*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[GFORCE100]

I just got my ds5 back from RMA and ive been experimenting with undervolting my cpu as im too lazy to stick the watercooling back on it after my gtx died. Just to clarify. The "vid" is the minimum voltage required to run a processor at its rated speed? If that is the case then my VID is only 1.05. This seems pretty crazy i know but its 4 real. Does that mean i have a "better than average" q6600? I wish i had a ss so i could really push this chip.

You're getting VID with actual voltage mixed up.

VID is a value written within the CPU's internal settings that identifies the actual voltage it should run at to guarantee 100% successful and stable operation. It will always be higher than the actual voltage your motherboard supplies under load because Intel knows most motherboards have vdroop. In some cases this can be very big, even 0.2V hence why they specify a higher VID to counter measure this (maintain a margin of error so the actual voltage supplied by the motherboard is still high enough to ensure stable operation).