q6600 oc

[brainhulk]

what would u guys go with:

q6600 @ 334x9 on 1.2v = 30 idle 50 load

or

400x9 on 1.47v = 40 idle 60 load

i mostly game but do some divx/mp4/mp3 encoding

q6600 G0 cooled by tuniq tower
abit ip35-pro
crucial ballistix ddr800 1gx2
8800ultra
antec quad 850w

 

[MarcVenice]

No compromises? For everyday use I'd go with 3.2-3.4ghz, depending on the voltage it needs. When you're doing a heavy day of encoding then bump it up to 3.6ghz and let that beast sweat !

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: brainhulk
what would u guys go with:

q6600 @ 334x9 on 1.2v = 30 idle 50 load

or

400x9 on 1.47v = 40 idle 60 load

i mostly game but do some divx/mp4/mp3 encoding

q6600 G0 cooled by tuniq tower
abit ip35-pro
crucial ballistix ddr800 1gx2
8800ultra
antec quad 850w

<3 your psu. i have 2 of them.

Depending on your need. go with the lower overclock. It means longer life for the cpu. An intel engineer once said, for every 10c you drop the heat load on the processor, you effectively doubled its life span. If you dont notice any difference between to two clocks, id go with whatever is lower, and would make me the happiest in temps.

I dont think he was thinkn of phase tho. I dont see how you could double any lifespan of a cpu @ -40C even tho your running 1.5+Vcore to it.

 

[JAG87]

the 10c rule sounds very "sound", no pun intended. but lets be honest, your cpu is now gonna last 10 years instead of 20? or 5 instead of 10? really, does anyone care?

you should overclock your cpu to the fastest possible while staying below 1.55v and below your chips thermal specification (which in this case is 71c). thats what the intel papers say is the absolute maximum vcc and temperatures respectively for these chips.

 

[jeffw2767602]

i have my q6600 running at 3.6 and im kind of hoping it dies prematurely (2-3yrs) because it will give me an excuse to do a full upgrade 🙂

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: jeffw2767602
i have my q6600 running at 3.6 and im kind of hoping it dies prematurely (2-3yrs) because it will give me an excuse to do a full upgrade 🙂

exactly, cause in 2-3 years were gonna have 8 core 32nm die shrinks of nehalem, and your q6600 will feel like a pentium 2. which is exactly my point.

 

[graysky]

@jeff and jag - you're both running @ 9x400 then... what is your vcore for that?

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: graysky
@jeff and jag - you're both running @ 9x400 then... what is your vcore for that?

I'd like to know as well, also what type of cooling and what temps you are running (ambient, case, idle and load of Tjunction).

 

[jeffw2767602]

1.44v, thermalright ultra 120 extreme, load temps in low and mid 60s on all the cores, ambient temp is under 23c

 

[wittangamo]

I run 9x400 at 1.47 volts 24/7. Let me qualify that by saying I have EIST and C1E enabled in the bios of my Abit IP35, so with vdroop the cpu almost never sees that much voltage.

It idles at 1.3 volts, 38-40C and tops out under full load at 1.4v, 60-66C. Those temps are as good or better than some people get with a stock cooler on a non-overclocked Q6600.

I don't think I have much to worry about with longevity. For everyday tasks my chip runs at 2.4 ghz (6x400 when Speedstep kicks in) and when I need to horsepower for rendering videos or serious gaming it ramps up to the full 3.6 with temps that are well under Intel's ceiling.

My advice to brainhulk?

Don't worry -- be happy.

 

[jeffw2767602]

weee

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: graysky
@jeff and jag - you're both running @ 9x400 then... what is your vcore for that?

1.40v, custom water cooling by aigo

measured right now:

ambient - 24C
case - 33C

cpu tcase idle - 30C (what can I say, I defy the laws of thermodynamics)
cpu tcase load (4x small FFT) - 54C

cpu tjunction idle - 40-37-35-35
cpu tjunction load (4x small FFT) - 60-56-56-60

so long 😉

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: graysky
@jeff and jag - you're both running @ 9x400 then... what is your vcore for that?

I'd like to know as well, also what type of cooling and what temps you are running (ambient, case, idle and load of Tjunction).

1.40v, custom water cooling by aigo

measured right now:

ambient - 24C
case - 33C

cpu tcase idle - 30C (what can I say, I defy the laws of thermodynamics)
cpu tcase load (4x small FFT) - 54C

cpu tjunction idle - 40-37-35-35
cpu tjunction load (4x small FFT) - 60-56-56-60

so long 😉[/quote]

 

[JAG87]

woops, i quoted again instead of editing, what a retard... 😕