I was sitting around and getting a bit bored with myself -- which is no surprise, really -- and decided that I'd go ahead and hit Newegg.com to look for some deals (read: something to spend the cash on). After a bit of rummaging I happened across a good price on a Zalman 9500 and a few sticks of the same Ballistix ram I threw in my C2Q system at the time of build.
With my previous setup I was able to reach 3.2ghz on air, stably @ 1.35v (memory unlinked, running at 1000mhz).
I hadn't really gotten too friendly with the 680i board I was using, and thus I really didn't stress pushing it to its limits. I attribute this to a combination of parenting and laziness. Either way, I wasn't really putting the effort in and it definitely showed.
So, after throwing down a few hundred bucks on some upgrades that I really didn't need, I decided to spend the few hours necessary to tweak as much as possible.
The result? A G0 stepping Q6600 @ 3.6ghz on air. Running @ 1.5v, temps are a little over 60c load, but passing P95 stresses with flying colors. Memory is linked (sync) at 900+mhz @ 2.1v (4/4/4/12). FSB is at 1.3v and stable, of course.
Normally I wouldn't make a fuss, but a 1200mhz overclock on air is pretty noteworthy. Here's the compare link if anyone is interested:
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