Overclocking Q6600 have i hit the limit?

blackknight · 05-06-2008, 03:44 PM

everyone
the rig
Evga 750i ftw
Q6600 (G0 stepping)
Zalman cnps9500
Antec 900 (3x 120mm(2 intake 1 exhaust) led fans & 1 200mm bigboy(exhaust))
4gb corsair xms2 pc6400 ram
500gb samsung hdd
2x Inno3d 8800gt oc

im new to overclocking do have an understanding of whats going on but not a lot of experience.

well i've bought my rig got it set up nicely and have successfully overclocked a Q6600 to 3ghz. i was hoping to get it to 3.2 but it just doesnt want to play the game.

i changed the FSB to 356 with a times 9 multiplier ( the ram is unlinked) and successfully posted, then crashed core voltage was around 1.35v
i increased my core voltage in steps up to 1.45v at various stages in between it booted to windows and froze shortly after.

At core voltage 1.45v loaded windows played around opened some low demand applications and (mainly sys monitors) cpu temp was at 50c i still had most of my fans turned down to low excluding heatsink fan.

im a little bit worried about going much higher on the core voltage (i believe 1.5v should not be exceeded)

im after any tips to try and improve the overclock but i can accept that my cpu may not go any higher ( this rig still kicks my friends backsides).

groudon185p · 05-10-2008, 06:49 PM

well depends on your cooling, but thats waaay not the limit people on youtube have overclocked it to 4.0ghz (wouldnt reccomend trying that...)

blackknight · 05-11-2008, 03:37 PM

yeah i have it to 3.15ghz atm around 45c idle 60c under load so i'll probably leave it there.

05-06-2008, 03:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
blackknight Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 97 OS: XP, windows server 2003std	Overclocking Q6600 have i hit the limit? everyone the rig Evga 750i ftw Q6600 (G0 stepping) Zalman cnps9500 Antec 900 (3x 120mm(2 intake 1 exhaust) led fans & 1 200mm bigboy(exhaust)) 4gb corsair xms2 pc6400 ram 500gb samsung hdd 2x Inno3d 8800gt oc im new to overclocking do have an understanding of whats going on but not a lot of experience. well i've bought my rig got it set up nicely and have successfully overclocked a Q6600 to 3ghz. i was hoping to get it to 3.2 but it just doesnt want to play the game. i changed the FSB to 356 with a times 9 multiplier ( the ram is unlinked) and successfully posted, then crashed core voltage was around 1.35v i increased my core voltage in steps up to 1.45v at various stages in between it booted to windows and froze shortly after. At core voltage 1.45v loaded windows played around opened some low demand applications and (mainly sys monitors) cpu temp was at 50c i still had most of my fans turned down to low excluding heatsink fan. im a little bit worried about going much higher on the core voltage (i believe 1.5v should not be exceeded) im after any tips to try and improve the overclock but i can accept that my cpu may not go any higher ( this rig still kicks my friends backsides).

05-10-2008, 06:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
groudon185p Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 77 OS: Windows XP SP2/Vista Ultimate SP0 (lol)/OS X 10.5.00 RC2 My System	Re: Overclocking Q6600 have i hit the limit? well depends on your cooling, but thats waaay not the limit people on youtube have overclocked it to 4.0ghz (wouldnt reccomend trying that...)

05-11-2008, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
blackknight Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 97 OS: XP, windows server 2003std	Re: Overclocking Q6600 have i hit the limit? yeah i have it to 3.15ghz atm around 45c idle 60c under load so i'll probably leave it there. __________________ The RIG: Evga 750i ftw, Q6600 (G0 stepping), Zalman cnps9500,Antec 900 (3x 120mm(2 intake 1 exhaust) led fans & 1 200mm bigboy(exhaust)),4gb corsair xms2 pc6400 ram, 500gb samsung hdd, 2x Inno3d 8800gt oc