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Originally Posted by 3.0charlie  You're going the wrong way... oc'ing is up, with no limit! Seriously, 3.0G with such low voltage is great - shows a lot of potential for the chip. Once you're comfortable with your oc, save your BIOS settings and start upping that FSB.
I use OCCT ( Download - OCCT Website english) to test my rigs; usually a 30 min. custom test shows stability. Then I raise the FSB again, with Vcore if needed.
To give you a rough idea, I managed 4.1Ghz with one of my Q6600s (Vcore was 1.6V), and that same Quad was stable for folding at 3.8GHz (Vcore 1.525V) - all under water, mind you. sswilson did the same, but with less Vcore.
With the Q6600, you're fine as long as it doesn't pass 60C under load and you don't give it more than 1.5V Vcore. I believe you'll reach the thermal limit before the voltage limit if you're using air. |
I went backwards because at first I couldn't even get it to run at 1.4v at 3.0ghz but once I upped my FSB voltage by .5 i was able to work wonders.. so I slowly went backwards just to see how low I could go - it was rather exciting ahaha.
I did have an error after 5 hours on 1.1875 tho, so I'm at 1.193* and i'll run more tests tomorrow,, I'm worried I'll need to be above 1.2 though, we'll see after a 24 hour run.
I'll try out OCCT and see what it's like! Thanks a bunch!