Testing: New Batch of Core 2 Duo E6600

darklord · 30-06-2007, 09:30 AM

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

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,

As you will see MCW30 does help a lot!!

Ok now time for some numbers.
Well BW action here!!

Pi 8M @ 3.91GHz

Pi 32M @ 3.70GHz

4GHz and Pi1M,

4GHz and Pi4M,

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

Tweaking more for best time @ 4GHz!!

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

Source

Darky