Hi to all.
I have my Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 in my Coolermaster Stacker with GeminII Cooler with two 12mm fans.
Working at normal clock I have about 19/20Cº.
In Overclocking how high temp can I go on the Q6600?

thanks

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Sorry. I meant 2 120mm fans!

I'm just a shadow of my former self!

Is that under load or is it at idle? Also, you make no mention of what your ambient temp is.

I use a Mac, still want to take my advice... LOL

"Working at normal clock I have about 19/20Cº"

That seems awfully low. 20C = 68F...are you sure the reading is accurate? I don't see how a CPU using air cooling can be lower than room temp. Or is your PC in a cold room? What is your system temp reading?

Remember that Intel CPUs are thermally protected so it's almost impossible to overheat one to death. If the temp reaches a certain "trigger point", it will throttle back...if the temp continues to rise, it will shutdown completely. I suggest keeping the CPU load temp under 60C.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/2...

Good point.
19/20Cº in idle! System Temp is around 20cº in idle.
Tell me a good software to see the temps in load for Vista 64 and I will make some tests.
Also I can achieve these Temps due to my System. Fully loaded Stacker Full Tower with all optional Fans + the huge GeminII Cooler with 2 high flow 12cm fans.
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Prime95 will give your CPU a good workout.

I love my Amiga 500!!!!

"19/20Cº in idle! System Temp is around 20cº in idle."

What is your average room temp? All electronics put out *some* heat so I don't see how your temps can be that low. Either your room is cold (15C/60F) or your temp readings are inaccurate. Are you getting the temps from the BIOS or software? You didn't list the make/model of your motherboard, but sometimes a BIOS update is released to correct temp reading errors.

I'm getting my temps from BIOS.
And yes my room is very cold!
My board Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus! Latest BIOS!
Flashed yesterday!

Thanks
I'm just a shadow of my former self!

How cold is "very cold"? Are you familiar with the concept of a thermometer? Or is the concept of such a primitive analogue device far to absurd?

I love my Amiga 500!!!!

I know what a thermometer is.
I enjoy cold, I know what cold is.
Right now my room is 11Cº.

Back to the question, how high can I take the Q6600?

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Living in an Igloo are we? Anyway, I am about to embark on a Q6600 overclocking quest myself and so far my googling has revealed that its quite possible to attain 3.4GHz+, however, this is all dependent on other important factors like the motherboard and RAM, neither of which you have provided any information about.

Disclaimer: The advice I provide is in no way a professional opinion, it is only my personal opinion and should be used with due caution.

Like I said. The board is an Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus, as for RAM I have 4GB Kingston DDR2-800.

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If you were to remain within the limits of your RAM, then your theoretical max overclock will be 3.6GHz, if you were to relax the RAM timings you may be able to get to your mobos max FSB of 425MHz, which gives you a theoretical max of 3.825GHz. Whether or not you reach this, is up to how much you are prepared to overvolt your CPU and how cool it stays. Take it slow and see where you get, make sure you test for stability with Prime95 after every increment, otherwise you may end up trashing your Windows install. Also be sure to lock your PCI speed to 33MHz.

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I have the same processor, if I leave it at the normal 2.4 Ghz without overclock each core reads between 34-39 celcius. When overclocked to about 3.8 Ghz the temperature only goes up a little. I'm using arctic silver on the processor and I'm using "Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Heatsink," with a 120mm fan.

3.8GHz? Prime95 stable? BTW, where are you getting your temps from? As there should me a substantial differenece between stock and 3.8GHz. Stock, mine runs around 28°C idle, full load jumps up into the low 40's. At 3.2GHz, idle is around 35°C and full load jumps up into the high 50's. This is all with an abient ~24°C.

My Amiga 500 Rocks!!!

I used coretemp right now at stock it says 36, 31, 27, 30. That's kind of weird I guess I got to spread that arctic silver better. What is prime95? I'm fairly new to overclocking.

Prime95

This program will stress all four cores and after 8 hours or so of running, you should have zero errors. Make sure you keep core temp open so you can keep an eye on those temps. With regards to your current temps, the variance isn't so significant at idle, however this will change dramatically when all four cores at at 100% load. If you followed the Arctic Silver instructions to the letter you should have a perfect application.

My Amiga 500 Rocks!!!