yeah my board got real bad sb overheating issues like my nb is running somewhere around 35ish and my sb will be at at least 53+and because i have a GTX260 there is really no way i can do anything to the cooler... =:(

i am thinking when i get my 7 system up running i monna take out the 260 and turn it in to like a tri sli and drop a 7950GT or something like a HD4350 in it and then mod the sb a little

I ended up porting chilled air into the case... that helps the board a lot... if no case, then port the air over the sb/gpu area... running raid through the sb adds more heat than gfx cards do...

i am not running raid, but i did have cfc sb cooling one time lol

i think i just found out what my bottle neck is on most of my overclocking is not....
i have always though it was the ram but my ocz Reaper can really oc to somewhere around 1066 5-5-5-15 (5-4-4 can be done but not VERY stable)
but my motherboard temp! mainly on the sb on my 780i and nb on my old ex58-ud4p they run very HOT! my sb on my 780 is always 50C+ and when everything is less than 40

nashville tennessee is snowing right now when i get out of class (1150hr) i should be home 1230hr i will leave my system out side for 30min or so and try overclock please stay tuned and i will post pictures tonight! ^_,^

Red, bad? Some consider it a starting point :):thumbsup:

so i am back...
i was never able to break the 4GHz mark with my 780i FTW + Q6600 no matter what i do.. even with LN2!

and then i looked at the temp on the baord W-T-F! the SB tem is 50+ @ all time! so today it's snowing outside and i took the computer out and give a little juice and it went really well! last time i did this i fed up something bad in the settingit didn't work =) now i am all happy!


thanks to
kal's search
411 and ReverendMaynard's ideas and suggestions

just got 6 more points for the team!
http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/1008644.png
http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...2_mhz?tab=info

Glad you got it all worked out. 4GHz on a Q6600 is not easy.

thank you so much for answering all my stupid questions
i will be posting the steps soon

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here is my base setting in bios to achieve 4.0GHz on the Q6600 lol:laughing:
but i just CAN NOT get over 4.07:Dizzy:
any ideas guys?
btw i am using ClockGen

I would try a lower SPP volts and looser timings if you haven't already.

4.07 is a nasty clock for a q6600! Good stuff dude. :thumbsup: