Quad Core Thread: Overclocking, Cooling, Motherboards, Troubleshooting & General Info

[fat jez]

Yep, but not everyone knows that it isnt accurate to begin with

Very true!

Incidentally, I've got mine running at 3.4GHz. Any higher seems to need silly amounts of Vcore to be stable and the temps are well into the 60's - too high for my liking.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Clunk]

Mine levels out at around 3.5Ghz, so its pretty normal, and when you consider the heat that they produce, its not bad really.

[fat jez]

Mine levels out at around 3.5Ghz, so its pretty normal, and when you consider the heat that they produce, its not bad really.

Yep, I'm not going to turn my nose up at a 1GHz overclock

Cheers,
Stephen

[F3rAL]

Clunk zalman 9700 has just 2 nuts, or I did something worng ?
plate that holds heat sink is mounted vertically so I have one screw on top and one at the bottom, so I can't control sides.
What do you think ?

[Clunk]

Sorry, I thought that the Zalman coolers had a backplate with 4 screws at the corners?

If not, theres not much you can do about it

[F3rAL]

check this link
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/pro...oling/cnps9700

[[GSV]Trig]

Add 15 to the coretemp as well or jsut speedfan?

[Clunk]

Speedfan.

[Clunk]

check this link
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/pro...oling/cnps9700

OK, I see.

Is it possible to get a screwdriver to any of the 4 screws that hold the black bracket down after the heatsink is in place?..if so, have a go at tweaking them a bit? Same for the two that hold the heatsink on.

Other than that, I think you are out of luck.

[F3rAL]

I think I'll get one more metal plate, and will put on the one I have now, and I think i will be able to put 4 screws and then maybe adjust them the way I want :/

[mroz]

/jumps up & down
It's here, IT'S HERE

I'll be back in a depressed state later when I break something...

PS What, no :woot:?

[F3rAL]

Good luck, don't go to far

[Defenestration]

What are boot times like for people running XP Pro SP2 with a Q6600, and how many times does the blue progress bar thingie go round on the Windows boot screen ?

I can't do any timings at the moment because I'm waiting for my new monitor to come, but when I did initial testing at 3.24GHz, the blue bar thingie went round about 4 or 5 times. Is this normal or is something slowing my machine down during boot ?

[F3rAL]

My q6600 G0 is loading that blue bar Xp sp2 about 4-6 times and Vista Ultimate the same,
So Ithing it is normal
What temps do you have on your Q6600 @ 3.24Ghz ? What stepping is it ? thanks

[Defenestration]

I'm getting about 62C after a few hours of Prime95 on all 4 cores with a G0 stepping. I have some testing and tweaking to do regarding thermal paste application, and possibly lapping my HSF. From my initial testing at higher speeds, the CPU does seem to be stable once given enough vCore but the temps do start to rise. With an improvement to my cooling (through tweaking), I hope to get 3.4GHz with load temps less than 60C.

[[GSV]Trig]

What are boot times like for people running XP Pro SP2 with a Q6600, and how many times does the blue progress bar thingie go round on the Windows boot screen ?

I can't do any timings at the moment because I'm waiting for my new monitor to come, but when I did initial testing at 3.24GHz, the blue bar thingie went round about 4 or 5 times. Is this normal or is something slowing my machine down during boot ?

Zak did a boot time thread a while back check it out some hints and tips in there...