[DJWarden]

Hey guys .. just wacked my cpu up a notch (well quiote a big notch) from 8x400 to 9x400 1.475v and im scared to test it lol

Damm thing wouldnt even boot at 8x420.. Do i dare stress it ????

 

[diatec]

Yeah it'll be fine, why don't you drop the voltage some, if the system won't start you can begin to puch the volts back up! I've got to 3.6 on under 1.36 volts (been awhile since I ran it 3.6) I didn't stress test it though, was fine for gaming and watching films

 

[DJWarden]

Idle temps are CPU 38 and System 42 in a room thats making me sweet just sitting hear.. didnt wanna risk having my comp freeze up due to low voltage, was gonna start at 1.5v but bottled it..

Ill run prime and see what i get

 

[Mason92]

Stress the heck out of it. You want to know how the temps will be when your gaming on it

 

[DJWarden]

Dont do games got 360 for that

video/audio editing

 

[Mason92]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJWarden Dont do games got 360 for that video/audio editing

Fine.. Render a decent sized file with sony vegas. Watch your temps

 

[Emu105]

i wish i can top notch my q6600 =(

 

[richardbb85]

Just upgrade ur Mobo

 

[DJWarden]

Blue screened after 5 seconds with prime.. Voltage upped 2 notches.. maybe 3.6ghz was to much for my cpu

 

[citat3962]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emu105 i wish i can top notch my q6600 =(

Mine doesn't run stable at 3.6 either I've tried up to 1.475v. 8x400 is a snap @ 1.4125 but 9X400 probably won't work without 1.5v or more.

my q6600 isn't the best chip

3.2 works pretty good though.

EDIT:

I had a GA-965p-DS3 and even with Watercooling I was never able to top 9X333 stable on it. I was able to get an E6600 to 8X400 so it might just be my board or possibly memory. When I put the same q6600 in an EVGA 780i with some 800Mhz memory I was able to hit 3.2Ghz with little effort, and as you can tell by my Vcore this is a hot, Voltage hungry q6600.

I bet what was holding me back on the old board was my 667Mhz memory trying to run 800+ considering you're having no trouble running 8X400FSB with the quad and i couldn't get it to run that to save my life.

 

[richardbb85]

My q6600 at 3.6 was stable at 1.39v

3.7 needded 1.45v

Now 3.8 at 1.518

 

[DJWarden]

Im really tempting to go water.. but i was saving for a complete CPU bundle.. i7/Mobo/Ram

OR i could just get Qx series .. decisions decisions

 

[diatec]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJWarden Blue screened after 5 seconds with prime.. Voltage upped 2 notches.. maybe 3.6ghz was to much for my cpu

Have you increased the voltage to the north bridge? and try keeping your memory speed low, 800Mhz works pretty good for me when I'm overclocking

 

[DJWarden]

Quote:

Originally Posted by diatec Have you increased the voltage to the north bridge? and try keeping your memory speed low, 800Mhz works pretty good for me when I'm overclocking

Not changed the northbridge voltage, and yeh i keep memory at 800mhz , not sure i can change voltage of northbridge in bios,

Any third party apps that can do it ?

MCH voltage change is it

ill whack that up abit see what i get

 

[richardbb85]

Any chance ur mobo limiting ur OC?

 

[DJWarden]

Quote:

Originally Posted by richardbb85 Any chance ur mobo limiting ur OC?

could be .. its an old mobo over 2 years old lol .. ill stress what iv got so far, if that fails ill go back to 8x400 and get an i7 bundle

 

[richardbb85]

That's probably why, lol

Yea u r better off going with the bundle if u can

 

[DJWarden]

Quote:

Originally Posted by richardbb85 That's probably why, lol Yea u r better off going with the bundle if u can

Its running benchmarks ok at 3.6ghz not tried prime yet.. Gona wait tillmy auction on ebay have ended incase i cant start comp

 

[deafboy]

I couldnt get 3.6 to work either.

2.4-3.4 works 100%
3.5 only lasted a short time in Prime95
3.6 havent got it to work.

 

[richardbb85]

it's either ur mobo or bad chip

most likely mobo

how much volt did u add