Arctic Freezer 7 and Q6600

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clintman02

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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!
 
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.
 
ThatGuy16 said:
Do you know your stepping? B3 or G0?
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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.
 
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
 
intel stopped making the B3's it just so happens they are still lurking around the market :P

But yeah they changed to the G0's, the B3's are the old stepping
 
mep916 said:
That's a good question. I'm not sure. :confused:



ClubIT sells the Q6600 (G0). Guaranteed! :D FedEx shipping. :(
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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.
 
tuxify said:
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.
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Man, I can't wait for the Q9450. I'm gonna water cool it. You're new sig is da bomb, Tuxify. :D [/THREADJACK]
 
Oh my god, mep. You have like the best system in the world, and you want a Q9450. Only people with >$200 CPU can dream about better CPU's. And thanks for the props, I did my signature in the library when I was supposed to be doing homework. I like it.
 
tuxify said:
Oh my god, mep. You have like the best system in the world, and you want a Q9450. Only people with >$200 CPU can dream about better CPU's. And thanks for the props, I did my signature in the library when I was supposed to be doing homework. I like it.
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I'm in a good financial position. Right now, messin' with PC's is my main hobby - I love it. :D

Do well in school. 4 real. You'll have the money to do what you want someday. :)
 
I really want to go into a computer engineering path, so I think "messin' with PC's" would be my job. I dunno though, I'm only a sophomore in high school.
 
ThatGuy16 said:
youz anotha?
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lol. :P Occasionally, I have a tendancy to revert back to the street slang I spoke as a youngsta - especially when speaking to those younger than myself. I'm just trying to be cool. :(

The GTX's have shipped. Be patient. :rolleyes:
 
tuxify said:
I really want to go into a computer engineering path, so I think "messin' with PC's" would be my job. I dunno though, I'm only a sophomore in high school.
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That's great! I'd love to make money in the computer industry.
 
mep916 said:
lol. :P Occasionally, I have a tendancy to revert back to the street slang I spoke as a youngsta - especially when speaking to those younger than myself. I'm just trying to be cool. :(

The GTX's have shipped. Be patient. :rolleyes:
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haha... cool

so i should be getting within the next couple years? you must be shipping fedex? :mad:
 
tuxify said:
What do you do? At first by ThatGuy16's post, I thought he assumed that you worked for FedEx. I was all, thats a mean thing to say.
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Nah...it's all good. ThatGuy16 is hella cool. I'm a full time student. I do some small business consulting as well. Soon, I'll be graduating with a Bachelor's in Business Administration/Accountancy. My minor is English. I'm gonna be a CPA.
 
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