Easy Overclock Core 2 Quad at 2.4 and 3ghz. Worth it? Still usable today?

How to overclock a socket 775 cpu on an oem system and is it worth it. Also Can you still use a q6600 today?
00:00 Intro
01:06 How to overclock / Rambling
08:23 Cinebench
08:37 Handbrake
08:47 Monero Mining
09:02 Portal 2
09:22 BeamNG
09:57 GTA IV
10:50 GTA V
11:20 Closing / Recap
#q6600
#benchmark
#vintage

[@jims_junk]

Not sure what I was thinking but as far as using the tape/pin mod, you only need a piece over the Bsel2 pin which is the bottom piece of tape. The top one used isn't needed and only blocks the VSS(Ground). If this doesn't work you'd need to use a rear window defogger repair kit to connect the VSS pin to the Bsel2 pin, thus grounding it out. With just a piece of tape over it, the pin is floating..aka not ground and not positive. Most motherboards I found work fine this way however some may need both pins connected.

[@zaxchannel2834]

I still like my Q9550

[@MrMikey409]

This is one of the most underrated channels on KZbin. Very good content.

[@jims_junk]

I appreciate that!

[@Redmage913]

Core 2 and GT 1030 are a great combo. I used an E8600 with one and it was a great old game and emulation station for my living room. Sold the 1030, turned the machine into my samba, Plex, Jellyfin, and Pi-Hole server.

[@user-ge1bw5gm2g]

Just found your channel and subbed! I am enjoying videos like these. I enjoy using and testing old hardware, it really brings back memories! Thanks.

[@jims_junk]

Thanks I appreciate that. Yeah Its fun to play around with chips that I could only dream of affording back then

[@Obie327]

I just found ya Jim and enjoyed your content. My only dabble with a core 2 quads was later on when pricing was reasonable and snagged a Q9650. But I did find recently a working P45 chipset with Intel E8600 and 4 gigs of ddr2 ram. I mostly went AMD CPU's after my first Gaming rig was a intel 875p chipset and Northwood core P4 @ 3.0 ghz. (ATI 9600 XT video card) The good ole' days of gaming/PC enthusiasm . Thanks for the video!

[@jims_junk]

Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah I remember those days too. I'm grateful for the technology that we have these days however, I don't think this generation truly understands how good they have it. I always hear about people (kids) complaining because they can only get 71fps in a game and its not fair that their parents won't buy them a REAL computer. I remember having no money and overclocking my pc so far that I had to have a box fan on high duct taped to the side of the case. I was so excited because I went from 10 to 15fps.

[@Obie327]

@@jims_junk I believe you are correct about these kids and their obsession with "FPS's". Built my Nephew a custom Zen 2 3600/GTX 1060 mini Gamdius gaming rig and he would ask about that same thing. (lol!) If I personally went "Way Back!", My first PC as a kid that I acquired was a Sega Master system game console that was a even trade for the Texas Instruments Ti -994A with all expansion hardware/software/games. (spoiled doctor's kid trade) My parents never bought me any tech or used PC's at the time. I was a young enterprising hard working kid back then. I also had the joy and excitement of using Apple 2 and IBM machines as well. (IBM was kinda boring back then) lol! Lots of fond memories and great times in the Eighties.

[@mz4637]

very cool

[@mealot7613]

Nice vid. My daughter is still using a pc with a lga 775 motherboard with modded bios daily to make it work with a lga 771 x5460 cpu @ 4.0ghz for win 10 and batocera. I also use one at 4.2ghz as my win xp pc.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Very interesting

[@David-jq4mk]

nice video man ! greetings from italy !

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Most Conroe Core 2 Duo perfectly run at 3000-3300 mhz at default voltage. And their maximum FSB was around 500, many even run at well over FSB 500.

[@abruptlyblunt]

thanks, i've had a 6600 laying around for a while but something didn't look right about it, thanks to you showing the underside so clearly i know now somebody removed some of the chips from the dye's so the thing is pretty much worthless, nice video...

[@MichaelLubold]

I use a core 2 quad every day on my budget gaming computer, most of the games I play it works absolutely fine also while letting me multitask, the only thing really bottlenecking me right now is I'm currently using 4gb of ram, I will be upgrading to 8gb soon although some how it still plays fairly well with 4, for those wandering what pc I'm using it is a dell xps420, many may remember it by its unique built in screen

[@KaitenKenbu]

I actually just picked up a q6600 that I stuck in an XPS 420 to for a cheap XP 32bit build. Dual boot with Win 10 and win 10 runs fine with 4gb of ram, much better than the e6550 that was in there. Plays 4k rendered youtube mostly fine, it would feel normal surfing the modern web apart from viewing it through the CRT it's displaying on.

[@iaink5866]

The G0 stepping (which you have in the video) was a great overclocker. Back in the day it was common to drop the multipler to 8x and set the FSB to 400MHz for a stable 3.6GHz. It required good cooling and a decent p45/x38/x48 motherboard though

[@Bubak777]

8x400= 3,2Ghz. Well, you mean this for older B3 stepping. That one was tricky one... G0 is fine. :) 9x400=3,6Ghz is possible. Of course, you need a good VRMs for C2Qs and cooling, especially for Northbridge.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

So instead of pin moding the celeron in my dimension 2400 I ended up modding the motherboard. Theirs now a pin block both soldered and double sided taped to the pll. That all ended up being POINTLESS because the northbridge purposefully doesn't work at 133mhz. Who knows, maybe 533mhz fsb chips will work now that the pll is always set to 100mhz. An otherwise excellent pc.

[@amnergamez3931]

used one whith a cheap asrock G41 a 1333 using ddr3, good video.

[@pf100andahalf]

Speaking of the pentium 4, I'll never forget the Intel fanboys back in those days saying there was no replacement for megahertz with the pentium 4, while the athlons were faster at a lower speed.

[@thombone]

I was easily able to get to 1666 on AIR. 3.6ghz rock stable.

[@amnergamez3931]

can you do this one. the fastes Pentium D VS the slowest Core 2 Duo. or Intel atom vs Pentium 4

[@jims_junk]

Sure. I currently own a netbook with an AMD C60 processor. It was AMD's Atom competitor. Used to own an Atom n450 netbook as well and I can say they are VERY similar in performance.

[@amnergamez3931]

@@jims_junk i have a AMD E450 and Atom N455, tinking in use them for emulation.

[@JoshVennix]

Do a video on all 4. The Celery the P4, the Pentium D and the Core 2. Great content. Although I'd opt to include some charts for comparison.

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Add the pentium m!

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Core 2 Quad 9650 still works well with a Nvidia card with 2GB Vram, I have ione in a fractal case with a GTX660. Just for fun

[@JoshVennix]

The Core 2 Extreme CPUs had a 1600mhz FSB. Some socket 771 Xeons also. They can be modified to fit and work in socket 775 boards with a BIOS mod

[@tronalddump8776]

Only some of the 771's had a fsb of 1600. None of the 775's did but with a good board good ddr3 and a decent chip you might be able to push it but even the xeons didn't really like the fsb being touched and forget about pushing ram speed if you want to overclock the 771 at all.

[@JoshVennix]

@@tronalddump8776 QX9770

[@tronalddump8776]

@@JoshVennix oh ya I forget about the 9770 only because they are still the same price they were when new. Unattainable.

[@tronalddump8776]

@@JoshVennix you still needed a good board for that chip so there's that. That chip wouldn't run on just any board only certain maybe 2 chipsets.

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

It could have been luck of the draw on the silicone lottery, I remember having much better luck on BSEL modding Q6600's (2.4ghz to 3ghz) than Q6700's (2.66ghz to 3.4ghz). I think it's because I couldn't adjust the voltage on oem motherboards.

[@GBCobber]

Probably. I could benchmark at 3.6G with my Q6600 and daily drove it at 3.2, till the MB died.

[@sithounetsith9877]

Something you could do or have done , put a modded LGA 771 CPU on a LGA 775 Mobo and compare the xeon to a core2 quad .

[@zukitoreizei3805]

Can u do a Stock and Overclocked Core 2 Quad q9450 VS I5 2500? Q9450 Stock 2.66ghz and Overclocked to 3.7ghz 2x6 L2 cache 1333mhz bus speed DDR3 1333mhz Vs I5 3.3ghz With Turbo boost 3.7ghz 1mb L2 cache and 6mb L3 cache 5GT/s bus speed DDR3 1333mhz

[@jims_junk]

yup actually doing something similar to that in the near future, soon as I get a hold of the cpu's. Keep an eye out.

[@uzairalmani5592]

Bro Does It Works On Optiplex Pc With LGA 775 Core 2 Quad Q6600

[@jims_junk]

Long as the board supports a 1333 fsb. Most do

[@badjetgamer8102]

Can you try using switch emulators like yuzu and ryujinx in this setup?

[@jims_junk]

I'd love to but I stay farrrrrrrr away from Nintendo. So many people have gotten blocked or demonetized

[@badjetgamer8102]

@@jims_junk You can just show the average fps, 1% lows and .1% lows. It can avoid dmca

[@tuff_lover]

Ha! You missed out on a 95W version of Q6600.

[@rogueknight355]

Work for q8400?

[@jims_junk]

the q8400 already has a 1333fsb speed, so no it won't do anything. Only works for cpu's with a lower fsb.