Classic Overclocking Story ( GF's Computer )

[1erCru]

So my girlfriend decides she wants a new computer.

I have a nice overclock on my C2D E6700 @ 3.5 with an 8800GTX. Greats temps thanx to a Tuniq Tower, etc etc


I buy her an E6400, some 800 Mhz Corsair Dominator, and an 8800GTX and a Tuniq. Using a previous mobo I had before my 680i, an Asus P5B Deluxe.

The computer boots into 3.6 Ghz @ 1.42 volts and is completely stable with core temps of 32-37C? Also NewEgg sent us a superclocked GTX instead of the normal one we ordered. Upon testing the GTX overclocks to 680mhz core, and the CPU is @ 3.8 Ghz @ 1.53v with a core temp at idle of 38C-42C? Wth...

I love the irony of having spent months with a E6700 and a 680i trying to get it stable at 3.6 with a 1.55v core, while hers boots into higher frequencies at lower voltage, temps, hell its lower everything.

 

[stevemedes]

LOL! P965 ftw. You really gotta watch out for those E6400s im tellin you. I run 3.2 24/7 on mine 1.35v. Ive booted into windows at 3.6 but didnt get a chance to test stability because of temps. My CNPS9500's base is concave and gives me 47-50C idle at 3.2 =/. Tuniq Tower or Thermalright Ultra120 here I come.

 

[ghost6303]

heh yea thats the thing about core2s....

6300 (1.86ghz stock) usualy yeilds 3.0 - 3.2ghz
6400 (2.13 stock) usualy yeilds 3.2 - 3.4ghz
6600 (2.4 stock) gets anywhere between 3.2 and 3.6 usualy
6700 (2.66 stock) gets around 3.4 - 3.6
6800 (2.9 stock) just about always gets 3.8 cause of the much higher multiplier

the 6600s vary so much cause just about everyone and their grandmother have one. although my grandmother doest, she doesnt know what a computer is heh

seems fairly linear right? untill you look at the prices
(taken from newegg as of 3/21/07)

6300 (1.24ghz average OC) $183
6400 (1.17ghz average OC) $222
6600 (1.10ghz average OC) $313
6700 (0.94ghz average OC) $522
6800 (0.90ghz average OC) $970

so the 6400/6600 is by far the best bang for your buck. and sometimes you get lucky like your girlfriend and her crappy processor kicks your better processors ass

 

[Fox_T]

heh yea thats the thing about core2s....

6300 (1.86ghz stock) usualy yeilds 3.0 - 3.2ghz
6400 (2.13 stock) usualy yeilds 3.2 - 3.4ghz
6600 (2.4 stock) gets anywhere between 3.2 and 3.6 usualy
6700 (2.66 stock) gets around 3.4 - 3.6
6800 (2.9 stock) just about always gets 3.8 cause of the much higher multiplier

the 6600s vary so much cause just about everyone and their grandmother have one. although my grandmother doest, she doesnt know what a computer is heh

seems fairly linear right? untill you look at the prices
(taken from newegg as of 3/21/07)

6300 (1.24ghz average OC) $183
6400 (1.17ghz average OC) $222
6600 (1.10ghz average OC) $313
6700 (0.94ghz average OC) $522
6800 (0.90ghz average OC) $970

so the 6400/6600 is by far the best bang for your buck. and sometimes you get lucky like your girlfriend and her crappy processor kicks your better processors ass

Ghost, I may be wrong and most will diagree wid me , but multipliers dont mean shit... I oced 3700 to 2.86 on same multi(11x) - tried lowering it but got even worse overclock(same as E6600)... So I recon its just how lucky you were to get an OCeable processor and may be a mobo too... so quit talking shit and suggest something usefull

 

[ap3rtis]

were the old oc'ing settings still in the motherboard you used for her computer? anyway, that's pretty awesome that it just booted up like that first try.

 

[Shlomo]

Ghost, I may be wrong and most will diagree wid me , but multipliers dont mean shit... I oced 3700 to 2.86 on same multi(11x) - tried lowering it but got even worse overclock(same as E6600)... So I recon its just how lucky you were to get an OCeable processor and may be a mobo too... so quit talking shit and suggest something usefull

Higher multi means you can go into higher clocks without stressing your RAM or having to put in a divider.

Or thats what I always saw a higher multi as being a benefit for, my 805d multi is 20 hehe.