Getting Q6600 and mobo tomorrow

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Im getting a Q6600 and a Asus P5K-e tomorrow with 4 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC6400

Will the board automatically set my voltages and fsb where they should be to run at 2.4 ghz? The ram is 400 mhz right...and to run at 2.4 it will need the ram to be set to 266 because there is a 9x multiplier correct?

If it is a G0 (which is almost guarunteed at this point) will it hit 3.0 easy without a voltage change?

What is typically the safe voltage range for one of these processors?

Sorry if Im askin the wrong questions, I dont have internet access at home so this is my last chance to get info before the build.
 
Your board will run default voltages at stock but you should check what voltage your RAM is rated for and set that manually (boards often run RAM at a default of 1.8V, however a lot of higher end RAM wants to run at 2.1v and this discrepancy has been known to cause problems). As for your fsb that should be automatically selected by the board to run the CPU at stock of 2.4Ghz.

With very good air cooling that processor can take up to 1.5V (but you shouldn't need anywhere near that level to run at 3 or 3.2Ghz. Your processor will easily clock to 3Ghz but you may need to notch up the voltage a little (less than 1.4V) to get it prime stable.

There is an excellent post that explains overclocking on a P5k here http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardware/110267-c2d-overclocking-guide-beginners-p5k-add.html
 
Ok, I only have the stock HSF for now. Is the little grey area on the bottom of it where it touches the processor supposed to replace thermal paste? I have some Arctic Silver 5 (I think its called that), would it be good to put that on there? How much? Do I cover the entire back of the CPU or should I put it on the bottom of the heatsink?
 

Follow these instructions:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appinstruct/as5/ins_as5_intel_quad_wcap.pdf
 
Wow that is scary. You just apply it in a line and let the heatsink spread it over the cores. Yikes, hopefully my $280 dollar processor isnt toast on first boot. Meh, it should be ok
 


It's fine.

I have the same board and CPU, if you run into problems send me a PM. I just have 2 rules, don't assume you know everything and don't piss me off by assuming you know everything.

The board will default 266x9 (2.4 GHz) and the RAM will run at 400 MHz (DDR-800). G0 is easy to hit 3.0 with, can't guarentee no voltage increase. I'll fill you in on all the voltage options.

My advice is 0602 BIOS (0906 adds 45nm support, but 0602 is the best OCing BIOS). 1.5v is the "max" on air cooling. What cooler do you have?
 
Well I wanted the Thermalright Ultra-120 to try to push it as far as it could go but Newegg was out of stock. I'm just gonna run the stock one and hopefully inch it closer to 3 ghz as long as the temps stay down.

You say dont assume I know everything, was I talking like a no it all? Im not being a smartass I'm just wondering if I was sounding like that. If I thought I knew everything I woudlnt be askin for help
 


No not at all, I didn't mean to come off like you were. There are a lot of people that ask for help and piss me off by assuming they know everything when they don't. I don't know it all either, I try to keep learning.

The stock won't get you 3.0 GHz. You will be lucky if it isn't close to overheating at 2.4 GHz with Prime95v255 running. SVC.com sells lapping TRUEs and regular TRUEs. I used them, great company. ShopPTS.com is another one that is great.
 



I got my bro's Q6600 to 3.2Ghz with the stock cooler with perfectly reasonable temperatures ( 37-43 idle and maxed out at the high 60s) and prime stable over night - that's with an overvolt to the setting one notch down from 1.4v).

TBH I wouldn't use the AS5 website recommended method of squirting a great line of the stuff down the middle of the IHS - the method I always use is to apply a grain of rice sized blob to the middle and then spread it into an even and as thin layer as possible with a credit card (cleaned of course) across the entire surface of the IHS. You got to remember the AS5 instructions are there to make the job as easy as possible for the average noob whilst rendering acceptable results as opposed to the best results (my only caveat to that would be if you have a very concave/convex IHS on your proccy in which case you may need more TIM).

If I were you I'd go for it even with the stock cooler, just notch it up incrementally and check the temps.
 


Ok. You must have an incredible stock cooler to only have a delta T of 25C between idle and load.
 


It means put up or shut up. Now feel free to get all mad at me because I don't automatically believe something someone on an internet forum said.

I got my Q6600 to 3.4 GHz on stock volts and the stock cooler, I just upgraded to the Thermalright for 3.6 GHz.
 
I'm not mad, and I don't feel the need to "put up" or "shut up." I'm just pointing out to the OP that with the stock cooler as a stop gap, and if he's careful, he should be able to OC his Q6600 to a reasonable level without too much anxiety over temperatures.



...bully for you.
 


Pics or it didn't happen 😀.

My lapped Tuniq Tower-120 is about 30c Delta T when the fan is on full blast (2000 RPM). :ange:

Also, if i may state that I hate using the credit card spreading method, simply because its harder to do and tends to introduce more air pockets/insulate the CPU more than the 'dollop' method. I plan on testing this soon of course, possibly with this beast: http://www.computerbase.de/bild/news/18649/1/
 
The reason anyone would say anything about your comment is because

1) Its highly unlikely what you say is possible.

2) Your also confusing someone who is trying to figure out how to go about OCing.
Therefore making it more difficult for us to lead him in the right direction.

And MX2 has been tested to yield better results than AS5. It's also non conductive and the easiest to apply.
 
See this http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=5&artpage=3071&articID=635

I believe this chap is using the stock HS and fan. Ok, its not in a case but the delta T still stands and if you consider the temperature inside a case to be around 20*C above his ambient of 21*c then with an OC of 3Ghz you're looking at a load temp of 65*C using AS5 and applying it with the blob method....which I admit, from these results appears to be more effective.
 


If you look closely he is at stock voltage (1.275 which he rounds to 1.28). this could easily account for the deltaT being as low as 24c with a stock cooler. Remember that heat is proportional with the square of the voltage.
Seeing as you are at ~1.4v, its just a little unlikely to me.

What program are you using to monitor the CPU temperature?
 
Well I have Coretemp, Everest and a few others. I hear Coretemp is the best on everything but 64-bit. Since I am on vista x64 I plan on using everest.

All this is goin down tomorrow Im pretty excited
 
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