OC Review: E6600 @ 3.6Ghz w/ Tuniq Tower

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Markyip1

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Hi all,

I built a new rig last week with the following components:

Mobo: EVGA nForce 680i A1
CPU: Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo
Cooler: Tuniq Tower 120
RAM: 4 Gigs (4 x1 Gig) G.SKILL PC-6400 5-5-5-15
Video: 2x GeForce 8800 GTX Video Cards
Case: Silverstone TJ-09 w/ two TriCool fans mounted on top
PSU: Silverstone Zeus 850W
HDs: Array 1 / Raid-0 2x 500 Gig WD SE 16, Array 2 / Raid-0 2x 250 Gig WD
Bios is P26.
AS5 was used in between the CPU and the Tuniq Tower.

I seem to have found a stable overclock and I'd like opinions on the temperatures. The E6600 is now at 3.6 Ghz, with a bios-set vCore at 1.50625. The RAM is matched at 1:1, 800Mhz, with timings reduced to 4-4-4-12. Voltage has been upped on the RAM to 2.0.

With vDroop, Speedfan and CPU-Z show vCore to max at 1.44. I ran Orthos for 9.5 hours w/o issue, and memtest+ found no errors. At idle, the core temps are in the low 30s, while during the nine-hour small FFT stress test, they didn't exceed 55C. By the end of the test, but before stopping, both cores were in the low 50s. Ambient air temp varied between 18-20C.

Anyway, I believe these are good results for a stable machine, and a 6600 @ 3.6Ghz is none-too-shabby. Opinions are welcome... P.S. I have plans to replace the 6600 with a Peryn in about a year, so I'm not too concerned about processor lifetime.

Thanks,

Mark.
 
Markyip1 said:
Hi all,

I built a new rig last week with the following components:

Mobo: EVGA nForce 680i A1
CPU: Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo
Cooler: Tuniq Tower 120
RAM: 4 Gigs (4 x1 Gig) G.SKILL PC-6400 5-5-5-15
Video: 2x GeForce 8800 GTX Video Cards
Case: Silverstone TJ-09 w/ two TriCool fans mounted on top
PSU: Silverstone Zeus 850W
HDs: Array 1 / Raid-0 2x 500 Gig WD SE 16, Array 2 / Raid-0 2x 250 Gig WD
Bios is P26.
AS5 was used in between the CPU and the Tuniq Tower.

I seem to have found a stable overclock and I'd like opinions on the temperatures. The E6600 is now at 3.6 Ghz, with a bios-set vCore at 1.50625. The RAM is matched at 1:1, 800Mhz, with timings reduced to 4-4-4-12. Voltage has been upped on the RAM to 2.0.

With vDroop, Speedfan and CPU-Z show vCore to max at 1.44. I ran Orthos for 9.5 hours w/o issue, and memtest+ found no errors. At idle, the core temps are in the low 30s, while during the nine-hour small FFT stress test, they didn't exceed 55C. By the end of the test, but before stopping, both cores were in the low 50s. Ambient air temp varied between 18-20C.

Anyway, I believe these are good results for a stable machine, and a 6600 @ 3.6Ghz is none-too-shabby. Opinions are welcome... P.S. I have plans to replace the 6600 with a Peryn in about a year, so I'm not too concerned about processor lifetime.

Thanks,

Mark.
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Mark,
That is pretty sweet! Just remember that your AS5 has not even settled yet. You may be able to push it up once it does. I am very close to 4 Ghz on H20 in less than a week but I am giving time for the AS5 to settle in.
BTW, I have the same MB and I love it. Good work!
 
Thank you both,

Yeah, the motherboard is excellent. Good luck with the water cooling. 4Ghz on an E6600 is quite a feat.

Mark.
 
n3g471v3 d3c1b3l said:
Nice OC, Marky. I'm struggling to get anything stable beyond 3.0GHz on my e6600!
Kudos.
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Bad luck, proly got cpu that doesn't oc well... It happens, my old venice was stable around 2.5-2.55ghz(oced to 2.65 but was no good), and other ppl oced em to allmost 2.8. I find it same as gambling
 
actually, he has a 680i board, could be that 333fsb bug... dont know for sure, might only be with quad cores, but it does fit in with his issue (333*9 is 2997).
 
The best I can get on my E6600, with a P5NE SLI, and a Zalman 9500 is 3825. I did get 3881 once but I cannot get it to do it again...no matter the volts, memory bus, timings, etc.

Max stable is only ~3700 or so, and I don't know how stable, it just runs 3DMark.

So I keep it all at 3600 @ 1.5 volts. Runs about 40C idle, 50C load.
 
exactly what it sounds like... im pretty sure it only affects quad cores though.
 
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