Q6600 owners... what is your VID

[BenchZowner]

A reminder, check your VID only when you're running the DEFAULT MULTIPLIER of your CPU

Changing multiplier affects the VID displayed

 

[graysky]

Mine is constant whether my multiplier is 6x or 9x...? That is true if I launch coretemp from an idle state (6x) or a load state (9x); it never changes in coretemp if the machine goes from an idle to load state either. I've read that this isn't always true on an Intel board (I have an Asus).

 

[BenchZowner]

It's not motherboard related, sometimes the program thinks that you've got a processor with the CPU with the default Multiplier being the one in use at the launch time, so it thinks that you have another CPU instead of what you really got.

Intel Enhanced SpeedStep doesn't affect this as far as I've tested.

But if you 'hard' set your CPU Multiplier from BIOS let's say to 8 it'll change.

 

[graysky]

@benchz: I'll give it a try and report back.

 

[graysky]

Updated the first post of the thread with the data collected (123 replies now) and added some histograms and basic statics to help visualize the data set.

 

[Beowulf]

G0 vid 1.25

 

[Noubourne]

1.275 here on my G0.

 

[graysky]

@noubourne and Beowulf -- can either of your guys run 9x333? If so what is the min. vcore you can do so stable to prime95 or orthos for 6 hours or so?

 

[Beowulf]

Originally posted by: graysky
@noubourne and Beowulf -- can either of your guys run 9x333? If so what is the min. vcore you can do so stable to prime95 or orthos for 6 hours or so?

I just set this pc up a day ago, so I haven't got around to overclockin. I have some yate loons to throw in my case that will arrive tomorrow or wednesday. Wondering if I should lap this Ultra-120(non extreme) since I'm getting at stock 36/33 idle and 51/48 load. Not sure if those are decent temps but we'll see how it handles an overclock tomorrow.

 

[thatolchestnut]

my vid is 1.1625

B3

 

[Dainas]

VID is read as .8250v on my G0, which I'm sure is whack as Core Temp cannot get temp readings on my system somehow.

another vista mystery.


BTW, apparently Core Temp thinks I have an engineering sample from what I can gather.

 

[njdevilsfan87]

I remember someone posting about how their VID in XP showed up as 1.3V in CoreTemp, while in Vista it came up as 1.1625V - so it might just be a Vista issue. Easy Tune 5 gives you the correct VID because it takes it straight from the bios.

 

[graysky]

Updated the first post of the thread with the data collected (182 replies now)... this has turned into a nice little thread

 

[imported_FearTec]

1.26 vid G0 SLACR

 

[jjyiz28]

G0
vid = 1.2875

 

[graysky]

Updated the first post of the thread with the data collected (208 replies now)...

 

[swtethan]

G0, 1.220

 

[Acanthus]

B3 1.320

 

[AkumaX]

coretemp restarts my box. is there a stable version i should be running?

edit: using coretemp 0.95.4 (beta) - works!

B3 - 1.3250v

 

[firewolfsm]

Add another 1.265V G0 here.

It got to 2.9GHz at 1.15V though, I'm proud of it.

 

[imported_Shaq]

G0, 1.325

 

[Mucker]

G0 SLACR 727A, 1.3000

 

[SniperDaws]

Mine is 1.3 VID on my G0 Q6600.

 

[Rike]

1.275 VID on a G0

 

[VietPho]

aw man.

My q6600 g0 is 1.30v
this sucks.
I was hoping it would be lower ><

I'm new to overclocking, and I'm going to try and OC it to 3.0x GHz.
How difficult will it be to do this?

I am planning on leaving my computer on 24/7 also.
I'm hoping my chip will last me ATLEAST 2-4 years. Will OCing to 3.0 kill the life span way fast?