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    q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?



    Seems to be memory letting it down. Memory is http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146049

    Is it crap memory, or is that an ok score?

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Personally I could care less about Vista performance index scores, if you want to test your system run some benchmarks which will actually tell you something. And yes you could have faster ram or tighter timings but you probably wouldn't notice the difference in the real world, what you have is plenty good enough.

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Any good benchmarks to run other than 3dmark?

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    I had the same problem, OC'd my CPU to 333mhz (3.0Ghz) Dropped my memory from 800mhz to 667mhz Rebooted, all at 5.9, no voltage changes needed

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    what's ur ram settings in bios?

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Possibly you don't have it in dual data mode - are the sticks in slots 1 & 3?

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Yep got it in slots 1 and 3

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    You need to manually set those timings in the bios to what they are rated at

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Which is 5-5-5-18 is case you were wondering and you will possibly need to up the voltage a little bit as well.

    You could always try running the timings a bit tighter than stock as well say 4-5-5-12 have a play around put the voltage to 2.1v first though and then use Memtest to check stability. Saying that though Intel chips don't really gain all that much from tighter memory timings but tighter is still better!

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Quote Originally Posted by Webby View Post
    tighter is still better!

    Couldnt help it!

    Will give that a go. Best to do it via bios aswell I guess. Whats a safe temp for the q6600 to get to? Stock atm, but may take it step by step to 333mhz.

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Personally using Core Temp/Real Temp/Everest I would aim to keep the cores under full load (running Prime 95 or Orthos) to below 65oC other people are happy for them to be higher but I wouldn't be. That will mean that under heavy load during normal conditions you wouldn't expect to be going above 60oC.

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    I get the same score with my RAM getting 5.5, but there not set at the right timings, and vists score means jack anyway

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Quote Originally Posted by Webby View Post
    Which is 5-5-5-18 is case you were wondering and you will possibly need to up the voltage a little bit as well.
    CPU-Z seems to think they are 5-6-6-18 at 400MHz and that 1.8V is the right voltage. It's normally accurate, but the OCZ site says 5-5-5-15. They're currently at 6-6-6-18. TBH the difference in the real world is minimal, but WEI doesn't check actual performance.

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Quote Originally Posted by Thorsson View Post
    CPU-Z seems to think they are 5-6-6-18 at 400MHz and that 1.8V is the right voltage. It's normally accurate, but the OCZ site says 5-5-5-15. They're currently at 6-6-6-18. TBH the difference in the real world is minimal, but WEI doesn't check actual performance.
    CPU-Z is normally not accurate, those are not the specs it is rated at

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    CPU-Z is normally not accurate, those are not the specs it is rated at
    You're right, I was looking at the 1Gb sticks. I found a thread sbout these same sticks on the OCZ forum, which may be of interest: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=35418

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    Re: q6600 Build.. Vista 5.5?

    Quote Originally Posted by Webby View Post
    Intel chips don't really gain all that much from tighter memory timings
    What he said.

    However, it obviously makes a difference somewhere, as whatever stupid test the vista index thing is doing is obviously sensitive to memory. I have virtually the same setup but with timings at 4-4-4-12 and get 5.9, though before reading this thread I would have argued that it should make bugger all difference...

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