If i OCed my Q6600 to 3.2 will it perform near the core i5 2500k??

Becuz i m thinkin about upgrading without changing the cpu??and i need cpu cooler suggestionsNOMAD_78

Nope. It will still be a perfectly good CPU however.

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

blaznwiipspman1

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

NOMAD_78

OC'ed few games will push it. You should bump it up to 3.5-3.7 Ghz.

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"][QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

Tezcatlipoca666

OC'ed few games will push it. You should bump it up to 3.5-3.7 Ghz.

It is hard to OC a Q6600 past 3.3Ghz.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2007/07/25/overclocking_intel_core_2_quad_q6600/2

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"]No game punishes it oced or not ???kaitanuvax

OC'ed few games will push it. You should bump it up to 3.5-3.7 Ghz.

It is hard to OC a Q6600 past 3.3Ghz.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2007/07/25/overclocking_intel_core_2_quad_q6600/2

Hmm. Maybe I was confusing the potential with another Intel CPU. Regardless, TC, you should OC it as far as it will go.

I ve never oc any thing before and i have no idea wat to do or what will be the results...i dont wanna fry my cpu...anybody knows what cpu cooler shud i use and at wat voltage and FBS shud i set it?NOMAD_78

Just leave voltage auto and go up to 3Ghz, after that tho, use manual voltage or the mobo will just put a huge amount of volts through it.

Hyper 212+ and try a multiplier of 9, and I think 320 for FSB is 3Ghz.

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

NOMAD_78

Don't listen to him, he has no idea what he is talking about. The Q6600 at stock simply isn't fast enough for some games, take Bad Company 2 for instance!

When I built my new computer a few months ago my GTX 570 got here before anything else so as you'd imagine I paired it with my Q6600 rig fired up Bad Company 2 and what do you know? Lowest settings or highest settings my frame rate would dip into the 20's on some maps (Like Oasis) because Bad company 2 needs more than a Q6600 at 2.4, I never tried OCing it for BC2, but I'd imagine it would have helped.

So I wouldn't count on the Q6600, even if it runs most of your games ok right now it's still going to struggle more and more with every new title/tech especially if you're looking foward to BF3 as most of us are, though I did see a post saying BF3 won't be as CPU intensive as BC2, but that was probably bs.

no sir. :(

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"][QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

zipozal

Don't listen to him, he has no idea what he is talking about. The Q6600 at stock simply isn't fast enough for some games, take Bad Company 2 for instance!

When I built my new computer a few months ago my GTX 570 got here before anything else so as you'd imagine I paired it with my Q6600 rig fired up Bad Company 2 and what do you know? Lowest settings or highest settings my frame rate would dip into the 20's on some maps (Like Oasis) because Bad company 2 needs more than a Q6600 at 2.4, I never tried OCing it for BC2, but I'd imagine it would have helped.

So I wouldn't count on the Q6600, even if it runs most of your games ok right now it's still going to struggle more and more with every new title/tech especially if you're looking foward to BF3 as most of us are, though I did see a post saying BF3 won't be as CPU intensive as BC2, but that was probably bs.

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"][QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

zipozal

Don't listen to him, he has no idea what he is talking about. The Q6600 at stock simply isn't fast enough for some games, take Bad Company 2 for instance!

When I built my new computer a few months ago my GTX 570 got here before anything else so as you'd imagine I paired it with my Q6600 rig fired up Bad Company 2 and what do you know? Lowest settings or highest settings my frame rate would dip into the 20's on some maps (Like Oasis) because Bad company 2 needs more than a Q6600 at 2.4, I never tried OCing it for BC2, but I'd imagine it would have helped.

So I wouldn't count on the Q6600, even if it runs most of your games ok right now it's still going to struggle more and more with every new title/tech especially if you're looking foward to BF3 as most of us are, though I did see a post saying BF3 won't be as CPU intensive as BC2, but that was probably bs.

BC2 loves high clock speeds. It was a stuttery mess when my E6600 was at stock, but OC'ed to 3.4ghz, the game runs perfectly.

[QUOTE="zipozal"]

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"]No game punishes it oced or not ???SapSacPrime

Don't listen to him, he has no idea what he is talking about. The Q6600 at stock simply isn't fast enough for some games, take Bad Company 2 for instance!

When I built my new computer a few months ago my GTX 570 got here before anything else so as you'd imagine I paired it with my Q6600 rig fired up Bad Company 2 and what do you know? Lowest settings or highest settings my frame rate would dip into the 20's on some maps (Like Oasis) because Bad company 2 needs more than a Q6600 at 2.4, I never tried OCing it for BC2, but I'd imagine it would have helped.

So I wouldn't count on the Q6600, even if it runs most of your games ok right now it's still going to struggle more and more with every new title/tech especially if you're looking foward to BF3 as most of us are, though I did see a post saying BF3 won't be as CPU intensive as BC2, but that was probably bs.

help plz becuz um new in ocing world :D

[QUOTE="GTSaiyanjin2"]Are you on the stock cooler ? the q6600 get really hot, its not a hard chip to OC, but it is hard to keep it stable past 4ghz. The Q6600 is a very capable CPU, but it being clocked so low can effect performance in some games. try these settings, they are not mine, but they should work 3.24ghz 360x9 VID 1.2500v CPU 1.3000v (Bios) FSBT 1.3v NB 1.3v SB 1.05vNOMAD_78

Each chip is different, you just increase the voltage till the CPU is stable.

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"][QUOTE="GTSaiyanjin2"]Are you on the stock cooler ? the q6600 get really hot, its not a hard chip to OC, but it is hard to keep it stable past 4ghz. The Q6600 is a very capable CPU, but it being clocked so low can effect performance in some games. try these settings, they are not mine, but they should work 3.24ghz 360x9 VID 1.2500v CPU 1.3000v (Bios) FSBT 1.3v NB 1.3v SB 1.05vGTSaiyanjin2

Each chip is different, you just increase the voltage till the CPU is stable.

[QUOTE="GTSaiyanjin2"]

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"]Yes um at stock cooling...but um getting a 212+ cooler master...how do they calculate the needed voltages???NOMAD_78

Each chip is different, you just increase the voltage till the CPU is stable.

No as you clock the Q6600 it needs more voltage, thats why the CPU gets hotter. Ands thats why its recomended to use an after market cooler when OC past 3ghz. You can start to decrease little by little once you find the CPU is stable. Use something like prime 95 to find out if the CPU is stable.

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"][QUOTE="GTSaiyanjin2"]

Each chip is different, you just increase the voltage till the CPU is stable.

GTSaiyanjin2

No as you clock the Q6600 it needs more voltage, thats why the CPU gets hotter. Ands thats why its recomended to use an after market cooler when OC past 3ghz. You can start to decrease little by little once you find the CPU is stable. Use something like prime 95 to find out if the CPU is stable.

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[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"]I thought we shud decrease it not increase it?i mean the voltage..NOMAD_78

No as you clock the Q6600 it needs more voltage, thats why the CPU gets hotter. Ands thats why its recomended to use an after market cooler when OC past 3ghz. You can start to decrease little by little once you find the CPU is stable. Use something like prime 95 to find out if the CPU is stable.

Your PC wont boot, and if it does boot, and its still not stable your games are likely to crash on you midway. But use prime 95 to find if it stable, it will push all 4 cores to 100% usage, so if its not stable the PC will crash.

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"][QUOTE="GTSaiyanjin2"]

No as you clock the Q6600 it needs more voltage, thats why the CPU gets hotter. Ands thats why its recomended to use an after market cooler when OC past 3ghz. You can start to decrease little by little once you find the CPU is stable. Use something like prime 95 to find out if the CPU is stable.

GTSaiyanjin2

Your PC wont boot, and if it does boot, and its still not stable your games are likely to crash on you midway. But use prime 95 to find if it stable, it will push all 4 cores to 100% usage, so if its not stable the PC will crash.

not a chance, not even close, but you will get good performance nevertheless.

Are you on the stock cooler ? the q6600 get really hot, its not a hard chip to OC, but it is hard to keep it stable past 4ghz. The Q6600 is a very capable CPU, but it being clocked so low can effect performance in some games. try these settings, they are not mine, but they should work 3.24ghz 360x9 VID 1.2500v CPU 1.3000v (Bios) FSBT 1.3v NB 1.3v SB 1.05vGTSaiyanjin2

Yeah dream on :roll: the Q6600 wont even boot at those volts, and thats completely stock. 1.5v is the max recommended by Intel TC, but the chip wont get past 3.7Ghz without liquid, so you'll have to settle on less.

[QUOTE="GTSaiyanjin2"]Are you on the stock cooler ? the q6600 get really hot, its not a hard chip to OC, but it is hard to keep it stable past 4ghz. The Q6600 is a very capable CPU, but it being clocked so low can effect performance in some games. try these settings, they are not mine, but they should work 3.24ghz 360x9 VID 1.2500v CPU 1.3000v (Bios) FSBT 1.3v NB 1.3v SB 1.05vGTR12

Yeah dream on :roll: the Q6600 wont even boot at those volts, and thats completely stock. 1.5v is the max recommended by Intel TC, but the chip wont get past 3.7Ghz without liquid, so you'll have to settle on less.

Becuz i m thinkin about upgrading without changing the cpu??and i need cpu cooler suggestionsNOMAD_78

no you wouldnt even get close.. youd be about even with an athalon II x4 640 even then youd technically lose b/c the athalon II x4 640 is .2ghz slower and can oc enough to match some phenom II x4's XD

[QUOTE="Tezcatlipoca666"]

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"]No game punishes it oced or not ???kaitanuvax

OC'ed few games will push it. You should bump it up to 3.5-3.7 Ghz.

It is hard to OC a Q6600 past 3.3Ghz.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2007/07/25/overclocking_intel_core_2_quad_q6600/2

[QUOTE="NOMAD_78"][QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nope but there wont be a game that really punishes the q6600 so a cpu upgrade isnt necessary

zipozal

Don't listen to him, he has no idea what he is talking about. The Q6600 at stock simply isn't fast enough for some games, take Bad Company 2 for instance!

When I built my new computer a few months ago my GTX 570 got here before anything else so as you'd imagine I paired it with my Q6600 rig fired up Bad Company 2 and what do you know? Lowest settings or highest settings my frame rate would dip into the 20's on some maps (Like Oasis) because Bad company 2 needs more than a Q6600 at 2.4, I never tried OCing it for BC2, but I'd imagine it would have helped.

So I wouldn't count on the Q6600, even if it runs most of your games ok right now it's still going to struggle more and more with every new title/tech especially if you're looking foward to BF3 as most of us are, though I did see a post saying BF3 won't be as CPU intensive as BC2, but that was probably bs.

I got 50-70 FPS on a Phenom 1 X3 for BC2 @ 2.4 ghz in BC2. No way in hell a core 2 quad got as low as 20 FPS, and I'm not even getting as low as 20 FPS on the BF3 beta with the Phenom X3.

Do i have to change these vcpu voltage damper,cpu voltage Reference,cpu pll voltage and fsb termination voltage??NOMAD_78

No, leave it all auto and just go to 3Ghz first, then tinker around.