Hello! i would like to OC my Q6600. I have 0 exp, can you help

[Shadow703793]

^That's fine to have odd FSB.

Imo, don't put RAM on Auto. Put it to SPD 2 or 1:1 timing.

 

[jasjeet]

heres the ram info in cpu z, tell me what i need to do and ill figure it out in the bios. i think the default ram voltage is 1.80 but im not sure, its set to auto atm and cpu z reports that too.

tell me where to go next, i have 1.3840 vcore on 360X9 for a 3.24Ghz final clock.

thanks for eveything so far. also by oc the processor this amount how long should it last, i wont go further due to the temps nearly exceeding 60 degrees.

 

[jasjeet]

it says ddr3 but its ddr2 lol

 

[jasjeet]

also i have C1E back enabled to let the cpu relax when it isnt under pressure, good idea or bad idea?

 

[iluvgillgill]

as long as its stable over everyday use its fine to enable those setting.

 

[jasjeet]

also one other thing the NB in the bios displayes yellow at 1.30, is it safe to lower it a little bit? if i lower it 0.02 at a time once it becomes too low what will happen?

then ill know what to do from there lol

 

[iluvgillgill]

again as long as it pass 24hours prime then its fine. if its not stable you will get crash freeze BSOD.

 

[jasjeet]

klkl ill try lower it a tad that goes same for sb too? and should that lower my temps too? because that would be real nice lol

 

[jasjeet]

okey dokey played some more and have this, now at 3.31Ghz @ 1.4080 vcore.

i am using a tjunction of 95 so temps could be 5 degrees higher so i am not going to go any further. anyone got tips to keep this clock speed but lower the temps?

i have ram at 1:1 (omg its so much faster!) @ 824Mhz at the stock timings. also its at 1.86V which i might reduce until instability.

finally are the temps safe? only orthos is really going to hit these right?

woo so happy thanks!

 

[jasjeet]

just cranked up the cpu fan (man its silent!) and now at 58 58 53 52

 

[iluvgillgill]

its best to have Prime 95 25.6 to stress a quad core CPU using Small FFTs.

you will need to do it for 24hours before you can really claim its 100% stable.

 

[iluvgillgill]

i dont think your CPU is at 100% by the looks of the temperature. if all cores on 100% they will not have a bigger difference then 3C.and yours is at 6C at the smallest.

use the program i said above its much better.

 

[jasjeet]

i am using 2 orthos one on core 0 and 1 then the second on core 2 and 3 running small fft's test. i thought that was kinda the same as prime, it runs small fft test too but just in one go.

but ill have a go. yeh even idle the temps have quite a difference i have no idea why, maybe i didnt put the HSF on as well as i could, (it was my first baby lol)

 

[iluvgillgill]

maybe im wrong but i have to say those temp look weird to me. give prime 25.6 a try though i found them more stressful to the system.

 

[jasjeet]

ok i have done for 20 mins temps aint budged:

 

[jasjeet]

it never goes to 59 on cores 0 and 1 only 58 then skips to 60 weird, did it every time!

 

[jasjeet]

lol temps are now flicking between 57 and 58 with prime 95 on cores 0 and 1 with core 2 and 3 at 53 52

 

[americanbrian]

I am glad to hear everything went well. It's well nice to get that free extra performance huh?

I went OC mad after getting my desktop working @3.4.

BTW, if you want a really cheap way to cool an extra few degs C, buy extra case fans. bigger the better, shift more air for less RPM, quieter and more effective. Your case is the biggest factor on ease of mounting/total available fans etc.

I now have 4 (3x120mm 1x 140mm) and I just installed a new cooler on my 8800GT.

 

[jasjeet]

i have 1 140mm exhaust 1 top 120mm exhaust back and 2 120mm intake side and front. but i think its because my tower is in an enclosed area so it cant get fresh air.

also the antec smartcool fans wont speed up beyond 1000 - 1100 rpm because they blow cold air over their exhaust side and cant find a way to increase thier speed manually yet.

 

[jasjeet]

+ the cpu cooler a ocz 120mm fan blowing into the top exhaust

 

[V3NOM]

>.> shouldnt it be blowing out the back? what model is it..

 

[jasjeet]

its the ocz vendetta 2, i have it blowing up because heat rises so it should be better in theory. also the exhaust in the Antec 300 case is larger up top rather than the 120mm at the back.

but anyways ive got 3.31Ghz 8 multi at 412Mhz stable at 1.4v vcore now.

cpu z shows timings are lower for 1 stick of ram but higher on the other, should i tighten the timings aand make it equal for both, atm its on auto.

 

[jasjeet]

i seem to be Prime95 stable when running small fft test but blend seems to fail after a few minutes on core 3.

i have NB at 1.30v and SB at 1.20v. ram is at 1:1 824Mhz at 1.86v. default it 1.8v i think. whats happening?

 

[V3NOM]

err the heat pipes should be going horizontally across the quad shouldnt they?

 

[jasjeet]

lol i dunno, temps seem good so im not too worried.

im kind of stumped, i increased ram voltage to 1.9v increases vcore a notch and decreased the fsb to 410 from 412, but i still fail blend on core 3 after 3 minutes.

fatal error rounding was 0.5 expected less then 0.4.

orthos seems stable at small fft test as well as prime but keeps blend failing