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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,165
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Pretty cool. But is it 4GHz stable? He should show a video stress test.
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03-10-2008, 09:02 PM
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Biohazardous Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,597
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Originally Posted by b1gapl  Pretty cool. But is it 4GHz stable? He should show a video stress test. | yeah, that is the hard part. haha, I can boot at 4.5 no prob, stable is another thing though
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03-10-2008, 09:05 PM
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Anyone of you want to write me a report on how stable this is?, lol
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03-10-2008, 09:06 PM
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Benevolent Cake Despot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, CANADA Posts: 1,715
| Re: 4.0GHz Overclocking by Core 2 Quad Q6600
uhhhmmmm.... hardly exciting...
if you've got a decent P35/X38 board, good cooling (high-end air, water or even phase) and some luck, it's not that hard to get a Q6600 to 4.0GHz
what's harder though is to get 4.0GHz stable, there's different degrees of stable too... benchmark stable, prime95 stable, gaming stable, etc. etc.
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03-10-2008, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,828
| Re: 4.0GHz Overclocking by Core 2 Quad Q6600
mgcook and Nosboost300 have booted on 4.0ghz Stably, so this isn't that impressive
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03-10-2008, 10:01 PM
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Wicked.. I was just trying to see if it is possible and if I could do it... I think I can.. I play games like crysis and I hope it will be stable enough for me. I will keep my eye on the temperature whilst I overclock it and see how it turns out.
Note: Don't have a computer to try this on yet.. I am building it..;P
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03-10-2008, 10:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 12,165
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Just note that not every Q6600, whether it has a good VID or G0 stepping, will overclock the same. There are some who can't even get past stock or 3GHz.
And I doubt you'll be able to play Crysis at 4GHz, without it crashing. Unless you're using one heck of a liquid cooling system to keep it stable at such a high speed. And even if you can, it's not worth it, to go through all that trouble of pumping alot of voltage to just get it stable at 4GHz. You'll just reduce the life span of the processor quicker, that way. 3.6GHz is a good high overclock, that is easier to achieve stability, and is plenty fast.
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03-10-2008, 10:07 PM
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Hardware/VB.net/Anti-vir Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TN - Intel, Samsung, and NVIDIA 4 EvR! Posts: 515
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I have some ice cubes and I pay for air conditioning and I have a vent in my floor. 
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1 200mm back fan 8 more fans throughout.. and a leaf blower MWHAHAHA....
EDIT: I just wana see if it's possible.. I guess i will keep it at 3.6 or so
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03-10-2008, 10:42 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,723
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I've booted up at 4.2GHz on air, Ran SuperPI and 3dmark06 both at 4.0Ghz.
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