*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[CERO]

I've got a L737B270 coming in the mail I picked up for $240.. looking forward to testing it! The only thing close to it I've seen googling is a L737B269 which had a low VID, so keeping my fingers crossed that this one will shine!

My L737B242 got a Vid of 1.2125

[cscheat]

i have L727 with VID of 1.25v !!! anyone have the same as mine ????

[GFORCE100]

mine will do 3.6 with 1.25-1.26.... dont think ull be needing water at this speed.. just a good aircooler..

What's your FSB voltage at 3.6GHz?

[S1mon-]

My L737B242 got a Vid of 1.2125

Same here.

[CERO]

Same here.

aith cheers m8

[rbsmontemor]

Same here.

Me too

[FrAN_oC]

L733B286 1.275Vid

Running rock-stable at 3.6ghz (400x9) at only 1.3875 in bios (1.36v).

48h primestable

Regards!!

[FrAN_oC]

I forgot... I also ran a 2M superpi at 4.124mhz air cooled (1.57v) and a 3dmark at 4ghz (444x9).

[chew*]

This stepping any good? L737B045..........I've been MIA for a long time but usually the lower the # the better.........fwiw it's on a maximus formula I just built and does 3.5 if i set it to cpu level up crazy.........this is on stock air btw. no crashes heat was an issue though, its toned down till i can figure out if i want to throw one of my water setups on it or one of my phase change units....

[CERO]

yea why got give it a shot, low number looks promising but ofc u cant know untill u get it....and see for yourself. I took the gamble and hit the "jackpot"

[jonny_ftm]

Am I hitting a record?

My First G0 (after a B3), L734A922, 3.6GHz 1.42vcore real


Not that bad... and rock stable even in OCCT RAM 9h

And now, my new L740B126

A very new batch, no info on google, I took a big risk, and, the result is...



Amazing, 3.6GHz benching at 1.296vcore real. Just small benching to look for the lowest vcore to get my 3.6GHz (I choose to set 3.6GHz on start than search for lowest vcore)

Keep you informed, but hey, already looking like to be a very good batch

[chew*]

well that stepping i listeds vid is 1.2250v

no clue if its good core temp version is 0.96.1

[[XC] DragonOrta]

chew*, that's the same stepping I have with the same VID I have.

I have L737B026. Priming at 3.8ghz w/ 1.46v after vDroop. I would expect yours to at least be able to do this.

[chew*]

chew*, that's the same stepping I have with the same VID I have.

I have L737B026. Priming at 3.8ghz w/ 1.46v after vDroop. I would expect yours to at least be able to do this.

I dunno atm im just researching, completely lost in the bios, I can bench 3d06when setting the cpu level up to crazy which nets me 3.5g and ddr 466? thats on stock air cooler........deathly afraid of even attempting prime at that speed however with the stock cooler......

Seems i've forgotten alot of things like how to take screenshots....

[[XC] DragonOrta]

Asus board, right?

You could probably just start with eva2000's P5K Deluxe thread, as I'm pretty sure that Asus' P35 and X38 BIOSes are about the same.

Then there is the Anandtech Maximus Formula review with a page on the OCing options in BIOS.

[sesdave]

I dunno atm im just researching, completely lost in the bios, I can bench 3d06when setting the cpu level up to crazy which nets me 3.5g and ddr 466? thats on stock air cooler........deathly afraid of even attempting prime at that speed however with the stock cooler......

Seems i've forgotten alot of things like how to take screenshots....

This is as good an overclocking guide/review of the maximus as any - http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/revie...ng-review.html also has this link
http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/overc...s-p5k-add.html to a C2D P5K o/c guide which might help explain the use of some of the new BIOS settings if you have been out of the loop for a while. You may also find this of interest for improved R/W disk performance if you are thinking of a RAID setup using Intel Matrix Storage http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...d.php?t=467848

[jonny_ftm]

Ok, got it stable now, it's the L740B126



It is with open window for some minutes. At 24°C ambiant, it is as hot on 2 cores as with my previous L734A at same 3.6GHz but with 1.424 real vcore instead of 1.334v forr this one

So, despite the lower vcore, it heats quiet the same as a per clock reference. The delta between cores is up to 7°C usually. I'll try to reseat in few days with some MX-2, then I'll try a vertical mount of my WB. If nothing do it, I could lap it

[Eldonko]

Why dont you use prime for quads, all 4 cores will be used equally.

[Circaflex]

just got my SLACR Maylay in. Its going to go straight to a single stage. Whats the safe limit on voltage? i was thinking of just trying for 430 @ 1.3 and working from that. any suggestions or should i walk it up like i would on water?

[hlonipha]

I got a L740A630 but no reference at all on google. so far 3.8 with 1.47v real and 1.48v on cmos. temps around 65c under p95 4 thread 7hrs. Will let know how far I can take this thing. anyone else with this batch

[Zucker2k]

I've got a L737B270 coming in the mail I picked up for $240.. looking forward to testing it! The only thing close to it I've seen googling is a L737B269 which had a low VID, so keeping my fingers crossed that this one will shine!

Q6600 G0
L737B264 (1.2250 Vid.)
Watercooled (TT Bigwater 745 with Apogee GT WB, 2xSwiftech MCW30 on NB/SB)
1.3875 set in bios; 1.376 in windows idle/load (loadline calibration enabled)
Maximus Formula (unmodded), bios 0907

12+ hours of P95 small ftts...

[dissident]

just got my q6600 L737B270 in the mail, lapped to a mirror finish and installed it.. VID reads 1.225 volts in Everest.. gonna try overclocking it shortly! Looks like I got a good one and for a good price!

[jonny_ftm]

Why dont you use prime for quads, all 4 cores will be used equally.

I hate Prime not showing the elapsed time without you stop it. You need to calculate it.
Orthos is Prime95 code, exactly. It is the enhanced GUI of Prime95. The load will be the same if the processes are adressed to seperate cores.

My L740B idle at 32°C for a same room temperatures where my L734B idle at about 25°C. I hope not to have to lap it

Otherwise these new batches are really astonishing. It is like if intel migrated all its production through the Penryn chain, thus the enhanced quality

[CERO]

Q6600 G0
L737B264 (1.2250 Vid.)
Watercooled (TT Bigwater 745 with Apogee GT WB, 2xSwiftech MCW30 on NB/SB)
1.3875 set in bios; 1.376 in windows idle/load (loadline calibration enabled)
Maximus Formula (unmodded), bios 0907

12+ hours of P95 small ftts...

It seems our chip is similiar L737B242 , except my vid is tad lower, 1.2125, and I am using Air , tho u are on water, temps looks like it isnt that much of a difference

[dissident]

so far, so good!

took it right up to 400FSB, put the volts on 1.3625 to start, which shows up at 1.30 in everest, 1.27 with vdroop..

I know it's only a few minutes.. I stopped it to try lowering the vcore plus I've gotta enable memory remapping yet as I forgot.