Q6600 Wont OC Past 3GHZ

[SteveThePirate]

Hey guys ive tried getting past 3GHZ but my machine wont post and then drops back to 2.4G,

My board is Gigabyte G41M-Combo

CPU- Q6600 G0 Stepping,

2X2GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3 1333MHz

My understanding is that with G0 steppings you can push them further, my cpu is watercooled and i want to try get 4Ghz if i can.

Any help will be much apreciated

Thanks guys

 

[SEBAR]

Prob a limitation of the MB. I have a similar set up with my folding rig.

 

[SteveThePirate]

Prob a limitation of the MB. I have a similar set up with my folding rig.

But people have a lower spec rig and a older MB and have pushed their cpu whey above 4GHz

 

[seumasbeathan]

Yeah looks to me like the mb, the g41 chipset isn't good for overclocking

 

[nepas]

Mobo is gonna be holding you back.

And as for getting to 4Ghz,you have very little chance,not too many Q66's could get that far,3.4-3.6 easy,36-3.8 so so,3.8+ rare

X38,X48 or P35,P45-Intel

750(maybe)780 or 790 Nvidia

Those are the chipsets you are gonna need to push a Q66.The G41 is not designed to be able to push that far,it is not an overclocking board.

 

[SteveThePirate]

Mobo is gonna be holding you back.

And as for getting to 4Ghz,you have very little chance,not too many Q66's could get that far,3.4-3.6 easy,36-3.8 so so,3.8+ rare

I cant even get to 3.1, my goal is 3.6 but its just not working.

 

[seumasbeathan]

My brother got his to 3.7 but that was the complete max he could do

 

[seumasbeathan]

I cant even get to 3.1, my goal is 3.6 but its just not working.

Its that motherboard mate, when I had an e6750 it overclocked to 3.6ghz on a p45 board but wouldn't go past 2.8ghz on a G41 board

 

[SteveThePirate]

well as soon as i can im getting a 3570k and a Asus Maximus IV Extreme P67. that will let me oc

Although someone told me not to go for the P67 and go for a Asrock Fatal1ty Z77,

What do you guys think?

 

[seumasbeathan]

well as soon as i can im getting a 3570k and a Asus Maximus IV Extreme P67. that will let me oc

Although someone told me not to go for the P67 and go for a Asrock Fatal1ty Z77,

What do you guys think?

LOL Why on earth would yo go for a p67 board when you can get a just as good Z77 board for a fraction of the price...........

 

[nepas]

P67,Z68,Z77-pretty much all the same,a few more bells and whistles on the Z boards over the P67,as for Asrock,they seem to have come a long way in the last few years,but ANYTHING that says Fatal1ty I avoid,just seems like a cash grab.

 

[seumasbeathan]

This is a good board - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards+-+Intel/Socket+1155+-+Intel+Z77/MSI+Z77A-GD55+Intel+Z77+Socket+1155+DDR3+PCI-Express+Motherboard+?productId=48884&source=googleps

 

[SteveThePirate]

This is a good board - http://www.aria.co.u...source=googleps

What about this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-063-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

 

[seumasbeathan]

For the extra £90 your not really getting anything extra tbh

 

[SteveThePirate]

Oh right ok

 

[seumasbeathan]

What gpu do you have btw?

 

[SteveThePirate]

Asus gtx 560 ti DCUII

 

[seumasbeathan]

That with the 3570k and the MSI motherboard will make for a very nice little gaming machine

 

[SteveThePirate]

well atm it runs really well, on bf3 i avg about 120fps so if the new componants make a better diffrence in futuremark scores then ill be happy

 

[seumasbeathan]

What?

What settings you at?