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Overclocking a Q6600 with stock cooling (safely...)

datter said:
OCZ Vendetta 2 which I think (hope!) will fit into my rig, I hope so anyway. That said I totally forgot to buy thermal paste. DAMNIT. :)
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Hehe don't you hate it when that happens.

My S1283 barely fits in my Antec 900. If it were even a half centimeter taller it wouldn't fit.
 
My Tuniq Tower in pc#1...

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Yeah, they're rather big. I'm definitely concerned about it not fitting especially considering I already have dual 8800GT's in there taking up a lot of room.
 
It will probably clear the video card just fine, the problem usually comes when you try to put the side cover back onto the case. Some of these tower style coolers are really tall and if your case is barely wide enough to install a CD ROM drive, then you have a problem. My Antec 900 is 7.8 inches wide and there is about a half of an inch from the highest point on the cooler to the inside surface of the side panel.
 
stansdds said:
It will probably clear the video card just fine, the problem usually comes when you try to put the side cover back onto the case. Some of these tower style coolers are really tall and if your case is barely wide enough to install a CD ROM drive, then you have a problem. My Antec 900 is 7.8 inches wide and there is about a half of an inch from the highest point on the cooler to the inside surface of the side panel.
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The problem is exacerbated if you've a fan on your side panel. I removed this fan from my Alienware case in order to fit a tuniq tower.
 
datter said:
Yeah, they're rather big. I'm definitely concerned about it not fitting especially considering I already have dual 8800GT's in there taking up a lot of room.
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Datter...The cooler comes with a thermal pad on it...You CAN use it for a month od so...Its not as good as Liquid paste, but it works fine..

It will over time harden and dry and loose its abality to cool as well...

That said...have fun...just get some paste in a few weeks and pull it and fix it...:applause:




If its too tall to close your side case...They make die cutters to mod that opening just right.....
 
Also, ........be very careful when applying thermal paste. Too much can lead to the cpu overheating...so use sparingly. :)
 
It took me many attempts before I got a "just right" amount of Arctic Silver on my cooler. It pays to go slow and make sure you get it right.
 
Yes, I've been reading a lot about this stuff. Some great thermal paste application info here for instance. I think I might wait on this until I get some good paste rather than relying on the pad then having to pull it and all that. I'd rather install this thing once and be done with it I think.

As for it fitting, I have an Antec P182 Performance One Silent Case which I'm just praying will hold this thing. Haven't been able to find anyone saying it does with this case for a fact as of yet, but we'll see. I'm not above booting a hole in it if required. :)
 
datter said:
Yes, I've been reading a lot about this stuff. Some great thermal paste application info here for instance. I think I might wait on this until I get some good paste rather than relying on the pad then having to pull it and all that. I'd rather install this thing once and be done with it I think.

As for it fitting, I have an Antec P182 Performance One Silent Case which I'm just praying will hold this thing. Haven't been able to find anyone saying it does with this case for a fact as of yet, but we'll see. I'm not above booting a hole in it if required. :)
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Thats what I'm talking about....Pop a hole right there in the side...What ever it takes.....LOL



BUT The more you remove it the better you get at it...

Did you get one that mounts from the back of the mobo, or from the front with 4 leg clips?



BTW...It takes about an amount of paste a a big grain of rice...In the middle...AttachCooler...Boot...heat will finish the job....
 
Dimus said:
I have been prowling the web the last few days and have seen several threads of people that have succesfully OC'd their Q6600 up to 3.2Ghz without changing anything other than the CPU fsb values in the BIOS. This sounded very encouraging to me as I would like very much to increase my rig's capability at no cost (i.e. keep the stock cooler and PSU) and with out messing with voltage settings.

Has anyone here tried something like this on a Q6600? I'd appreciate any comments as I've never tried it before. I intend to run tests to the rig at its current state (stock 2.4Ghz) and report back.
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Have you had any luck yet on the OC or are you still working on it. interested on the results. I may have to climb this tree at some point.

Jim
 
As a matter of fact I have. My mobo is a budget one by ECS and the only OCing option that is open in the BIOS is setting FSB speed. Even the multiplier is disabled. So I changed the speed to 9x333 from 9x266 and I immediately got 3.0 Ghz. All testing programs report CPU voltage at abt 1.18. This I can not change but it is stable.

My big concern was that running Prime95 testing led me to very high core temperatures, in the region of 80-82C. I opened up the box and realised that strangely enough my off-the shelf ready made budget combo did not have a exhaust fan at the back. The pin on the mobo was ready and waiting. So I went to the shop and bought a nice SilenX fan and installed it. This brought down the temps by 10 degrees. I run FSX and got about 65 degrees while flying over difficult scenery with a lot of objects and traffic.

I am considering rearranging the drives in the box in order to have better flow of air from the front end to the back, and through the CPU heatsink. I also might take up txnetcop's advice and add a northbridge cooler. If my warranty expires, I might consider changing the CPU cooler with an aftermarket one.

At the moment, I run it back on stock speed as the only sim that I need the OC for is FSX. The others run fine at stock speed. Since it is just a number to change in the BIOS, I do it evey time I need to fly FSX, then change it back to default.
 
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