Q6600 owners I need you help

[clarkey01]

I have a P5Q which requires to manually enter in the voltage rather then from a list

Im 38C Idle and the spec below, Q6600 owners what voltage did you enter in the bios to get 3ghz stable?

Cheers guys

 

[imported_apocalypse]

I have mine at 3Ghz at 1.23V I initially used my stock VID of 1.275 then lowered a bit and did stress testing at each stage.

You should check your default VID with coretemp and set it to that. A G0 Q6600 should have no problem with 3Ghz at stock voltage.

 

[Diogenes2]

Or just leave it on auto and bump the FSB and see what happens.. Like ap0calypse says, you may not need to bump vcore to do 3g ..

 

[Drsignguy]

My First Q6600 @ 1.325v VID needed a little help to get to 3.0Ghz.
My second Q6600 @ 1.262v VID left at default and clocked to 3.1 without a glitch. So as talked about before in earlier threads, the higher the VID the more difficult it will be.

 

[clarkey01]

Screenshot

I have a VID of 1.2750

Reckon I slow my memory first before setting the FSB to 334? also what voltage should I try, what does auto do ? just does a safe voltage or what ?

 

[imported_apocalypse]

If your VID is 1.2750 then try that. Auto sets it to whatever the motherboard has as stable/safe for a particular clock speed with some extra margin, so is usually higher than needed.

Your memory shouldn't be an issue until you pass 400Mhz, as PC2-6400 is rated to run at 800Mhz (400Mhz x 2), just be sure to set your timings to auto or stock timings and have a 1:1 fsb/mem divider.

 

[Shmee]

hmm, mine is at 3 with 1.38 v. I guess I dont even need that much, though i may in the future to get it higher. anyways, my VID is 1.25

 

[demiurge3141]

Originally posted by: Shmee
hmm, mine is at 3 with 1.38 v. I guess I dont even need that much, though i may in the future to get it higher. anyways, my VID is 1.25

that is overkill for sure, you could probably do it at stock.

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: demiurge3141

Originally posted by: Shmee
hmm, mine is at 3 with 1.38 v. I guess I dont even need that much, though i may in the future to get it higher. anyways, my VID is 1.25

that is overkill for sure, you could probably do it at stock.

This I would have to agree.

And with a 1.25 Vid, even better....

 

[Shmee]

Thanks for the advice on the vcore guys. my temps are kind of high at load, mb i just need a better cooler. Current: Coolermaster gemini II with twin scytche fans. thinking of getting that popular xigmatech one, forget the number. would this help drop temps considerably? I use AS5, and an EVGA 780i FTW board.

Anyways, for now I can at least lower my vcore. I suppose that would help with temps as well?

 

[imported_apocalypse]

Yea, lower vcore will lower your temps. Just hit your desired clock speed and follow the OC guide sticky to minimize your vcore (and other voltages).

 

[clarkey01]

in my bios it will only let me enter 4 digits for the Vcore , shall I go with 1275 ?

 

[Drsignguy]

If you are starting from scratch, I would put the voltage @ default ( VID ) and start your overclock just to see how far you can go. If stable @ 3.0 with default voltage, you are on your way to get to at least 3.4 with a few voltage bumps.

 

[clarkey01]

Hey

What I need to know from you is are there any options here that I should turn off ? My old P5B had alot fewer options. Any of these will stunt my Overclock?

Bios 1

Here is my current settings

Bios 2

Note : I can only enter 4 numbers into the voltage field, I can not put any "." so 1.257 is out.

Bios 3

 

[RussianSensation]

My G0 runs on stock voltage at 3.0ghz. My chip's VID 1.250 as per CoreTemp. To get to 3.4ghz, I set 1.3875V in the BIOS, which at load shows as 1.280-1.296V in CPU-Z.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: clarkey01
Hey

What I need to know from you is are there any options here that I should turn off ? My old P5B had alot fewer options. Any of these will stunt my Overclock?

Bios 1

Here is my current settings

Bios 2

Note : I can only enter 4 numbers into the voltage field, I can not put any "." so 1.257 is out.

Bios 3

Anyone can answer me this ?

 

[gplracer]

Mine was at stock/auto for 3ghz which was 1.28v. I use 1.32 for 3.3ghz.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: gplracer
Mine was at stock/auto for 3ghz which was 1.28v. I use 1.32 for 3.3ghz.

What bout the screenshots of my bios in the above post, can you help ?:beer:

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: clarkey01
Hey

What I need to know from you is are there any options here that I should turn off ? My old P5B had alot fewer options. Any of these will stunt my Overclock?

Bios 1

Make sure FSB to Northbridge Strap is running the memory:FSB at 1:1 ratio (i.e FSB 266 = DDR2 533). Otherwise you could limit your cpu overclock. The other options I would leave at Auto for now. Use CPU-Z Memory Tab and check FSBRAM = 1:1

Here is my current settings

Bios 2

Set CPU voltage to 1.40V
Set FSB Termination Voltage to Auto
Set DRAM Voltage to +0.2
Set NB Voltage to Auto
Leave the rest at Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum - Disabled
PCIe Spread Specturm - Disabled

Disable any other energy saving features such as EIST, C1E state, MAX CPUID to 3, etc.
Set NB/motherboard performance to NORMAL instead of Enhanced or Turbo or whatever.

Now relax memory timings to 5-5-5-15.

Now raise your FSB to 378. That's your 3.4ghz overclock. FSB to 400 gets you DDR2 800 and 3.6ghz. Run Orthos or Prime95 for 8 hours. If it's stable try lowering the CPU voltage to 1.39, 1.38, 1.37, etc. until you reach your stability with lowest voltage. Monitor your temperatures in CoreTemp and voltage in CPU-Z.

If 378 FSB doesn't work, increase FSB voltage by +0.1
If that doesn't work, increase FSB voltage by +0.1 and NB voltage by +0.1
If that doesn't work, try bumping each by +0.2 (shouldn't have to!)

Once stabilized, set DDR timings at 4-4-4-15 (if your ram is rated to run those). Finally download MemSet 3.4 and set Performance Level to 8 (from default of 10 or 12).

Good luck.

*The idea is to get the most stable overclock with lowest voltages across the board. For example if the system runs 3.4ghz with voltage of 1.39 but it takes 1.45 voltage to get to 3.6ghz, I would run it at 3.4ghz instead.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation

Originally posted by: clarkey01
Hey

What I need to know from you is are there any options here that I should turn off ? My old P5B had alot fewer options. Any of these will stunt my Overclock?

Bios 1

Make sure FSB to Northbridge Strap is running the memory:FSB at 1:1 ratio (i.e FSB 266 = DDR2 533). Otherwise you could limit your cpu overclock. The other options I would leave at Auto for now. Use CPU-Z Memory Tab and check FSBRAM = 1:1

Here is my current settings

Bios 2

Set CPU voltage to 1.40V
Set FSB Termination Voltage to Auto
Set DRAM Voltage to +0.2
Set NB Voltage to Auto
Leave the rest at Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum - Disabled
PCIe Spread Specturm - Disabled

Disable any other energy saving features such as EIST, C1E state, MAX CPUID to 3, etc.
Set NB/motherboard performance to NORMAL instead of Enhanced or Turbo or whatever.

Now relax memory timings to 5-5-5-15.

Now raise your FSB to 378. That's your 3.4ghz overclock. FSB to 400 gets you DDR2 800 and 3.6ghz. Run Orthos or Prime95 for 8 hours. If it's stable try lowering the CPU voltage to 1.39, 1.38, 1.37, etc. until you reach your stability with lowest voltage. Monitor your temperatures in CoreTemp and voltage in CPU-Z.

If 378 FSB doesn't work, increase FSB voltage by +0.1
If that doesn't work, increase FSB voltage by +0.1 and NB voltage by +0.1
If that doesn't work, try bumping each by +0.2 (shouldn't have to!)

Once stabilized, set DDR timings at 4-4-4-15 (if your ram is rated to run those). Finally download MemSet 3.4 and set Performance Level to 8 (from default of 10 or 12).

Good luck.

*The idea is to get the most stable overclock with lowest voltages across the board. For example if the system runs 3.4ghz with voltage of 1.39 but it takes 1.45 voltage to get to 3.6ghz, I would run it at 3.4ghz instead.

Thanks for your valid input RussianSensation

Quick question, take a look at my bios 3 screenshot, I am only able to input 4 numeric values and I can't use "." so I cant stick 1.40 I can only put 1400, make sense?

 

[Drsignguy]

1.40 is the same as 1.400 so that isnt an issue. What is good is that you can fine tune a bit more like 1.375, 1.350, 1.325, 1.300. So if you keep this in mind you will do just fine...


Edit: I noticed the "perod" or "decimal point" that you cant enter, Are you in the AI tweaker section or are you trying somewhere else? Cant imagine you cant enter a "value" number???

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: clarkey01
I have a P5Q which requires to manually enter in the voltage rather then from a list

That's a really crappy BIOS interface. There's no way to tell what the increments, or what the default is. Remind me to avoid those mobos.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: clarkey01
I have a P5Q which requires to manually enter in the voltage rather then from a list

That's a really crappy BIOS interface. There's no way to tell what the increments, or what the default is. Remind me to avoid those mobos.

I haven't read all the posts through and through.

Is he trying to "enter" a CPU voltage in the Award BIOS' "BIOS Monitor" section?

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: clarkey01
I have a P5Q which requires to manually enter in the voltage rather then from a list

That's a really crappy BIOS interface. There's no way to tell what the increments, or what the default is. Remind me to avoid those mobos.

I haven't read all the posts through and through.

Is he trying to "enter" a CPU voltage in the Award BIOS' "BIOS Monitor" section?

Bios

No I cant put the period in at all...I went from a P5B to this and Im quite miffed it's not as simple.

 

[Drsignguy]

By the way it looks of it, you have to use the +/- keys ans scroll through them to enter your voltages as it stats over to the right in your photo. I have never heard of Anyone manually setting a voltage in bios? That would be/could be extreemly dangerous if you were to not enter a proper voltage setting. ie; 12.5 as opposed to 1.25 as an example.
So, if necessary, read your manual and confirm what you have to do to make changes.