G0 Q6600 overclocking - Page 3

**snowmanwithahat** · 12-25-09, 02:08 AM

This G0 q6600 has been dissapointing.

I just got an OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler and the temps went down alot! I was seeing 77-80 C under full load at 3ghz, and it managed to go down to 55 C under full load at the same settings.

So with this new cooler power I figured I'd try and overclock it a bit... well it's been very dissapointing. I am at 3.5ghz but at a very very high vcore of 1.5375v. I can't seem to hit 3.6ghz either no matter what I do. It's booted, and been relatively stable, but that's at 1.55v and one core would usually fail at p95 after abou 15 - 17 minutes.

Oh well... case closed with this one. I'll settle for 3.5ghz but I'd really love to replace this with a Q9xxx cpu at some point, I'm sure ~4ghz would be possible with that.

Eliminator · 12-26-09, 12:27 PM

what is the VID of your Q6600? you can check it using coretemp... well to be honest whether it's 3.5GHZ or 3.6GHZ you won't notice the difference.. also i wouldn't bother with a Q9xxx CPU since the core i5 is pretty cheap and would smoke it

Holy Smoke · 12-26-09, 07:12 PM

^ Agreed. I ran my Q6600 at stock for over a year before I upgraded my HSF and overclocked to 3ghz. I'd have to be pushed hard to say that I could tell the difference in practice.

I personally feel that the clockspeed race is pretty much over; I won't even think about upgrading my current system unless I'm adding cores.

**snowmanwithahat** · 12-28-09, 01:53 AM

VID = 1.325v

It was one of the later Q6600 chips. I picked it up right before they sold out on newegg around a year ago... figured the G0 would be a clocking monster but it seems to have degraded from when the first G0's came out... I remember seeing much lower VIDs and higher (3.7-3.8) overclocks...

I'm thinking at the time I should have swung with a Q9xxx... 4ghz doesn't seem too out of the ordinary with those

**snowmanwithahat** · 12-28-09, 01:55 AM

Oh and I dropped it back down to 3.4ghz again too.... It seems there's 1 program that stresses harder than prime95

tripcode explorer... It's pushing the temps higher than p95 did and it BSOD's after roughly 5 min. at 3.5

Not all is bad though... I can drop the voltage to 1.475 now as a result of the clock speed drop and the temps are much more comfortable (still peaking at 77C)... but that's rare, and the same temps I was getting at stock voltage of 1.325 with the other heatsink

Delbert · 12-30-09, 07:23 AM

Did you bump your NB volts a bit ?

**snowmanwithahat** · 12-31-09, 03:36 AM

Yeh, I settled on 1.3v max for the NB from 1.1 stock

The main issue I was having was a core failing with a rounding error in P95. If I ran Tripcode Explorer it'll get hotter than I've seen with prime 95, and it actually would cause it to BSOD when p95 wouldn't.

0x00000124 was the BSOD BCC code that I was getting. It seemed to happen regardless of voltages that I was able to throw around comfortably... so I backed off the clock speed a bit.

What are you guys running your voltages at for those 3.6ghz overclocks? I find it very hard to believe that my chip is THAT much worse... 3.4ghz @ 1.5 is a huge difference compared to 3.6ghz @ 1.35....

Eliminator · 01-02-10, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by snowmanwithahat

Yeh, I settled on 1.3v max for the NB from 1.1 stock

The main issue I was having was a core failing with a rounding error in P95. If I ran Tripcode Explorer it'll get hotter than I've seen with prime 95, and it actually would cause it to BSOD when p95 wouldn't.

0x00000124 was the BSOD BCC code that I was getting. It seemed to happen regardless of voltages that I was able to throw around comfortably... so I backed off the clock speed a bit.

What are you guys running your voltages at for those 3.6ghz overclocks? I find it very hard to believe that my chip is THAT much worse... 3.4ghz @ 1.5 is a huge difference compared to 3.6ghz @ 1.35....

im running 1.5V idle which drops to about 1.45V on full load at 3.6GHZ... been running it like this since august 2008.. my VID is 1.3125V and the cooler is OCZ vendetta 2 (great cooler but terrible clamping mechanism)

Redeemed · 01-02-10, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by snowmanwithahat

Yeh, I settled on 1.3v max for the NB from 1.1 stock

The main issue I was having was a core failing with a rounding error in P95. If I ran Tripcode Explorer it'll get hotter than I've seen with prime 95, and it actually would cause it to BSOD when p95 wouldn't.

0x00000124 was the BSOD BCC code that I was getting. It seemed to happen regardless of voltages that I was able to throw around comfortably... so I backed off the clock speed a bit.

What are you guys running your voltages at for those 3.6ghz overclocks? I find it very hard to believe that my chip is THAT much worse... 3.4ghz @ 1.5 is a huge difference compared to 3.6ghz @ 1.35....

I've not read the entire thread so it's possible that this was already covered...

It might not be your CPU holding you back. It could be your mobo or your RAM as well. You CPU might have tons of oc'ing headroom but your RAM isn't up to snuff or your mobo thus holding you back.

**snowmanwithahat** · 07-25-10, 09:05 PM

Here comes the thread necro.....

I've been stable at 3.5ghz for 2 hours now. I don't have the patience to test any longer but I'll be letting it go tomorrow while I'm at work.

... in short, my cpu blows. It is taking 1.55v to get this thing stable. The only reason I'm really ok with that is because the temps are now down to 67 currently while running P95, and peaking at 75 max.

How? I finally lapped it.... but in general this still is horrible at overclocking compared to other Q6600's.

Lots of voltage and seh works.... eventually, I ended up getting 3.6ghz at 1.66v as well.... I wasn't comfortable with 98 C temps though.

**snowmanwithahat** · 07-25-10, 09:05 PM

oh... and 1.4v on the northbridge

**ATOJAR** · 07-27-10, 09:02 AM

I know this dont help but .........

12-25-09, 02:08 AM	#25
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking This G0 q6600 has been dissapointing. I just got an OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler and the temps went down alot! I was seeing 77-80 C under full load at 3ghz, and it managed to go down to 55 C under full load at the same settings. So with this new cooler power I figured I'd try and overclock it a bit... well it's been very dissapointing. I am at 3.5ghz but at a very very high vcore of 1.5375v. I can't seem to hit 3.6ghz either no matter what I do. It's booted, and been relatively stable, but that's at 1.55v and one core would usually fail at p95 after abou 15 - 17 minutes. Oh well... case closed with this one. I'll settle for 3.5ghz but I'd really love to replace this with a Q9xxx cpu at some point, I'm sure ~4ghz would be possible with that. __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

12-26-09, 12:27 PM	#26
Eliminator The Man With Brisk Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,673	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking what is the VID of your Q6600? you can check it using coretemp... well to be honest whether it's 3.5GHZ or 3.6GHZ you won't notice the difference.. also i wouldn't bother with a Q9xxx CPU since the core i5 is pretty cheap and would smoke it __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3.6GHZ Asus P5B Deluxe 4GB OCZ Platinum PC8000 EL BFG GTX 280 OC2 1GB @ 729/1512/2538 Dell 2405FPW 24" 3DMark: Vantage - P15397 \| 06 - 18734

12-26-09, 07:12 PM	#27
Holy Smoke Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 179	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking ^ Agreed. I ran my Q6600 at stock for over a year before I upgraded my HSF and overclocked to 3ghz. I'd have to be pushed hard to say that I could tell the difference in practice. I personally feel that the clockspeed race is pretty much over; I won't even think about upgrading my current system unless I'm adding cores. __________________ It's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool.

12-28-09, 01:53 AM	#28
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking VID = 1.325v It was one of the later Q6600 chips. I picked it up right before they sold out on newegg around a year ago... figured the G0 would be a clocking monster but it seems to have degraded from when the first G0's came out... I remember seeing much lower VIDs and higher (3.7-3.8) overclocks... I'm thinking at the time I should have swung with a Q9xxx... 4ghz doesn't seem too out of the ordinary with those __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

12-28-09, 01:55 AM	#29
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking Oh and I dropped it back down to 3.4ghz again too.... It seems there's 1 program that stresses harder than prime95 tripcode explorer... It's pushing the temps higher than p95 did and it BSOD's after roughly 5 min. at 3.5 Not all is bad though... I can drop the voltage to 1.475 now as a result of the clock speed drop and the temps are much more comfortable (still peaking at 77C)... but that's rare, and the same temps I was getting at stock voltage of 1.325 with the other heatsink __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

12-30-09, 07:23 AM	#30
Delbert Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Station X Posts: 517	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking Did you bump your NB volts a bit ? __________________ Q6600@3.6G (1.35v), 480 SoC (870/2000), 4Gig Mem, Abit IP35 Pro, Corsair HX620, 1x250Gig (OS), 2x250Gig (Games), P182. Win7... 290.53... http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/

12-31-09, 03:36 AM	#31
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking Yeh, I settled on 1.3v max for the NB from 1.1 stock The main issue I was having was a core failing with a rounding error in P95. If I ran Tripcode Explorer it'll get hotter than I've seen with prime 95, and it actually would cause it to BSOD when p95 wouldn't. 0x00000124 was the BSOD BCC code that I was getting. It seemed to happen regardless of voltages that I was able to throw around comfortably... so I backed off the clock speed a bit. What are you guys running your voltages at for those 3.6ghz overclocks? I find it very hard to believe that my chip is THAT much worse... 3.4ghz @ 1.5 is a huge difference compared to 3.6ghz @ 1.35.... __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

07-25-10, 09:05 PM	#34
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking Here comes the thread necro..... I've been stable at 3.5ghz for 2 hours now. I don't have the patience to test any longer but I'll be letting it go tomorrow while I'm at work. ... in short, my cpu blows. It is taking 1.55v to get this thing stable. The only reason I'm really ok with that is because the temps are now down to 67 currently while running P95, and peaking at 75 max. How? I finally lapped it.... but in general this still is horrible at overclocking compared to other Q6600's. Lots of voltage and seh works.... eventually, I ended up getting 3.6ghz at 1.66v as well.... I wasn't comfortable with 98 C temps though. __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

07-25-10, 09:05 PM	#35
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: G0 Q6600 overclocking oh... and 1.4v on the northbridge __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

07-27-10, 09:02 AM	#36
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