irenic, good to see theres more fellow QX6X00 users around.

letme know the result of ur OC man, very interested. so far my orthos has been unsuccessful on clocks beyond 3ghz... im currently settling with 3ghz (340x9) and manage to orthos for 12 hours...

even then, the core temps of all 4 cores are on ~110-120 celcius avg... the moment turn off orthos the temp instantly drop to ~80ish, like really instantly lol

if i go higher fsb/clock speeds, it'll shoot up 120-130celcius and eventually around 30mins-1hour++ it'll auto shutdown, prolly to prevent it from frying out.

im using a TT big typhoon VX bro, not the best but its pretty decent. ur temps you check with core temp or other programs like asus probe? cuz on asus probe for example, my temperature only shows around 60 celcius, while core temp is showing almost twice that figure

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Added on June 17, 2007, 2:17 pmim really considering WC, but my casing would need some work, and still "recovering" from the impact of what my rig costed

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jun 17 2007, 02:17 PM

*raises hand*

include me in too... furthermore im using the antec p180b case, not really ideal for WC lol... the revision 2 version have WC holes drilled but mine doesnt

either way, you guys think if i buy a better arctic thermal paste and reapply it would lower my heat issue? cores closing being around 100celcius is definitely NOT a good thing, even if it passed orthos 12 hours. (yes my 3.07 or 3.0 or 3.1 ghz whatever you wanna round it to qx6700 managed to pass orthos 12 hours)

can clarify on lapping my vx? dont quite understand that.

also its currently running at 40-50celcius temp on probe/BIOS monitor and 60-70ish on core temp... didnt seem so extreme as compared to orthos stress for 12 hours XD

regardless i would like to lower the temp, be it prolonging my proc lifespan (like it'll happen being overvolted minorly and oc'ed lol) or further oc'ing

340 * 9 FSB vcore 1.4 netting 3.07 ghz

on pure idle it can get as low as 55-60ish on core temp, core die from pc probe/mother board reading doesnt change though.

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Added on June 19, 2007, 2:48 amhar nice clock? everyone's like doin 3.2 or 3.4 and im like 3.0... kicit meow only

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jun 19 2007, 02:48 AM

didnt notice my batch ID, but yea thats what im sayin, theres other quad xtreme users around here and they are doing pretty good on oc.

and whats the difference between the extreme models and normal? i only went for it for the higher factory clock speed XD

meh the upward multiplier... are pretty much useless most of the time for air coolers >.>

i have to reduce my multiplier to pump up more FSB ftw, but i wonder if i should lower fsb and raise multiplier to have the same clock speed but increased latency... not sure if im stressing my mobo lol

im definitely not oc'ing more with that kinda heat. and the heat is just from core temp, core die is pretty cool i must say. unless 50ish celcius is hot

and ill be honest with you, i really dont have money to replace my current heatsink/acquire other cooling solutions. basically 1 shot blew it on my rig, and slowly recoverying from the pocket wound

and i dont mind, ur stating the the truth anyways. this is also the reason why my oc halted at 3.0 and no longer pushing further. orthos 12hour stable suah. temp ok suah. just wait until i have WC or a much much better air cooling then ill consider pushing more to maybe 3.2 or 3.6 ish.

not full load bro. partial load and stuff. on orthos stress test full load 100% all 4 cores are around 110-120celcius :/

my vcore is only 1.4

i intended to have it live through 3-5 years... hoping longer... lol
cuz the next pc purchase will also be on a similiar budget and if it cant live through 4-5 years at least my pocket will die lol

im just playing world of warcraft..... should be OK! XD

but ive been baited by lost planet demo... so... prolly not. and thats the main reason why i want to oc my quad. stock qx6700 really bottlenecks my gpu hard... after oc the fps is much better, not to mention loading or scene transitions.

bro, still lower my freq? already at 3.07 ghz, anything lower i feel uncomfortable

hmm my air flow is intake at front, exhaust at back/top... not sure if changing the direction would help... nor would experimenting it be easy, im using the antec180p and moving stuffs inside it is a lil hard >_<

eh bro, using TT BT VX right? i must go buy those thermal paste and reapply them asap >_<

ah nvm saw ur sig, on gemini's

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jul 2 2007, 10:38 AM