overclockin.....

thestepster

thestepster

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right so well ive got a 3.6gz oc' and when i play ANY game i get nothing over 40% load my temps are 20 degree's less, and thats with COD6 playin at 1920x1080 @ highest setttings with 2x aa so that is makin me wonder is all these test like IBT and Prime really worth the 100% load when the cpu need less that 50%?!?!?!?

BTW get folding for OC3D team 43461!!! my points might suck but its for chic (my recently lost grandad:( )
 
Sorry for your grandad, yes you are kinda right. The cpu rarely gets to 100% load so the stress tests aren't that important. But benching stresses the cpu quite hard as well. At the end of the day stress testing makes sure the cpu is absolutely stable, if you want to run the risk of some random crashes here and there with the higher overclock go for it. You do need a certain degree to stability though, I have been testing Aries and prime95 blend doesn't put half as much load on the cpu compared to the small ffts setting.

Just have a play around Imo I would aim for 3.8-4ghz on a q6600. And with 1.45v. :) Hope this helps.
 
at the moment mate its at 1.44v so i dont think at this time i can get that high but i maybe think its the psu more than anything not being able to give me enuff clean power so that will be changed soon enuff
 
I have never had a problem with a psu, Alot of people seem to think a better psu will bag them a better OC, but I think this is only correct if you are using LN2 etc and very high cpu power consumption.

The first pc I built had a 17 pound 550w colorsit psu from ebuyer and it was fine, when I got a better psu my oc didn't change one bit and the stability of the system was unchanged. All I noticed was that in OCCT the power fluctuation of the 12v 3.3v and 5v was reduced.

But remember that ATX spec is something like 11.5-12.5v for the 12v rail etc.

The q6600 will be fine for up to 1.55v IMO.
 
i think its all about gettin clean volts to the cpu more than anything and this psu is on its utter limits underload it burns real hot and temps on stressing wont allow me to go higher just now, once i get the h50 back then ill see if that will let me get higher i was going to see about puttin a waterloop in this but i aint gonna bother just wait till i get money for a full i7 upgrade with maybe having water with that

you got the probs with aries sorted out?
 
Not yet, seems like the bios Is very buggy, there are very few people that have the sabertooth mobo, to the bios updates have been minimal. I'm sure it's something simple but I think Asus will need to look into it.
 
Think its just a very hot chip and having a mars in the same loop. The is also alot of variation in heat with different stress tests, On the internet a i7 920 @ 4.2ghz 1.6v prime95 small ffts gets to 77c on air, this chip at 4.2ghz 1.35v gets to the same temps if not more.
 
The card is fine actually, Its just the temperature of the water going around the loop stays very warm, hence the high temps on the cpu. It won't be a problem in use, but as I'm trying to get the most out of the system by clocking the cpu to 4ghz for example to make sure it is stable I am using the stress tool which makes the thing damn hot. When I know it is stable I can just use the pc normally and temps won't go above 60c, its just in the initial phase of stress testing when the chip gets very hot in order to determine stability.
 
Yeah it'll be awesome, all i'll need for a long time. I still haven't loaded any of my games or files onto the pc yet as I'm still trying to get the ram and buggy bios sorted.

The mars gfx card looks great and the water block cools it very well considering that stock cards were hitting 90c+ during benching and gaming. In furmark it doesn't go above 70c which is amazing, in games I expect to to max at 60c.
 
Sorry I didn't read all the way through this thread. But to answer your OQ:

Prime 95 tests are primarily used to make sure your OC is stable. A lot of times your OC seems stable and you'll boot fine, run some programs ok, and then BAM! hardware failure. The P95 test is to make sure that your OC will be stable in every situation even if programs use only 50% of your CPU.

The reason your game is only using 50% CPU is because at that resolution most of the load is on the GPU.
 
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