*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[Leeghoofd]

Well Prime eg gives you the feature to test CPU alone... when you want eg to determine "stable" Vcore, thing I don't like about prime is that it doesn't stop if the clock isn't "stable". this is one of the reasons I use OCCT for CPU, then RAM and then Mix test. Afterwards a Linpack 10 run test (maximum memory) and then some benchmarks... then it's off to folding and daily abuse... I like linpack as it can be used as a brief test but I see some run 100 plus runs, which is kindda hard on ya hardware as in daily usage you don't push it that hard... and AgentGod also states it is best used under 64bit OS... which not everyone has...

you can have your opinion; freedom of speech also is valid here, but try to bring it a bit softer lol... also bear in mind not all clockers here are english (like me) so sometimes we take it the wrong way...

[eagzor]

Well after reading my first post again i can understand it was a slap in the face for some ^^

[sdsdv10]

My apologies, it was not my intention to start a flame war, i never said there was ever a bulletproof test.
All i'm trying to say is that prime is fully replaced by intelburntest since it does a good job upping the heat by many degree from prime,...

I'm not trying to flame either, but can I ask a quick question. If IBT is the best at find instability, they why are their a number of people on the IBT thread stating they can pass the IBT test but fail at priming? Here are just a few posts I found with a quick scan:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=431
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=432
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=438
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=485
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=487

[zlojack]

I'm not trying to flame either, but can I ask a quick question. If IBT is the best at find instability, they why are their a number of people on the IBT thread stating they can pass the IBT test but fail at priming? Here are just a few posts I found with a quick scan:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=431
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=432
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=438
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=485
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=487

You can add me to that list as well.

[Bail_w]

Honestly, i doubt anyone of you that stress with IBT will have any applications that produce as much heat. Even Cruching WCG 100% CPU loaded, the temperature are lower than stressing with Prime95 or OCCT. So, just stay with Prime95 or OCCT.

[mitsirfishi]

hey ive got a l750a966 its fine upto 3.2 but then it gets really juicey have to nearly pump 1.57v to squeeze 3.6 out of her but im on water and temps dont go above 60c so fine anyone else have the same batch as mine VID 1.325v had it post a 4ghz once but never sinse

[Ol'Baditude]

Honestly, i doubt anyone of you that stress with IBT will have any applications that produce as much heat. Even Cruching WCG 100% CPU loaded, the temperature are lower than stressing with Prime95 or OCCT. So, just stay with Prime95 or OCCT.

QFT.

[vws]

Do we have an official thread for E0 quad-core (i.e. Q9650/Q9550) yet, anyone?

[Loser777]

Yes, it's in the Intel section.

UPDATE after a month:
My Quad right now has never failed while crunching @ 1.32v... ?????? Maybe one day when I get water I'll give 3.8GHz another whirl.

[Glow9]

So trying to decide between the ASUS P5Q Deluxe and the BIOSTAR TPower I45 I'm leaning towards the Biostar just because Biostars treated me well in the past vs. the hell I had with Asus. But is there any other boards in particular that handle this chip really well I've decided it's the one I'm going to go with.

[Loser777]

The IP45 is great with Wolfies and high FSB, but the 4-phase power isn't good for quads.

[Glow9]

The IP45 is great with Wolfies and high FSB, but the 4-phase power isn't good for quads.

People keep saying this but even with older IP35 boards and such they seemed to do all right?

[Mick64]

Here's mine, high VID 1.2750v, runs HOT!

[MomijiTMO]

Hot indeed. Hey I love how IBT doesn't determine the multiplier you set. For a while I was like .. . "HOLY CRAP 4.2GHz. NOMOMOMON"

[Loser777]

79C Isn't hot for 1.52v... My 1.2125v VID chip gets to ~101C @ 1.36v on IBT... probably why I get instability at those clocks.

[Frananta]

hey ive got a l750a966 its fine upto 3.2 but then it gets really juicey have to nearly pump 1.57v to squeeze 3.6 out of her but im on water and temps dont go above 60c so fine anyone else have the same batch as mine VID 1.325v had it post a 4ghz once but never sinse

I guess we are on the same boat, and to add the pain, mine cannot stable @ 1.57v, failed after prime 1~2 hour.

[Mikael116]

Doing a build for my wife using this proccessor...build looks something like this...

Case-Antec 900 [painted flat black on inside, reversed HDs, and hidden cable mods done....Im a neat freak about cables....should all look like nothing is plugged in]
Mobo-EVGA 750i sli FTW edition [Im not a triple GPU type of person and neither is she]
CPU-Intel Q6600 [with go stepping]
CPU cooler- Zalman 9700nt
GPU- 2 x PNY 8800gt [had one already and the egg had them for 110$]
RAM- 2 x 2gig Corsair dominator DDR2 1066mhz [yes with the nifty fan]
HD- Seagate 7200.11 speed 3g/ps 32meg buffer 640 gig
LG bluray/dvd/cdburner
PSU- Mushkin 650w modular sli ready
Vista 64bit ultimate [for access to more ram later]
all viewed on her 24" LG monitor[she already had]


Ordered it all friday10/10....3 day garaunteed UPS shipping....Ill be getting it....according to UPS most current data....10/16 on thursday....and thats with Newegg proccessing my order and shipping it by sunday nite.....wonder if theyll give me 50% off my next pizza like dominoes for late delivery?

Now...Im interested in getting her a 3.4-3.6 ghz OC on that proc and keeping her there...maybe a tweak to the ram to 1200 and a mild GPU OC. She isnt a "power user" by any means and the machine is certainly MUCH more than she will use for some time [She plays WoW and the Sims....also Command and Conquer] so she will be solid for some time to come.
Ive no experience with this proccessor...but...Im confident the aircooling setup given with that case and CPU fan should do the deal....will be installing the NB fan on the nice large sink that comes with the MOBO...

Anyone else have any experiences with this mobo/cpu combination?

I think it should do fine no?


My own rig Im ashamed to discuss....went the full DDR3[finished my build 2 months ago] route BEFORE really looking into the next gen stuff...cost me a fortune....and will be obsolete in a few months....its one thing to go from solid midrange performer to still solid midrange and an entirely different thing to go from top of the line to ....mid....ahhh well....I SHOULDVE WAITED ON MINE!!!!!!!! lol
j/k....I crush everything I play so meh...

[Bail_w]

@mikael116, should be no problem hitting 3.6ghz according to some of the reviews.

[fatguy1992]

@Mick64 is that a 45C load at 4.2Ghz?

LOL my bad I see now the test was stopped.

[fatguy1992]

I thinking of trying to overclock my Q6600 to 4.2GHz for some quick benchmarking.

On a scale of 1 to 10 how dangerous do u think it would be?

DW about temps, they will be fine.

Also what the max Vtt and PLL volts I can use?

[Ol'Baditude]

Personally, I wouldn't bother unless you have it under water to help keep it stable through a bench. @ 470x9 = 4.23Ghz under water my 1.2000VID ran ridiculously hot (75-80degC. @ 1.7125v). It was just barely stable enough to do a full suite of benches. Forget about Prime or IBT.

I see that you've done 4.1 on your IFX-14. How did that go for you?

Sry, I use a Gigabyte X48T. I don't know much about Vtt and PLL. My MCHvoltage was +.3v and FSBvoltage was +.35v.
Adjusting the MCH and CPU skews and manually setting each set to 50ps was the only way to stabilize the overclock at those voltages.

[dnottis]

Anyone know what Newegg is shipping, Week? How do the new ones OC?

[fatguy1992]

Personally, I wouldn't bother unless you have it under water to help keep it stable through a bench. @ 470x9 = 4.23Ghz under water my 1.2000VID ran ridiculously hot (75-80degC. @ 1.7125v). It was just barely stable enough to do a full suite of benches. Forget about Prime or IBT.

I see that you've done 4.1 on your IFX-14. How did that go for you?

Sry, I use a Gigabyte X48T. I don't know much about Vtt and PLL. My MCHvoltage was +.3v and FSBvoltage was +.35v.
Adjusting the MCH and CPU skews and manually setting each set to 50ps was the only way to stabilize the overclock at those voltages.

Well I did it in Winter and have a look at the temps



I'm not to worried about the temps.

Also my mobo won't let my vcore go above 1.7v in BIOS, so about 1.635v in windows.

[Mikael116]

Anyone know what Newegg is shipping, Week? How do the new ones OC?

I just ordered the one I mentioned above.....they are shipping GO stepping
Ill know about the OCing when it gets here...though Im MAX going for a 3.6 on the air cooled setup Im using for this build for my wife.
From everything Ive seen it looks like an agile OCer in general...anything that on average hits a 1.2ghz OC without any longevity issues on AIR...aye...nice

I do kinda wish they had the 12meg L2 cache though...itll be interesting to see just how much of a performance difference[I already know itll be alot but still] this build will have versus my own computer.

Case- Thermaltake Armour Plus LCS[yeah I took the easy way out but Ive since replaced some parts....never quite liked the circular cpu block contact patch....!]
CPU- Intel Q9550[oc to 3.8 stable and staying there for now! and just couldnt bring myself to pop for the xtreme lines]
MOBO- EVGA 790i SLI FTW
GPU- 2x EVGA 9800gx2 [had one....wanted 2..second was on sale for 300$ at the time and really not worth the cost to "upgrade" to the 280s]
RAM- 4 x 2 gig Corsair Dominator 1800mhz DDR3 14400 speed ram [with the nifty fan but no OC....yet...]
HD- 300 gig WD Velociraptor[OS and progs] and 1tb Seagate 7200.11 w/ 3gps and 32meg buffer[storage]
LG bluray/dvd/cdburner[gotta love the performance and price!]
PSU- Corsair 1000w modular
Vista 64bit ultimate [yes I get all my 8 gigs heheh]

Obviously....I KNOW Ill out perform what I build her[it crushes games/tasks....both from power and weight....FREAKING HEAVY!!!]...but...if this chip performs as well as Ive been hearing...and heavily researching recntly...then...I may start using it in more builds for friends instead of always suggesting the intel q9450/9550 chips as much...

[dnottis]

Obviously....I KNOW Ill out perform what I build her[it crushes games/tasks....both from power and weight....FREAKING HEAVY!!!]...but...if this chip performs as well as Ive been hearing...and heavily researching recntly...then...I may start using it in more builds for friends instead of always suggesting the intel q9450/9550 chips as much...

Yea the Q9x50 just arent cost effective. I build all PCs for people now with Q6600s. I've had a few, have a E8500 @ 4.4 right now. But I miss my quad. Im interested in finding out what week you get and how it's OCs. I've heard the newer ones arent very good overclockers/