Project: Conroe Burnout
I have an older Conroe E6600 lying around, so I decided to slap it in my rig and go for maximum clock speed. I've heard the E6600 had great overclocking potential, but never had a good board to try it on back when I used it... since my current one can hit upwards of 500MHz FSB and the conroe's stock is 266, I should be able to drive it right to the limit.
Should be interesting to see what I can achieve with it. Particularly if I can beat my Q9450's highest stable clock speed of about 3.7GHz.
Should be interesting to see what I can achieve with it. Particularly if I can beat my Q9450's highest stable clock speed of about 3.7GHz.
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http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/02/11/ac-cooled-pc/
Heh, I like comment #1
It can't beat my Q9450's record. One of the cores seems to be sensitive... in prime95 testing, core 1 always dies long before core 2. I got it to run stable at 3.3ghz, but it's taking 1.55vcore to keep it steady. CPU's lifespan is definitely limited at that setting.
FSB @ 466MHz
CPU @ 3262MHz using x7 multiplier, 1.55vid (1.5v idle, 1.48v load)
RAM 1:1 @ DDR933 5-5-5-18 2.1v
I'm gonna run my PC like this until either the CPU burns out or I replace it with a core i5. A two-core version of the i7 is EXACTLY what I was waiting for in terms of upgrading. Drop $150-200 on a cheaper i7 and overclock the hell out of it.
Ah well. I still prefer it to my quad, anyway. 3.26ghz is fast enough that I don't really lose much graphics performance, if any, against the 3.6ghz-clocked quad. Fallout 3 appears to be much more stable on the dual core CPU, as well - which is currently a compelling argument for me.