if u disable C1E, ur rig power consumption will go up quite alot especially OC'ed rig.at the end of the month,ur TNB bill proves everything

shhh..those stuff, cannot mention here.illegal.
btw, do u really need to raise ur vcore to 1.3 to get 3ghz?? mine around 1.18v at load can run 100 times of IBT without error already. maybe u up 0.1V for ur VTT and try lower ur vcore. vtt must not be more than 1.5 to be safe.stock vtt for Q6600 is 1.2v.

from wat i observe, its true tht during minimal load, ur cpu speed goes down and ur vcore also. dis is the same concept as laptop processors.

yes. and every Q6600 VID is different.example: my current Q6600 VID is 1.275v, and maybe urs is 1.3v.

for quads, above 425fsb need up Vmch abit already.u all consider very lucky to hv a good mobo.my current gigabyte vdrop is horrible. idle 1.284v.load will be 1.21v. my bios vcore setting is 1.34v like dat.

decrease only if u find the decreased voltage stable.IBT 100 rounds.slowly test
u see some of us clock 3.0 at 1.2 v like dat coz we using different mobo. and u're using Nvidia 680i chipset which is not a good OCer chipset especially for quads.need better clocker for SLI solution need use 780i chipset.my old P4 also heavily overvolted and it lasted 6 years and still running. btw, if ur proc died within 3 years, u can go claim warranty from intel provided tht no burnt mark on ur proc.it rarely happens unless u use 1.8V or above on ur proc.

if non air-conditioned room,shud be ard 40++ celcius when idling.rarely will hit 50C unless ur room is really really warm.