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gottcha · 01-07-11, 07:08 PM

This is a Nice board!!! Its fun to play around with the Q6600!!!

Anyone have any tips for this board (Maximus Formula 2)and a Q6600? I have been Googling my butt off and it got me to the above pic.

Super Nade · 01-07-11, 07:51 PM

That is some nice FSB.

It will go beyond that to 614! Are you using the GTL Ref voltages that I had? Give it a go and see what you end up with? Keep the RAM at stock and see how far you can take it? Certain memory rations may not work. I am not sure if it had something to do with the RAM or not. I just kept the RAM at stock. Did you try my settings in BIOS1?

gottcha · 01-07-11, 08:20 PM

I'm trying to get a stable 24/7 clock @ 3.6 right now. I found some info on XtremeSystems and tried their setting and it took me to the 500fsb! I can't believe how this board needs such little volts on the NB and fsb voltages compared to my P5E!
I saving my settings every time i change something in the bios so i saved over your bios1 settings. When i set and unstable clock that can't make it to windows i have to pull the battery and reset everything almost all the time or it goes into a reboot loop. I'm pretty sure their is a setting in the bios to stop that but i have been having too much fun to look for it.

Super Nade · 01-07-11, 08:23 PM

An easy way to test would be to install Windoze on a USB drive. Clone it and save the clone to your HDD. So, if you kill windoze, you don't have to worry about reinstalling everything from scratch.

gottcha · 01-07-11, 08:32 PM

I haven't killed windows yet i just have to reenter everything in the bios time...date...ect. after a about four times that gets kinda old.
Looks like 1.36 is the lowest volts for 3.6
I know the gtl refs make a huge difference after playing around a little.
cpu gtl
0)+30
1)-10
2)+30
3)-10
seem to work the best so far at 3.6
and
cpu - NB skew
delay100 -normal seems to be the sweet spot

but i have alot more to play with

Super Nade · 01-07-11, 09:08 PM

You are already doing better than me.

gottcha · 01-08-11, 09:45 AM

Well I ran prime all night and it seems stable enough for me @ 3.6.
Vcore- 1.360
FSB- 1.32 (P5E had to be at 1.39)
PLL- 1.55
NB- 1.35 (P5E volts for NB had to be at 1.46 and the NB was hot)

I still have to play with the NB gtl and the memory skews/ ref voltages to see how fast this thing will go! So far it seems any thing over 3.8 needs quite a bit of tweeking of the reference voltages.

The computer just feels zippier!

Super Nade · 01-08-11, 01:20 PM

You will have to bump up the VCore by quite a bit as you nudge towards 3.8GHz. Point of diminishing returns.

01-07-11, 07:08 PM	Thread Starter #1
gottcha Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: wisconsin	Thanks Super Nade This is a Nice board!!! Its fun to play around with the Q6600!!! Anyone have any tips for this board (Maximus Formula 2)and a Q6600? I have been Googling my butt off and it got me to the above pic. Attached Images __________________ MY HEAT Q6600 go vid 1.2250 vcore@1.5 @3.8 Lapped ASUS Maximus formula II H2O GTZ Block Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066@ 800 4-4-4-12 1.9v EVGA GTX275, and EVGA GTX260 as Physics card Thermaltake Toughpower 750psu -No mods to this Armor case with 250mm side fan vista Ultimate 64 bit
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01-07-11, 07:51 PM	#2
Super Nade † SU(3) Moderator † Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis	That is some nice FSB. It will go beyond that to 614! Are you using the GTL Ref voltages that I had? Give it a go and see what you end up with? Keep the RAM at stock and see how far you can take it? Certain memory rations may not work. I am not sure if it had something to do with the RAM or not. I just kept the RAM at stock. Did you try my settings in BIOS1? __________________ Motherboard Repair Tutorial \|\| Power Supply Repair Tutorial \|\| A Closer Look at PSU Signals \|\| Understanding SMPS Technology \|\| ASUS P5K Capacitor mod \|\| Kernel Compile Guide \|\| Guide to Wiping an SSD Words of wisdom from krag: "Love & trust are 2 completely different things. Trust is earned, love on the other hand should be given without measure." My hwbot profile
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01-07-11, 08:20 PM	Thread Starter #3
gottcha Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: wisconsin	I'm trying to get a stable 24/7 clock @ 3.6 right now. I found some info on XtremeSystems and tried their setting and it took me to the 500fsb! I can't believe how this board needs such little volts on the NB and fsb voltages compared to my P5E! I saving my settings every time i change something in the bios so i saved over your bios1 settings. When i set and unstable clock that can't make it to windows i have to pull the battery and reset everything almost all the time or it goes into a reboot loop. I'm pretty sure their is a setting in the bios to stop that but i have been having too much fun to look for it. __________________ MY HEAT Q6600 go vid 1.2250 vcore@1.5 @3.8 Lapped ASUS Maximus formula II H2O GTZ Block Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066@ 800 4-4-4-12 1.9v EVGA GTX275, and EVGA GTX260 as Physics card Thermaltake Toughpower 750psu -No mods to this Armor case with 250mm side fan vista Ultimate 64 bit
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01-07-11, 08:23 PM	#4
Super Nade † SU(3) Moderator † Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis	An easy way to test would be to install Windoze on a USB drive. Clone it and save the clone to your HDD. So, if you kill windoze, you don't have to worry about reinstalling everything from scratch. __________________ Motherboard Repair Tutorial \|\| Power Supply Repair Tutorial \|\| A Closer Look at PSU Signals \|\| Understanding SMPS Technology \|\| ASUS P5K Capacitor mod \|\| Kernel Compile Guide \|\| Guide to Wiping an SSD Words of wisdom from krag: "Love & trust are 2 completely different things. Trust is earned, love on the other hand should be given without measure." My hwbot profile
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01-07-11, 08:32 PM	Thread Starter #5
gottcha Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: wisconsin	I haven't killed windows yet i just have to reenter everything in the bios time...date...ect. after a about four times that gets kinda old. Looks like 1.36 is the lowest volts for 3.6 I know the gtl refs make a huge difference after playing around a little. cpu gtl 0)+30 1)-10 2)+30 3)-10 seem to work the best so far at 3.6 and cpu - NB skew delay100 -normal seems to be the sweet spot but i have alot more to play with Attached Images __________________ MY HEAT Q6600 go vid 1.2250 vcore@1.5 @3.8 Lapped ASUS Maximus formula II H2O GTZ Block Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066@ 800 4-4-4-12 1.9v EVGA GTX275, and EVGA GTX260 as Physics card Thermaltake Toughpower 750psu -No mods to this Armor case with 250mm side fan vista Ultimate 64 bit Last edited by gottcha; 01-07-11 at 08:50 PM.
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01-07-11, 09:08 PM	#6
Super Nade † SU(3) Moderator † Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis	You are already doing better than me. __________________ Motherboard Repair Tutorial \|\| Power Supply Repair Tutorial \|\| A Closer Look at PSU Signals \|\| Understanding SMPS Technology \|\| ASUS P5K Capacitor mod \|\| Kernel Compile Guide \|\| Guide to Wiping an SSD Words of wisdom from krag: "Love & trust are 2 completely different things. Trust is earned, love on the other hand should be given without measure." My hwbot profile
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01-08-11, 09:45 AM	Thread Starter #7
gottcha Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: wisconsin	Well I ran prime all night and it seems stable enough for me @ 3.6. Vcore- 1.360 FSB- 1.32 (P5E had to be at 1.39) PLL- 1.55 NB- 1.35 (P5E volts for NB had to be at 1.46 and the NB was hot) I still have to play with the NB gtl and the memory skews/ ref voltages to see how fast this thing will go! So far it seems any thing over 3.8 needs quite a bit of tweeking of the reference voltages. The computer just feels zippier! __________________ MY HEAT Q6600 go vid 1.2250 vcore@1.5 @3.8 Lapped ASUS Maximus formula II H2O GTZ Block Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1066@ 800 4-4-4-12 1.9v EVGA GTX275, and EVGA GTX260 as Physics card Thermaltake Toughpower 750psu -No mods to this Armor case with 250mm side fan vista Ultimate 64 bit
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01-08-11, 01:20 PM	#8
Super Nade † SU(3) Moderator † Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis	You will have to bump up the VCore by quite a bit as you nudge towards 3.8GHz. Point of diminishing returns. __________________ Motherboard Repair Tutorial \|\| Power Supply Repair Tutorial \|\| A Closer Look at PSU Signals \|\| Understanding SMPS Technology \|\| ASUS P5K Capacitor mod \|\| Kernel Compile Guide \|\| Guide to Wiping an SSD Words of wisdom from krag: "Love & trust are 2 completely different things. Trust is earned, love on the other hand should be given without measure." My hwbot profile
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