Need OC help with Q6600 and Abit IP35 Pro

[Mech0z]

Gear
Q6600
Abit IP35 Pro
Kingston HyperX PC6400

I am trying to run a high stable OC of 3375 with 9 multi or 3200 with 8 multi. But when I read about others Q6600 they run 3.2 stable at 1.3. Whenever I try to run something like that I need 1.4-1.45Vcore which seems very high compared to others

So I thought is there other values I have to raise?

I am running my ram at 1:1.25 @ 900mhz at 2.3V which they should manage.

But what is the chipset voltage called? I have no idear what else to raise, if any other values have any impact on my OC.

So help me get 3200 or 3375 stable oc

Right now I am running Prime at 3375 with 1.48Vcore but that seems all too high. But I will try to decrease it and see when its not stable anymore
CPU-Z Reports 1.39 - 1.4 with that setting

 

[darckhart]

I'm kind of new at this as well, but I got 3.2 with air and 3.5/6 on water. What's your VID? You may have a chip with a high one? and which bios you run? I found that b17 made my chip suck down a LOT more voltage than it needed to for some reason so I moved back to b16. Also, I have since switched to water and did the heatpipe mod (which I highly recommend: essentially take off your heatpipe and remove that thick rubbery gunk they have on there and replace with your choice of thermal interface material.), but I used a Scythe Ninja to get 425x8 at 1.3775V with ram 1:1. Here's what worked for me then: CPU VTT 1.23, MCH 1.39, ICH 1.32, ICHIO 1.50, DDR2REF and GTLREF did not touch. hth, but ymmv.

 

[Mech0z]

B0 stepping
Vid 1.3000

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
B0 stepping
Vid 1.3000

B3 or G0? I don't think there's a B0 stepping.

I wouldn't try to overclock your RAM at the same time that you're working out the CPU overclock. Dial the RAM back to 1:1 for now. 2.3V is a lot of voltage to be feeding your RAM - that screams premature failure to me.

At any rate, see if you can get any farther with your RAM running 1:1 @ 5-5-5-15, with whatever voltage it requires for those timings.

 

[bryanW1995]

my q6600 is on an ip35e with hyper x pc 6400.

I have 3.4 stable with 1.5 in bios, 1.42 after vdrop/droop using a tuniq. Mine is also a go stepping, the newer q6600's either don't clock quite as well as the first batches or we're just reporting real results with 100% stability now.

 

[KIAman]

My old Q6600 on IP35-E did 3.6ghz with 1.41v

My bios settings were

Vcore 1.45
NBVcore: 1.35
CPU VTT: (forgot setting but 2 notches above default)
Memcore 2.1
Mem Ratio: 1:1
Multiplier: 8x
FSB: 450

Memory settings from top to bottom
5
5
5
5
15
auto
auto
auto
Command Rate 2T

 

[chevmaro]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
Gear
Q6600
Abit IP35 Pro
Kingston HyperX PC6400

I am trying to run a high stable OC of 3375 with 9 multi or 3200 with 8 multi. But when I read about others Q6600 they run 3.2 stable at 1.3. Whenever I try to run something like that I need 1.4-1.45Vcore which seems very high compared to others

So I thought is there other values I have to raise?

I am running my ram at 1:1.25 @ 900mhz at 2.3V which they should manage.

But what is the chipset voltage called? I have no idear what else to raise, if any other values have any impact on my OC.

So help me get 3200 or 3375 stable oc

Right now I am running Prime at 3375 with 1.48Vcore but that seems all too high. But I will try to decrease it and see when its not stable anymore
CPU-Z Reports 1.39 - 1.4 with that setting

I have the same problem you have. I am using a IP35 (non pro) . To get above 3.0ghz it was requiring alot of power. Even to goto 3.2 it needed lots of voltage. I left it at 3.0 with stock voltage and has been running good. I always thought it was my cheap power supply. I have upgraded to a antec quattro but I havent messed with the OC for a while. I am also running my ram at 1t and 4-4-4-12. 2.2v on ram and factory voltage everywhere else.

 

[Spammeh]

My q6600 needs 1.50vcore in bios (1.432 vdroop) to do 3.3ghz. (prime\linpack stable) I'm still tempted to try 1.56vcore for 3.4ghz though as I'm only hitting 60c whilst priming.