Q6600 @ 3.6ghz .. Finally and Stable

[Madmax]

Well i decided to up the mhz now on the CPU and it took a lot of tinkering around in bios to what settings to use and a bit of trial and error of Priming Failures.

But i finally got it and after 11hrs 5min 4secs ... i stopped Orthos .. as i say she is good enough. I usually do 8-10 hours of orthos (when ever i OC) and i have never had any issues afterwards, but one never knows as you can prime for 24hrs and still have issues later on, but 8-10hrs is ideal for daily usage and or 24/7 usage.

Temps were decent, but i must inspect The Thermal Paste and heatsink mounting .. as it appears at times ... 2 cores are 8-10C higher then the other 2 ... cores 0-1 is 8-10C higher when OCing then cores 2-3, but at idle they are only 1-2C difference.

Idle right now is 33-32-28-30

Here is screen shot just before stopping Orthos which i just took this morning at 6:44am.

Also not sure why, but Orthos states it is at 4050mhz.. lol

[Madmax]

Ok i just ran Intels linpack Program...... wowzer it will increase Temps to 74C-84C max on this CPU... for now until i check TIM and mounting.

This program gets Cores HOTTER then Orthos Prime and is Intels CPU burn in program.

I need to figure out why 2 of my cores always read 10C higher then the other 2.

Linpack 0-1 Cores 84C and 2-3 Cores 74C Max.

Orthos = 0-1 Cores 74C and 2-3 Cores 64C Max. (Were talking like 2-3 instances of 3 secs of a Max of 74C)

Here is my test results just done about 12 min ago and all is OK Residual result numbers .. 5 passes all same. If you get not the same then system is not 100% stable, means you can orthos and/or prime 10hrs say or even 24hrs and run this program and FAIL, which has happened to many OCer's who think they are 100% stable.

Also ppl read (if you want to try it out) the read me text ... only use what free memory is available to use.

Program is here:

http://www.ultimate-filez.com/files/IntelBurnTest.zip

[Cruel_Intentions]

congrats madmax, nicely done

What are you using for cooling?

also, why does CPU-Z identify your ram as DDR3 while you have it listed at DDR2?

[Madmax]

Thks...

I am using a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme with 2 x 120mm fans on it .. one is a Noctua P12 and the other is just a 1200 rpm fan i had laying around. .. push pull configuration and the heatsink is installed in a North, South direction .. fan on bottom blowing up and fan on top blowing up/out towards the top case fan ... i have a Antec 900 case.

I lapped the Heatsink yesterday... [img]/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

Thing is i need to see if the IHS is concave which i do suspect as 90% are on intel CPU's and if that is my issue for the 10C higher temp on 2 cores .. other then that it is Awesome and i never see above (50-55 load) on many Daily Programs that push the CPU ... and as for gaming is good too.

But i like to fold again and i need to solve the 65C-70C full load on folding on those 2 cores .. 65C is like pushing what i like .. 70C well thats acceptable range still, but getting warmer .. so i not like it .. so for now i not folding on CPU till i figure what i can to solve issue and NO i am not underclocking to solve it... [img]/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

I may and if i really think i should .. may lap the IHS.


As for CPU-Z its a bug with it and it is the latest version too.

Here is the SPD section of CPU-Z: ... DDR2

[Madmax]

This is the ram here that i have:

http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php...desc=asc&no=106

Also it is PC2-8000.... i update my signature again DAMN CPU-Z has it listed as PC2-6400... lol

Well it is right for PC2-6400 @ 400 speeds = DDR2 800, but at 500 speeds = 1000mhz it is PC2-8000

[Madmax]

I should also note i am not running bios 0704 anymore like in my testing results of my thread on the Q6600 and Ati 4850.

I am now running Bios 1103 which is a lot better for my setup, but there is a newer Bios looming on ASUS's FTP wesbite and its not a Beta from what i can see as it is not listed as such ... i downloaded it and i may flash Bios to it as some others in a forum i go to once in awhile have flashed to 1201 and they stated it is equal to the 1103 stability wise all that was added to it was more compatibility with certain memory modules... other then that it appears to be just as equal to the 1103 Bios .. some said it allowed them to OC higher then the 1103, but one never knows.