*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[nfm]

Thats what happens you hit a point where alot of voltage is needed to move up a little. That's just how CPUs are, nothing will "fix" it.

You have to ask yourself, is it worth running that much voltage for so little gain?

When working with quads, from my experiences you need to adjust GTL Reference Volts or cool PWM, MOS-FET area _very well_ of your motherboard or don't go beyond a certain CPU temperature. I have trouble priming my quad +3.6Ghz if I don't cool my digital PWM or they go beyond 55C (I have copper ramsinks on CPL chips, applied MX-2 under the stock heatpipe, and transpiper attached). If I want +3.85Ghz I need to cool back of the motherboard because it is melting. I can successfully prime my quad at 3.95Ghz with 1.53v on DFI LP P35 motherboard, 80F (26.6C) ambient! During the winter my ambient was 17C and didn't need a single fan and was priming at 3.97Ghz. So when your CPU happens to be doing great at 3.6GHz, and for the next 100Mhz or so needs a lot more voltage then you should know the reason. I don't believe in what dnottis said anymore, even though it proved true too many time for me on many CPUs. I always worked my way out.