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September 24th, 2007
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| They calls me [Dr. V]
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|  My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R Hey guys! I had a recent posting regarding motherboard choices, and I decided to go for Gigabyte's P31 flavor - the Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3R. It was a great choice! This chipset is very easy to work with and extremely stable. I have the STOCK Intel cooler on there, and every single setting DEFAULT/Normal - 300x9 booted up instantly - 2700MHz. I haven't raised any voltages, nothing. The thing is that the Intel stock coolers suck - it's running the CPU (average of 4 cores) at about 45*C - I'm expecting mid-30s. But in any case, it will never go above 63-64 ish at full load - I'm fine for now. BTW, this Q6600 is most definitely a G0 stepping - so let's see how far I can push it when I get my new cooler (either CM GeminII, TT V1, or ZALMAN CNPS9500).   | ||||||||||||||
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| The Sweaty Lefty
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R Pics please!!!  ...And congrats!! Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 | DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL | 2GB G.Skill 800MHz | EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB | Silverstone Decathlon 650W | Western Digital 250GB SATA II | ||||||||||||||
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| ako the pinoy
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R wow... nice...  ditto with the pix Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit | ||||||||||||||
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| They calls me [Dr. V]
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R Pics of the CPU-Z/CoreTemp screenshots? Or pics of my system? | ||||||||||||||
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| ako the pinoy
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R Quote:
 Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit | |||||||||||||||
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| The Sweaty Lefty
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R Quote:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 | DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL | 2GB G.Skill 800MHz | EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB | Silverstone Decathlon 650W | Western Digital 250GB SATA II | |||||||||||||||
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| Educated Idiot
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R I'm curious to see your results when you start overclocking. I've had a GO stepping Q6600 for about a month now. I'm deciding on a motherboard and waiting for my Antec twelve hundred to come out first. Good luck. Antec 900 Q6600, GO stepping, 3.21 MHz P5w DH Deluxe Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb 2 Gb OCZ platinum revision 2 DDR2 6400 800hz OC to 892mhz Lapped Zalman 9700 nt 150gb raptor 320gb seagate PC Power & Cooling 750w PSU (2) lite-on 20x dvd burners 22 inch HP w2207 monitor.  | ||||||||||||||
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R a G0 Q6600 with a good cooler should do 3.4~3.6ghz. Make sure you use dual orthos to check stability of the cpu. To know if it is a G0 or not, simply open up CPU-Z. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse | ||||||||||||||
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September 28th, 2007
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| They calls me [Dr. V]
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| Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R I just looked at the CPU itself (before I had a motherboard) - if you have SLACR on it, then it's 100% G0. BUT, CPU-Z is the easy way - this is what you'd see if you have a G0 stepping:  In terms of the cooler, I was thinking about the ThermalTake V1 - no motherboard removal for installation, and one of the best! Last edited by [Dr. V]; September 28th, 2007 at 05:03. | ||||||||||||||
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 | Re: My new Q6600 + GA-P31-DS3R Awesome results man! Those are actually very good temps for an overclocked quad core on the stock cooler. My E2140 was hitting in the 60ºC range at like 2500MHz (but that was summer and it was like 80ºF in my room). A Tt V1 should take care of things for sure, but for the price, you might want to look into a Thermalright Ultra 120  | ||||||||||||||
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