Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz (400x9) / P5-DS3L / 40*C / 1.3V ....am I doing something wrong?!

[core2slow]

Ok...

Q6600 G0 stepping [[moderate lapping]]
GA-P35-DS3L
MSI NX8800GT 512MB OC
G.Skill 4gb (2x2) DDR2 800
Tuniq Tower 120 [[moderate lapping]]
Antec 900

From what i can remember from last night (im at work atm), I was able to go from 2.4 up to 3.6 without any hiccups. The computer didnt restart at all during my FSB increases. I vaguely remember my MIT setting as:

ram 1:1
DDR2 control -- +.2v
FSB control -- +.1v
Vcore control -- 1.4v

speedfan & coretemp reports a very low 40*Cs on all my cores with a 1.3V reading. Now i've read around here and i've seen people with their Q6600 achieving mid-3Ghz with over 1.5V and temp as high as 60*C. Am I, in any way, undervolting my CPU and would this damage the CPU life cycle?

I have not done any stress testing yet.

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: core2slow
I have not done any stress testing yet.

Do that before even making the thread. It might crash after 1 second of prime95.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

Originally posted by: core2slow
Ok...

Q6600 G0 stepping [[moderate lapping]]
GA-P35-DS3L
MSI NX8800GT 512MB OC
G.Skill 4gb (2x2) DDR2 800
Tuniq Tower 120 [[moderate lapping]]
Antec 900

From what i can remember from last night (im at work atm), I was able to go from 2.4 up to 3.6 without any hiccups. The computer didnt restart at all during my FSB increases. I vaguely remember my MIT setting as:

ram 1:1
DDR2 control -- +.2v
FSB control -- +.1v
Vcore control -- 1.4v

speedfan & coretemp reports a very low 40*Cs on all my cores with a 1.3V reading. Now i've read around here and i've seen people with their Q6600 achieving mid-3Ghz with over 1.5V and temp as high as 60*C. Am I, in any way, undervolting my CPU and would this damage the CPU life cycle?

I have not done any stress testing yet.

So you are getting low 40's while the CPU is idle? If so, then that may be a bit high, I get low 30's idling at 1.4V and 3.5GHz. I guess it depends on your fan speed (low speed fan will have higher temps)

If you are getting low 40's while under load, either your aren't loading your CPU, or your temp reading software isn't accurate, IMHO. My prime95 temps get up to about ~60C with coretemp, with an undervolted 120mm fan on a TRUE.

As to your voltage, 1.4V is overvolting your CPU, not undervolting. And 1.4V shouldn't hurt anything.

 

[core2slow]

thanks guys. that's just what i wanted to hear.

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: core2slow
thanks guys. that's just what i wanted to hear.

You've taken your CPU all the way up to 3.6GHz without running a single stress test? Why?

 

[core2slow]

Originally posted by: DSF

Originally posted by: core2slow
thanks guys. that's just what i wanted to hear.

You've taken your CPU all the way up to 3.6GHz without running a single stress test? Why?

because i just finished building it last night. I was merely playing around with the BIOS.

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: core2slow

Originally posted by: DSF

Originally posted by: core2slow
thanks guys. that's just what i wanted to hear.

You've taken your CPU all the way up to 3.6GHz without running a single stress test? Why?

because i just finished building it last night. I was merely playing around with the BIOS.

If you're not even sure what a safe voltage is, I wouldn't play around in the BIOS. At least read the guide stickied at the top of the forum first.

 

[Atheus]

I'm stable at 3.4 (378*9) with less than 1.3 volts - that's 12 hours with 4 instances of prime95 followed by a superPI 32M.

Same processor as you and very similar board.

 

[SystemPlue]

WAHHHHH.... i wish my Q6600 could run with that cool with so little juice running at those speeds =(

 

[the unknown]

Originally posted by: core2slow
thanks guys. that's just what i wanted to hear.

Originally posted by: SystemPlue
WAHHHHH.... i wish my Q6600 could run with that cool with so little juice running at those speeds =(

No, that's what you wanted to hear