Q6600 overclocking

[BonKerz]

It's in the mail, and on its way to me. I'm planning on over clocking, and I want to make sure that I have everything right. I'm aware of the programs CPU-Z and GPU-Z, but what should I use to stress and tweak the Q6600 so I can get it running stable? I'd be happy running at 3.4Ghz, but I was wondering, is 3.6Ghz about the max stable speed for a Q6600?

 

[patonb]

Do you have a cooler? OC'n is hot hot hot.

 

[BonKerz]

Yeah, I got a Tuniq 120

 

[thirdshiftdj]

3.6 is usually what everyone runs it 24/7

 

[BonKerz]

oh okay. I'll shoot for that. I'm sure I should be able to hit it easily. I have 4 120mm outtake fans around my CPU cooler, plus the cooler itself.

 

[Eric1]

You could use Prime95 (32bit) - 25.6 Download - EXTREME Overclocking to stress the CPU. Also make sure you use core temp or another program to monitor those temps. They also have the 64 bit version for vista on that site I gave you.

 

[veg1992]

Forget Prime95, if you do a SuperPI run at 8M for two hours, its equivalent to a 8 hour stress test of Prime95

 

[BonKerz]

so what I would do is play with voltages *not exceeding 1.5 of course and clock speeds and find what is stable with that program with running the stress tests?

 

[Nagasama]

Forget Prime95, if you do a SuperPI run at 8M for two hours, its equivalent to a 8 hour stress test of Prime95

haven't heard that one before....

 

[veg1992]

Didn't you say that? Because you said that it'd catch the errors quicker in a 2 hour run than a full 8 hour run of Prime95