Q6600 G0, Abit IP35 PRO, 2x2GB G.Skill RAM

[imported_merv]

I built a new machine for Video Editing and basic surfing, etc. NO gaming at this point.

I don't want to mess with the voltage settings, but is there something I should change that is a no brainer that will pull a little more power out of this rig?

Abit IP35 Pro
Q6600 G0 stepping
AC Freezer 7
G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Corsair 550W PSU

XP PRO - 32bit

Thanks!

 

[Angerisagift]

I was able to push my Q6600 to 3.0Ghz stable on stock Vcore which with my Gigabyte P35-DS3L was 1.2875V, I would think your board could do the same thing if not better since it's a bit pricier of a board and one of the one's I considered when building my rig.

leave the multiplier at 9 but change the FSB (on mine it's called CPU host clock) to 333Mhz up from the standard 266Mhz, it should put you at 2997Mhz,

you'll also want to set your ram to run 1:1 (2.0 on my board) 667Mhz

and lock the PCI-E frequency at 100Mhz

worst case scenario it doesn't boot, if it works run Prime95 ver 25.5 (for quads) for a few hours and see if you're getting any errors, if it's stable and you can live with the temps (under 60C but probably less since you'll be using stock voltage) you've got yourself a stable overclock.

the G0's are very easy to OC for quads, at least mine was, mine doesn 3.0 on stock voltage no issues, and I tighened the ram timings from 5-5-5-15 to 4-5-5-12 completely stable, now I'm trying to get mine stable at 3.2GHz with minor vcore increases over stock.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: merv
I built a new machine for Video Editing and basic surfing, etc. NO gaming at this point.

I don't want to mess with the voltage settings, but is there something I should change that is a no brainer that will pull a little more power out of this rig?

Abit IP35 Pro
Q6600 G0 stepping
AC Freezer 7
G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Corsair 550W PSU

XP PRO - 32bit

Thanks!

FSB to 333 will give you better overall performance without messing with anything else.

 

[TrentJ]

I have the IP35 Pro, Q6600 G0, Zalman 9700 and I was able to get 3.2 Ghz (9x355) stable on stock Vcore (1.2625 V). The only voltage I have touched is the Ram...changed it from 1.8 (default) to 2.2. My first overclock and it was very easy to do...I might even say idiot proof but every system is different.

Oh and my ram is running at 4-4-4-12 (Ballistix 6400)

 

[imported_merv]

Cool. I might give this a shot.

My other question that I thought of is:

How can I tell what timing my RAM is actually running? It should be 5-5-5-15, but how do I verify this?

Thanks for the ideas!

 

[Denithor]

CPU-Z will give you your ram timings and all of the cpu speed details.

 

[noobish]

Originally posted by: merv
I built a new machine for Video Editing and basic surfing, etc. NO gaming at this point.

I don't want to mess with the voltage settings, but is there something I should change that is a no brainer that will pull a little more power out of this rig?

Abit IP35 Pro
Q6600 G0 stepping
AC Freezer 7
G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Corsair 550W PSU

XP PRO - 32bit

Thanks!

I have almost the same setup as you and im @3.5ghz 1.38vcore : Temp idle @ 37-40c All Cores; Load @ 55-62c.

Fanspeed show my hottest core temp is 25C (same with guru temp monitor), Coretemp show it at 40c. Anyone know what sup? or there's something wrong with either fanspeed or coretemp?

Thing is...

When run prime95 v.25xx it will crash after like 3 minutes not error crash but the Prime program itself crash. I play game its fine and ran older prime its stable for hours. Not sure what's the deal here.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: noobish
I have almost the same setup as you and im @3.5ghz 1.38vcore : Temp idle @ 37-40c All Cores; Load @ 55-62c.

Fanspeed show my hottest core temp is 25C (same with guru temp monitor), Coretemp show it at 40c. Anyone know what sup? or there's something wrong with either fanspeed or coretemp?
Thing is...

When run prime95 v.25xx it will crash after like 3 minutes not error crash but the Prime program itself crash. I play game its fine and ran older prime its stable for hours. Not sure what's the deal here.

Read the sticky at the top of the forum, your question was answered a long time ago.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2057083&enterthread=y

 

[core2slow]

with your motherboard, im sure you can get 3.0 or 3.2 with your eyes closed.

 

[Imported]

We have the same motherboard, CPU, memory (well, mine is the CL4 version), and HSF.. hell, I have a Corsair PSU too, but the 520 one. 3.0GHz should be a cake. I'm running mine at 3.3GHz myself. 9x368, 1.31v, and memory at 2.1v, 4-4-4-12 timings.

 

[crimson117]

If video editing is your most taxing activity, why not try 8GB of ram and Vista 64-bit? Also, make sure you have a few large, fast hard drives (At least 2 - one for swap space, if video editing benefits from that), perhaps even in a performance raid configuration. As long as you don't add a power-hungry video card, your 550W corsair will be fine for multiple hard drives.

 

[myocardia]

Crimson, video editing won't benefit much, if at all, from 8GB of RAM, and it also doesn't use the swap file much, if any. You're right about him benefitting greatly from having two hard drives, though. With video editing, you need one for your OS, app and source, and a second drive for a destination drive. And three will work even better, since you can have your OS and video editing app on one drive, your source video on the second, and output the edited video to the third.