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As another Q6600 owner (which is probably good for 3.3-3.4 but I have run at 3.2 for years) I appreciate this thread. I have my eye on a K series cpu too
+1, Everyone likes to brag when they hit a high overclock. Rarely do you hear them come back and admit it wasn't stable in the long term.
But that's part of my point. You can't compare a "golden clock" when a user has top tier parts. People buy the CPU expecting it to clock 5GHz, but they buy an ECS mobo and fail to understand why they can't reach that clock. There are far too many combinations out there for anyone to reasonably expect a certain overclock.I think it really comes down to:
1) What motherboard?
2) What voltage?
3) Are we only hearing about the successes?
exactly, i've seen way too many post up a number then later find out that they had to back it down.+1, Everyone likes to brag when they hit a high overclock. Rarely do you hear them come back and admit it wasn't stable in the long term.
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As another Q6600 owner (which is probably good for 3.3-3.4 but I have run at 3.2 for years) I appreciate this thread. I have my eye on a K series cpu too
I guess I'm lucky then, my Q6600 G0, the first one I got, did 3.6 on low volts. Granted, it can still hit 90C on a Tuniq, which is no mean feat. These chips run hot!As above, I went through MANY Q66's and NONE hit that magic 3.6+.
I tried that mobo too, no dice. Everyone blamed my "garbage" MSI motherboard which clocked the "golden binned sample" at 3.8GHz, above the DFI's max of 3.6GHz. I suspect that that binned chip would do 4GHz but since it wasn't mine, I didn't want to risk frying it.I guess I'm lucky then, my Q6600 G0, the first one I got, did 3.6 on low volts. Granted, it can still hit 90C on a Tuniq, which is no mean feat. These chips run hot!
Then again, I have to give some credit to the mobo it's in, it's a DFI X48 mobo that cost me $260.
None of mine would do 3.6+ at even 1.6v (gasp or more!) with water cooling. Trust me, I threw everything at it I could in the blind frustration of an expected overclock. Repeatedly I was disappointed no matter what I tried. I read every guide, every review, every thread I could find trying every tweak and trick in the book. All were met with simple failure.I know someone who had a Q6600 @ 3.6. Needed water cooling and 1.5V if I remember correctly. It lived fast and died young (after about a year). Suspect mine might manage 3.6 at 1.5V, but pretty sure it wouldn't still be working today.
It's interesting that your bclk is at 99.8Mhz. The bclk on my board defaults to 103mhz. I've got 4.43Ghz at 43x multiplier. I want to get the bclk back down to 100 but for some reason it won't. My system is stable so I can't complain.
I tried that mobo too, no dice. Everyone blamed my "garbage" MSI motherboard which clocked the "golden binned sample" at 3.8GHz, above the DFI's max of 3.6GHz. I suspect that that binned chip would do 4GHz but since it wasn't mine, I didn't want to risk frying it.
None of mine would do 3.6+ at even 1.6v (gasp or more!) with water cooling. Trust me, I threw everything at it I could in the blind frustration of an expected overclock. Repeatedly I was disappointed no matter what I tried. I read every guide, every review, every thread I could find trying every tweak and trick in the book. All were met with simple failure.
Go for it! You can probably beat Aigo's overclock too!
I did get a pre-binned one to verify my system could handle those speeds and sure enough, using the same settings the pre-binned chip fired right up at 3.6 and topped at nearly 3.8GHz. When I put the other G0 back in, topped at 3.4GHz no matter what.
I suspect that that binned chip would do 4GHz but since it wasn't mine, I didn't want to risk frying it.
are u talking about that cherry i sent ya?
But that's part of my point. You can't compare a "golden clock" when a user has top tier parts. People buy the CPU expecting it to clock 5GHz, but they buy an ECS mobo and fail to understand why they can't reach that clock. There are far too many combinations out there for anyone to reasonably expect a certain overclock.
exactly, i've seen way too many post up a number then later find out that they had to back it down.
As above, I went through MANY Q66's and NONE hit that magic 3.6+. I did get a pre-binned one to verify my system could handle those speeds and sure enough, using the same settings the pre-binned chip fired right up at 3.6 and topped at nearly 3.8GHz. When I put the other G0 back in, topped at 3.4GHz no matter what.
I did the same test with a 920 D0. It topped at 3.8GHz, granted it was on a DX58SO which everyone blamed for the low clock. I went through multiple motherboard swaps trying to get that 920 over 4GHz and it NEVER happened. Once again, I got a "proven clocker" and sure enough, the DX58SO fired right up at 4.2GHz without a hiccup.
I too fell into the hype of the G0/D0 and i'm just hoping people won't buy them EXPECTING to hit a certain clock. I just don't feel like locking the inevitable "help me hit 5GHz with my 2600k" thread after thread after thread.
I went from a Q6600 at 3.0Ghz to a 2600K at stock. And whow. The difference is like night and day. Encoding video with handbrake as an example: 39 Frames per second average with the Q6600. 239 Frames per second average on the Core i7 2600k.
This is using the same movie being encoded from and to drives that is identical model and make (so read/write speed has little to none effect on the overall performance).
And I was actually not considering upgrading, since my estimates where a 30-40% speed increase, maximum. LOL. Was I wrong....
I went from a Q6600 at 3.0Ghz to a 2600K at stock. And whow. The difference is like night and day. Encoding video with handbrake as an example: 39 Frames per second average with the Q6600. 239 Frames per second average on the Core i7 2600k.
This is using the same movie being encoded from and to drives that is identical model and make (so read/write speed has little to none effect on the overall performance).
And I was actually not considering upgrading, since my estimates where a 30-40% speed increase, maximum. LOL. Was I wrong....
Is this at stock, or overclocked ?I went from a Q6600 at 3.0Ghz to a 2600K at stock. And whow. The difference is like night and day. Encoding video with handbrake as an example: 39 Frames per second average with the Q6600. 239 Frames per second average on the Core i7 2600k.
This is using the same movie being encoded from and to drives that is identical model and make (so read/write speed has little to none effect on the overall performance).
And I was actually not considering upgrading, since my estimates where a 30-40% speed increase, maximum. LOL. Was I wrong....
Why is the C2Q not overclocked more. Like 3.7Ghz or something. I bet you those scores will be much more closer. No reason to upgrade. show me what your quad does at higher clock speeds then 3.2Ghz,, add about 600Mhz per each core and your scores will be more tight. thx gg and gl, also synthetic benchmarks don't matter. Its real world performance that matters and my DAW is set for many years of music producing. thank you
Just curious, in games, do you actually experience a huge difference in terms of lag? Does the upgrade make your game play feeling much more fluid?
Is this at stock, or overclocked ?
Either way, the results are impressive..