qx6700 overclocking past 3.6

[silveralx]

i have nf68 evga board,qx6700 intel, i can get it up 3.6 stable but want to go higher.
i useing 12x with a fsb of 300 v1.65 but it seems i can not get it to go higher i need some input

 

[allies]

How many volts are you using?

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: silveralx
i have nf68 evga board,qx6700 intel, i can get it up 3.6 stable but want to go higher.
i useing 12x with a fsb of 300 v1.65 but it seems i can not get it to go higher i need some input

Watch your voltage and temps! Read this thread

http://forums.slizone.com/lofiversion/index.php?t1081.html

 

[silveralx]

im running a big water and it run's about 45C

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: silveralx
im running a big water and it run's about 45C

What are your load temps? I'm assuming the V1.65 you mentioned in your first post refers to vcore? If so, than I doubt that Bigwater can handle any more than that. I'm surprised it can even handle that amount of heat. My custom H20 kit (dual heatercore, two 38mm Sanyo Denkis, D-Tek Fuzion block, and D5 pump w/ Petra top) keeps my lapped QX6700 at ~58C with 4 instances of Prime going, but that's only at 1.35-1.37V with 21-23C ambient temps. I doubt I could run 1.65V with any degree of long-term stability.

If you can do 3.6GHz with all four cores loaded than you should count yourself lucky. My bet would be you're running into temp problems. At 3.6Ghz and 1.65V you're processor is producing ~307W of energy. That is an incredible amount of heat. I'd be surprised if that Bigwater could handle much over 175W.

 

[firewolfsm]

Back down that voltage, your processor will die. At 3.6GHz, your voltage is NOT the limiting factor in your overclock. Have you tried lowering it and checking for stability?

 

[allies]

Heh... I saw the v1.65... and I *HOPED* that was a bios revision, and not voltage. If that's voltage... stop frying that thing!