GoneTomorrow

You're going to kill your CPU with that much voltage. Intel doesn't recommend ever going over 1.55v.

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t4ct1c47

Impressive results. Don't worry too much about your voltage, it's your temperatures I'm most concerned about especially with the summer weather. Try shooting for 3.75Ghz.

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Have you done any kind of modifications to the motherboard, such as the memory vdroop mod? From looking at your CPU's VID I'm beginning to think that it may be a key factor in Quad clocking potential on this board.

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No mods, all original except for the watercooling!

Those are my thoughts also... I'll be getting a Q6700 in here soon, and I'll throw that in my second board and see its VID, and how high it will go.

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Magnus

@ Blutak_Sux:

With the system-fans at low speed the temp of the NB and SB are in the mid 50s at ambient 20c. Before I installed the Spirits the stockcoolers were above 75c.


@ Stargate and Gonetomorrow:

I'm not keeping the Vcore that high, I just wanted too see how fast my E6600 would go. My 24/7 setting is 3.2GHz @ 1.33V.


@t4ct1c47:

I'm not going to OC the E6600 further. But I am curious how much Vcore you needed to get your E6600 @ 3.75GHz and temp.

stargate125645

Good to hear!

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Dostoyevsky77

^ Stargate, are you using the onboard RAID controller for that configuration? If so, how's performance?

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stargate125645

Yes, I am. The difference between 3 and 4 drives is negligible. I have not tested the transfer rates for some time but if I recall correctly it is around 150MB/s sustained.

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thehighlander123

im new to this thread so can any one tell me if they have figured out how to break 1480fsb with quads
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t4ct1c47

I had the BIOS option set to 1.6v for the CPU, although this equated to 1.55v real voltage afer vDroop. I did have the E6600 running at 3.75Ghz on a 24/7 basis, although I only had a single 8800GTS at the time and modded my previous Armour Jr by replaceing the side window with a mesh and two 120mm fans. It was impossible for the system to maintain stability at those speeds without those improvements to the airflow. The Northbridge was also ridiuclously high at 1.55v as well.

To anyone who thinks those kind of voltages are dangerous, please bear in mind that I'm currently using the exact same motherboard 12 months later. Like I said before, temperatures are the most dangerous factor when raiseing voltages.

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Robilar

There is no real solution.

The top end for quads on the board is between 3.2 and 3.4 ghz max.