Striker pwns EVGA with Q6600 G0

[ianho_]

Anyone tried the HP Blackbird BIOS V5.05? I just flashed mine n the highest I can go with my Q6600 G0 n 4 sticks of 1gb ram is 2.97ghz at 1320FSB. U guys reckon it'll go higher if I ran only 2 sticks of ram? I have the same problem with bios 1303, goes at 1800FSB all day but the minute I use 4 sticks of ram, it wont go more than 1333 FSB.

[Leeghoofd]

@socheat : first opt for better cooling before doing any overclocking, this Asus cooler seems even worse than the boxed one...

@Ianho : Try to keep the ram in sync Ianho with the FSB , so keep a 1:1divider... force 2T on the ram and if required loosen up the timings eg ya ram is PC6400 4-4-4-12 try 5-5-5-15... for 4dimms most users up the NB voltage a tiny bit though it needs active cooling as even the best heatpipe cannot cool the 680i chipset enough...

[Thorvald]

Great thread guys, been reading this over and over again.

However I can't seem to get my Q6600 to get anywhere above 3.3GHz, anytime I try any of the suggested settings, my MB won't post at all.

Tried moving my FSB to 1600(x9) or 1800(x8) but still won't post. In fact nearly anything above 1466 refuses to post (haven't nailed down the exact number yet).

Quick questions:

1. Does Bios 1303 on the Striker have some issue with this that 1301 solves? (my next step is to try 1301).

2. I also see alot of mention about 4 DIMMs being "hard" on the NB set. I do run 4 x 2GB DIMMs so I might try pulling two out (leaving dual-channel still running however) and see if that helps.

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My current "stable" settings are (note I haven't started backing any voltages back down yet, still trying to get above 3.3GHz, even unstable! :-)

Bios: ASUS Striker Extreme 1303
AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Where is this setting??? Not present in my bios that I can see

FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
x FSB - Memory Raio: N/A
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1466
Actual FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1461.6
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 800
Actual MEM (DDR), Mhz: 797.3
Vcore Voltage:1.625 for actual of 1.536 in CPU-Z
Memory Voltage:2.1
1.2v HT Voltage:1.5
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:18
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: Enabled
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

[Don_Dan]

Bios: ASUS Striker Extreme 1303
AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Where is this setting??? Not present in my bios that I can see

Linkboost was removed from the newer BIOS-revisions because there were some issues, but I can't remember what it was exactly...

And 4x2GB is hard for the Northbridge!

Are you running your RAM 1:1 with the FSB or are you using another divider?
Just saw it, you're running unlinked mode. Try to run your RAM a bit slower with 1:1 divider.

[DeLeO]

Link boost was an overclock of the PCI express bus in order to get a better 3dscore am i right ?

[Leeghoofd]

That was the theory behind it , all it gave to me was instability

[Thorvald]

Well the snow is so bad today I had to work from home... and what do you know, I happened to accidently work on my machine for a bit

I tried removing a pair of dimms, no go still.

Then I flashed to 1301 and set the clocks to 1800 and 8 and BAMMO! We have POST!

So I stuck the dimms back in and it still posted.

Next got it booted up in Vista 64 and started to setup for a 3DMark06 run. While messing around with Everest it hung nicely and then would not post. Tried various things, no go. Pulled the extra 2 dimms again and it posted.

Booted back into Vista and it hung part way into 3DMark06. Restarted and it won't post (DET IDE on LCD).

Reseting the CMOS works but it refuses to post now at the same settings it did before (well at the 3.6 Ghz setting), so time to start tweaking.

Nice to see it booted at least twice at 3.6 heh. And to see that 1301 fixed whatever was stopping me in 1303.

EDIT: Spoke too soon, after that second lockup in Vista, it won't post no matter what settings I try. Even my original 3.3Ghz from the 1303 bios only partially posts. Cleared CMOS boots perfectly of course. Trying a bunch of items and then will go back to 1303.

Back to testing...I mean working...yeah yeah, that's it...

[Thorvald]

Well 1303 boots just fine again at my 3.3 settings.

Tried to narrow down the FSB to see if there was a hole and found that anything above 375 will cause it to not post (with 1303). Even that locked while booting Vista but I did not tweak it much further.

Back to beating on that CMOS button again...

[Pellepel]

This is a great thread! I've read the entire post and there is a tremendous amount of information. Thank you guys!

While I was waiting for my account to be verified. Since then I've ordered and received my Q6600 and many other parts for my Striker.

I went ahead and tested the water to see if I could get the OC going using Linflas's magical setting. Bam! booted into windows first try at 3.6g 450x8.

I started the bench using Prime 95 with small ftt (whatever it was I don't remember). It didn't even last 15 seconds. The computer quickly shuts down. I remembered Coretemps reading the temps at 75-78c for all the cores! This can't be good...

After a few subsequents settings and Priming, even at stock settings the computer would eventually shut it self down. Since I'm still using the stock HS, I'm suspecting that it is inefficient cooling on the MOSFET. As a matter of fact I hacked the heat pipes off to supplant NB water block.

I figured my Gigabyte Galaxy II kit worked well with the E6600 (yes new to the liquid cooling) but it isn't going to hold up looping it with the Quad+NB.

I figured upgrade the cooling gears, but what do you guys think?

[my87csx481]

I've never done any cooling beyond cold winter air from outside (YET ). However, my not yet lapped cpu is doing 450 x 8 with more vcore than Linflas's settings at around 60-65C (coretemp) during prime95 small fft's with a tru120x and an 88cfm yate loon fan.

Dunno what your watercooling set-up is capable of....maybe remount the cpu block

[Pellepel]

Well I decided to get some better cooling parts, so my system is going through a huge renovation. D-Tek Fuzion, PA120.3, MCP655, and EK Asus A1x2.

I'm wondering if its worth the OC to buy GPU water blocks for my 8800GTXs.

[MADMAN]

Hi guys, glad i joined this awesome community, i've been reading all posts in this great thread, thanks for all the contributions, and i hope you guys can help me with my questions:

First, my specs:

- Mobo: Asus Striker Extreme
- CPU: Intel Q6600 G0 VID 1.23
- RAM: G.Skill 2x2Gb DDR2 1000 (thanks to Linflas)
- PSU: Antec Quattro 850 w
- Case: Antec Nine Hundred
- Cooling: Stock heatpipe and Tuniq Tower 120
- Storage: Dual WD Raptor 10,000 rpm on Raid 0 and Triple
Seagate Barracudas 500 Gb on Raid 0
- Video: Nvidia 8800 GTX Ultra 768 Mb (single card)

Ok, i have tried 3 main settings, one full success, one semi-success, one no success, i have followed most of the settings from Linflas magic numbers, with some changes (ill post detailed settings later, im not at home), in all 3 cases vdroop is approx 0.05:


- 3.150 Ghz fully stable after 8 Hrs of Prime and OCCT, temps reaching 52 avg full load on Core Temp, Linflas numbers with changes in Vcore (1.32), RAM (1.875) and rest of voltages Auto, LDT Freq 4x, ram speed 850.

- 3.6 Ghz too hot with Linflas magic numbers, reached almost 80 on full load, canceled, guess is the 1.5 for Vcore and NB,SB numbers that it cant take without water cooling.

- 3.4 Ghz fully stable 8 hrs on Prime small fft, but OCCT crashes after 1 hour 6 min. Vcore 1.3625 (also tried 1.38), RAM 1.90, rest of voltages Auto (tried upping 1.2 HTT to 1.4), RAM spd 850, as per Thorvald insistent comments (can this be 1000 or does it HAVE to be 1:1 sync with fsb?), FSB 425, MULT 8, LDT Freq 4x, rest of settings as per Linflas, specially the RAM, we have the same. Temps reach the same avg. of 52c full load. Also this gave me 3DMark06 15684...

My goal is 3.4 Ghz, i dont want to go water cooling, at most i would replace the heatsink and Tuniq with probably a Thermalright Ultra 20 extreme and thermalright mosfets and NB coolers (HR-09S/U and HR-05 SLI/IFX) (is this the best option for non-water?), so based on my sketchy settings (as i said before ill post more organized and detailed settings once i get home), what would you recommend? What has me puzzled is that 8 hrs of Prime works perfectly, yet OCCT crashes after only 66 Min...

Thanks in advance for all you help guys...

[Pellepel]

(HR-09S/U

Those doesn't fit on the Mosfet. I learned it the hard way . I have them sitting around doing nothing.

Another solution
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/swmcbgamera.html
or
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/enbmfocobgar.html

[leexgx]

think this is my first post on here

i can get my pc to run at 3.6 stable but Not Folding stable pc just hard locks after it passes 1 &#37; done

i never set the SB voltage high

its fully game stable

i list my settings soon as i have rebooted (i up the SB voltage)

[leexgx]

FSB 450x8

Vcore Voltage: 1.575
Memory Voltage:1.85
1.2v HT Voltage:1.75
NB Core Voltage:1.60
SB Core Voltage:1.60
CPU VTT Voltage:1.50

Folding stable now temps are an little odd
CPU temp is 61c cores 71/67/61/61
need to lap the cpu and heat sink i guess never done it before got an link in here for lapping ?, the heat sink does not seem to match the temps that core temp reports or everest

but will it stay stable and my PSU is in turbo mode + 4 120fans
i think the motherboard is halting when the board gets an little to warm as i added more fans and the setting i used do you think thay are high?

[Slash1981]

Hi guys i've been reading this thread for some time and at last got my striker extreme and q600 and i have some problems;

i am trying to hit 3.6 ghz and i am using corsair dominator twin 2x1gb 1066 mhz. memory modules, bios 1301 and q6600 G0 with VID 1.2625 my problem is the rams work 1066 mhz with 5-5-5-15-2T timings without a problem but when i overclock i cannot get the memory frequency exactly 1066 mhz and i cannot find a stable timing and voltage settings for my ram, tried 800 mhz, 850 mhz, 900 mhz with different timings and no luck, tried to loosen the timings up to 7-7-7-24 no luck also and sometimes i even get no boot disk please insert a boot disk error.

my bios settings are

fsb 1800 (8 x)
mem 800
v core 1.62
1.2v ht 1.75
v dimm auto
nb - 1.5
sb - 1.7
cpu vtt - 1.5

memory timings - auto

i am using two 8800 gts 512 mb in SLI

any help plz....

[ShoNuff]

Hi guys i've been reading this thread for some time and at last got my striker extreme and q600 and i have some problems;

i am trying to hit 3.6 ghz and i am using corsair dominator twin 2x1gb 1066 mhz. memory modules, bios 1301 and q6600 G0 with VID 1.2625 my problem is the rams work 1066 mhz with 5-5-5-15-2T timings without a problem but when i overclock i cannot get the memory frequency exactly 1066 mhz and i cannot find a stable timing and voltage settings for my ram, tried 800 mhz, 850 mhz, 900 mhz with different timings and no luck, tried to loosen the timings up to 7-7-7-24 no luck also and sometimes i even get no boot disk please insert a boot disk error.

my bios settings are

fsb 1800 (8 x)
mem 800
v core 1.62
1.2v ht 1.75
v dimm auto
nb - 1.5
sb - 1.7
cpu vtt - 1.5

memory timings - auto

i am using two 8800 gts 512 mb in SLI

any help plz....

With the Dominator memory I would set the vDimm to 2.0v at a minimum and go up from there. Run memtest for basic stability testing before getting into windows.

[Slash1981]

With the Dominator memory I would set the vDimm to 2.0v at a minimum and go up from there. Run memtest for basic stability testing before getting into windows.

I tried to set the memory at 800 mhz, auto timings and 2.2v but did not boot in to windows. i think buying dominotar memory was a mistake....

thanks for the advice anyway...

[my87csx481]

Am I measuring Vcore in the correct location?

I don't remember where I got this pic on here, from somewhere else maybe, but is this the correct spot (red arrow) to measure vcore?


I'm measuring like 1.798 and I set 1.575 in BIOS. CPU-Z 1.44 says 1.440. ASUS Probe says 1.52.

Is my board dying or what????

Please, any help/insight is greatly appreciated. Sorry for reviving an old thread, again

Edit: Got the photo from here
which was probably taken from here
which somehow ended up with the techpowerup tag somewhere along the line.

[malik22]

I found something that might interest striker user this guy on this forum
http://forums.techarp.com/overclocki...r-extreme.html
flashed his striker extreme with the HP Blackbird bios 5.05 which is a hacked bios by HP to allow sli and crossfire on the striker extreme.
Heres a link to the bios
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...s=2093&lang=en

[kup]

Direct link to the bios, without all the HP guff. Removed from the HP installer.

HP VooDoo Blackbird XF/SLi Bios

[Leeghoofd]

I tried to set the memory at 800 mhz, auto timings and 2.2v but did not boot in to windows. i think buying dominotar memory was a mistake....

If it posts but doesn't get into windows you need eg more Vcore or CPU VTT... don't blame the ram for nothing... best thing to do with a quad is to keep ram and FSB 1:1 so 450 FSB 900 ram speed... nothing less nothing more... and get some decent cooling on the heatpipe... blame the 680i chipset...

[Akuma2000]

has anybody reached the 4Ghz yet with the Q6600 and Striker Extreme?

I'm still running stable @ 3.825Ghz
Really satisfied with the Striker, unlike a lot of other people

[Leeghoofd]

I don't think that 4ghz is Striker related but more CPU limit... I have an eVGA 780i here Akuma and man it rocks, also has some divider issues ( surely if ya set ram to linked mode ) but 450FSB with QX9650 is absolutely no issue with only 1.35NB voltage (though I only benched the rig not priming...) and ram at 1200mhz 5-5-5-15 2T... and 400-425 and 450FSB work at each multi with the quad. Plus if I can believe the bios readouts, the NB only get's up to 60&#176;C under load (redid the heatpipe and added a beefy 6cm fan on it)

[Akuma2000]

Oh menn.. hearing that makes me want to upgrade my PC again :P

I read a lot of crazy stuff with the QX9650!

Anyway, I'm planning to add a third waterloop to my system.
Maybe I also buy a 780i motherboard and QX9650 CPU so I upgrade my PC good :P

Ah what the heck, when thinking about it, I also want the Geforce 9800X2 lol