Has anyone reached 3.6 or 4 GHz with E6600 and air cooling?

[picboy]

Hello and Happy New Year to everyone.


I wanted to know if anyone has reached 3.6 GHz or 4 GHz with a Core 2 Duo E6600 (400 or 450 MHz FSB) with air cooling. Is it nearly imposible?

If so, what system was used? mobo, ram, HSF, number of fans, Vcore, etc...


Oh! I have a rather dummy question. If the ASUS P5B-E has only 1 Chasis fan connector and I want to use a total of 5 Fan where or how can I power them?

That's all! Thanks!

 

[mr00000]

I've gotten my E6600 up to 3.6 stable but just a little hotter than I want to run.

I'm using a P5B, 2gb of Corsair XMS2 PC-6400, and cooling with a Zalman 9500.

 

[thelvyn]

I dont have that cpu but as far as the fans are concerned you can get molex fans or you can buy adapters to convert from molex.
You wont be able to control them from software however if they are not plugged into a fan header.

 

[Ironkidz]

Ill give you a word of advice... i would not recommend trying to get a system especially a air cooled system stable at 3.6... the risk/benefit ratio from OC'ing past 3.4 isnt worth it. I have however oc'd a 6600 to 3.7 but hardly stable at times all air cooled. The set up is as follows

evga nvidia 680i mobo

coolermaster stacker case with 4 side fans, a zalman 9700 cpu cooler and 3 other case fans in the front back and top.

Corsair dominator c5d ram at 1066

my vcore was at 1.45 to 1.5

however, to be realistic you should just shoot for 3.4 its stable, safe, and performs great!!

 

[bullaRh]

what r u talking about.. 3.6 is fine stable unless u wanna keep ur rig for 10 years without upgrading..

 

[thelvyn]

Why dont you let the op know what your system is then ?
And is that on AIR ?

 

[crackerjacks]

Take a look at these forums, http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=56

tons of people have overclocked their E6600 on air with stock cooling and after marker HSF.

 

[qurious69ss]

If you know what you are doing and have good mobo, memory, and cooling then 3.6g is not that big of a deal for C2D. To be honest I don't see the point of running at 3.6g so I don't. I just set my multiplier at 11 and my rig runs great at 3g.

 

[thelvyn]

Where do all of you people get these engineering samples anyway ?
Were they handing them out at the mall when I wasnt looking ?

 

[qurious69ss]

Where I work. That's all I can say.

 

[Pepca]

so 3,6GHz is reachable with water cooling system on 6600?

 

[crackerjacks]

With water cooling, you can go over 3.6Ghz

 

[forumtroll]

Maybe I was just really lucky with my cpu, but 3.6ghz is cake for me on air with the equipment listed in my signature. I run at 3.5ghz because I like the idea of being below 1.4v. 3.6ghz used to be my 24/7 overclock though. And it was easily attainable with a good air cooler.

 

[SyPheR]

Well, I'm sure it's possible allright.....you read these stories about different E6600 revisions....like the system I've installed for my dad.....he has a E6600 B2 revision. I don't really get it what is so important about this.....also I don't get it why one E6600 overclocks better then the other...like intel is still developing the core while producing it? They still put money into it? Oh well...you have to believe this or not it's up to you. But on with the show.....I choose to buy a E6600 cooled with a Thermalright Ultra 120 cooling block and a Nexus Fan 120MM that runs max at 1100 rpm and only produces 22.8 db running at max what is not nessacary at all because of the good ultra 120 performance (both got many awards >fan for silent running and >Ultra-120 performance)/G.E.I.L. DDR2 800 with cl4-4-4-12 timings on a Asus DH Deluxe. The whole setup was build in an Antec P150 case which is a very good case when it comes to silent and cool performance (it even outperformce its bigger brother the P180 casing when it comes to cpu cooling temperatures. It got one 120mm Fan installed in the back of the case and it can be switched to 3 different speeds. Low Medium and High. I choose to set this fan on low cause of the great performance of the cpu cooling block. To get a little bit more cooling I bought two 92 mm silent antec fans that produce 14 db of noise in low settings......I've switched the upper one to medium performance to get a bit more airflow in the casing. After all this I've turned on the bios AI quiet mode and the system is running perfectly quiet at 3.4GHZ with only a slight low breeze sound....it runs idle at 33degrees celcius. I mean.....will you noticed the difference between 3.4 or 3.6Ghz? I bet you won't. It's only reducing the lifetime of your cpu and this for only 200Mhz difference. If you want to do it to impress...well that also not worth it cause who are you going to impress while so many people did it allready cause they felt the same like you (Mind IF please 😉 )? Unhealthy overclocking it just not the way to go with aircooling and 3.4Ghz is a perfect worth for money overclock with the E6600 if you ask me>>>>SILENT Performance=Comfort computing<<<<. THat's my opinion.

 

[Valtiel]

I don't get it why one E6600 overclocks better then the other

All chips aren't created equal.

It's only reducing the lifetime of your cpu and this for only 200Mhz difference

Keep in mind chips are meant to live for upwards of 10 years the difference in lifetime between an E6600 clocked at 3.4 compared to 3.6 Ghz is not a valid argument because it will still exceed a lifetime of five years (which is more than enough for anyone who is into overclocking for that much performance)

 

[bullaRh]

why you need 2 know what my system is ? its a x850xt with a 3500+ right now i already bought my TT armor and my silverstone zeus tho im waiting on my 2 R600's so yea..

if u read a little around u find out that 3.6 isnt that high but its fine for normal use if u have the temps for it on air 8)

 

[Bl4d3]

by the way what is an R600 that everybody has been talking about??

 

[bullaRh]

its the DX10 gpu from ATI it should come out around february

 

[SyPheR]

I don't get it why one E6600 overclocks better then the other

All chips aren't created equal.

It's only reducing the lifetime of your cpu and this for only 200Mhz difference

Keep in mind chips are meant to live for upwards of 10 years the difference in lifetime between an E6600 clocked at 3.4 compared to 3.6 Ghz is not a valid argument because it will still exceed a lifetime of five years (which is more than enough for anyone who is into overclocking for that much performance)

Yes totally true I guess 😀 Nice point of view.

But still I wonder if there is anyone out there that has experienced a CPU overclocked to it's limits that died a bit sooner then five years but more like two years? About the CPU chips.....why are they not created equally? What makes the difference? It can't be mistakes made by the robot's that are doing the fabrication processes right? I mean they work so accurate.....

 

[chuckshissle]

I think Coolaler was the first one to achieve 4Ghz on E6600 with air cooling. Using the Tuniq Tower 120 of course. If you want extreme overclocking then the E6400 would be it. As for the settings on the E6600, it would be enough to last the cpu a couple of years just in time to get an upgrade anyways.

 

[forumtroll]

Price and value is an entirely subjective issue.

What I find interesting is that many of the 6400 fans make it sound is if the 6400 is just superior product and the "no-brainer" purchase choice. I'm not buying into it. You often see people making reference to crazy (obviously fluke) situations like 4ghz air OCs on the 6400. Maybe a person or two made it happen, who knows.... maybe it was even orthos stable for a few minutes. But who cares. Ultimately a purchase decision should be about nominal potential not anomalous results.

The prices are $322.00 and $223.00 at current newegg rates. For me, the extra $100 for a superior processor is worth it. For some people the difference in performance may not be enough to justify the expense.

We're a bit off the topic of the post now.

 

[Nova46]

I've gotten to 3.7 Ghz on air with my Zalman CNPS9500, haven't bothered going higher. Temps were about 50C at idle, I'm sure they'd be lower with a Tuniq Tower. I leave mine at 3 Ghz though, it's fast enough for me and temps are good with 30C idle.

 

[n8dogg]

Well say what you want about the zalman, my 9700 and recently oc'd 6600 to 3.62mhz with a 1.39vcore, 42C idle 53C load, on a striker extreme with team extreem 6400 4-4-4-8 1t.
My zalman works just fine in my TT armor case, must have been something wrong with yours.

 

[CompuTronix]

This post is from SyPhyR on the previous page:

About the CPU chips.....why are they not created equally? What makes the difference? It can't be mistakes made by the robot's that are doing the fabrication processes right? I mean they work so accurate.....

There are no CPU's 100% identical. Every silicon semiconductor device is unique, and as such, has different basic properties of electronics such as resistance, capacitance, inductance, impedance, and transconductance. Although two consecutive serial number CPU's from the same fabrication, with the same stepping codes, may appear identical, they're yielded from different location on the silicon wafer from which they're manufactured, and like diamonds, each has it's own unique flaws.

Even though their dynamic operational characteristics may be very similar, no two CPU's will overclock to exactly the same stable maximum speed, at the same voltage, at the same temperature. Additionally, in a dual core processor, one core will always run at higher temps and become unstable before the other. Therefore, since there are no overclocking gaurantees due to the variables, all we can project is what's reasonably typical per cooling solution.

Although this helps to partially clarify some answers, no one has yet mentioned any details regarding temperature measurements, such as differences in BIOS readings and various software utilities, just so we're careful to compare apples to apples. :?

 

[kwalker]

If you know what your doing and follow the good advise that is all over these forums you do stand a chance to achieve your goals.
Not that 4GHz is possible for everyone (3.6 more likely) but it is possible.
Do you think it’s really necessary to flame a point of correction?
Debating is more acceptable and everyone learns from a good argument that is less inflammatory.