what does it mean when intel puts this...

[Elluzion]

what does it mean when intel under their processor specifications for the Q6600 g0 they put

Voltage: 1.100V-1.372V

does that meant he max volts u can push it is 1.372? is that the vcore? im confused???

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLACR

[hUMANbEATbOX]

That just means that the stock volts will come anywhere between 1.1v and 1.372v. In the real world, I think the lowest VID I've seen is around 1.2125v and the highest maybe around 1.325v.

Certainly you can overvolt, if your cooling can handle it. I run 1.5v in BIOS which gives me around 1.42v under full load with my e6300 @ 3.5ghz.

You can see what the VID on your C2D or C2Q is with Coretemp.

[inkfx]

Certainly you can overvolt, if your cooling can handle it. I run 1.5v in BIOS which gives me around 1.42v under full load with my e6300 @ 3.5ghz.

Just want to put out that vdroop will vary from board to board.

[Elluzion]

so the voltage set in the bios is different from what shows up as your core voltage in lets say CPU-Z? why? what do you go by?

[hUMANbEATbOX]

so the voltage set in the bios is different from what shows up as your core voltage in lets say CPU-Z? why? what do you go by?

If you want an accurate reading, you don't use software, but a good Digital Multi Meter. If you are building a rig for a school project of sorts, you cannot be without one. With a DMM, you can read real time voltages of close to anything in your case and you can find a decent one for $15-20.

Example: http://www.devhardware.com/forums/power-supply-units-98/what-s-a-multimeter-how-to-use-it-to-test-75111.html

[Elluzion]

^thanks for that. Also another question about memory

say i am not overclocking the memory, like i use 400fsb x 9 multiplier, for 3.6 ghz. if i had ddr2 800 . 800/2 = 400. so its still ok. but will i have to up the volts at all? or mess with the timings? or should i just not have to touch the ram. how doyou know if ur computer is not booting because of your ram??? undervolted?? its all confusing to me lol. I know im trying to learn.

also, when you get a computer, or build one. are the stock voltages on auto? like the vcore is it set to auto? and then you set it to manual and start messing with it? or is is set at something like 1.325 and then you start upping your fsb and see if your comp with boot with the changes and stay stable? I have read many guides, but their are still some things that confuse me as you see. If anyone has an msn or something that is pro at overclocking and has pretty much got it down, then add me to msn: m.szeman@yahoo.com

[jason4207]

That Ballistix RAM is rated to run at 2.2v, but the MoBo will not automatically put it at 2.2v...you have to do it manually. In your BIOS you would set the DRAM voltage to +0.4v to take it from the default of 1.8v to 2.2v. 2.1v may work just fine, though. Start at 2.2v, and later put it down to 2.0-2.15v as long as it stays stable.

The MoBo may or may not set your RAM timings properly. It's always a good idea to set the main 4 timings manually unless your system becomes unstable by doing so. You can leave the sub-timings on auto for now. You can attempt to tighten these timings beyond spec later if you want to eek out more performance after you have a good stable CPU/FSB OC.

What I do is run the RAM loose (5-5-5-15) w/ stock volts (2.2v) until I get a good stable CPU/FSB OC. Then I use memset to play w/ timings inside of Windows. The PC will either freeze immediately, or will freeze/reboot/give errors when I start up P95 large FFT if I set something too tight. Make sure to take notes so you can remember what works. You may also want to run 1M Super Pi to see if your times get better or worse. If your times get worse you probably want to put that timing back where you had it before. You can also check your bandwidth w/ Everest to see if things improve or not. Everest gives funny readings sometimes, though. Once you find good timings you can set them in the BIOS, and be done w/ it.

[Elluzion]

^question: does the motherboard automatically set the ram volt down .4? is that the motherbaord doing that? so you are saying that i should put it to +.4 and that is the default voltage that the crucial ballistix are said to run at? Thanks for the info.

[Elluzion]

jason, also. when it says that the ballistix run at 4-4-4-12, does that mean that is what the motherboard will keep it at? or will the motherboard change the timings just like it changed the memory voltage? Before I overclock, should i mess with the ram settings at all? I will definetly do the +.4 to the voltage, but should i change the timings at all? or does it just depend what they are? I wanted to overclock a g0 c2q 6600 to 3ghz.

[hUMANbEATbOX]

If you are going to be running stock speeds on the memory (400*9) then manually set both the timings and the volts to whatever the rams packaging or sticker on heatspreader says.

Do you have any hardware yet? If not, when are you getting it? Things would be a lot simpler if you were actually overclocking right now.