core 2 quad oc boot loop

[NAXDONDSUB]

Trying to over clock my q6600 to at least 3.0 Ghz. After looking around I've found that it is a lack of cpu voltage. I do know how to access those settings in my bios. However, I need guidance on what voltage to tune it to exactly for a stable operation.

Specs:
Asus p5nd w/ 8gb ddr2 ram
Core 2 quad q6600
Thermaltake tr2 700w power supply

If there is any more details I need to provide. Please let me know.

 

[jnewegger23]

Just try increasing it small increments until stable like .005V or .01 if it doesn't allow increments that small so if for example you last had it at 1.20V, go into bios and scale up to 1.205V or 1.21V (again depending on what your bios will allow, the smaller the better) and repeat until stable.

Simply asking for what someone else has is no guarantee it will work for you. Otherwise there would be a list to copy and paste from. You must learn your chip specifically. You can get lucky but you might be able to get away with more or less depending on where your chip falls in the intel "lottery".

This said, so if one recommends they are running the same chip at 1.25V and you get that stable great right? Not necessarily, this may cause heating issues for you and not for them but be stable. Alternatively maybe you can be stable at 1.24V but you won't know this if you just input what someone else told you to.
Being methodical will help you better to find the lowest possible stable vcore for your oc. Hope this helps! Enjoy the process and have fun!

Thanks,

Justin S.