Arctic Freezer 7 and Q6600

clintman02 · 10-17-2007, 02:25 AM

Hello all! I plan on overclocking my Q6600, and I'll be cooling it with the Arctic Freezer 7 setup. I have 2 questions:

First off, the Freezer 7 has preapplied thermal paste, will I need to apply thermal paste to the CPU as well?

2nd question is, how much would you all recommend overclocking the Q6600 with the Freezer 7? I'd like to get as much out of it as possible with staying stable of course.

THanks in advance!

Bradan · 10-17-2007, 05:00 AM

it depends. you can clean it off and use arctic silver 5, should drop your temps 2-5C

and depends on what your temps are for overclocking, 65C load is enough.

tuxify · 10-17-2007, 05:20 AM

Tell me how far you get. I'm interested in the Q6600.

ThatGuy16 · 10-17-2007, 05:25 AM

Do you know your stepping? B3 or G0?

**mep916** · 10-17-2007, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuy16

Do you know your stepping? B3 or G0?

Good question. The B3 stepping runs hella hot. If you're unfortunate enough to receive this stepping, you'll need all the help you can get when overclocking. I'm not familiar with the HSF you purchased, but you can probably increase the speeds to at least 3 GHz - regardless of the stepping.

lovely? · 10-17-2007, 06:33 AM

is intel still making the B3 stepped q6600's? because i hope they arent, so i can be reasonably assured that when i buy mine in a few months it wont be too hot

**mep916** · 10-17-2007, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lovely?

is intel still making the B3 stepped q6600's?

That's a good question. I'm not sure.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovely?

because i hope they arent, so i can be reasonably assured that when i buy mine in a few months it wont be too hot

ClubIT sells the Q6600 (G0). Guaranteed!

FedEx shipping.

ThatGuy16 · 10-17-2007, 06:44 AM

intel stopped making the B3's it just so happens they are still lurking around the market

But yeah they changed to the G0's, the B3's are the old stepping

tuxify · 10-17-2007, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mep916

That's a good question. I'm not sure.

ClubIT sells the Q6600 (G0). Guaranteed!

FedEx shipping.

Plus, ClubIT sells them for 10 bucks cheaper...

*Edit* AND a $2.99 (shipping) COOLER MASTER Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler! I'd get it from there if I were to get one, which I really want to do.

**mep916** · 10-17-2007, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tuxify

Plus, ClubIT sells them for 10 bucks cheaper...

*Edit* AND a $2.99 (shipping) COOLER MASTER Hyper TX2 CPU Cooler! I'd get it from there if I were to get one, which I really want to do.

Man, I can't wait for the Q9450. I'm gonna water cool it. You're new sig is da bomb, Tuxify.

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10-17-2007, 02:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
clintman02 New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 16	Arctic Freezer 7 and Q6600 Hello all! I plan on overclocking my Q6600, and I'll be cooling it with the Arctic Freezer 7 setup. I have 2 questions: First off, the Freezer 7 has preapplied thermal paste, will I need to apply thermal paste to the CPU as well? 2nd question is, how much would you all recommend overclocking the Q6600 with the Freezer 7? I'd like to get as much out of it as possible with staying stable of course. THanks in advance!

10-17-2007, 05:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
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ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,319	Do you know your stepping? B3 or G0? __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

10-17-2007, 06:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,833	is intel still making the B3 stepped q6600's? because i hope they arent, so i can be reasonably assured that when i buy mine in a few months it wont be too hot __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

10-17-2007, 06:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,319	intel stopped making the B3's it just so happens they are still lurking around the market But yeah they changed to the G0's, the B3's are the old stepping __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

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