q6600 and yet another OC incremental question

so right now mem @ 980Mhz and fsb @ 400Mhz.

The limit for my mem is 1066Mhz? How far can I go?

Also, is the voltage being manged by BIOS automatically?
 
alik4041 said:
EIST = Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology - allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency, which can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production.

C1E (enchanced halt state) - to reduce power consumption when Idle

They work hand in hand... disable them before you overclock. I recommend you read this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=147164
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Excellent! Thanks for the answers and the link. :D
 
right now I have the following:

cpu @ 3.2Ghz
fsb @ 400Mhz
mem @ 900Mhz (2x450)

my mem is wasting 100Mhz in bandwidth, right?
 
I hate you mito are you using air cooling?
I have a watercooled system and I can't overclock past 2.8ghz without having it crash in PRIME95 after a couple hours.

It has booted upto 3.8 but will crash in prime95 instantly.

my setup is

Q6600 go @2.8ghz watercooled
corsair 2gig 800 sli ready
evga 680i (TR)

I think i got the crappy version of this mobo.
 
using zalman 9700.

how's your bios configured?

note: I confess I haven't done those prime stress tests. All I do is play games and none has crashed so far. :D
 
I am at 3.2 stable, Idle at 27c load at 55c. using Scythe Ninja air cool. For that guy who cant OC past 2.8 on water cooling, you have a bad CPU. some CPU's can OC well and some can't , RMA it (claim it runs to hot, which it does) and get a new one. I can easily get to 3.4 when the weather gets cool, which is starting now.

I will say 15000+ on a Q6600 system it top notch. I get 12008 and I only have a 8800gtx. I will use the step up program to get their newest ones if they come out soon "crosses fingers." Yet, thats an amazing 3dmark score. hats off to ya. Do you have 4 gigs or 2 gigs of memory? I am using 4 gigs of Crucial Ballistix Tracers 6400. BTW. its basically a waste of money to get pc8500 with the Q6600, Its completely over kill. Tons of wasted room. 800 is perfect. even 533 is really good for this chip. I had to learn that the hard way. Bought the product, posted my purchase on the forums, then everyone started telling me the truth about overclocking the Q6600 and PC8500.
 
boglwe said:
I am at 3.2 stable, Idle at 27c load at 55c. using Scythe Ninja air cool. For that guy who cant OC past 2.8 on water cooling, you have a bad CPU. some CPU's can OC well and some can't , RMA it (claim it runs to hot, which it does) and get a new one. I can easily get to 3.4 when the weather gets cool, which is starting now.

I will say 15000+ on a Q6600 system it top notch. I get 12008 and I only have a 8800gtx. I will use the step up program to get their newest ones if they come out soon "crosses fingers." Yet, thats an amazing 3dmark score. hats off to ya. Do you have 4 gigs or 2 gigs of memory? I am using 4 gigs of Crucial Ballistix Tracers 6400. BTW. its basically a waste of money to get pc8500 with the Q6600, Its completely over kill. Tons of wasted room. 800 is perfect. even 533 is really good for this chip. I had to learn that the hard way. Bought the product, posted my purchase on the forums, then everyone started telling me the truth about overclocking the Q6600 and PC8500.
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I'm using only 2Gb of pc8500 ocz. I intend reaching 1000Mhz with it, running fsb at 500 or something...... :)
 
What are your temps, what are you using to check your temps? What is your cooling?
 
load @

CPU #1 / Core #1......56 °C (133 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2..... 56 °C (133 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #3...... 57 °C (135 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #4.......50 °C (122 °F)
MCP.........................57 °C (135 °F)

CPU Core.........1.40 V
FSB VTT......... 1.39 V
DIMM ..............1.86 V

zalman 9700
everest....
 
i forgot to mention I reached 16500 in 3dmark2006 using two 8800ultra in SLI.
 
cpu @ 3.4Ghz
fsb @ 425Mhz
mem @ 950Mhz (5-5-5-15) 2.1v

3dmark2006 16821
 
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