Originally posted by sammorris:

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Now why would you do that to a man! No wonder I got confused. I had no idea you'd stabilised the E6300. The Q6700 will probably take a similar voltage to reach the same speeds. Quads don't overclock as well as the duals.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Don't forget the extra cache of the quads boosts their per-core speed too. At identical clock speeds (3.15) my Q6600 outpaced my E4300 by about 12%, so really, your Q6700 at 3.2Ghz is already your E6300 at 3.6Ghz, and there's twice as many cores!
Don't be afraid to raise the voltage. There are limits, but you're being over-cautious at the moment.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Well, now the CPU's in my server it no longer has any need to be overclocked:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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C1E is turned on, I didn't see any reason to turn it off, remember it's only a file server.

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Originally posted by im1992:

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well i think 3.2ghz is probably the best this cpu can do...@ 1.34v
its perfectly stable at this voltage and speed but anything more requires a lot more voltage
for example: 3.4ghz takes 1.44v to be 100% stable.

i hate this Q6700!!!!!!!!!!!
it has to be the worst quad core overclocker EVER!!!!!!!!

i am gonna sell my q6700, get a q9650, and call it a day...

anyone wanna buy my q6700?

-im1992

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Originally posted by im1992:

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well i think 3.2ghz is probably the best this cpu can do...@ 1.34v
its perfectly stable at this voltage and speed but anything more requires a lot more voltage
for example: 3.4ghz takes 1.44v to be 100% stable.

i hate this Q6700!!!!!!!!!!!
it has to be the worst quad core overclocker EVER!!!!!!!!

i am gonna sell my q6700, get a q9650, and call it a day...

anyone wanna buy my q6700?

-im1992

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Originally posted by im1992:

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Well, it wasn't really smack talk if someone is only looking for 3.2ghz out of it...hehe.

But yea, I agree, I probably should have kept my mouth shut.

When I was trying to overclock, I had no intention of selling the chip so it really didn't matter what I said about it.

What do you guys think is a fair price for a Q6700 nowadays?
I have the original box and the original heatsink/fan, unused (you need the fan for warranty purposes).

-im1992

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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Originally posted by im1992:

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Well, it wasn't really smack talk if someone is only looking for 3.2ghz out of it...hehe.

But yea, I agree, I probably should have kept my mouth shut.

When I was trying to overclock, I had no intention of selling the chip so it really didn't matter what I said about it.

What do you guys think is a fair price for a Q6700 nowadays?
I have the original box and the original heatsink/fan, unused (you need the fan for warranty purposes).

-im1992

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im1992,
When I sold my E4300, I told the person who bought it how far I had overclocked it, I just didn't whip out my machete and chop it to little pieces though! LOL!!

Russ

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Originally posted by chop2113:

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Hello Gentleman. Well i have an issue, Im bored that i have nothing more i can do with my pc. So what happens i get an e-mail from my local electronics store about there latest sales. So i was wondering what are you thoughts about the q8200. Its on sale at the moment for a whopping $99usd. I will be picking one up tomorrow and slapping it in my rig to see what i can get out of it just because i'm bored :).. Doing my research on it now but wanted to ask the experts first....

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Originally posted by chop2113:

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Hello Gentleman. Well i have an issue, Im bored that i have nothing more i can do with my pc. So what happens i get an e-mail from my local electronics store about there latest sales. So i was wondering what are you thoughts about the q8200. Its on sale at the moment for a whopping $99usd. I will be picking one up tomorrow and slapping it in my rig to see what i can get out of it just because i'm bored :).. Doing my research on it now but wanted to ask the experts first....

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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Originally posted by chop2113:

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Hello Gentleman. Well i have an issue, Im bored that i have nothing more i can do with my pc. So what happens i get an e-mail from my local electronics store about there latest sales. So i was wondering what are you thoughts about the q8200. Its on sale at the moment for a whopping $99usd. I will be picking one up tomorrow and slapping it in my rig to see what i can get out of it just because i'm bored :).. Doing my research on it now but wanted to ask the experts first....

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chop2113,
I would like to point out that the Q8200 has a 7x multiplier. That does not bode too well for overclocking! Just a thought to consider!

Best Regards,
Russ

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Originally posted by chop2113:

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So far from what i see i would have to have a high FSB to get the overclock putting strain on my mobo. Im at 425Fsb or 1700mhz at the moment and memory at 1133mhz. I can probably do 450*7 and do 3.150 which should'nt be to bad.

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actually a 7x multiplier isnt bad at all
i got to 3.4ghz stable with a 7x multiplier...(e6300)
if the chip can do the speed, then the multiplier is of little importance

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