Just picked up an E6550

Alexm920 · 10-13-2007, 07:47 PM

I went to Fry's electronics saying that I'd only buy a case, and ended up buying a processor too. It kinda makes sense because it's the only thing I need to get my build running (though the ram isn't new, and the board isn't the one I want for it, and I've got no video card for it.. It'll run.). Anyways, I know E6550's are pretty common for mid-range, but I recall hearing people pushed them to crazy speeds. I don't have the cash (or experience!) to put together a water cooling loop, has anyone been able to overclock it on stock cooling? If it makes any difference, the case I picked up is a thermaltake lanbox lite (with the oh-so-sexy piano mirrored finish), which has vents galore.

JimShorts · 10-13-2007, 08:25 PM

I'd strongly recommend against going with stock cooling, especially if you're going to be overclocking. You can pick up a really good heatsink for it in the neighborhood of $30-50. My first choices are always the Thermalright heatsinks, specifically the Ultra-120 eXtreme, Ultra-120, XP-120, Ultra-90, and XP-90. You can check out these and other HSFs at Xoxide.

Alexm920 · 10-13-2007, 09:36 PM

If I keep it on stock clocking (for now) the stock cooler does a decent job, right? I know every once in a blue moon a major company will skimp on a cooler and it never ends well.

Ashraf · 10-13-2007, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Alexm920

If I keep it on stock clocking (for now) the stock cooler does a decent job, right? I know every once in a blue moon a major company will skimp on a cooler and it never ends well.

Right.

Thermaltake CL-P0114 Big Typhoon is recommended for a dual-core processor.

oh dang · 10-13-2007, 11:54 PM

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Right.

Thermaltake CL-P0114 Big Typhoon is recommended for a dual-core processor.

Big Typhoon is recommended as a back up car radiator.

koVenant · 10-14-2007, 12:23 AM

that cool, i just picked up a Q6600 and a Zalman CNPS9700 which keeps it around 22*C (according to PC Probe)

silverphoenix · 10-14-2007, 12:41 AM

The E6550 has a low multi so if you have a good board and ram you should be able to push that thing hard. My friends E6550 + IP35 Pro + 4GB of Patriot DDR2 800 is running at 3.4 on stock volts. He is using my Thermalright Ultra 90 I won from xox!!

importskyline22 · 10-14-2007, 12:44 AM

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Big Typhoon is recommended as a back up car radiator.

I definitely lol'd

Alexm920 · 10-14-2007, 01:18 AM

3.4ghz! Dang! Water cooled, I'd bet. Anyways, I've hit another bump in the road. The spare sticks of DDR2.. weren't DDR2. Once I got everything else into the case, I realized that I had no RAM for it. I've gotta wait until my next paycheck. I'd buy a stick of marginal RAM just to get it up and running, but I'd rather wait a bit longer and get 2gb DDR2 1066!

koVenant · 10-14-2007, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexm920

3.4ghz! Dang! Water cooled, I'd bet. Anyways, I've hit another bump in the road. The spare sticks of DDR2.. weren't DDR2. Once I got everything else into the case, I realized that I had no RAM for it. I've gotta wait until my next paycheck. I'd buy a stick of marginal RAM just to get it up and running, but I'd rather wait a bit longer and get 2gb DDR2 1066!

YAH! HAVE PATIENCE!

its worth it..

Ashraf · 10-14-2007, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexm920

3.4ghz! Dang! Water cooled, I'd bet. Anyways, I've hit another bump in the road. The spare sticks of DDR2.. weren't DDR2. Once I got everything else into the case, I realized that I had no RAM for it. I've gotta wait until my next paycheck. I'd buy a stick of marginal RAM just to get it up and running, but I'd rather wait a bit longer and get 2gb DDR2 1066!

You won't believe I am running this QX6800 at 3.58GHz on an Intel heatsink.

Sir_Loin · 10-14-2007, 02:30 AM

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You won't believe I am running this QX6800 at 3.58GHz on an Intel heatsink.

I do. Not all processors are created equal. I've seen more than more than a 10c variance on certain cpus. So if you have a "good one", you can OC with a stock hs, but this is not the norm.

DaemonDraxx · 10-14-2007, 02:41 AM

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[font="Arial"]QX6800...3.58GHz...Intel heatsink.

QX68's are ****ing beasts.

Alexm920 · 10-14-2007, 04:32 AM

I guess once I have the system complete (another couple of weeks at this rate, and another couple after that for the video card) I can start to test the water and see how my temps fluctuate under load and idle, and see if I got one that's better or worse than the average E6550. Never thought there was much difference, though it is kinda cool that there is.

silverphoenix · 10-14-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexm920

3.4ghz! Dang! Water cooled, I'd bet. Anyways, I've hit another bump in the road. The spare sticks of DDR2.. weren't DDR2. Once I got everything else into the case, I realized that I had no RAM for it. I've gotta wait until my next paycheck. I'd buy a stick of marginal RAM just to get it up and running, but I'd rather wait a bit longer and get 2gb DDR2 1066!

haha H'ed push it more under water if he could, but reread the post he's using my ultra 90 heatsink.

JimShorts · 10-14-2007, 03:10 PM

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that cool, i just picked up a Q6600 and a Zalman CNPS9700 which keeps it around 22*C (according to PC Probe)

No way it's running 22C, cuz that's 71F and unless you have you're comp in a really cold room, or the fridge, that's not possible.

Alexm920 · 10-14-2007, 03:37 PM

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haha H'ed push it more under water if he could, but reread the post he's using my ultra 90 heatsink.

Wowza, on air cooling none the less, I am impressed. Sorry I missed that the first time (shouldn't be posting when I'm dead tired).

koVenant · 10-14-2007, 04:20 PM

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No way it's running 22C, cuz that's 71F and unless you have you're comp in a really cold room, or the fridge, that's not possible.

its about 64 in my room =/ every tool is saying 20*C - 25*C

i opened up PC Wizard and it said
Processor - 20
Core 0 - 38
Core 1 - 37
Core 2 - 35
Core 3 - 37

i dont understand

i do have the voltages all the way down and a small oc on it. 1.15V according to PC Probe/CPUz

thats cooling it

ATM i have F@H running on all 4 cores and PC Probe says 34*C and Coretemp says around 50's

montypythizzle · 10-14-2007, 04:33 PM

Trust CoreTemp.
BTW, hotlinking images=FAIL.
BTW, Zalmans are expensive and not any better than an Ultra-120 of any flavor.

Ashraf · 10-14-2007, 06:19 PM

Or you can check temp. from BIOS.