Testing: New Batch of Core 2 Duo E6600

[darklord]

I got a new E6600 for myself.It had some weird stepping, thought of taking it for a ride.Below is the outcome ! :D

Please Note: This overclocking attempt was carried out by me and my friend 'Harshal' :)

Hardware Used -
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 [Stepping-3714A244]
Asus P5N32-E SLI
XFX 650i
Crucial Ballistix PC8000
7900GTX
Hitachi 250Gb
Silverstone Zeus 850W

Cooling-

Swiftech Apogee Waterblock - CPU
Swiftech MCW30 - NorthBridge
Car RAD & FAN + local 500L/hr pump
120mm FAN on cpu-socket area
Corsair DOMINATOR Air-Flow[with P5N32-E SLI]

Some Pics,

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6694/dscn3571yh8.th.jpg (http://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3571yh8.jpg)
As you will see MCW30 does help a lot!!
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7276/dscn3578uf4.th.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3578uf4.jpg)
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5705/dscn3604op5.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3604op5.jpg)
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6490/dscn3607io1.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn3607io1.jpg)

Ok now time for some numbers.
Well BW action here!!
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7692/387cachememhk2.th.png (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=387cachememhk2.png)
Pi 8M @ 3.91GHz
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4093/3915pi8mse7.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3915pi8mse7.jpg)
Pi 32M @ 3.70GHz
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5451/37pi32de5.th.jpg (http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=37pi32de5.jpg)
4GHz and Pi1M,
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/112/40pi1mpf2.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=40pi1mpf2.jpg)
4GHz and Pi4M,
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2711/40pi4mzb2.th.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=40pi4mzb2.jpg)
We did try some tweaks known to us, but we didnt really get there. To add to it we were limited as there was no net :(
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5720/3982pi1mll3.th.jpg (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3982pi1mll3.jpg)
Tweaking more for best time @ 4GHz!!
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1130/40pi1mao2.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=40pi1mao2.jpg)

Ok now its time for some "Validated Numbers".

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=212581
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=212585

Overall I would say I was surprised by the chip. I expected 3.8GHz with water but it did prove me wrong and I am happy for it. Chip clocked well and @ 10.2K it is totally worth to have it. I wanted to do some 3DM06 runs @ say 3.7-3.8GHz, but became lazy :D

Source (http://www.thehardwarelabs.com/forums/index.php?topic=425.msg3337#msg3337)

Darky

[Dark Star]

Stunning work there Darky bhai ;)... Keep it up and enjoy ;)

Peas Dark Star

[deathvirus_me]

Nice !! can't wait for the newer models to drop in :P ..

[gaurav_indian]

Good work.

[NIGHTMARE]

nice one