sixstring
join:2002-09-16
Pasadena, CA
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| [OC] Not so great Q6600
I recently picked up a Q6600 SLACR G0 stepping CPU, but i dont think its from a good stock. I havent had time to tweak it yet, but i bumped the FSB to 333 (3.0ghz) briefly on stock voltage (vcore=1.25) and it crashed after about 10 minutes of usage.
I use to have a E6300 1.8ghz @ 3.0ghz in the system (with the same memory) running stable at +.05v for more than a year.. but the Q6600 i picked up wouldn't do 3.0ghz on stock voltage.
Maybe i got a dud? |
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Knuckles
join:2008-01-11
Palm Bay, FL
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September 10th, @11:44PM
| I would think so. Based on my experience with the same chip. I have been running on even keel at 3GHz for over 8 months now.
Specs:
Case:NZXT Trinity
Mobo: ASUS P5E
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz @ 3.0Ghz
Mem: G-Skill 8GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
PSU: RocketFish 700w ATX
Sound: Surpreme FX II
Video: Asus\Ati 3850
Hard Drive: Sata Western Digital 500Gig x2 RAID0
Card Reader Atech Flash Xm-4U 11-in-1
Optical Drive: Liteon DVD/Cd burner
DVD Drive: Sony
CPU Cooler: Zalman 9700LED
Fans:
Exhaust ANTEC TRICOOL 120MM Blue with 3-speed switch
Intake ARCTIC COOLING 80MM Blue
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sixstring
join:2002-09-16
Pasadena, CA | what's your vcore? i heard some Q6600s shipped with 1.25 and some with 1.35. |
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Knuckles
join:2008-01-11
Palm Bay, FL
·RoadRunner Cable
| 1.32 VCore |
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DKS
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Owen Sound, ON
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| reply to sixstring
said by sixstring  :what's your vcore? i heard some Q6600s shipped with 1.25 and some with 1.35. Stock q6600 under load. Note the vCore.
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sbinh
join:2005-05-28
Fairfax, VA
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| reply to sixstring
Mine can run 3.6GHz with no problem... Currently running at 3.4GHz .. at 1.26v (load) ...due to ambient temp ...  |
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Sc0tt
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join:2000-11-13
Stockholm, NJ | reply to sixstring
my vcore is 1.120 and i'm running at 3.06Ghz stable on an Abit ip35 pro. maybe you just got a bum chip? i'd say RMA it.......maybe you'll get a better OC'er. |
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DKS
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Owen Sound, ON
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| reply to sbinh
My Q6600 at 3gHZ. |
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sixstring
join:2002-09-16
Pasadena, CA
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| do you guys have speedstep (variable multiplier) enabled? im suspecting thats what's crashing my system.
at 1.30v 3.0ghz it runs Prime95 (for about 20 minutes) without issues, but when i play games i still get random reboots. I bumped the voltage to 1.32v, still the same. I'm thinking possibly when speedstep kicks in the v/ghz ratio is unstable.
on my other 2 OC'd systems speedstep is enabled, but they run fine. |
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Sc0tt
Kneedragger
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Stockholm, NJ
·PenTeleData
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September 15th, @06:20PM
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i have it enabled on mine.
quick question---what HSF are you using? i didn't see any mention if you're using the stocker or not. i got the arctic cooling freezer pro 7 with AS5 thermal paste and it made a huge difference on my temps. maybe you're crashing in games from overheating? |
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sixstring
join:2002-09-16
Pasadena, CA
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| my temps are okay.. not great, but okay. I use a Zalman 9700NT. I have a constant temperature monitor on my CPU via my G15 LCD. it runs a bit hot sometimes, about 57-58C under load, but i'd imagine thats well within operation temps on the kentsfield. |
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Gooiool
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Roland, OK
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| reply to sixstring
Mine been running at a 100% load on all 4 cores for a few months now . |
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DKS
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| said by Gooiool :Mine been running at a 100% load on all 4 cores for a few months now . What kind of core temps? What cooling? I can run the Everest stress test and get thermal throttling at 100% load within 3 minutes. I would be very surprised if you were running at 100% load without thermal throttling at that speed.
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deblin
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join:2001-09-01
Middletown, DE
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| I'm running at 3.2 GHz (9x356) without any thermal throttling, but my box is in the basement where the ambient temps are ~23-24 C so it's relatively cool. Idle temps are in the mid to high 30s C and under load high 40s to low 50s C, so I can't imagine thermal throttling is coming into play.
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DKS
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| said by deblin :I'm running at 3.2 GHz (9x356) without any thermal throttling, but my box is in the basement where the ambient temps are ~23-24 C so it's relatively cool. Idle temps are in the mid to high 30s C and under load high 40s to low 50s C, so I can't imagine thermal throttling is coming into play. That's about the same as mine. You can't tell if thermal throttling is in play unless you run the Everest stress test, though.
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deblin
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| said by DKS :That's about the same as mine. You can't tell if thermal throttling is in play unless you run the Everest stress test, though. Sure I can. It's doing the same amount of work in the same amount of time as it does immediate after I run something against all 4 cores. I also have all of the speed throttling, C1E, etc turned off in my BIOS.
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Gooiool
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Roland, OK
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said by DKS :said by Gooiool :Mine been running at a 100% load on all 4 cores for a few months now . What kind of core temps? What cooling? I can run the Everest stress test and get thermal throttling at 100% load within 3 minutes. I would be very surprised if you were running at 100% load without thermal throttling at that speed. Core temps are Max 55c Avg. 53c .With the M Board Temps 45c/43c .
Cooling is Tuniq Tower 120 Lapped with a Yate Loon High Speed 120mm Fan (40dBa, 88CFM »www.xoxide.com/yate-loon-highspeed-120.html
Now as for the Thermal throttling I can say for a fact that I have it turned off in /bios but I believe it is .
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DKS
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said by deblin :said by DKS :That's about the same as mine. You can't tell if thermal throttling is in play unless you run the Everest stress test, though. Sure I can. It's doing the same amount of work in the same amount of time as it does immediate after I run something against all 4 cores. I also have all of the speed throttling, C1E, etc turned off in my BIOS. If you turn it off, fine. But you can't turn off thermal throttling, I don't think. It hits 99C and it's automatic.
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deblin
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| said by DKS :If you turn it off, fine. But you can't turn off thermal throttling, I don't think. It hits 99C and it's automatic. I'm not coming anywhere near 100 C.
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DKS
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| said by deblin :said by DKS :If you turn it off, fine. But you can't turn off thermal throttling, I don't think. It hits 99C and it's automatic. I'm not coming anywhere near 100 C. I am and it kicks in.
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