[Help]Q6600 & Abit IP35 Pro OC

[tubui]

Ok, I've read the HOWTO by graysky and attempted the OC myself, first time.

I got it to be at 3.0 ghz.. But how do I know whats my limit and when to stop? I want to be able to run at the best speed that I can and maintain a good overall temp.

These infomations are taken from EVEREST Ultimate Edition. I'm not sure what infomation to supply so I hope this takes care of it..

I will post a ss up soon.. The prime95 test is running at the moment.

Field Value
CPU Properties
CPU Type QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
CPU Alias Kentsfield
CPU Stepping G0
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPUID Revision 000006FBh
Core Voltage 1.288 V

CPU Speed
CPU Clock 3006.0 MHz (original: 2400 MHz, overclock: 25%)
CPU Multiplier 9x
CPU FSB 334.0 MHz (original: 266 MHz, overclock: 26%)
Memory Bus 400.8 MHz
DRAM:FSB Ratio 12:10

CPU Cache
L1 Code Cache 32 KB per core
L1 Data Cache 32 KB per core
L2 Cache 2x 4 MB (On-Die, ASC, Full-Speed)

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 09/06/2007-P35-W627DHG-6A79OA1BC-14
Motherboard Name Abit IP35 Pro (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Chipset Properties
Motherboard Chipset Intel Bearlake P35
Memory Timings 5-5-5-15 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
Command Rate (CR) 2T
DIMM1: G Skill F2-6400CL5-2GBPQ 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz)
DIMM3: G Skill F2-6400CL5-2GBPQ 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz)

BIOS Properties
System BIOS Date 09/06/07
Video BIOS Date 11/08/07
Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message
DMI BIOS Version 6.00 PG

Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GPU Code Name G92GTS (PCI Express 2.0 x16 10DE / 0600, Rev A2)
GPU Clock (Geometric Domain) 648 MHz (original: 650 MHz)
GPU Clock (Shader Domain) 1620 MHz (original: 1625 MHz)
Memory Clock 972 MHz (original: 972 MHz)


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Field Value
Memory Module Properties
Module Name G Skill F2-6400CL5-2GBPQ
Serial Number None
Module Size 2 GB (2 ranks, 8 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered DIMM
Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM
Memory Speed DDR2-800 (400 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 1.8
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

Memory Timings
@ 400 MHz 5-5-5-15 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 24-51-3-6-3-3 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
@ 266 MHz 4-4-4-10 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 16-34-2-4-2-2 (RC-RFC-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)

Memory Module Manufacturer
Company Name GSkill International Enterprise
Product Information http://www.gskill.com/indexen.html

 

[Ocellaris]

I will post a ss up soon.. The prime95 test is running at the moment.

That is going to be one of the best tests right there. If it passes a few minutes on P95 Small FFTs, ratchet it up ~100MHz at a time until you see an error. That will give you a good baseline for where the limit it, then you clock it back a little (50MHz or so) and start running longer test like 8 hours of P95 small FFTs to see if it can get through that with no error.

Past that point, then you get into adjust voltages and doing more serious tweaking, but I would definitely start there. Keep in mind you are not going to damage the CPU or anything messing with it in this manner, so you do not have much to worry about. How low you want to keep the temps is entirely up to you. Core 2 chips can run damn hot before heat is an issue, the Core 2 in my Macbook Pro get over 90C on a regular basis for example and it feels like molten lava when its on my lap, but its never crashed or anything. Usually chip temps are not the limiting factor in an overclock like they once were.