today, along with some new memory and some new 8800 GT's, and once Vista is done updating, I plan on overclocking this stuff

So am thinking of using the settings below for my:
Striker Extreme
E6600 (On a Waterkeg)
2 x 8800 GT eVGA OC (On WaterKeg)
2 X 2GB G.Skill PC-8000 5-5-5-15 (Vista was grumpy about having both of these installed when it was installing... guess I have to apply some Vista patch)
2 150GB Raptors RAID 0
Soundblaster X-Fi
Vista 64-Bit (Installing as we speak :p)

Of course some of the settings below need some tweaking for my actual system, but I think it should be a good starting point, do you agree?

Try these for 3.6 on 1303

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled
CPU Multi 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Raio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 900
Vcore Voltage:1.525 for actual of 1.42
Memory Voltage:2.05
1.2v HT Voltage:1.7
NB Core Voltage:1.5
SB Core Voltage:1.65
CPU VTT Voltage:1.4
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: auto

tCL (CAS Latency): 4
tRCD: 4
tRP: 4
tRAS:12
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2


Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
tRD: AUTO
tRFC: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 5x

PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 200

I wish I had a better understanding of these actual settings so I wouldn't always have to ask Guess I am a bad studier (that really isn't a word...)

[linflas]

Natalia, I have basically the same setup, same ram, etc.., only diff is I have 8800GTX's

Try this for 3.6 with that ram.

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled
CPU Multi 8
FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Raio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1800
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 1000
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 1000
Vcore Voltage:1.525 for actual of 1.42
Memory Voltage:2.05
1.2v HT Voltage:1.45
NB Core Voltage:1.5
SB Core Voltage:1.65
CPU VTT Voltage:1.45
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: auto

tCL (CAS Latency): 5
tRCD: 5
tRP: 5
tRAS:15
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2


Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
tRD: AUTO
tRFC: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 5x

PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 100
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 200

[Natalia]

Awesome! Will do, thanks a million for such a fast reply

Oh, what BIOS do I want?

EDIT: One more thing: What about the setting SLI-Ready Memory?

[RyderOCZ]

Leave it disabled if you want to set things manually for your overclock.

If you enable SLI-Ready (if the ram has an EPP profile) it will automatically set your ram speed, timings, and voltage. Disabled is where most "overclockers" want to be

[Natalia]

Leave it disabled if you want to set things manually for your overclock.

If you enable SLI-Ready (if the ram has an EPP profile) it will automatically set your ram speed, timings, and voltage. Disabled is where most "overclockers" want to be

Ah, thanks!

As an aside, my 3DMark score I just got seemed really weak for 2 8800 GT's...
Any speculation as to why?

[linflas]

Bios used for quad g0 for most of us is 1301 or 1303, I use 1301.

As to the 8800GT SLI score, what drivers? the 169.25 beta's will probably be your best bet, as the cards are young, not many driver revisions support them yet.

How bad is the score? CPU clock? GPU clock? need alot more info to help with that score, whatever it may be

[Leeghoofd]

a bit off topic but nice to see the Striker in Tri SLI action lol

http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f...80i-sli-40352/

[gmod]

Dam I finally got it guys...Thanks to all the post in this thread...This is what I had to to do to get my Q6600 to 3.6...
Took Heatpipe cooling off Replaced with
Northbridge=Thermaltake Spirit II
Southbridge=Evercool's VC-RF
Mosfets=Enzotech BMR-C1 Forged Copper BGA Ramsinks
Voltages set. I might try lower if you guys think I can or Iam Stressing the board to much..
ASUS PROBE
Vcore=1.54
SB=1.65
NB=1.55
Cpu VTT=1.55
1.2VHT=1.7v
MB Temp=29c/CPU With Core Temp=39/39/35/35

So are these volts to high...

[Natalia]

Bios used for quad g0 for most of us is 1301 or 1303, I use 1301.

As to the 8800GT SLI score, what drivers? the 169.25 beta's will probably be your best bet, as the cards are young, not many driver revisions support them yet.

How bad is the score? CPU clock? GPU clock? need alot more info to help with that score, whatever it may be

Score was about 14,700 or so

CPU @ 3.4 GHz

4GB RAM @ 900 MHz

GPU's are at 650HMz and 1900MHz (I think... I now the 650 is right )

And I am using the 169.25 Drivers.

I am apt to blame the drivers:

Playing Hellgate for a little bit and FPS was all over the place, from way high , to rather average.

Oh, and I was working in Maya for 5 hours, and the damn thing kept locking up on me before. Not crashing, just stops responding. Though who knows why that would be... could be the 4GB on the 680i, could be Vista, could be the 64-bit part of Vista, or could be that this is the first time I am using Maya-64-Bit, or the drivers...