I got a SLACR!

[MBrown]

With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: MBrown
With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

New SLACR chips are notoriosly poor overclockers. The 1.35 is likely the VID, anything over 1.325 is likely to be lucky to hit 3.0-3.2GHz though some have gotten lucky and gone higher.

 

[chizow]

Not sure who told you they don't make any more SLACR S-spec Q6600s, iirc its the last and only one left that should be in circulation. Perhaps people were referring to higher VID in the 1.325 range, which was the common complaint for newer SLACR G0s as there was a high corrolation of poor overclocking chips compared to earlier SLACRs with lower VIDs in the 1.2xx range.

 

[Ausm]

My SLACR I got from Newegg last week overclocks just fine VERY happy with it.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Ausm
My SLACR I got from Newegg last week overclocks just fine VERY happy with it.

If it's the 3.3GHz one in your sig, that's a semi-common OC. Most people that get the SLACR G0 Q6600's expect far too much out of them. Many are disappointed if they don't reach at LEAST 3.6GHz, which is quite a feat.

 

[Arkaign]

I have a SLACR E5200, and it will happily do 4ghz stable, but with my puny 9600GT, I've backed off to about 3.5Ghz, think it's 3496mhz or so.

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
I have a SLACR E5200, and it will happily do 4ghz stable, but with my puny 9600GT, I've backed off to about 3.5Ghz, think it's 3496mhz or so.

Ahh! We're talking Q6600 here.

I got mine to 3.2Ghz I could do 3.6Ghz but this baby needs 1.5v or more in order be stable.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Ausm
My SLACR I got from Newegg last week overclocks just fine VERY happy with it.

If it's the 3.3GHz one in your sig, that's a semi-common OC. Most people that get the SLACR G0 Q6600's expect far too much out of them. Many are disappointed if they don't reach at LEAST 3.6GHz, which is quite a feat.

Agreed. The Q6600 in my sig is an SLACR G0 and 3.4GHz is stable for a few minutes with insane voltage. 3.2GHz, however (a neat 400x8) is rock solid at 1.395v and idles at 38C. I highly doubt it would ever make it above 3.4GHz.

 

[iCyborg]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks

Originally posted by: Arkaign
I have a SLACR E5200, and it will happily do 4ghz stable, but with my puny 9600GT, I've backed off to about 3.5Ghz, think it's 3496mhz or so.

Ahh! We're talking Q6600 here.

I got mine to 3.2Ghz I could do 3.6Ghz but this baby needs 1.5v or more in order be stable.

Doesn't sspec number uniquely determine the CPU? How can he have slacr e5200?

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Ausm
My SLACR I got from Newegg last week overclocks just fine VERY happy with it.

If it's the 3.3GHz one in your sig, that's a semi-common OC. Most people that get the SLACR G0 Q6600's expect far too much out of them. Many are disappointed if they don't reach at LEAST 3.6GHz, which is quite a feat.

I wasn't looking for insano speed hell getting almost 1 Ghz more out if made me totally happy.

 

[MBrown]

K. I just installed it. I have a AC7 Freezer Pro HSF with some AS5 applied.

pic

are my temps a bit high? Also my case is open. Is that a good stock core voltage?

 

[Ausm]

My Idle temps average around 30C on my overclocked CPU.

 

[racolvin]

Perfectly happy with the 3.0Ghz I get from mine in my Shuttle box. Didn't need more speed/heat in that little unit or the fan noise gets painful

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: MBrown
K. I just installed it. I have a AC7 Freezer Pro HSF with some AS5 applied.

pic

are my temps a bit high? Also my case is open. Is that a good stock core voltage?

Being that I have the same CPU and HSF I feel qualified to answer. Your temps are fine. But you should close the case and run Prime95 for a few hours or preferably overnight to see what your temps really are. Many things factor in here. Airflow thru case and ambient room temp most specifically. But also CPU HSF speed. More fan noise=more cooling...but that also depends on how much noise bothers you.

Do you have the MB CPU voltage set on Auto? Leave it on auto until you start to OC, then raise it a bit at a time.

AS5 takes a few hot/cold cycles to break in. IOW, run the PC for a day, shut it off for a few hours. Repeat a few times. You will notice a 2-4C drop in idle temps after the AS5 has worn-in.

Don't overclock yet. Give it a few thermal cycles. Then beat the snot out of it. With our HSF, I wouldn't go too much above 1.40 volts unless you manually set the fan to run on max 24/7 which would get noisy, fast.

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: MBrown
With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

New SLACR chips are notoriosly poor overclockers. The 1.35 is likely the VID, anything over 1.325 is likely to be lucky to hit 3.0-3.2GHz though some have gotten lucky and gone higher.

You mean, for once, it actually paid to be an early adopter?

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: iCyborg

Originally posted by: MegaWorks

Originally posted by: Arkaign
I have a SLACR E5200, and it will happily do 4ghz stable, but with my puny 9600GT, I've backed off to about 3.5Ghz, think it's 3496mhz or so.

Ahh! We're talking Q6600 here.

I got mine to 3.2Ghz I could do 3.6Ghz but this baby needs 1.5v or more in order be stable.

Doesn't sspec number uniquely determine the CPU? How can he have slacr e5200?

Sorry, I have a SLAY7 E5200, I had another SLACR Q6600 for a customer (friend/coworker) build, and misremembered which was which.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: iCyborg
Doesn't sspec number uniquely determine the CPU? How can he have slacr e5200?

He doesn't. He's confused.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: sgrinavi

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: MBrown
With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

New SLACR chips are notoriosly poor overclockers. The 1.35 is likely the VID, anything over 1.325 is likely to be lucky to hit 3.0-3.2GHz though some have gotten lucky and gone higher.

You mean, for once, it actually paid to be an early adopter?

Nah, it paid to be a "mid adopter".

If you were an early Q6600 adopter then you got stuck with those notoriously power hungry FSB limited B3 steppings. It was only later that the G0 stepping (SLACR) for Q6600 were released.

 

[bobsmith1492]

slacker

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: sgrinavi

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: MBrown
With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

New SLACR chips are notoriosly poor overclockers. The 1.35 is likely the VID, anything over 1.325 is likely to be lucky to hit 3.0-3.2GHz though some have gotten lucky and gone higher.

You mean, for once, it actually paid to be an early adopter?

I would say yes. The later SLACR's clock horribly and with the internet rumor mill, it seems everyone falls into the trap of expecting 3.6GHz or more from their SLACR which isn't happening. It seems that 3.4GHz is an excellent clock on the later 1.325VID and later SLACR chips.

 

[Minerva]

Could not help thinking about this when I read SLACR.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7-BlWbPV1s

 

[F1shF4t]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: sgrinavi

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: MBrown
With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

New SLACR chips are notoriosly poor overclockers. The 1.35 is likely the VID, anything over 1.325 is likely to be lucky to hit 3.0-3.2GHz though some have gotten lucky and gone higher.

You mean, for once, it actually paid to be an early adopter?

Nah, it paid to be a "mid adopter".

If you were an early Q6600 adopter then you got stuck with those notoriously power hungry FSB limited B3 steppings. It was only later that the G0 stepping (SLACR) for Q6600 were released.

I got one of those B3's just when the G0's came out . It has a VID of 1.3125 which is actually lower than the newer G0's. 3.2ghz @1.425v was the highest i've had it and even a Push-Pull TRUE could not keep it under 90C in linpack.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Minerva
Could not help thinking about this when I read SLACR.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7-BlWbPV1s

Said the sensei Intel to the grasshoper AMD...

 

[Dadofamunky]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Ausm
My SLACR I got from Newegg last week overclocks just fine VERY happy with it.

If it's the 3.3GHz one in your sig, that's a semi-common OC. Most people that get the SLACR G0 Q6600's expect far too much out of them. Many are disappointed if they don't reach at LEAST 3.6GHz, which is quite a feat.

Yeah, I mean a 50% OC is as good as you can ever expect. For pretty much anything, unless you're Vapochill Boy or something like that ;

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: MBrown
With the recent news of people not getting SLACRs anymore because intel aren't making them anymore I figured I just won't be able to OC my newer q6600 as high as the other people. I ordered a q6600 that arrived today and it says SLACR on the box and CPU. yay. But, it says 1.35v on the box. Is it supposed to be lower?

Edit: I guess its max voltage.

New SLACR chips are notoriosly poor overclockers. The 1.35 is likely the VID, anything over 1.325 is likely to be lucky to hit 3.0-3.2GHz though some have gotten lucky and gone higher.

The new SLACRs are slackers?