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fiddy · Rated PG

Hello people,

I'm new to this forum, and as somethings said here could help me quite a bit, I decided to post a message about my problem.

I own a Q6600 (G0 revision) for a few days now, and tried to overclock it. My previous CPU was a E6600 overclocked rock stable to 3.2GHz (+8hrs Orthos).

Thus, I'm trying to overclock my new Q6600, but it seems like I can't get it much high. First, here is details about my config:

- Intel Q6600 (G0 revision)
- Thermalright Ultra120 eXtreme
- Asus P5W DH Deluxe mobo
- Corsair DDR2-8500 Dominator (2x1 GB)
- Seasonic S-12+ 550w power supply
- Antec P-180B case
- eVGA 8800 GTX KO ACSÂ³

So, I followed your instructions posted previously in this thread, and first tried overclocking my Q6600 to 3GHz, using 9x333 FSB, Ram set to 667MHz, vCore et to 1.3250v.

Running OCCT for 30min stress test reports a stable computer (didn't try to run Prime95 for several hours yet).

Though, as soon as I try to overclock to 344 FSB, the computer posts and boots into windows, but OCCT crashes after 8 seconds. Getting the vCore a bit higher has the exact same result, OCCT crashes after 8 seconds. I then tried to get the FSB Termination Voltage a bit higher (1.30v), as well as the MCH Voltage (1.55v), but results are worse: OCCT crashes after 2 seconds.

Would any of you have any advices on what I should do?
I'm not even sure it's 100% rock stable at 3.0GHz, though I heard most Q6600 should go that far...

Thanks Smile