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Q6600 @ 3.2GHz on air, system in sig.

Vcore is 1.325 in bios, 1.28v from CPUz.  Idles about 2C above ambient, CPU temp runs between 44C and 48C under full load, kicking the CPU cooler fan from 900rpm to 1800rpm.

elconejito - I hadn't read anything about a 360-400 multiplier "hump" with Asus boards, but all the OC'ing I've done supports that.  My P5E & Q6600 will go at least to 3.4GHz (haven't tried beyond), but I have to really push the Vcore.  I also have a couple Asus P5W DH boards, one with a Q6600 and one with an E6600 - neither setup likes to go >3.2GHz.

FX-60 2.6ghz overclocked to 3.0 at stock volts and on air! I tried to post a pic of cpu-z but can't. Any help on how to? 3dmark06 link in my sig for proof!

AustinM:

Q6600 @ 3.2GHz on air, system in sig.

Vcore is 1.325 in bios, 1.28v from CPUz.  Idles about 2C above ambient, CPU temp runs between 44C and 48C under full load, kicking the CPU cooler fan from 900rpm to 1800rpm.

elconejito - I hadn't read anything about a 360-400 multiplier "hump" with Asus boards, but all the OC'ing I've done supports that.  My P5E & Q6600 will go at least to 3.4GHz (haven't tried beyond), but I have to really push the Vcore.  I also have a couple Asus P5W DH boards, one with a Q6600 and one with an E6600 - neither setup likes to go >3.2GHz.

I've seen it in several places, nothing "official", just posts on forums and the like. I've been to all the major ones while I was researching "how-to overclock" (this was my second OC) and then when i got stuck and couldn't go any further. This was all a while ago, and I don't remember if the blame was Asus, the chipset (P965), or some other combination. But apparently if you go over that hump then it runs like a champ. I haven't had the time to fiddle with it anymore but I suppose the next thing to try would be try a 400+ FSB and maybe lower the multiplier to keep the CPU speed reasonable.

alt print screen on the proof of the fx-62, then crl v for paste on a word doc the copy and paste it to your post/reply

CPU-Z Database (ID : 292847) Submitted by Mike Mischler Submitted on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:02:27 +0100 with CPU-Z 1.42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (*1) CPU Arch : 4 Cores - 4 Threads CPU PSN : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 EM64T CPU Cache : L1 : 4 x 32/4 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 4096 KB Core : Kentsfield (65 nm) / Revision : G0 CPUID : 6.F.B / Extended : 6.F Freq : 3824.77 MHz (424.97 * 9) ---------------------------------- MB Brand : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD MB Model : MS-7345 NB : Intel P35/G33/G31 rev A2 SB : Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) rev 02 ---------------------------------- RAM Size : 4096 MB RAM Freq : 425 MHz RAM Type : DDR2-SDRAM Dual Channel RAM Ratio : 1:1 RAM Timings : 4-4-4-12 ---------------------------------- Slot 1 : 2048MB (PC2-6400) Slot 1 Manufacturer : G.Skill Slot 2 : 2048MB (PC2-6400) Slot 2 Manufacturer : G.Skill

CPU-Z Database (ID : 293462) Submitted by Mike Mischler Submitted on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:38:55 +0100 with CPU-Z 1.42
CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (*1) CPU Arch : 4 Cores - 4 Threads CPU PSN : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 EM64T CPU Cache : L1 : 4 x 32/4 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 4096 KB Core : Kentsfield (65 nm) / Revision : G0 CPUID : 6.F.B / Extended : 6.F Freq : 4013.28 MHz (445.92 * 9) ---------------------------------- MB Brand : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD MB Model : MS-7345 NB : Intel P35/G33/G31 rev A2 SB : Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) rev 02 ---------------------------------- RAM Size : 4096 MB RAM Freq : 445.9 MHz RAM Type : DDR2-SDRAM Dual Channel RAM Ratio : 1:1 RAM Timings : 5-6-6-17 ---------------------------------- Slot 1 : 2048MB (PC2-6400) Slot 1 Manufacturer : G.Skill Slot 2 : 2048MB (PC2-6400) Slot 2 Manufacturer : G.Skill

Steeda1974:

CPU-Z Database (ID : 293462) Submitted by Mike Mischler Submitted on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:38:55 +0100 with CPU-Z 1.42
CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (*1) Freq : 4013.28 MHz (445.92 * 9) ----------------------------

 

Awesome!

 not sure I want to know but I gotta ask,,,,, what was your v-core and how did the neighbors take the brown-out you caused?

ok, this is going to be funny but it was 1.8-1.9v, i know its a lot but i have a good cooler and my temps never went above 60c and i ran it for 2 hrs. that c**p about going above 1.5v is bull c**p, I run my system at 1.52v and 3.75ghz all day long and never get over 52c on load and it idles all day at 33c

Have you run Prime ver. 25.4 or 25.5 clocked that fast? Do it w/ CPUz running at the same time, I did at 3.6 and 3.8 and found that the chip will drop the multiplier even though I had set it manually and turned off all the thermal protections and speedstep. I don't know if this is happening to you but you can find out for sure by running prime and CPUz together.

See this thread.

yep the guys over at tomshardware put me to shame, i couldnt get it stable on 25.4 at 3.6ghz until i put the voltage to 1.51-1.55v, its stable at 3.6 and i dont want to go any higher now, funny things started happening to my system when i ran prime 25.4 at 3.7 and 3.8

what kills me is that its everest torture test stable at 3.6 all day with 1.45v i dont know why but my system cant handle the prime 25.4 or 25.5 at all, but everything else is fine and even at 3.7 and 3.8ghz

Steeda1974:

funny things started happening to my system when i ran prime 25.4 at 3.7 and 3.8

Same here, 3.6 is still darn good.

Congrats!

finally have it prime stable at 3.416 ghz @ 1.475v bios 1.41v cpuz, it took me all week to figure out to start low and go from there, wood butcher do u know the VID of your cpu.  I found out a lot about an intel cpu according to this VID.

My quad currently @ 3.2, Coretemp reports 1.2125 and CPUz varies a little as high as 1.256 down to 1.236. 

 

i finally got it prime stable at 3.55ghz at 1.48-1.5v it fluctuates but its totally, fine only goes to 62c, but im happy, got it running at 1100mhz fsb which is sweet, everything loads, whats funny is that it is slower when i run 1110-1150 fsb, my read write and copy times for my ram go from 9400 mb/s to 6500 mb/s

got my 4200x2 @2.9ghz on 10.5 multiplier with little effort

 

 

this was my first overclock and i'm pretty proud of myself i did it in about 2 minutes. I pushed my C2D e6750 from 2.66 to 3.2 with 400 x8 FSB and 1.4 something voltage. ASUS makes some really good overclocking boards. It idles at 28 and it gets to about 33 under full load playing COD4

sitting at 300x10 on my X2 4000+, cant get any screens to prove it though due to my nics dieing on the mobo.... still working that one out.

 

i need some new ram... this ram is all sorts of screwy. @ 250mhz it ran @ ddr21000, but @ 300 i can get it up past ddr 675ish... quite odd. but for now im more worried about getting my nics working again... grrr

Luda:

 due to my nics dieing on the mobo.... still working that one out.

I'm unfamiliar w/ amd but this happens w/ intel if your pci isn't locked.

bumped it up a few weeks ago.  tests fine. 

btw, new power supply--pcp&c silencer 750. excellent, and highly recommended.
 

 

CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (*1)
CPU Arch : 2 Cores - 2 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 EM64T
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 32/2 x 32 KB - L2 : 4096 KB
Core : Conroe (65 nm) / Revision : B2
CPUID : 6.F.6 / Extended : 6.F
Freq : 3375.11 MHz (375.01 * 9)
----------------------------------
MB Brand : ASUSTeK Computer INC.
MB Model : P5N32-E SLI
NB : NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP rev A2
SB : NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP rev A2
----------------------------------
RAM Size : 2048 MB
RAM Freq : 400 MHz
RAM Type : DDR2-SDRAM Dual Channel
RAM Ratio : 15:16
RAM Timings : 4-4-4-12
----------------------------------
Slot 1 : 1024MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Kingston
Slot 2 : 1024MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Kingston

WoodButcher:

Luda:

 due to my nics dieing on the mobo.... still working that one out.

I'm unfamiliar w/ amd but this happens w/ intel if your pci isn't locked.

 

i got it sorted out

 

 

i have a 4200+ x2 i have pushed it up to 4.09 ghz but it was not very stable

i should have my watercooling setup in febuary, once i have a grasp on that im gonna be adding one more, slightly more exotic cooling solution into the mix, HOPEFULLY, pushing 400x10 by the time i head up to Rhode Island for digital overload.

 

Im still using the stock cooler, so im not pushing this thing much more then i already am. 1.4V is already pushing the envelope pretty hard, i dont like hitting 60C on full load :( 

Best I have every hit with my venice core was 36% OC from 2000 to 2700.  Verified CPU-Z is in the sig.  I've got it running all day long at 2600.  This was all with the OEM heatsink. 

 
I've since picked up a Zalman 9500 for it.