Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

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10-05-2009, 01:34 PM
In-Fluence

Nice! I hope that the one on it's way to me is of similar quality, can see why you're happy! Wish me luck :)
10-05-2009, 01:36 PM
KRich

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Originally Posted by In-Fluence

Nice! I hope that the one on it's way to me is of similar quality, can see why you're happy! Wish me luck :)

All the best :up:
10-05-2009, 01:48 PM
OC Nub

KRich, Awesome job!!! :up:
Vcore is great for 4400mhz. Congrats.
10-05-2009, 01:50 PM
KRich

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

KRich, Awesome job!!! :up:
Vcore is great for 4400mhz. Congrats.

Cheers buddy :up:
10-05-2009, 01:50 PM
Davit

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

For 8gb of ram you may need a lot more mch. I had only tested using 4gb kit. With 4gb you should be able to lower Static tRead Value to 9, may work on 8gb as well but am not positive.

Yeah I always use only 4GB when OC'ing. Then add 8 and retest.
I tired Static 8 and 9, I get BSOD or some other wierd things, like reboot loop. 10 always seem to work well... I am not sure why..

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Originally Posted by KRich

I got a lot of inspiration from all you amazing chaps here and am so excited to tell you that I got my dream Q9650 :clap:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/325...4400l847cq.png

I have improved watercooling in the works as I just know that this chip has plenty more to give and which I am ready to receive :cool:

4.4GHz at 1.328v actual in CPU-Z feels so good and just rocks - I am so happy :D

Thanks so much to you all for all your continued contributions here and I wanted to give this back :up:

Hey man that is a great result! I can't believe how low the vcore is! What is the vid on that cpu?

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Originally Posted by In-Fluence

Nice! I hope that the one on it's way to me is of similar quality, can see why you're happy! Wish me luck :)

Good luck brother!
10-05-2009, 01:55 PM
KRich

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Originally Posted by Davit

Hey man that is a great result! I can't believe how low the vcore is! What is the vid on that cpu?

Cheers buddy :up: It is a 1.1375 VID chip - I was jumping around everywhere when I powered the system up the first time and saw the VID in the BIOS :rofl:

You've got a great chip too - Wish you all the best with 4.5GHz and beyond :up:
10-05-2009, 03:02 PM
Davit

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Originally Posted by KRich

Cheers buddy :up: It is a 1.1375 VID chip - I was jumping around everywhere when I powered the system up the first time and saw the VID in the BIOS :rofl:

You've got a great chip too - Wish you all the best with 4.5GHz and beyond :up:

Thanks man!
That is a nice low vid! Damn I bet you still have plenty of room left!
I am going to try some benching at 4.5 tonight, big thanks to OC Nub! Some great tips, so hopefully I can post tomorrow morning with a good news!
10-05-2009, 03:31 PM
OC Nub

Davit, just lower vtt to 1.20v in bios, set ref's, then raise vtt back up. no need to load defaults.
10-05-2009, 06:14 PM
Davit

OK. Thanks brother! Doing it right now.
Was busy getting sli to work on p-45... what do you know..
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...9/DSC03491.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...tmapImage3.jpg
10-05-2009, 06:25 PM
thezfunk

Is everyone here using the DQ6? I have a 780i. Now that fall is coming on and cooler temps are here I am going to make some more runs at the OC.
10-05-2009, 06:30 PM
Morgoth

Using asus p5q delux, I did have a Dq6, I found it to be more flakey than the asus
10-05-2009, 08:49 PM
Hoss331

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Originally Posted by thezfunk

Is everyone here using the DQ6? I have a 780i.

Most people are using a UD3. :up:
10-05-2009, 09:09 PM
-n7-

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Originally Posted by andressergio

you got my same batch n7 isnt yours L828A446 vid 1,1875 ?

Holy :banana::banana::banana::banana: how'd you know my batch?! :eek:

My VID is actually 1.15v though, unless Core Temp/Real Temp are wrong.
http://ense7en.com/pics/q9650/vid1.15.JPG
10-06-2009, 01:03 AM
CryptiK

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Originally Posted by Davit

WOW. That is exactly how mine looks... I tried the drop in the middle method, spread even method nothing worked... Nice to know that I am not entirely crazy. I will lap my 9650 asap, see what I can get out of it. Temp drop would be a pleasant bonus, I would even settle for temp stability between the cores lol. I have read mixed reviews about lapping the heat-killer, so I will let it be... Funny don't want to ruin a $90 waterblock, instead I am taking a sandpaper to $349(what I paid for it) CPU....

Thank you for the kind words as well! :up:
There will be more shenanigans to come.

In my experience, even though not perfect, CPU's are a lot flatter than heatsinks/blocks. Also as you said, a block is a lot cheaper than a Q9650. If I were you, I'd try lapping the block at least a small amount, before lapping the cpu.

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Originally Posted by KRich

I got a lot of inspiration from all you amazing chaps here and am so excited to tell you that I got my dream Q9650 :clap:

http://img97.imageshack.us/i/q96504400l847cq.png
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/325...4400l847cq.png

I have improved watercooling in the works as I just know that this chip has plenty more to give and which I am ready to receive :cool:

4.4GHz at 1.328v actual in CPU-Z feels so good and just rocks - I am so happy :D

Thanks so much to you all for all your continued contributions here and I wanted to give this back :up:

Congrats on the great cpu, very nice overclock.
10-06-2009, 01:12 AM
quattro_

the best i can do with Asus RE is 480x9 :
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...Untitled-8.jpg

i cant get it to do 485fsb but im happy with the results ,still memory timing needs tweaking.
10-06-2009, 01:38 AM
In-Fluence

Thanks for the good luck wishes! :)

It transpires that I placed the order, finance gets agreed, then they go and sell their last 2 to someone else! I'm not going to name & shame them, but I'm a tad peeved about it! Particularly as this is coming with 8Gb of OCZ blades and a handful of modding trinkets. They have reassured me it won't be long though so I'll hopefully get it in time for the weekend.
10-06-2009, 03:25 AM
KRich

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davit

Thanks man! That is a nice low vid! Damn I bet you still have plenty of room left! I am going to try some benching at 4.5 tonight, big thanks to OC Nub! Some great tips, so hopefully I can post tomorrow morning with a good news!

I'm ready to receive all that extra speed :D Best of luck with 4.5 and sending all positive thoughts your way :up:

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Originally Posted by CryptiK

Congrats on the great cpu, very nice overclock.

Cheers buddy :up:

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Originally Posted by In-Fluence

Thanks for the good luck wishes! :) They have reassured me it won't be long though so I'll hopefully get it in time for the weekend.

All the best and looking forward to hearing your good news too :up:
10-06-2009, 03:46 AM
CryptiK

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Originally Posted by Davit

OK. Thanks brother! Doing it right now.
Was busy getting sli to work on p-45... what do you know..

Very nice. Would like to see some 3d results on that beast.

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Originally Posted by -n7-

Holy :banana::banana::banana::banana: how'd you know my batch?! :eek:

My VID is actually 1.15v though, unless Core Temp/Real Temp are wrong.
http://ense7en.com/pics/q9650/vid1.15.JPG

Based on your VID, it should be able to go higher than 4.1 on the right board. Same your UD3P wasn't working well for you.

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Originally Posted by quattro_

the best i can do with Asus RE is 480x9 :
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...Untitled-8.jpg

i cant get it to do 485fsb but im happy with the results ,still memory timing needs tweaking.

Very nicely done, could you please post your BIOS template or PM me with it? Haven't really pushed my REX with the Q9650 but 4GHz was very easy, would be interesting to see your settings.
10-06-2009, 04:10 AM
andressergio

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRich

I got a lot of inspiration from all you amazing chaps here and am so excited to tell you that I got my dream Q9650 :clap:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/325...4400l847cq.png

I have improved watercooling in the works as I just know that this chip has plenty more to give and which I am ready to receive :cool:

4.4GHz at 1.328v actual in CPU-Z feels so good and just rocks - I am so happy :D

Thanks so much to you all for all your continued contributions here and I wanted to give this back :up:

woaaaaa !!!

Very nice mate awesome vid what batch is it ? :clap:
10-06-2009, 04:11 AM
andressergio

Quote:

Originally Posted by -n7-

Holy :banana::banana::banana::banana: how'd you know my batch?! :eek:

My VID is actually 1.15v though, unless Core Temp/Real Temp are wrong.
http://ense7en.com/pics/q9650/vid1.15.JPG

jeje i spoted you somewhere over the forums :up:
10-06-2009, 04:29 AM
KRich

Quote:

Originally Posted by andressergio

woaaaaa !!!

Very nice mate awesome vid what batch is it ? :clap:

Cheers buddy :up: It is one of the golden L847C chips :D
10-06-2009, 05:49 AM
-n7-

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Originally Posted by KRich

Cheers buddy :up: It is one of the golden L847C chips :D

You've got a winner there, nicely done!

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Originally Posted by CryptiK

Based on your VID, it should be able to go higher than 4.1 on the right board. Same your UD3P wasn't working well for you.

I can, sorta.

But life with 8 GB isn't nearly as easy as with 4 GB, & i much prefer 8 GB with a lower clock to 4 GB with higher.

I did indeed buy a UD3P for a bit, but i wasn't very happy with it. (This was with my Q9550 & Mushkin 8 GB previously, granted.)
I saw right away how nice it was for clocking w/ 4 GB, but then i put the other two DIMMs in, & it turned into crap.
I couldn't even get it to POST past 467 FSB unless i was using the 266 strap, & while i eventually i thought i got 8.5x471 stable, the exact same setting were unstable the next time i ran stesstesting (they'd passed before).
In general, i found the board to be very inconsistent & flakey for 8 GB use, so i went back to my P5Q-D, where at least i find it consistent.

Here's i'm running 4.275 GHz
http://ense7en.com/pics/q9650/Q9650%...e%202%20hr.JPG

It's not really stable though, & i don't like running settings that don't run everything i throw at it.
Also, temps get too high around 4.2 GHz or higher as somehow even my lapped TRUE sucks.
10-06-2009, 05:55 AM
KRich

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Originally Posted by -n7-

You've got a winner there, nicely done!

Thanks ever so much :up:

You've got a gem yourself and there is undoubtedly so much more it has to give - Have fun and good luck :up:
10-06-2009, 03:53 PM
Davit

Quote:

Originally Posted by CryptiK

In my experience, even though not perfect, CPU's are a lot flatter than heatsinks/blocks. Also as you said, a block is a lot cheaper than a Q9650. If I were you, I'd try lapping the block at least a small amount, before lapping the cpu.
Congrats on the great cpu, very nice overclock.

Thanks man, i will give it a shot and see what happens. Lapping kit should be here today, so we will see how it goes.

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Originally Posted by OC Nub

Davit, just lower vtt to 1.20v in bios, set ref's, then raise vtt back up. no need to load defaults.

Got it brother, that is exactly what I did. Was pretty straight forward!

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Originally Posted by KRich

I'm ready to receive all that extra speed :D Best of luck with 4.5 and sending all positive thoughts your way :up:
All the best and looking forward to hearing your good news too :up:

Thank you my friend,
No luck so far. I forgot to do my screens, but at 4.5 I am keep on failing prime,, most I got was 1.5hrs... I bumped the mch to around 1.44 and vtt to 1.36 while vcore is at 1.525... gonna play around a bit more with it. Maybe raise mch to 1.46 and vtt to 1.40...
10-06-2009, 03:56 PM
Davit

Quote:

Originally Posted by CryptiK

Very nice. Would like to see some 3d results on that beast.

Well vantage was weird... MY gpu score was lower when I run it on single card overclocked. I know the sli is working cuz I can turn second card off and on in nvidia control panel... but something is definitely not working.
Overclocked single gtx 295 I got P24.1K in vantage, with 2 of them only 20.5K(not oc'ed)... so I need to tinker with it a bit. Cuz I should at least break 25K

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