Q6600 impulse buy
I have issues. I was really only looking at getting a print server so I could quit hosting the family printer on my rig that is always torn apart/reformatted etc...
SOMEHOW, I walked out with a Q6600 G0, ASUS Maximus X38 Special Edition, 4GB PC6400, and a stupid grin...
Pics incoming as I torture this rig over the next few days. Will be dropping this into the "Master" in my signature; hope to hit atleast 3.2GHz and see if the Zalman 9700 can keep up...
First Intel chip in my main rig since P60.
SOMEHOW, I walked out with a Q6600 G0, ASUS Maximus X38 Special Edition, 4GB PC6400, and a stupid grin...
Pics incoming as I torture this rig over the next few days. Will be dropping this into the "Master" in my signature; hope to hit atleast 3.2GHz and see if the Zalman 9700 can keep up...
First Intel chip in my main rig since P60.
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I mean my amd64 3400+ does everything I need for sure.... I may have to go in for counseling.....
Instead of standing in front of a bunch of derilects says "I Tex am an Alcoholic...)
I will be standing in front of a room full of geeks saying... "I Tex am a hardware junkie..."
But at least I won't have a half gallon of Jack Daniels I will have a q6600 quad..... LOL
Tex
Nothing wrong with having JD or a Q66, both uber!
MMONNIN!!!! Stand up right now and face the crowd here and repeat after me.. ""I MMONNIN am a hardware junkie..."
And if you laugh while saying it you get to write it on the chalk board 100 times.
Tex
I'm a hardware junkie and don't even own a desktop currently
Agreed. I've got a G0 superduper stable at 3.2 on air, and I had it up to 3.59, but it couldn't handle Prime95 there. I only kept it at 3.2 so I could easily match it with my memory frequencies. No doubt you'll find a good way to get it up there.
... come to think of it, maybe I'll try a little harder now. Time to bust out the math skills...
Overclockers beware.
There is just way too much bang for the buck, honestly, how can you say no?
However, I do have an odd issue. The BIOS sees all 4 cores, Device Manager lists 4 CPU, but CPU-Z and Task Manager only show 2 cores. Performance results benchmarks and games show results that reflect there only being 2 cores.
I moved from a dual core Opteron, so I am thinking maybe there is still an AMD driver or windows patch that originally optimised the system for that CPU!?!
I'm only going to fight with it for so long before I just format, but it'd be nice if I didn't have to after making it this far.
I don't know how accurate it is but the ASUS AI Software shows idle temps at 30C. I'd run CoreTemp but Vista64 hates it. Everything is stock still until I get this other issue worked out.
Why do you need to format anything? No reason to lose your user files or other data.
You only need to format with a REALLY corrupted filesystem. You can always just install a new OS in a new directory.
Mason - there's a CoreTemp workaround for x64, you just have to load the driver manually before starting the program. The link is.... here.
That said, I don't know why you're only seeing two cores. It's weird.
Remember what I said about the Windows HAL?
Yeah, I just figured I'd give it a shot though, you know. I'm surprised it made it as far as it did!
Half way through reinstall now.
My user profile is backed up every night and all of my data is on a different array. Formatting and reinstalling is no biggie.
Thank you, sir.
(Installing my new Gigabyte P35-DS4 R2 when I get home from work today. No siree, my Q6600 build has been planned for months :o ....waiting to pay for wedding and....)
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Can't say that it's rock solid stable yet, but 3.0GHz at 1.2V is pretty exciting. I'm seeing how low I can get the voltage before I get much further, kinda see what I'm working with before I start pushing the FSB. Tiny bumps to voltage put the temps through the roof.
Stable for one hour now 1:1 with RAM. Not sure why CoreTemp thinks I'm at 3.6GHz, but whatever...
I'm gonna let it burn for another hour then see how far I can push it and maintain 1:1
If, however, the program simply relies on the CPUID of your chip (All chips have a MAC address of sorts, called the CPUID), you'll get BS back. Intel CPU "Drivers" assume a default multiplier and model #.
This is as far as I got last night. The voltage is set to 1.315V but it looks like I'm starting to get some droop under load at these speeds. Unfortunately, I need to pick up a new CPU cooler before I can run at anything higher than 3GHz if I want to keep the side panel on my case.
Any suggestions are welcome, what's the best 775 cooler for $75USD or less?
I've been testing my Q6600 under an Infinity (Mugen) as well. It performs very well. Even with just a single S-Flex 1600RPM fan. Manages to keep the hottest core to 50'C at 1.2875V and 3.2GHz (according to coretemp).
Still testing my overclock as well. Not used to intels I had it up to 3.5GHz for a while, but Prime95 never even has a chance to find errors. I seem to get random crashes. Interestingly, I'm much more stable at the 8x multi.