What OC can I expect with my new q6600 G0 + setup?

[rHy0]

Just recieved a Q6600 SLACR (G0). Can't kick it into action right now, but I will be ordering an Asus P5K - Deluxe and 2GB Crucial Ballistix 8500 ram in the next week or two when my money eventually reaches my credit card:rolleyes: 5 damn days at least!:fu:

Anyway I did do plenty of research on this combintation of hardware and apparently I should be capable of reaching at least 3.4GHz right?

I will be using a Tuniq Tower (from my current rig) as the cooler for this beast of a CPU, but will it be enough for 3.6-3.8GHz if I can get that high?

Overall how high can I expect to get my G0 Q6600 with the mb and ram I have selected?

[DRen72]

Your expectations are well founded and you may very well hit those speeds. Just remember that all CPU's are different and just because one guys hits 3.6GHz, the next guy may not. If I were to bet on it though, I think you can make it but I'm not sure on the Tuniq Tower. I'm hearing good things about newer coolers these days.

[Greasy]

Your temps might not be pretty, but I think you should be able to hit 3.5 or 3.6 with that setup.

[john19055]

I think the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme is just a little better IMO.I have the Q6600 and have a B3 stepping and it does 3280 on stock voltage and 3.5 at 1.425v.and temp stay under 40c with coreTemp and 55c with Prime95 running for a hour.But the Tuniq Tower is a good Cooler too.Plus the GO are supposed to overclock better.

[lduguay]

Mine reaches 3.0Ghz, anything over that hard locks my PC no matter how much VCORE i set.
Runs extremely cool, about 38C @ full load.

[rHy0]

Okay thanks for the feedback. If I can reach close to 3.6/3.8GHz and it's only heat holding me back I can always play around with case fans to improve cooling a bit.

Also this is my very first Intel CPU so not used to their physical design and i'm a bit concerned about something... My Q6600 seems to have small marks on it (the metal) hear and here. Tiny things that don't seem to be deep...

Is it normal for Intel CPU's (or C2Ds) to have slightly imperfect heatsinks? Like little marks and lighter parts on em? I am just used to AMD ones that never seemed to have a spec on them. I need to know if this is actually a problem as soon as possible though so let me know. Thanks.

[SH0DAN]

If you want to get to 3.6 to 3.8 with 24/7 stability,go water.Most Q66 g0's cant hit that reliably,without truly crazy heat.

Even with a Tuniq/TRUE/etc... and good TIM application.Lapping might help a little.

[rHy0]

Hey your system is very similar to what mine will be like. Are you unable to get any higher than 3.1GHz?

[newls1]

I have a Q6600 (L723a825) currently @ 415x9 for a 3.75GHz OC using only 1.400 Vcore and 1.392Vcore under load. This is using High End watercooling (WaterKegIII Xtreme) with load temps never going above 53c in my 19c ambient room. Idle is typically @ 24/24/24/24 (I lapped my CPU to a near perfect flatness)

[DeusGear]

I'm running my Q6600 G0 at 3.6ghz on air (using tuniq tower). Make sure to raise your VCORE, you need higher voltages for this kind of speed.

[rHy0]

Hehe guys looks like i'm stable at 3.4GHz! Only running 1.36v through it:)

Temps now, at 3hrs prime, are hitting 69C with my room iced up so I won't be pushing for anything higher...

Deus how are you managing 3.6 with your Tuniq? Is it lapped? Thinking of lapping mine but im a bit scared..

[DeusGear]

Mine is not lapped. My idle temps with coretemp (other programs screw up temp reporting) is 46,39,42,44 idle, and 57,49,52,54 on load. Not sure why your idle temps are so high. Heres what my case looks like:
http://i8.tinypic.com/6f5d17a.jpg
my fans are like this:
http://i18.tinypic.com/4mazt51.jpg
cpu-z
http://i19.tinypic.com/4qn3x5e.jpg
http://i12.tinypic.com/66e760w.jpg
Sorry i dont have any load temps while running 4 instances of prime95, but the temps listed above is what they were (I can link to a txt with my load temps while running it recoded by coretemp).

[rHy0]

Yes please give me a link if you don't mind.

You have a hell of alot of fans... I have a Thermaltake Armor case with stock fans.. Maybe I should start thinking about modding..

[DeusGear]

Here you go:
http://www.illuminati-manga.com/DG/Temp.txt

[rHy0]

Thanks for giving me the link. Very strange... Why is there such a huge difference in our temps!? I thought my temps where normal...

[DeusGear]

How many fans do you have? Is your fan inside the tuniq tower running at full speed?

[rHy0]

Yeah I have the Tuniq's fan at full speed.

4 case fans in total. One intake, 3 exhausts...

By the way I re-sat the Tuniq recently and made sure I did it well so it can't be a contact problem.

[turdhat]

Q6600 at 3.6 on a P5k Deluxe. Easiest overclock ever !

I go right for the jugular when I overclock so I dont prime and orthos for 12 hours to test stability I play games ! So far hours of Bioshock, Dirt and Quake Wars have yeilded no issues so I say its stable !

9x400 with mem at 1000mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v

Make sure you read the great "p5k addon guide" that is on the net. Just search for it and it will tell you what you need to do. Right off the bat I would go for 3.4 and work up from there. I build boxes at work on a regular basis with the same hardware and after about 10 of them I have not had one single issue with hitting 3.4 right out of the gate. I just give it a small vcore bump to 1.4 and go from there. I used zalman 9700's on the work boxes too.

I do I.T at an architectural firm so we have to have powerful boxes in case anyone is wondering why I would populate an office with powerhouse gaming boxes !

And we have to have our lan games of Fear during lunch ya know... hehe

[rflair]

Q6600 at 3.6 on a P5k Deluxe. Easiest overclock ever !

I go right for the jugular when I overclock so I dont prime and orthos for 12 hours to test stability I play games ! So far hours of Bioshock, Dirt and Quake Wars have yeilded no issues so I say its stable !

9x400 with mem at 1000mhz 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v

Make sure you read the great "p5k addon guide" that is on the net. Just search for it and it will tell you what you need to do. Right off the bat I would go for 3.4 and work up from there. I build boxes at work on a regular basis with the same hardware and after about 10 of them I have not had one single issue with hitting 3.4 right out of the gate. I just give it a small vcore bump to 1.4 and go from there. I used zalman 9700's on the work boxes too.

I do I.T at an architectural firm so we have to have powerful boxes in case anyone is wondering why I would populate an office with powerhouse gaming boxes !

And we have to have our lan games of Fear during lunch ya know... hehe

Don't tell people not to Prime95 or Orthos test their CPU's when overclocking, thats just plain stupid. Just cause your possibly a turd who can't except the reality of what true stabilty is don't push it on others.

[DeusGear]

Personally I suggest that you do run orthos for stability, you don't want to have a rig stop functioning out of nowhere leaving you with nothing but a headache. Do it like when you go to work or school, and if you come back to a restarted pc or a bsod then you'll know.

[turdhat]

Yeah, if it does BSOD or lock up then you know its too high. Orthos will tell you if your unstable but so will gaming and general usage. No need to flame me because I suggested that someone not prime their overclock. If it is unstable it is going to crash no matter what. In my eyes you end up finding out either way and I would rather be playing a game than just waiting. I have always done it this way and always will and still end up with long term stable overclocks.


I just think that testing a pc for that long is only needed when selling an overclocked pc to someone because you dont want the headache of walking someone through the bios over the phone. 12 hour tests for myself seem a bit over the top because I have never had to do that. If it passes 5-6 loops of 3dmark06 I am happy and off to my games.

The point is a stable overclock right ? Why does it matter what method as used when the end result is the same ?

RFLAIR,

You really take it seriously dont ya ? When I have 10 q6600 boxes at work that all hit 3.6 with little to no effort and no phone calls at all from the designers that are using them working on cad and rendering programs I feel I have some weight to my argument. These g0 chips are that good with the right ram, psu and mobo. 10 out 10 so far running 24/7 with good temps and no crashes yet. The moment one crashes I would get phone call and its been close to a month now with no issues..

[rHy0]

Well I've just managed to get 3.5GHz stable with 1.39v guys! Not too bad.

Temps were hitting 69C absolute max in prime though.. Back to the good side. Breached 5k CPU score in 3dmark06 now:D

I also brought my ram more up to speed. Have it at 976mhz (4-4-4-12) - 4:5 now though.

I would like to get to 3.6GHz, but I am really not comfortable with passing 1.4v..and I'm sure I will be going way over 70C..

Ah well...still fast anyway.


- I appoligise if im not making much sense. . Not in the clearest state of mind atm if ya now what I mean:beer2:

[conroejoe]

3.6 on a quad is almost going to need water. 3.8 is unlikely I had 4 Core 2 duos and none were stable above 3.6 except the one I have now.

You HAVE to run prime, don't listen to these people that claim to be overclockers but refuse to prove it's stable. Sheesh, thats just stupid.

Setting your expectations at 3.2 - 3.4ghz would be more likely on air and quite possible unless you get a dud for a CPU.

[andy_nv]

What's the safe zone temperature for the Q6600 ? 50-60C ? Intel gives a thermal specification of 71C for this revision.
I can push my G0 to 3.4GHz for now on an Asus P5B-E (375x9 or 425x8), but it requires 1.475V to run at that speed. The max temp I reach under load running all 4 cores is 36C, with a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme.
I can boot into Windows at 3.5 and 3.6gHz by raising the voltage to 1.5V but it fails every test. I'm somehow reluctant to go over 1.5V with a 65 nm part.

Then again, the P5B-E doesn't provide the most stable voltages, when set to 1.475V in the bios, Asus' PC Probe reports 1.42V idle and around 1.33V under load in Windows.