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e6600 Over clocking limit?

mattydies

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Well I usually try and save a buck wherever I can (That way I can put the savings towards more toys :biggrin:).

I bought my E6600 Chip off of E-bay - Not knowing that there was a Good and not as good chip for Over Clocking (the B0 Stepping or what ever.)

The CPU works great, nice and fast (compared to my pentium D). Sadly I got the less desirable CPU.

Can anyone tell me what is a respectable OC for this CPU? I am waiting for my Mobo to come back from the RMA, Hense why I have not tried for myself.



I'm curious and waiting sucks. Thanks :clap:
 

enaberif

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Well I usually try and save a buck wherever I can (That way I can put the savings towards more toys :biggrin:).

I bought my E6600 Chip off of E-bay - Not knowing that there was a Good and not as good chip for Over Clocking (the B0 Stepping or what ever.)

The CPU works great, nice and fast (compared to my pentium D). Sadly I got the less desirable CPU.

Can anyone tell me what is a respectable OC for this CPU? I am waiting for my Mobo to come back from the RMA, Hense why I have not tried for myself.



I'm curious and waiting sucks. Thanks :clap:

No such thing as a respectable overclock as some people have hit 3.6 and others barely hit 3.2

Myself I'm at about 3.3 or so stable without any issues.
 

3.0charlie

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Overclocking is always the Luck of the Draw. You just never know. The chip itself as an effect (obviously), but the other components also.
 

mattydies

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I am aware that results can easily vary from one chip to another, and the other hardware in the computer.

My motherboard started acting up not long after I bought it (before I had a chance to try and O/C.) My CPU seemed to run hot compared to the average e6600 (I do not know the numbers off hand). I looked into it, and my version was one which ran hotter. I was curious if it I just have more heat to deal with, or if I will likely be limited (by the chip or heat).

I am just anxious to get the mobo back (hopefully a new one) and take a good novice crack at overclocking :biggrin:

I was able to play around with my video card and O/C. MSI NX7800GT

Stock GPU @ 400mhz
OC'd @ 480mhz

Stock VideoRam @ 1000mhz
OC'd @ 1202

I had achieved higher OC's, but the benchmarked performance gains were small, and game play showed some artifacting. I backed the timing down enough to eliminate the artifacting and then a bit more just in case. I enjoyed doing that and got a nice performance increase :clap:

I just wish I could OC right now and find out :)
 

Babrbarossa

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Well that ultra 120 should handle the heat quite well- always risky buying a used CPU as chances are is a bit of a reject, but time will tell- keep us filled in, and we'll do what we can do if you need any advice.
 

Prof. Dr. Silver

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Remember that OC'ing results are very different from setup to setup! (Is this repeated a lot??) LOL

My E6600 normally runs 3.0GHz but on benchmark runs it does 3.5 at the max! Anyways, good luck!
 

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Mine can do 3.42GHz with "auto", I'd assume stock, voltage. 380*9. Totally stable too. I've had it up at 3.6GHz as well with 1.5V but for the increase in temperatures for just 180MHz more, it's just not worth it.

By CPU-Z it's revision B2 if that helps.
 

ginnz

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im running my E6600 at 3.6 (400x9), its a later edition chip, L712A....

but i need 1.425 core volts for stable operation at this speed. if my CPU and NB wern't watercooled, i dont think i could pull it off with the temps im getting.
 

NuxTux

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I could get mine to 3.6Ghz but I need to put the voltage around 1.3. Checking core them my system starts around 45ºc idle. If I set the FSB to 8x375Mhz I can run it at v1.2 with stable idle temps of 38ºc on low fan speed.
 

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