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can't seem to get my E6600 past 3.30GHz (366.67x9). RAM 4-4-4-12 T1 @ 733.33MHz

took crazy voltage just to get it that high too.. temps are at 40C/60C

4 hours orthos stable

3DMark06: 14485

While you hear a lot of people flapping around saying an E6600 should go to 3.6Ghz stable, it just isn't that simple. Many E6600's only hit around 3-3.2Ghz, infact most do. 3.6Ghz is for lucky people who got a good chip.

3.3Ghz is a great return on that chip, but what voltage are you at? You shouldn't push more than 1.5 on air if you can help it, and definitely not more than 1.55 on air.

I've managed to get 3.4Ghz and it's stable so far,

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While you hear a lot of people flapping around saying an E6600 should go to 3.6Ghz stable, it just isn't that simple. Many E6600's only hit around 3-3.2Ghz, infact most do. 3.6Ghz is for lucky people who got a good chip.

3.3Ghz is a great return on that chip, but what voltage are you at? You shouldn't push more than 1.5 on air if you can help it, and definitely not more than 1.55 on air.

I've managed to get 3.4Ghz and it's stable so far

i'm around 1.5 but i think i'm under 1.5 after vdroop

on ocforums i've seen a lot of people get 3.3+GHz with less voltage

i'm so tempted to get a E6750 just to see what i can do with it lol

since i found out that Asus won't be releasing a BIOS update for 680i boards to support 45nm chips i'm thinking that E6750 or Q6600 is the best i'm gonna get for my mobo....

  • 1 month later...

Updated:

ASUS P5K-E

Core2Duo E6550 @ 2.8GHz (400x7) 1.192v Stock HSF

Temps 36c Idle / 55c running Orthos for 8 Hours with no errors.

G.Skill DDR2-800 4-4-3-5-24-2T 2.1v

I belive my temps were off in the other post. I think I mixed stock speed idle temp and oc'd load temp. Now the temps look fine.

Mine aren't much special:

CPU: Athlon 64 x2 4000+(brisbane) @ 2825mhz stable with just a little voltage increase. Stock is 2100. On the stock cooler atm but i plan to replace that with something better soon.

GPU: MSI 8600GT OC @ 650/1675/1700, from the stock 580/1508/1600.

Q6600 with gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L MOBO and G.Skill pc6400 ram.

356x9 = 3.2Ghz on air cooling, memory running at 853 Mhz, 5-4-4-14 timings. temps are all under 45 degrees, 30 something at idle, under 50 at load.

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E6600 @ 3.5Ghz

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Asus P5B Deluxe, crappy Corsair Value RAM, and the stock HSF. Slightly hot - seems to run at about 40-45c idle. Stock voltages too. (Y)

Slap a better fan on that and push it further!

Mines runs about 40-45 as well, and under full load it's 55-60.

And it's at 1.53V ;)

Got my 9600GT at 730/1825/2006 haven't even tried going higher yet but will, this thing overclocks real well, temps hardly went up at all and it's the stock single clot cooling.

actually really brought framerates in crysis up enough so I could leave all the settings on high and play smoothly.

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MB: GA-EP45-DS3R

CPU: Intel E8600 Core 2 Duo 3.3ghz @ 4.26ghz

Mem: Patriot PC9600 2 x 1Gb @ 600MHz 5-5-5-14

GFX: Nvida GeForce 8500 GT

PSU: Antec NeoPower 650w

Coolit Systems Eliminator hybrid Peltier/Water CPU cooler

Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II Active heatpipe Northbridge cooler

GIGABYTE GA-EP45_DS3R
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster .............: Turbo
CPU Clock Ratio .....................: 8.5
CPU Frequency .......................: 4.26 ghz
Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control...............: Enabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 502 Mhz
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........: 103 Mhz
C.I.A. 2.............................: Disabled
Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter
CPU Clock Drive...............800....: 800mv
PCI Express Clock Drive.......900....: 900mv
CPU Clock Skew (ps)...........0......: 0ps
MCH Clock Skew (ps)...........0......: 0ps
DRAM Performance Control
Performance Enhance..................: Turbo
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.)......: Disabled
(G)MCH Frequency Latch...............: 333mhz
System Memory Multiplier ............: 2.40b
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..............: 1200Mhz
DRAM Timing Selectable ..............: Manual
Standard Timing Control
CAS Latency Time..............5......: 5
tRCD .........................7......: 5
tRP'..........................7......: 5
tRAS..........................20.....: 14
Advanced Timing Control
tRRD..........................4......: 4
tWTR..........................4......: 4
tWR...........................8......: 8
tRFC..........................68.....: 51
tRTP..........................4......: 4
Command Rate (CMD) ...........0......: 2T

Channel A

Channel A Timings Settings
Static tRead Value............8......: 8
tRD Phase0 Adjustmen..........0......: Auto
tRD Phase1 Adjustment.........0......: Auto
tRD Phase2 Adjustment ........0......: Auto
tRD Phase3 Adjustment.........0......: Auto

Trd2rd(Different Rank)........8......: 8 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)........8......: 8
Twr2rd(Different Rank)........7......: 7 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)........9......: 9 

Dimm1 Clock Skew Control.............: Auto
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control.............: Auto
DDR3 Write Training .................: Enabled
Channel A Driving Settings
Driving Strength Profile:............: OC-1200
Data Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto 
Cmd Driving Pull-Up Level............: Auto 
Ctrl Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto 
Clk Driving Pull-Up Level............: Auto 

Data Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto 
Cmd Driving Pull-Down Level..........: Auto
Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto 
Clk Driving Pull-Down Level..........: Auto 

Channel B

Channel B Timings Settings
Static tRead Value............8......: 8
tRD Phase0 Adjustment.........0......: Auto
tRD Phase1 Adjustment.........0......: Auto
tRD Phase2 Adjustment ........0......: Auto
tRD Phase3 Adjustment.........0......: Auto

Trd2rd(Different Rank)........6......: 8 
Twr2wr(Different Rank)........6......: 8
Twr2rd(Different Rank)........5......: 7 
Trd2wr(Same/Diff Rank)........8......: 9 

Dimm1 Clock Skew Control.............: Auto
Dimm2 Clock Skew Control.............: Auto
DDR3 Write Training .................: Enabled

Channel B Driving Settings
Driving Strength Profile:............: OC-1200

Data Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto 
Cmd Driving Pull-Up Level............: Auto 
Ctrl Driving Pull-Up Level...........: Auto 
Clk Driving Pull-Up Level............: Auto 

Data Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto 
Cmd Driving Pull-Down Level..........: Auto 
Ctrl Driving Pull-Down Level.........: Auto 
Clk Driving Pull-Down Level..........: Auto 

Motherboard Voltage Control
Voltage Type........ Normal 
CPU
CPU Vcore...................1.325v...: 1.50000v
CPU Termination.............1.200V...: 1.280v
CPU PLL.....................1.500V...: 1.500v
CPU Reference...............0.76V....: 0.835v
[b]MCH/ICH[/b]
MCH Core....................1.100V...: 1.320v
MCH Reference...............0.76V....: 0.730v
MCH/DRAM Ref................0.900V...: 0.900v
ICH I/O.....................1.500V...: 1.500v
DRAM
DRAM Voltage................1.800V...: 2.3200v
DRAM Termination............0.900V...: 1.1000
Channel A Reference.........0.900V...: 1.1000
Channel B Reference.........0.900V...: 1.1000
Advanced Settings
Limit CPUID Max. to 3................: Disabled
No-Execute Memory Protect............: Disabled
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)..............: Disabled
CPU Thermal Monitor(TM) .............: Disabled
CPU EIST Function....................: Disabled

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Temps hover in the low 60's with occassional peaks.

Benches....

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And the basics...

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