Yup, TRUE 120 is the best solution so far

Strong, alive and kicking!

Strong, alive and kicking!

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Too bad i can't say the same for my Q6600 It's alive that's all

Q6600 seems like its still very famous ^^,
me oso Q6600 user and still loving it ^^,
sad , cant even try push up to 3.8ghz .
able to load windows , failed on p95 and orthos . BSOD all d way >.<"
donno wat's d problem .
btw running 1.45V on 400x9 idle something like uzairi mentioned b4 . or can refer to my siggy ^^,

u guys so lucky 1.45v can go beyond 3.4g. my proc seems need to be feed wif high voltage to go high.. haizz....

bad batch of proc ?
but even me i think 1.45V is considered very high for diz proc .
seen some review mentioned could push 3.6ghz arnd 1.4v only .
not sure its true or not >.<"
tried lower d vCore n 1 of d core wont work on p95 and orthos >.<"

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Added on April 26, 2009, 6:01 amoh btw anyone tried 3.8ghz daily ?
seems like my proc cant push above 3.6 by far .
maybe stupid RAM .
nid to get my hands on those D9GMH or D9GKX chipset RAMs .

This post has been edited by monsh: Apr 26 2009, 06:01 AM

tried last time... temps at stress test were scary, therefore i just keep it at 3.6ghz, since i oni need 1.425v at 3.6ghz, but 3.8ghz need 1.55 to make it stable @@

hi guys , the Vcore you all metioned is referred to the core voltage at cpu-z or in the bios.

Bios my friend. cpu-z very low @@"

q6600 league still quite active lol...........

not a lot of later batches of q6600 can reach 3.6 @ 1.4xv... but frankly, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.6 ghz dun make very much difference haha.......

Damn. My Q6600 is getting more frequent reboot nowadays. Already 2 reboots this month with BIOS going back to default. Downclocking to 3.12Ghz to see whether the problem persist...... lazy to tinker with bios nowadays....

my q66 GO@3.4g 1.44vcore linx 10x run pass, but prime95 fail . anyone can help? it need 1.47vcore to past prime95

should i stick to 1.44 or 1.47 ?

This post has been edited by gamers maniac: Apr 29 2009, 10:39 PM

And this month really hot like hell... I set back my Q6600 to 2.4Ghz with 1.2875 VID Still getting 50'c idle with my Zalman CNPS8700. Hot... really. Even my self hot day, hot day. Ice Tea-C please ~

yeah... me too.... previously was 39C-41C idle @3.2GHz... now 42C @ 2.4GHz... hhhmm.....

Hi all. I got some question for ask.

Yesterday i buy 2x 2GB Corsair Ram (CGM2X2G800) plan to play more about overclock =X sorry i tight of budget so buy this value ram

Okie here the problem i face.
My Q6600 VID is 1.2875
previously I can get 3Ghz at Vcore 1.29375 stable in prime95 (15minits only:P)

Today, A rainning day. I try to hit 3.15Ghz with Vore 1.300. I see something blue page came out few second and pc turn off @@. is this what you guys call BSOD? is so, I first time see this thing. Ha Ha.

So i guess Vcore no enough. add to 1.35... result= fail. pc restart when load window logo. Nvm.. try add to 1.38. The pc went to black screen while going to window logo. no sound. wait 3 minits still no response.

At the end i give up. set back to 3Ghz. no problem so far =="

Q: Why cannot start? is it Vcore ?

Q2: If yes, why 2.4 to 3.0 only need increase so little while 3.15 need so much? Big jump @@

Sometimes it is not optimal for teh proc to run at that speed. Why dont u try 3.2? Anyway, my optimal one is 3.11 Ghz, 1.35, P95 stable

15 minutes of stress testing is not enough ler....

That's the way overclocking is. The higher the frequency you overclock, the more vcore you need. You'll come to a point where you need to increase a lot of vcore to gain only a few mhz.....

Make sure your ram and northbridge are not holding you back. Try downclocking the rams first....

15minits no enough i know. Don care, CPU no always full load =X no shut down ok ler

by the way about ram and northbridge... I never touch that before

Need take time refer your guide again. Hehe all learn from you leh.

Thanks you kmarc

Edit: Hi kmarc, I doing overclock by following your guide. the RAM multiplier is set to 2. do you mean downclock RAM is this? By the way what is northbridge =X

Edit 2: Hi kmarc, So far i tested 3Ghz with prima95 over 2hours still no error (still running.. but going turn off sleep soon ) quite happy with it. But before this I try hit 3.06Ghz with vcore 1.32. BSOD and shut down again ==" it seems like need alot vcore after over 3Ghz.. or something have blocked me to over 3Ghz?

This post has been edited by Onion-KiD: May 3 2009, 01:58 AM

Glad to hear that.

Yup, by setting the ram multipler to the lowest (which is 2.0), you'll ensure that the rams are not overclocked unless your FSB is very high.

Northbridge? Errr.... I have a guide that explains about NB (which I never completed ) : http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=633097&hl=

In the guide, it does explain and show what a NB is.

You have to make sure that your northbridge strapping is not too tight. Google more on this information.... wonder whether your mobo's bios has this setting or not....

elo!
new member here

Hi kmarc, thanks to you again. after reading your guide, I finally can boots into windows after increase Northbridge by +0.2v @@"
New knowledge learned.