Q6600 overclock details.

Razon · Posted: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:52:43 Post Subject:

Oh, that screenshow is not as clear as I thought it'll be. I ran 3Dmark06 at 3.6Ghz with teh Ultra overclocked at 650/1300 and i got a score of 14236 which I'm happy with.
Thanks again.

Jynxx · Posted: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:50:47 Post Subject:

Pyro, try these voltages/settings on BIOS 1301:

AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled
CPU Multi: x9

FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked

FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1550

MEM (DDR), Mhz: 800

Vcore Voltage:1.465
Memory Voltage:Auto
1.2v HT Voltage:1.7
NB Core Voltage:1.5
SB Core Voltage:1.65
CPU VTT Voltage:1.4
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: auto
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: auto

tCL (CAS Latency): Auto
tRCD: Auto
tRP: Auto
tRAS: Auto
Command Per Clock (CMD): Auto

Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
tRD: AUTO
tRFC: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 5x

qwwwizx · Rated PG Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 23

Thanks to Jynxx, Everest really is a nice tool and it works perfect with Vista Ultimate 64.

For all those Asus Striker Extreme fans, I found my problem with it. I had major problems with booting. Had to turn my computer on and off a lot of times before it really worked. The errors were with memory or CPU and I couldnâ€™t have more than two memory modules installed! It seemed that all these problems disappeared when I changed my 500W NorthQ PSU to a Thermaltake Toughpower.

To be sure that the problems really disappeared, I changed my 2 x 1GB memory modules to 4 x 2 GB and there are NO problems so far.

In the same move I changed my chassis to at Thermal Kandalf LCS with built in water cooling. I donâ€™t know much about water cooling, but this system seemed to be idiot proof, so I managed to get everything up and running.

Clocked to 3 GHz, and under full load of all kernels my q6600 keeps pretty cool. I havenâ€™t seen it reach 50c yet, but it very close. Another good thing about this new water cooled setup is that it is pretty silent. My god my air cooling setup was noisy!

PyroSith · Rated PG Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 5

Thanks Jynx for the voltages but they didn't work

Jynxx · Posted: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:20:15 Post Subject:

What BIOS are you on? I tried the same settings on 1305 and 1303 and they failed miserably. Right when I moved to 1301 everything worked great Smile

Therasense · Rated PG Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

Hi guys, some fresh meat right here.

After hours and hours of experimenting I'm finally turning to you guys for some serious help. I've been reading this thread a couple of times just hoping for some of your tips to work, but no success so far. With a little hope this is gonna be a piece of cake for you guys.

Here's my story:

About a week ago i bought my own first put-together-yourself-system. It went kinda smooth, had to change 2 motherboards though, wich was not my fault(!). Finally i got a ASUS Striker Extreme with my Q6600 G0, my 4x1gb PC6400 800mhz memory and a beautiful 8800GT 512mb. Had som problems with the OS installation but I sorted it out and has been up and running for some days now.

Overclocking:

Since this was my first "real" computer (had a couple of other brand-s#!7 with really limited overclocking capabilities) i was going to try to overclock my CPU. Has been reading alot about overclocking on different forums and I got the beef, BUT, whenever i set my QDR to over 1200 (over 300 FSB) my system starts acting up. It won't boot properly and if it does it's forcing me to reset my BIOS settings to default. I have tried every god damn thing i could come up with myself, and a couple of things that other people came up with for me, no luck! I'm therefore really hoping that you guys can give som new ideas.

Here's my rig:

ASUS Striker Extreme BIOS: originally some old 10xx blabla crap, updated to 1305 and recently downdated (?) to 1301 with the hopes that it would work better, it didn't.

Intel Q6600 G0 with a Auto-Vcore on about 1.21v with a Thermalright SI-128 and a Noctua 120mm fan

Corsair PC6400 800mhz 4x1gb modules

4xSata-drives, 8800GT 512mb, PCI-soundcard SupremeFX, 1200W PSU.

I don't know exactly what kind of information you guys need to help me so just let me know and I'll get you printscreens or whatever for everything you need to know.

I've already tried to remove 2 memory modules when i read that the Striker had some problem with 4 modules. Didn't do much good either.

Last of all, sorry for my bad english and i would be deeply greatful to whoever can help me.

Jynxx · Posted: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:07:40 Post Subject:

Make sure you have the settings on the Extreme Tweaker to Manual overclock, and then start by keeping everything on AUTO as far as voltages go. Start by bumping up the FSB frequency, and make sure you have it set to UNLINKED. Your problems are probably due to your ram.
Start by bumping the fsb to 1333 and keep the ram at 800. This will give you a processor speed of 3.0ghz.
Try that for a while and make sure it's stable. If it's not, come back and we'll talk some more Wink

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:44:34 Post Subject:

Hi... Welcome! What kind of Corsair stuff is it? Overclocking or Value?

May even want to try setting that at 667MHz to start, to see what the CPU can do without worrying if the memory can go above 800MHz. And like you said, trying with two sticks is probably a good bet for starters.

Therasense · Rated PG Joined: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

Thank you both for your answers.

@Jynxx

A.I Tuning Manual is the only setting i can choose if i want to change the values myself, all the other crap is A.I Overclock, Standard and Auto and so on. Manual it is. I get the feeling that I've alreay tried what you're suggesting but I'm going to give it another try. Again thanks for your answer.

@Doctor Feelgood

Not sure I understood that question but I'm pretty sure it's Value. Theese are the memories:

http://www.datorbutiken.com/se/default.aspx?Product=2GBTWXD2800

Don't expect you to understand all that swedish stuff but...

Going to try and set the memories to 667 Mhz and only use 2 sticks and see where I end up. Thanks to you too for the answer.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:17:59 Post Subject:

The XMS is good stuff... More likely to overclock than the value series, so you should be well set on the memory side of things.