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Help: Overclocking Q6600 on Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6

Help: Overclocking Q6600 on Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6

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09-11-2016, 07:59 AM
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Hello,

I'm just starting out with overclocking and haven't needed it before. My main system failed and I had to revert to my old one. Here are the details:

Power Supply: Tacens 80 Plus Bronze 650W
Board: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Rev. 1
CPU: Intel 2Duo Quad Q6600 G0 stepping B
Memory: 8GB DDR2 (4x2GB), running at 800MHz
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 @ Toshiba OCZ SSD 240GB (via PCI-e x1 Sata3 controller)
Cooling: Two 120mm Noctua fans, custom machined aluminum CPU heatsink, HP server fan 5000RPM for Northbridge, Southbridge and VRM
Storage: Four 1TB WD Black HDDs in RAID 1, plus four 120GB Kingston A400 SSDs.

I adjusted these settings:
C1E: Enabled >> Disabled
CPU Clock Ratio: 6X >> 9X (before this change it wouldn't exceed 1.58GHz)
CPU Freq. claims 3.00GHz
CPU Host Freq. Control: Enabled >> Disabled
System Mem. Multiplier: Auto >> 2.00B
CPU Host Freq.: 266 > 333
CPU VCore: 1.3500 >> 1.3750
FSB: Normal >> +0.05V

After rebooting and using CPU-Z, it still shows a clock speed of 266MHz instead of the expected 333, and the CPU max frequency is capped at 2.400 MHz even though I increased the voltage. The FSB is reported as 1066 according to CPU-Z. The system runs stably, but it seems like nothing has changed.

What's odd is that the BIOS now behaves better (previously slow). Could be Windows ignoring the BIOS settings? I might have overlooked something important because others claim similar speeds at the same voltage and frequency.

If anyone knows how to push performance further, it would be greatly appreciated. I know this system is about 15 years old, but I'm okay with that. My current CPUs cost around $5 each—no need to risk them. I just need it to handle Premiere Pro smoothly, which it does, but it lags when switching tabs or opening the desktop.

Thanks a lot ahead of time.
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EuropeanUnion
09-11-2016, 07:59 AM #1

Hello,

I'm just starting out with overclocking and haven't needed it before. My main system failed and I had to revert to my old one. Here are the details:

Power Supply: Tacens 80 Plus Bronze 650W
Board: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Rev. 1
CPU: Intel 2Duo Quad Q6600 G0 stepping B
Memory: 8GB DDR2 (4x2GB), running at 800MHz
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 @ Toshiba OCZ SSD 240GB (via PCI-e x1 Sata3 controller)
Cooling: Two 120mm Noctua fans, custom machined aluminum CPU heatsink, HP server fan 5000RPM for Northbridge, Southbridge and VRM
Storage: Four 1TB WD Black HDDs in RAID 1, plus four 120GB Kingston A400 SSDs.

I adjusted these settings:
C1E: Enabled >> Disabled
CPU Clock Ratio: 6X >> 9X (before this change it wouldn't exceed 1.58GHz)
CPU Freq. claims 3.00GHz
CPU Host Freq. Control: Enabled >> Disabled
System Mem. Multiplier: Auto >> 2.00B
CPU Host Freq.: 266 > 333
CPU VCore: 1.3500 >> 1.3750
FSB: Normal >> +0.05V

After rebooting and using CPU-Z, it still shows a clock speed of 266MHz instead of the expected 333, and the CPU max frequency is capped at 2.400 MHz even though I increased the voltage. The FSB is reported as 1066 according to CPU-Z. The system runs stably, but it seems like nothing has changed.

What's odd is that the BIOS now behaves better (previously slow). Could be Windows ignoring the BIOS settings? I might have overlooked something important because others claim similar speeds at the same voltage and frequency.

If anyone knows how to push performance further, it would be greatly appreciated. I know this system is about 15 years old, but I'm okay with that. My current CPUs cost around $5 each—no need to risk them. I just need it to handle Premiere Pro smoothly, which it does, but it lags when switching tabs or opening the desktop.

Thanks a lot ahead of time.

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Dommo123
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09-11-2016, 01:42 PM
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The approach I used was to apply the default BIOS settings, save them, restart, enter BIOS and match all configurations exactly. This might have caused a bug with "Dual BIOS" since I had done it before without success. Now everything is stable at 3.00GHz with minimal voltage changes and stable frequencies. I’m hoping this will assist others facing the same problem.
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Dommo123
09-11-2016, 01:42 PM #2

The approach I used was to apply the default BIOS settings, save them, restart, enter BIOS and match all configurations exactly. This might have caused a bug with "Dual BIOS" since I had done it before without success. Now everything is stable at 3.00GHz with minimal voltage changes and stable frequencies. I’m hoping this will assist others facing the same problem.

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