Mhill2029

I would like to start a thread regarding issues on the P5N32-E SLI 680i when it comes to overclocking Quad Cores....namely the Q6600. It has been reported that they do not like high FSB with the Quads at all.

I decided to do a few tests and it seems that it will not boot at 3.2Ghz+, but with the Core 2 Duo range they are stonking overclockers as my E6600 was doing stable 3.6Ghz operation using 9x 400 (1600 QDR).

This is not the case with the Q6600, it will not do anything above 1400 QDR.

If anyone has any ideas or solutions to this current problem, i and many other P5N32-E SLI 680i owners would love to hear from you.

See attachment for my current highest stable (it seems) overclock.

Attached Thumbnails

 

__________________
My Vantage Score

Audi

Hopefully some more 680i QUAD owners chime in here. As I can see a lot of people moving to Quad-Core CPU's without upgrading the motherboard to P35/X38 Chipsets being very upset with their results.

Asus boards seem to be the better Quad Handlers, though, and I can't see why you can't get 3.2Ghz. We discussed in PMs that it could be the memory, so maybe that's a place to startt?

__________________
Prove it.




Gateway 24" LCD o Gateway 22" LCD o Westinghouse 42w2 42" 1080p LCD o Apple Pro Keyboard (white) o Microsoft MX3000 Notebook Laser Mouse (Silver) o Coming Soon: nVidia G92?, Penryn Quad

Q6600|1.316v (retired to CyberDruid) 3.0Ghz Stable @ 55c Load on Air 12 hours Stable (965P-DS3Rev3.3)

Mhill2029

It could well be the memory, but running in Unlinked mode would remove the DDR2 667's limitation. I will be buying the ram in my sig, but unfortunately it's going to be a week or so before i get some.

So, it would be nice to hear from some other users. +Rep to you Audi for your input via PM.

__________________
My Vantage Score

Mhill2029

Bumpage....

Anyone here with a Q6600 & P5N32-E SLI 680i that can do more than 1430 (QDR)?

__________________
My Vantage Score

Robilar

The highest i've seen our board do with a quad (a qx6700) is 380 mate. If you had the Qx6700, the unlocked multi would make fsb limitations irrelevant but with the Q6600 you will be challenged to go any higher. Its not a ram issue.

Mhill2029

Do you think there will be a Bios release that will correct this issue?

__________________
My Vantage Score

nitteo

I ran 1440 last night, 3600mhz on 360x10. I try not to mess with the multi at all. I found that my QX6700 has an insatiable VCore diet. It needs a lot of Volts to power up those four cores.

__________________
My Heatware

Help cure Cancer and FOLD for TEAM OCN.

nitteo

Multipliers are locked by the chip company, and are HARDWIRED into the CPU ( I believe )

No bios-software can "unlock" a hardware issue.

__________________
My Heatware

Help cure Cancer and FOLD for TEAM OCN.

Mhill2029

Look i'm not a retard i know that the multi's are locked dude lmao

I said do you think a Bios update will resolve the FSB limitation in the near future?

__________________
My Vantage Score

youngone

I Booted At 3.15ghz but it took a heck of a lot of voltage. 1.57vcore nbvcore was at like 1.70 it was hot and not stable either