E6550 "G0" testing 3.6GHz w/ 1.29Vcore, 3.8GHz w/ 1.35Vcore Low Volts, High Clocks!

[irev210]

Well, the G0 steps are upon us, and testing shows that people will be happy.


I've been playing with G0 E6850 and E6550. While the E6850 is the high-horsepower champ, easily able to do 4.2GHz on air, it takes some voltage to get it there.


The chip that has proved to be just as interesting, and bit easier on your electric bill is the E6550.

The E6550 has a factory multiplier of 7, so people without ideally a P35/965 motherboard should not get as excited. 500MHz plus is almost mandatory to have fun with this chip


~516MHz will put you at about 3.6 with less than 1.3vcore with early testing. On my P35-DQ6, I was able to fly past 550MHz FSB. Both boards BIOS's (F4 for gigabyte, and 0311 for P5K Deluxe) fully support the new processors.


Update: now hitting 3702MHz and climbing on 1.29 vcore

Update2: 3702 required 1.31
Update3: 3800 now testing at 1.33vcore (still set in BIOS)
Update4: 3800MHz fully stable at 1.35vcore (set in bios)



I should also note that no extra voltage has been supplied mobo, all mobo voltages except CPU and RAM are set to "normal". It is absolutely amazing that the P35-DQ6 can handle 543MHz FSB and climbing without a problem


Update5:

CPU's have very defined FSB wall. Regardless of mobo voltage, or CPU voltage, I hit a VERY hard FSB wall. Each CPU has different wall; I had one as low as 485. The rest hit between 540-550.


Test setup:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Step "G0"
Thermalright Ultra 120 EXTREME heatsink
Gigabyte P35-DQ6 (no mods, F4 BIOS, retail board)
Crucial Ballistix 8500's
Nvidia 8800GTX
Zippy 700W PSU
INSIDE CASE: Antec 900, case fans all on "low"

[irev210]

1.29Vcore set in BIOS

[turtletrax]

Thats awesome. Cant wait to get my hands on a G0

[Chosen.]

:envy:

[DAK1640]

I need one of those right now !!!!

[Mad1723]

Those E6x50 seems to be overclocking golden chip. Up to new they achieved pretty high frequencies on low volts... they're pretty good processors up to now, let's see if it's the G0 or the 333mhz processors that are such overclocking beast

[Gepidae]

My future build just keeps getting pushed back and changed Keep them coming

[guess2098]

G0 step is really great
i have few G0 QX6850 and easy to do 4.7G on DI
and the best one can even reach 4.9G boot into windows

[dinos22]

aha you got them

looking forward to the results there

[Hazzan]

Nice !!! I need one

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

Give me one of them NOW!!!!!!!!!

[Gepidae]

I wonder how widely available these G0 steppings are?

[BAR*B*Q]

[Warboy]

Are their going to be Q6xxx with G0 Stepping?

[irev210]

Are their going to be Q6xxx with G0 Stepping?

yup


G0 will also be quad core, as GUESS pointed out, he has a qx6850 and it does well

[Warboy]

i want a Q6850, will that be included in the price drop this month? a Q6850 for lets say 300 dollars?

since the Q6600 will be 266

[njkid32]

i want a Q6850, will that be included in the price drop this month? a Q6850 for lets say 300 dollars?

since the Q6600 will be 266

lol, thats really reaching man!

irev, the clocks look awesome is that the limit on air and what kind of temps are you seeing with that cpu?

[irev210]

i want a Q6850, will that be included in the price drop this month? a Q6850 for lets say 300 dollars?

since the Q6600 will be 266

While it would be a dream come true for many, the QX6850 has a intel price of $999 in lots of 1000.


There are no other Q6X50 on the roadmap that I know about.

[Loony]

Did the 6850 perform the same between your DQ6 and P5K?

[bloodbanger]

Do all new intel chips have the G0 steppings?I'm planning for Q6600 after the July pricecuts.Do you specifically have to ask for them?

[Kunaak]

coolaler was showing 3,85 ghz at 1.4 volts with these CPU's a few weeks ago.

[Warboy]

While it would be a dream come true for many, the QX6850 has a intel price of $999 in lots of 1000.


There are no other Q6X50 on the roadmap that I know about.

I want a Q6850, because it would be cheap and effective if intel came out with it.

[Gepidae]

coolaler was showing 3,85 ghz at 1.4 volts with these CPU's a few weeks ago.

Didnt his thread get shut down a few days ago because of some plagerism thing? or do I have this totally wrong

[irev210]

Didnt his thread get shut down a few days ago because of some plagerism thing? or do I have this totally wrong

coolaler doesnt post here, someone else copied his post and photos thats why.

[Ad1tya]

Intels gearing up to go for another Ghz race, by the looks of it.

Well have the 45nm Penryns reaching 4.2-4.4 Ghz no problems, by the looks of it.