So a big thanx to Killet and Solid Necro today, I spent about 4 hours on the phone with Necro learning about the art of OKillert came in and in about 5 minutes we had my stock p5ne SLI , E6600 @ 2.4, and pc6400 running at 3.4 guz without breaking a sweat booted up and ran ORTHOS for over an hour on the first try. Here is a screenie. Upser pi went from stock at 21 seconds to 15 secodns as well after we reached 3.4

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Glad to see you liking it

Edit, thanks for the rep

Nice one, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it.

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That E6600 is a great CPU. I can run mine day and night at 3.7, but keep it at a safe 3.15 for everyday computing. That allows me to ramp the memory speed up a lot more.

I have been so impressed with the E6600 that I am now thinking about a Q6600 upgrade. I'm glad you are happy with the performance. I remember almost having to beg Coel to make that move, and he was happier than a three-balled tomcat after he did the upgrade.

Quote: Originally Posted by THRASHER2 Welcome to the DARK SIDE

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Seriously though, Intel ftw. I love my pre week-32 E6300. It overclocks like a barsteward.

Quote: Originally Posted by BigAkita That E6600 is a great CPU. I can run mine day and night at 3.7, but keep it at a safe 3.15 for everyday computing. That allows me to ramp the memory speed up a lot more. I have been so impressed with the E6600 that I am now thinking about a Q6600 upgrade. I'm glad you are happy with the performance. I remember almost having to beg Coel to make that move, and he was happier than a three-balled tomcat after he did the upgrade.

I figured 3.4 would a be good safe target, it's almost a given for that CPU. We have the memory running at stock DDR-2 800 for now, didn't want to push things too far right off the bat, the memory setting are a bit more tricky, and are a minor gain in game performance for the amount of time he will have to fuss in the bios.

From what I have been reading..the early C2D's seem to OC a bit better (200-300MHZ) than the newer steppings like you and I recieved, from what I can gather, the better binning chips are ending up in the Quad cores, with the real premium ones ending up in the QX6700 and QX6800's.

I have also seen the new batch of motherboards that support 1333FSB are having much better luck getting good clocks from the Quads, often on the order of 300-400MHZ over the older 1066 based boards, just something to keep in mind if you upgrade if it doesn't perform up to your expecations.


Glad to see you finally enjoying your rig NoSlack..it's been a long time coming since we first spec'd this out, BF-2 never looked so good, or loaded so fast I bet!

Quote: Originally Posted by reflux I love my pre week-32 E6300. It overclocks like a barsteward.

Earlier Conroes were alot better. I had a 29 E6600 and now have a 33 E6700 and then both own (E6600 was slightly better).