Q6600, my turn XD

[Akubane]

Hey, updated BIOS and its working a Bit better. I can boot it at most speeds. Its 3.6 right now... But major stability issues. Prime95 crashes after 2 or 3 min.

Main question, does anything besides core voltage and loosening memory timings increase stability?

question 2, I have BIOS set at 1.5 volts, cpuz and everest are saying its 1.440 volts. why?

the prime95 stability is the same from 1.45 - 1.5 and I don't want to set it any higher than 1.5.

Q6600 B3
BIOS VCore 1.5 (1.44 cpuz/everest)
Memory timings 5-5-5-15 @ 2.2v - 2.00D - 1:1
FSB 400 x 9


Thanks for any input.

 

[krazyq]

well i had my cpu volt at 1.55...you could keep try going higher, as long as your tmeps arent crazy hot.
just dont exceed 1.55.

 

[Akubane]

hrm 1.525v lasted 10 min but the temps peaked at 56-65c. I've only got 2 of 4 fans running cause the controller still isnt working but thats still a bit warm methinks, isnt the B3 only rated for 62c? Guess i'll have to settle for 3.2 untill I can get the q9450.

 

[krazyq]

hrm 1.525v lasted 10 min but the temps peaked at 56-65c. I've only got 2 of 4 fans running cause the controller still isnt working but thats still a bit warm methinks, isnt the B3 only rated for 62c? Guess i'll have to settle for 3.2 untill I can get the q9450.

i thought you had the g0 stepping.
mine has gone to 72 on load at 1.55, but thats when i stopped the test cos those temps arent good at all.
i gonna sort out some better airflow with my case.
try installing those fans without the controllers to atleast find out what tmeps you will be getting.

 

[Akubane]

nah I got screwed with B3 lol. I wasn't expecting much anyway. was more of a hope for 3.6 XD oh and settign them up without the controller wouldnt make a difference because I still wouldnt be able to controll the speeds. I can hook them all up now runnign at 100% but its too loud so i'm only running 2. sounds like im running 2 or 3 microwaves.

I wouldn't mind 65C for 100% load because the only time you run 100% is with prime lol. but i thought I read the b3 is rated 9c lower than G0 and I dont wanna burn this out before I can get the new quads.

 

[nOcLuE98]

I say run it a little bit lower to make you feel better. I mean, the new quads are not far off. So you dont have to last all that long. Then you can sell that 6600 to someone.

 

[Akubane]

yeah. i dropped voltage down to 1.45 and dropped it to 3.4 primes 30 min in and still goin strong. i can live with 3.4 for a while. I'll probably be able to knock a good chunk of voltage off if it runs stable here.

I have 1 question. What about FSB overvoltage and MCH overvoltage? should those not be touched?

 

[veedubfreak]

For one thing you definately need to bump the voltage on the north bridge to get any stability at 400FSB.

 

[nOcLuE98]

For one thing you definately need to bump the voltage on the north bridge to get any stability at 400FSB.

I hate to kind of highjack this thread, but no reason to start a new one.

What is a good boundary for nb? like 1.5 is about boundary for and what is a good program for monitoring nb temps?

 

[veedubfreak]

Thats a good question, i really need to start monitoring mine, as that seems to be the sore spot with nvidia chipsets.