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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:03 pm
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:30 am
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"Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste DeleteThis @mpcs.com> wrote in message
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> Back on 1 Nov Ed M. wrote:
>
> :know on most other voltages
> :that the SE seems to supply more than the actual default voltages. Just
> for
> :grins I lowered the speed on my Q6600 from 3.35Ghz to 3.25Ghz and found
> that
> :it will run very stable at 1.27V vcore, which is a good bit lower than
> the
> :'Auto' setting of 1.3-1.32V.
>
> (bad cut and paste from teh google)
>
> Ed, could you share your OC settings on our almost identical system
> again with me again please? I'm stable at 3Ghz but it takes 1.35Vcore,
> 3.2
> was not stable at 1.35 but I didn't want to keep ramping up since that
> way leads to madness
> ^
> \--- greater
>
> FWIW everything is on auto except Vcore and VDIMM which I have to have
> at 2.2 for the Corsairs. OC is via unlocking the FSB<>memory and
> setting FSB to 1333 (I'm at x9)
>
> This SE doesn't have the Vdroop mod I did to the old now deceased
> SE...I don't think you did the Vdroop mod either IIRC
>
No, I didn't do the Vdroop mod either. You have probably already noticed
that the Q6600 runs a bit hotter than the E6600s and that once at a Vcore in
the 1.35+v range, going higher doesn't seem to help as much as with the dual
cores. I think electormigration is an issue with the Quads more so than the
Duals. All my settings now are Auto, except for memory which is at 2.25V
(Mushkin rated at 2.3V) and Vcore which is at 1.3125V (or
thereabouts.......  . FSB is at 147??.....whatever it is for 3.32Ghz. I
think it is 1474 or so. My max temps stay in the mid 50sC with liquid
cooling and idle temps are in the 30s. I don't worry too much about the idle
temps with these as they seem to be about 10C higher than the Dual Cores at
comparible Vcores with my setup. My processor takes much less voltage at
3Ghz than yours. I can lower my Vcore to about 1.25V and stay very stable at
3Ghz. I am pretty happy with my current OC and it performs very well.
Benchmarks are in the same range as the stock QXxxx processors and gaming,
especially FSX runs very smooth with the SLI'd 8800 GTXs. I do mostly
simulators, both racing and flight sims and they all run great. I see a good
bit of a performance gain over the E6600, especially in FSX with the
Accelleration Pack that adds some multi-cpu support. BTW...............Make
sure you set your memory down to very safe speeds during your processor OC
to make sure that it isn't causing problems. Set it to 'Unlinked' and below
spec'd speeds while working on the CPU and get back to that later.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:11 pm
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"Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste DeleteThis @mpcs.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:30:15 -0600, Ed Medlin <ed DeleteThis @edmedlin.com> wrote:
> :
> : "Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste DeleteThis @mpcs.com> wrote in message
> : news:1198162488.22627@news.queue.to...
> : > Back on 1 Nov Ed M. wrote:
> : >
> : > :know on most other voltages
> : > :that the SE seems to supply more than the actual default voltages.
> Just
> : > for
> : > :grins I lowered the speed on my Q6600 from 3.35Ghz to 3.25Ghz and
> found
> : > that
> : > :it will run very stable at 1.27V vcore, which is a good bit lower
> than
> : > the
> : > :'Auto' setting of 1.3-1.32V.
> : >
> : > (bad cut and paste from teh google)
> : >
> : > Ed, could you share your OC settings on our almost identical system
> : > again with me again please? I'm stable at 3Ghz but it takes
> 1.35Vcore,
> : > 3.2
> : > was not stable at 1.35 but I didn't want to keep ramping up since that
> : > way leads to madness
> : > ^
> : > \--- greater
> : >
> : > FWIW everything is on auto except Vcore and VDIMM which I have to have
> : > at 2.2 for the Corsairs. OC is via unlocking the FSB<>memory and
> : > setting FSB to 1333 (I'm at x9)
> : >
> : > This SE doesn't have the Vdroop mod I did to the old now deceased
> : > SE...I don't think you did the Vdroop mod either IIRC
> : >
> : No, I didn't do the Vdroop mod either. You have probably already
> noticed
> : that the Q6600 runs a bit hotter than the E6600s and that once at a
> Vcore in
> : the 1.35+v range, going higher doesn't seem to help as much as with the
> dual
> : cores. I think electormigration is an issue with the Quads more so than
> the
> : Duals. All my settings now are Auto, except for memory which is at
> 2.25V
> : (Mushkin rated at 2.3V) and Vcore which is at 1.3125V (or
> : thereabouts........ FSB is at 147??.....whatever it is for 3.32Ghz.
> I
> : think it is 1474 or so. My max temps stay in the mid 50sC with liquid
> : cooling and idle temps are in the 30s. I don't worry too much about the
> idle
> : temps with these as they seem to be about 10C higher than the Dual
> Cores at
> : comparible Vcores with my setup. My processor takes much less voltage
> at
> : 3Ghz than yours. I can lower my Vcore to about 1.25V and stay very
> stable at
> : 3Ghz. I am pretty happy with my current OC and it performs very well.
> : Benchmarks are in the same range as the stock QXxxx processors and
> gaming,
> : especially FSX runs very smooth with the SLI'd 8800 GTXs. I do mostly
> : simulators, both racing and flight sims and they all run great. I see a
> good
> : bit of a performance gain over the E6600, especially in FSX with the
> : Accelleration Pack that adds some multi-cpu support.
> BTW...............Make
> : sure you set your memory down to very safe speeds during your processor
> OC
> : to make sure that it isn't causing problems. Set it to 'Unlinked' and
> below
> : spec'd speeds while working on the CPU and get back to that later.
> :
> :
>
> Thank you, Ed. Looks like 1475 or 1476 is what it'll take to yield
> 3.32. You're at 1303 bios too I take it? I'm intrigued that you're
> seeing better performance with the quad on those sims. I have a 2
> core 6750 at 3.6 on the combo production/fun box but it'd be fun to
> compare it running a mostly ancient helicopter sim (Enemy Engaged 2)
> on the quad at 3.3 vs the 6750 at 3.6.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........Bios 1301. Bios 1303 screwed up OC'ing the SE big
time for me. I couldn't get it over 3ghz on ANY voltage.
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Howard Goldstein schrieb:
> I am so glad you posted this. GRRRRR Ahhh man, well, maybe that
> 'splains why I can't get stable over 3.0. Great, I forgot where I put
> the DOS flash util that can deal with downgrades. Darn darn darn
With my ASUS P5N32-E SLI this tool is embedded right in the BIOS. Neat. >> Stay informed about: Q6600 oc with query for Ed |
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Howard Goldstein schrieb:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:29:46 +0100, Daniel Albuschat <daniel RemoveThis @happy.viming.de> wrote:
> : Howard Goldstein schrieb:
> :
> : > I am so glad you posted this. GRRRRR Ahhh man, well, maybe that
> : > 'splains why I can't get stable over 3.0. Great, I forgot where I put
> : > the DOS flash util that can deal with downgrades. Darn darn darn
> :
> : With my ASUS P5N32-E SLI this tool is embedded right in the BIOS. Neat.
>
> You can downgrade to an older version from the BIOS? That is new.
Yup, already did that because there's been a buggy BIOS-version for that
Mobo. Well, actually all BIOS-versions for it are buggy, but the
then-latest was more buggy than the older.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:02 pm
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"Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste.RemoveThis@mpcs.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:01:26 GMT, Howard Goldstein <hgoldste.RemoveThis@mpcs.com>
> wrote:
> : On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:22:47 GMT, Ed Medlin <ed.RemoveThis@edmedlin.com> wrote:
> : :
> : : "Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste.RemoveThis@mpcs.com> wrote in message
> : : news:1198270049.14919@news.queue.to...
> : : > Thank you, Ed. Looks like 1475 or 1476 is what it'll take to yield
> : : > 3.32. You're at 1303 bios too I take it? I'm intrigued that you're
> : : > seeing better performance with the quad on those sims. I have a 2
> : : > core 6750 at 3.6 on the combo production/fun box but it'd be fun to
> : : > compare it running a mostly ancient helicopter sim (Enemy Engaged
> 2)
> : : > on the quad at 3.3 vs the 6750 at 3.6.
> : :
> : : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........Bios 1301. Bios 1303 screwed up OC'ing the
> SE big
> : : time for me. I couldn't get it over 3ghz on ANY voltage.
> : :
> :
> : I am so glad you posted this. GRRRRR Ahhh man, well, maybe that
> : 'splains why I can't get stable over 3.0. Great, I forgot where I put
> : the DOS flash util that can deal with downgrades. Darn darn darn
>
> Just a followup Ed. I downgraded to 1301 with awdflash.exe, took all
> of the settings you used, except for the mem settings, and I'll try
> that next because it's silly to be changing so many things at once,
> isn't it, and I'm stumped. Anyway, anything over 3.15ghz isn't even
> getting through POST (locks up before the memory settings are
> displayed). 3.15 boots but isn't stable. I did futz with the memory
> for 2.1v and the timings to set it stock at 4-4-4-12-2t and set it for
> 800 so I didn't follow your guidance there to start with loose mem
> timings. That's next.
>
> It was disconcerting though that the bios parm recovery, the asus feature
> that lets the next boot run with default parms a failed boot, didn't
> work for me at 3.2ghz, just hard locked and needed the cmos clear
> button press 
>
Sometimes you just get a processor that will not go as high as some others,
even with the same stepping. Even with the C2D E6600 my goal was "anything"
over 3Ghz at first. It did better, but that was just icing on the cake. You
still might get it up some more if you crank down the memory (even below
default speeds) while working on the processor overclock.
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Howard Goldstein" typed:
> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:53:02 GMT, Ed Medlin <ed.TakeThisOut@edmedlin.com> wrote:
>>
>> "Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste.TakeThisOut@mpcs.com> wrote in message
>> news:1198798699.18696@news.queue.to...
>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:01:26 GMT, Howard Goldstein
>>> <hgoldste.TakeThisOut@mpcs.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:22:47 GMT, Ed Medlin <ed.TakeThisOut@edmedlin.com>
>>>> wrote: :
>>>> : "Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste.TakeThisOut@mpcs.com> wrote in message
>>>> : news:1198270049.14919@news.queue.to...
>>>> : > Thank you, Ed. Looks like 1475 or 1476 is what it'll take to
>>>> yield : > 3.32. You're at 1303 bios too I take it? I'm intrigued
>>>> that you're : > seeing better performance with the quad on those
>>>> sims. I have a 2 : > core 6750 at 3.6 on the combo
>>>> production/fun box but it'd be fun to : > compare it running a
>>>> mostly ancient helicopter sim (Enemy Engaged 2) : > on the quad
>>>> at 3.3 vs the 6750 at 3.6. :
>>>> : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........Bios 1301. Bios 1303 screwed up OC'ing
>>>> the SE big : time for me. I couldn't get it over 3ghz on ANY
>>>> voltage. :
>>>>
>>>> I am so glad you posted this. GRRRRR Ahhh man, well, maybe that
>>>> 'splains why I can't get stable over 3.0. Great, I forgot where
>>>> I put the DOS flash util that can deal with downgrades. Darn
>>>> darn darn
>>>
>>> Just a followup Ed. I downgraded to 1301 with awdflash.exe, took
>>> all
>>> of the settings you used, except for the mem settings, and I'll try
>>> that next because it's silly to be changing so many things at once,
>>> isn't it, and I'm stumped. Anyway, anything over 3.15ghz isn't even
>>> getting through POST (locks up before the memory settings are
>>> displayed). 3.15 boots but isn't stable. I did futz with the
>>> memory for 2.1v and the timings to set it stock at 4-4-4-12-2t and
>>> set it for 800 so I didn't follow your guidance there to start with
>>> loose mem timings. That's next.
>>>
>>> It was disconcerting though that the bios parm recovery, the asus
>>> feature that lets the next boot run with default parms a failed
>>> boot, didn't work for me at 3.2ghz, just hard locked and needed the
>>> cmos clear
>>> button press
>>>
>> Sometimes you just get a processor that will not go as high as some
>> others, even with the same stepping. Even with the C2D E6600 my
>> goal was "anything" over 3Ghz at first. It did better, but that was
>> just icing on the cake. You still might get it up some more if you
>> crank down the memory (even below default speeds) while working on
>> the processor overclock.
>>
>
> I think I'm in that boat Ed. 3.0 is just unbreachable. And I was so
> happy to get a G0 instead of a B2. Taking 800mhz 4-4-4-12 memory down
> to DDR2-600 and 5-5-5-15, great cooling on the chipset and FETs and
> CPU. One thing left to try is the Q6600 in the DFI P35 board for
> giggles.
You're making me feel really bad now. That system I built for a mate, runs
great at 3.2GHz (400 x  using a Tt Big Typhoon and a /mild/ overvolt. It's
a tad hot, hitting mid 60's under full load (it's summer here). I didn't
even try for it's limits. I just decided to set it at 3.2GHz and it was no
problem. Q6600 G0 in an Asus P5K-Premium.
[Twilight-zone time; Maybe I just have a knack for knowing what a CPU will
do before I even try it. With this E4500 I thought I'd go for 3.3GHz. I got
the calculator out and decided on 8 x 413. At that it's rock-stable with a
vcore of around <fires up CPU-Z> 1.370V and no more than about ambient +25°C
at full load with a Tt Mini Typhoon, ambient +5°C idle. However, when I
decided to maybe push it a bit it won't do 8 x 415, even with a couple extra
notches on the vcore. {I know the memory's good to 455MHz}]
> If I look at it at 25% free performance I don't feel quite so bad.
> And this is a full blown production box with no play value at all so
> it's almost a why bother.
Heh! Like me, using my "veritable supercomputer" for mainly torrenting and
usenet/web-browsing.
> Thanks for hanging in there with me over all the trials. And now
> enough of my cruddy system. How's the recuperation, are you feeling
> better with the mods they isntalled in you back in the hospital?
Indeed! Good question. How's the new bits going Ed? Well I trust.
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>> Thanks for hanging in there with me over all the trials. And now
>> enough of my cruddy system. How's the recuperation, are you feeling
>> better with the mods they isntalled in you back in the hospital?
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> Indeed! Good question. How's the new bits going Ed? Well I trust.
> --
> Shaun.
Doing just fine. Well into rehab and ahead of everyone there. I need to get
back to as normal as possible for a trip to Texas to see my new (first
grandchild) grandson due in April. Most of the folks at the gym in rehab had
a heart attack before their surgery where I was lucky that they found the
blockage before I had one. It sure makes a huge difference in making a quick
recovery. Outside of the rib-cage pain, which they tell me will be there for
quite awhile, I feel really great. I haven't had this much energy in a very
long time.
Ed
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