overclock q6600

xxxalpinexxx80

xxxalpinexxx80

New Member
im gonna overclock my cpu today probably and here are my ques, should i try to get to the furthest it can go staying at 50c, or should i just keep it at 3.00ghz, will it hurt my processor overclocking it to 3ghz if the temps are on load maby 50c
 
>_> why are you making ANOTHER thread. I explained this in quite some detail in your last identical thread.
 
first off, some details, what stepping of q6600 do you have? each has it's own recommend thermal specification.

For a g0, i'd say the max load temp that would be ok for a 24/7 setup would be around 65-71C. If you want to go over that, it's fine, but i wouldn't recommend it for sustained peroid of time.

Right now, i've got my g0 at 3.2Ghz, using 355 x9, at 1.3125V, @52C max load temp. Intels recommened voltage specs are 1.100V-1.372V for the g0, found here http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLACR

So to answer your question, no it won't, not at all, you still have a lot of leway. What voltage is your set at? (bios v)
 
on cp-z i have no idea what stepping is but it says stepping 7 revision b3


also do you know how i can take a picture of my desktop, fraps only works in games for me
 
xxxalpinexxx80 said:
on cp-z i have no idea what stepping is but it says stepping 7 revision b3


also do you know how i can take a picture of my desktop, fraps only works in games for me
Click to expand...

lol fraps is supposed to only work in game or in certain fullscreen media applications...I think there might be a setting to change that.

Anyways, download core temp and orthos. You have the same revision (stepping?), b3, as me so I'll tell you my settings at 3ghz:

(Say you want to go to 2.8ghz, simply divide 2800 by 9 and there's your desired FSB)
FSB: 333mhz (for both ram and cpu)
Multiplier: stuck at 9 for the q6600 (i haven't tried lowering it, bleh)
CPU voltage: 1.3112
Ram timings: 4-4-4-12
Ram Multiplier: 2.40 (so it's at its stock, 800mhz)
Ram voltage: 1.8v (default from motherboard)

In core temp settings, set it to show tray icon, and it will show your 4 temperatures. Run 4 instances of orthos, and in task manager set the affinity of each process to run on only one of the cores. Now set your test type to 'small fft - stress cpu' and click start on all four of them. If you have a cpu usage indicator, all 4 cores will be at 100%. Leave this running for as long as you want to (it's basically a stability test) and your core temperatures shouldn't rise above 70 each (if your room is hot, they'll be around that under load. My room is pretty hot, it's a california summer, and my core temps under load go to about 65C tops. BIOS and iTAT show 38C max under load, as they only read the sensor of the entire processor.
 
don't look at cpu-z for your voltage, and I don't get what you want me to see in a screenshot of it...It doesn't show temperatures, etc. Yes you're at stock and the reason it says only 1.2 volts is because the vdrop has been factored in. For you see, when selecting a voltage in the bios, it's not the voltage that the processor will be running at, more of a maximum and go google 'vdrop' (or vdroop, dunno).
 
i got mine to 3.1ghz but the multiplyer was jumping from 6-9 in cpu-z then crashed, i have the multiplyer set at 9, and the fsb is 1066, do i add 333 to it making it 1400
 
xxxalpinexxx80 said:
i got mine to 3.1ghz but the multiplyer was jumping from 6-9 in cpu-z then crashed, i have the multiplyer set at 9, and the fsb is 1066, do i add 333 to it making it 1400
Click to expand...

lol..no, the reason it jumps to 6 is because of speedstep, it's a powersaving/heat reducing feature that comes with some newer motherboards when the processor isn't being used enough. I would leave it on if I were you because it gives good temps. It doesn't reduce your performance at all when being used.
 
lol it turned it off and it still is jumping but this is what it says now its on disable i believe, what would happend if i disabled cpu#2 and 3 making only 2 cores enabled
 
Last edited:
oh...I really don't see why you would do that...well anyways, check for something called 'C1E' if you disabled speedstep already and it still happens. It should stay at 9 after you do that. If not, dunno =/.

Also, I noticed your fsb is at 350mhz, out of curiosity, what did you set your cpu voltage at in your bios?
 
there is voltage for cpu core and cpu fsb what do i set each to, that orthos progrem i downloaded says stop in 27 seconds and makes my motherboard mae like a warning noise or somethin
 
lol...the point of orthos is to be able to run it for a long time without any errors..There could be multiple reasons for the error...bad ram timings, voltage too low, etc. I think you should read up a little bit more on overclocking before randomly trying. don't increase ovltage for 'cpu fsb', just for cpu core voltage. And with 350mhz fsb, I'd say increase core to 1.35v or so.
 
kk lol
Type: Blend - stress CPU and RAM Min: 8 Max: 4096 InPlace: No Mem: 1789 Time: 15
CPU: 1600MHz FSB: 349MHz [355MHz x 4.5 est.]
8/19/2007 11:16 PM
Launching 2 threads...
1:Using CPU #0
2:Using CPU #1
1:Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
1:Press Stop to end this test.
2:Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
2:Press Stop to end this test.
1:Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
2:Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
1:FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
1:Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.
1:Torture Test ran 0 minutes 6 seconds - 1 errors, 0 warnings.
1:Execution halted.

2:Torture Test ran 0 minutes 6 seconds - 0 errors, 0 warnings.
2:Execution halted.



it only ran 6 sec but let me change that stuff
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top