Overclocking the Q6600

[pc_man_iac]

Hey guyz, I was just wondering, what you guys think I should be able to get outta my new Q6600, oc wise, I don't want to push it until I know from fellow overclockers what they can get, etc. etc. I am currently running it at just 3.0ghz, I have Mushkin DDR2 1066, Watercooling etc. Just want to know what a "safe" voltage for the cpu,mem all that stuff etc.

[Bio-Hazard]

This is what Nvidia recomends for max voltages, but keep in mind overall temps...........;)
I'd stick pretty close to these even with a Intel chipset.

q CPU Core: 1.58750v

q CPU FSB: 1.5v

q Memory: 2.3v
q nForce SPP: 1.50v

['Amp!']

What stepping did you get? G0 or the B version?

Will you be water cooling or air?

Remember dual cores get hot when overlcocked, you now have 4 cores that don't play well with each other when getting hot.

Ya gotta' beat the heat to max your OC.

Best case scenario:
You have a G0 stepping
You have a radiator modified Nautilus 500 (I'm looking at you BIO :grin:)
You live in a cool climate

Expect to hit 3.4 GHz ish for average. 4.0 GHz is RAREE

[pc_man_iac]

Water, and how do I check which stepping? I am in Canada(colder then like Arizona), I am 17 so living in my parents basement is fine, and its like 18 degrees Celsius year round down here, plus water cooling

[Bio-Hazard]

CPUz willl give you the stepping of the core.

[pc_man_iac]

It says Stepping is 7? do you mean revision, cuz I have revision B3

[Bio-Hazard]

The B3 is what we're looking for, that's the older stepping/revision.

[pc_man_iac]

That not good for overclocking? or good for overclocking?

[Bio-Hazard]

From what I've beed seeing, they OC to about the same levels, give or take a little, and depending on how lucky you are when you got the chip. It's just that the newer G0 stepping will require a bit less voltage to reach the same level and they also tend to run cooler overall.

[pc_man_iac]

Meh temp isn't as big an issue to me, if thats the main issue, so what kind of voltages, should I be lookin for on a 3.2-3.4 OC, even though 2.3 is reccomended max for mem, I am assuming that 2.35v is fine, as that is the voltages that the mem can run at according to Mushkin site

[Bio-Hazard]

That completly depends on your chip, they are all somewhat different. You might want to check a few of the OC data bases at the larger forums to see what the average OC to voltages are for your core. The [H] and XS are both fairly up to date I think.