Overclocking my Q6600!

**ATOJAR** · 12-14-07, 05:44 PM

So i set my self a max voltage of 1.4v ... i started the FSB of at 400 this resulted in my CPU running at 3.6GHz ... running orthos for like 2 minz and the system re-booted, i figured this was due to lack of voltages so i knocked the FSB down by five .... so the FSB is at 395FSB .... the cpu is now running at 3.555GHz according to orthos ... just by knocking the FSB how by five this seems to have made the overclock stable! the memory is on 1.9v with a 1:1 ratio and running at 790MHz .... as i type the tests have been runnng for just over 20 minz and all is fine, im running both Orthos Small FFT's stress test & Intel Thermal Analysis Tool @ 100% work load at the same time! .... the highest temp i have seen so far is 65c .... although the cpu usually sits around 63c while running both these tests! .... would you say these load temps where ok\safe?

12-14-07, 05:52 PM

I don't like load temps above 60C, but as long as they don't get any higher I would imagine you're OK... if stable.

**ATOJAR** · 12-14-07, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by methimpikehoses

I don't like load temps above 60C

Yeah same here but i figured that becasue im running both tests at the same time its hotter than usual ... if i run orthos alone it never passes 55c ... if i run TAT alone it never passes 60c.

mythy · 12-14-07, 06:22 PM

look at tat core 2 and 3 there ice cold which means there not being used much. Task manager confirms this. you need to run OCCT instead and check your temps with Coretemp

http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

please report back!

oh and methimpikehoses! Shame on you for not noticing!!!!!

**ATOJAR** · 12-14-07, 06:28 PM

I know i sound a complete noob here but how do i use this OCCT?

mythy · 12-14-07, 06:29 PM

no worries hit the green button that says on

It waits 1 min then runs if it stops your in trouble... It will FULLY load all 4 cores. If you go into options you can set it to just stress the cpu but the temps will rise 2-4 C

**ATOJAR** · 12-14-07, 06:33 PM

OMG! .... that just kicked my pc right in the nuts!

after about 2 secs i got a BSOD and the system re-booted!

... good stuff.

mythy · 12-14-07, 06:39 PM

lol usually a 8 hour run means your stable

**ATOJAR** · 12-14-07, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mythy

lol usually a 8 hour run means your stable

Thanks for showing me this dude, nice program!

... ill have a mess around and see what i can get to.

**ATOJAR** · 12-14-07, 06:47 PM

I dont really want to push my vcore past 1.4v so i guess i will just keep knocking the FSB down by 5 until OCCT finds it stable!

mythy · 12-14-07, 06:52 PM

thing is Vcore in bios of 1.4 is no where near 1.4 under full load heck might be 1.3 by the time Vdrop is done with it

for me 3.4GHz Bios 1.41 Idle 1.37 load (1.32-1.33)

Try 1.4 in bios and 378fsb and work your way up

$n][pErMan · 12-14-07, 07:01 PM

You could also just run two instances of Orthos and set the Affinity of 1 instance to CPU 0 and 1 and set the other instance to CPU 2 and 3

Thats what I did to max all my cores out. I settled for 3.15Ghz eventually simply because I can run that at a very low voltage and when its not enough I am sure I have plenty of OC room left to go

Also, if your temps are that high only maxing 2 of 4 cores... once you max all 4 cores your CPU is going to blow up... lol. Id take it back quite a bit and work your way back up!

12-14-07, 05:44 PM	#1
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Overclocking my Q6600! So i set my self a max voltage of 1.4v ... i started the FSB of at 400 this resulted in my CPU running at 3.6GHz ... running orthos for like 2 minz and the system re-booted, i figured this was due to lack of voltages so i knocked the FSB down by five .... so the FSB is at 395FSB .... the cpu is now running at 3.555GHz according to orthos ... just by knocking the FSB how by five this seems to have made the overclock stable! the memory is on 1.9v with a 1:1 ratio and running at 790MHz .... as i type the tests have been runnng for just over 20 minz and all is fine, im running both Orthos Small FFT's stress test & Intel Thermal Analysis Tool @ 100% work load at the same time! .... the highest temp i have seen so far is 65c .... although the cpu usually sits around 63c while running both these tests! .... would you say these load temps where ok\safe? __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

12-14-07, 05:52 PM	#2
methimpikehoses Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! I don't like load temps above 60C, but as long as they don't get any higher I would imagine you're OK... if stable.

12-14-07, 06:22 PM	#4
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! look at tat core 2 and 3 there ice cold which means there not being used much. Task manager confirms this. you need to run OCCT instead and check your temps with Coretemp http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ please report back! oh and methimpikehoses! Shame on you for not noticing!!!!! __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-14-07, 06:28 PM	#5
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! I know i sound a complete noob here but how do i use this OCCT? __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

12-14-07, 06:29 PM	#6
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! no worries hit the green button that says on It waits 1 min then runs if it stops your in trouble... It will FULLY load all 4 cores. If you go into options you can set it to just stress the cpu but the temps will rise 2-4 C __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-14-07, 06:33 PM	#7
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! OMG! .... that just kicked my pc right in the nuts! after about 2 secs i got a BSOD and the system re-booted! ... good stuff. __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

12-14-07, 06:39 PM	#8
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! lol usually a 8 hour run means your stable __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-14-07, 06:47 PM	#10
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! I dont really want to push my vcore past 1.4v so i guess i will just keep knocking the FSB down by 5 until OCCT finds it stable! __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

12-14-07, 06:52 PM	#11
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! thing is Vcore in bios of 1.4 is no where near 1.4 under full load heck might be 1.3 by the time Vdrop is done with it for me 3.4GHz Bios 1.41 Idle 1.37 load (1.32-1.33) Try 1.4 in bios and 378fsb and work your way up __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

12-14-07, 07:01 PM	#12
$n][pErMan GTX 285 SSC Goodness! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,719	Re: Overclocking my Q6600! You could also just run two instances of Orthos and set the Affinity of 1 instance to CPU 0 and 1 and set the other instance to CPU 2 and 3 Thats what I did to max all my cores out. I settled for 3.15Ghz eventually simply because I can run that at a very low voltage and when its not enough I am sure I have plenty of OC room left to go Also, if your temps are that high only maxing 2 of 4 cores... once you max all 4 cores your CPU is going to blow up... lol. Id take it back quite a bit and work your way back up! __________________ Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3.51GHz (390 x 9 / 1.39v) \| ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP LGA 775 Intel P965 (1236 BIOS) \| OCZ GOLD 4GB (2GB x 2) DDR2 PC2-8500 Dual Channel (4-4-4-12 780Mhz/1.95V 1:1 Ratio) \| EVGA GeForce GTX 285 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 (Currently @ 720MHz Core / 2750MHz Memory) \| Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS \| Zalman CNPS9700 LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler \| 5 Western Digital 500GB SATA II 7200RPM w/32MB Buffer \| Acer X241W 24in Widescreen LCD 1920 x 1200 32bit \| Samsung DVD-RW-DL 18x Burner w/ lightscribe\| SILVERSTONE OP650 ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply \| AOpen 5.1 Surround sound system \| Windows Vista Business 64-Bit 3dMarkVantage: P16103 3dMark06: 17606 SuperPi 1M: 14s 100% Orthos Stable!

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