Help Overclocking QX6850

[EarthDog]

Your temps are too high dude. I would look into some better cooling or remount the HS/F you have with new thermal paste.

 

[coco16]

where its that option located

 

[EarthDog]

In Prime95.

 

[coco16]

i just order a new zalman 9700 led from newegg i hope this will help cold down the temps now i have a artic cooler 7 pro

 

[EarthDog]

I would have went with a TRUE or Xigmatek s1283 instead. Zalman is known for silence, not supreme cooling. With that said, it should still be better than the AC7.

 

[coco16]

my temp are crazy 85c in less than 20 sec

 

[EarthDog]

I know, you have said that... thats too hot, like I said.

 

[coco16]

my goal its to reach 3.6ghz 24/7 with temp lower than 70c under full load

 

[coco16]

i was checking the artic cooler and i notice that one of the pins that hold the cooler to the board its like broke so i guess that another problem


also if i increase the multi to 10x i need to increase vcore too or it will work fine

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Looks like your room temp is high. O_O

(You're in the 90s outside when most places are chilly now!)

 

[coco16]

no my room temp is 71F

 

[coco16]

anyone here with same cpu can give me some tips about vcore and mb setting also what is better increase multi or fsb ty

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

no my room temp is 71F

Oh, good. That's pretty much the same as what I'm Prime95'ing at.

 

[vivek]

try my settings for a 3.4 ghz oc...i have a q6600 (vid 1.325) and urs is like its bigger brother.

cpu: 1.432 (1.416 actual after vdroop)-find out what ur vdroop is and get ur voltgae to be 1.416
vtt: 1.36
cpu gtl: .63
nb gtl: .67
bus speed: 425
multiplier: 8
nb voltage: if ur chipset is p35, or x38 like mine try : 1.45-1.47 (dont know about the 4x series.

 

[coco16]

thanks a lot Im going to try tomorrow im receiving my new cooler so i hope to get down temps lol i let you what happens.

 

[coco16]

I have been playing around with vcore to get a stable 3.6ghz from my qx6850 I try 1.5v-1.55 with no luck now 1.56v and im a little more stable but that vcore is in bios in cpu-z its like 1.48v or less idk why.

 

[EarthDog]

Thats called Vdrop. When you load it with prime does it drop more? Thats called vdroop! Your board may have a function called Load Line Calibration or LLC or something similar to counteract that affect.

I would check out the overclocking guides to help shore up the knowledge base a bit.

 

[abuzzi]

You should take temps doing something else because prime just burn everything.
If your main is gaming you can see that ANY game doesn't need more than %25 load per core.
I use PRIME to test new OC's but not to worry about temps. Of course that if i get 100 loading prime i would worry lol.
I don't think 500w is enough for that rig anyways... but meaby i am wrong
if you wanna be more sure, try lowring the multiplier and mantain your fsb and make it stable and check temps, after that i would increase multiplier and vcore if needed to be more sure.
leave memories on stock for a start

 

[coco16]

I just upgrade my psu to a cooler master silent pro m600 with 600watts and yes earthdog in the bios there is an option called Load Line Calibration how can i used that or fixed.

thx

 

[EarthDog]

Enable it. Pretty simple.

LIke I said it will prevent vdroop.