Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

Thank you sir.

I'm glad I finally post here. Time to start gettin some help hopefully. I'm wondering about this PSU modding and what not.

Also I have a question for everyone. Who all has a Q9650 that has overclocked it with a VTT past 1.4v
I've heard this talk about don't exceed 1.37vcore, and now I'm hearing it for the FSB/VTT. is this true. I have mine like this for 4.0 Ghz.

1.3312v BIOS 1.296v CPU-Z
1.30v FSB/VTT
2.1 VDIMM
I'm wondering about this FSB/VTT Myth, looks like Napalm is pushing 1.9v+ or so on his FSB/VTT and his is still going strong. Whoever has had there Q9650 for a decent while with a High FSB/VTT please let me know. I'm wondering how long peoples are lasting so far, anyone had any problems yet?
in the BIOS, the 12v shows up as 11.92v is that pretty good. and how can I mod that.?? I wanna push this thing harder.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by xguntherc

Thank you sir.

I'm glad I finally post here. Time to start gettin some help hopefully. I'm wondering about this PSU modding and what not.

Also I have a question for everyone. Who all has a Q9650 that has overclocked it with a VTT past 1.4v
I've heard this talk about don't exceed 1.37vcore, and now I'm hearing it for the FSB/VTT. is this true. I have mine like this for 4.0 Ghz.

1.3312v BIOS 1.296v CPU-Z
1.30v FSB/VTT
2.1 VDIMM
I'm wondering about this FSB/VTT Myth, looks like Napalm is pushing 1.9v+ or so on his FSB/VTT and his is still going strong. Whoever has had there Q9650 for a decent while with a High FSB/VTT please let me know. I'm wondering how long peoples are lasting so far, anyone had any problems yet?
in the BIOS, the 12v shows up as 11.92v is that pretty good. and how can I mod that.?? I wanna push this thing harder.

Thanks!

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I think it may be possible that these E0 chips are more durable than other 45nm, but dont quote me on that ;)

Ya that could be possible, I'm not sure by how much. as they have the same architecture right?

that would be an interesting thing to try and see. I'm wondering how long some of ours will last if we gave them 1.5 FSB/VTT even though I'm not going to go much higher than 1.4v on VTT on mine. Don't wanna risk it yet.

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Originally Posted by RealRedRaider

Is the following Q9650 a good one:

MM# 899134
S-Spec: SLB8W
FPO/BATCH: L820B036
PACK DATE: 07/31/08

Kindly provide me with a quick answer, many thanks in advance...:up:

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Thats the batch I have red, 4050 mhz 1.3vcore is great :up:

usually the B chips are the best overclockers, I would say just get down to using it :up:

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Originally Posted by RealRedRaider

I bought one from NewEgg, but have not received it yet. I found an unopened retail packaged Q9650 that I listed above.

I am curious if I should buy the one I found, a known "B" chip and just return the "NewEgg" upon arrival for a refund??

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hmmm, interesting dilemma, :shrug: I dont know how newer ones have been doing

My 9650 from the egg new jersey warehouse is the same batch as napalm's which in his hands is proving to be amazing. if your new egg one is an L822B363 i'd for sure keep it.

My chip is the L822B363. and yes it's pretty good, but I sadly have a VID of 1.2500 When I first saw this I was worried, but when I easily got it to 4.0 ghz. it made me feel much better.

What batch is napalms. And personally I think almost all the Q9650's can do what Napalms can, maybe a little less but close, I think he knows what He's doing, plus giving it all types of VTT voltage. and 12v rail and what not. But it would be nice to know mine would be possibly that good. but right now I'm at 1.3312v in BIOS to get 4.0 Ghz stable.

and Real Red. IMO i think all the Q9650's are going to be good chips. I'd just get whatever was cheapest. but that L820B sounds pretty good. as it's made just 2 weeks before mine and I've easily hit 4.205 Ghz and still going. Sounds like a great chip. I think all of them are for now. So Just get one, and enjoy it.

Does anyone know how to mod my HX520 PSU, or how to get more from the 12v Rail.. it's currently pushing 11.92v that seems pretty efficient. right?

mine is L825B323 pack date 9-03-08 is a Screammer runs cool as heck ......39 to 40 under full load ............. damn Sweet @ 4GHz stable .... NewEgg Goodness !!!

Well thats because you have Water cooling.

Question. Would everyone post there Temps for there Q9650's Please.. I'd really, really like to see everyones Clocks, vcore, and temps. I have the Q9650 at 4.0 Ghz with a Tuniq Tower and my temps idle around 35-37c and load are 61/55/55/54 These are decent, but I've seen much better on air, or similar results with higher clocks. So I'm not sure. I'm going to re-seat my Tuniq Tower tomorrow and see if that helps. and add some AS5 this time.

p.s. Thats a great Avatar bigslappy, is that a sexy @$$ girl bending over to a Teddy Bear.... lol thats great.

Mine is L822B509 with pack date 08/29/08. Stepping A Rev. E0. Currently at 4.02GHZ 1.28v with load temps of 51/42/42/46 using a TRUE w/ Delta fan.

ElAguila.. whats the VID of the chip. yours was made the same time as Mine. probably same Wafer.. lol jk jk.

If you don't know how to check the VID you can see it on Core Temp, but make sure Speed Step, and C1E are disabled or the VID# will be wrong..
Also are you at 1.28v in the BIOS, or is that what's showing on CPU-Z, and I see you have great temps. Thats why I need a TRUE. as I'm getting 35-37c idle. and 55-60c loads at 4.0 Ghz.. and I've seen many people get better, but my Tuniq is very very badly warped, and needs to be lapped. I'm thinkin I'll still get better results with a TRUE, then lapping the Tuniq. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. what does everyone think? Tuniq Lapped. or get a True and sell the tuniq.?? I also have a TT BlueOrb II I got for free.. should I see if it yields better temps. lol jk

Also last question. how in the HELL did you get your PC2-8000's to do 1052 on 5-5-5-15? and what voltage are you giving the VDIMM. as I have the same chips and Only speed that will get those stock spec'd timings is anything under 930, anything else no matter the volts wont work.. What voltage you giving that thing?

The vid for mine is 1.25 according to core temp. However, when I boot up with the settings all at default the bios shows the vcore at 1.20. I have the vcore set at 1.29 in the bios with vdroop control enabled.

Hm... thats weird.. are you sure Speed step and C1E are disabled?

Thats pretty good. as mine's is not stable with anything under 1.33v at 4.0 GHz. and mines VID is 1.2500 also.. thats not cool. lol jk.
I'm going to try to add more FSB/VTT today and see if that helps me get stable easier.

I just got a new Q9650 with L823B165 batch, is it good? Do you have any feedback about it?

Well, Basically ALL the Q9650's are Great Chips. they are all clocking Crazy high clocks with low temps. You should for sure be able to get to 4.0 Ghz on air, with a decent Cooler.

you're CPU was made a week after mine.. the L, then the 8 is the year.. so 08, the 23 is the week it was made. so near the end of May, of 2008. and then B.. B's are better Than A's.
A is the outer edge of the Wafer, and B's are the inner half of the wafer.. People claim that B's are better, but we don't really know. I don't know.

There's plenty of feedback, not on your batch #. but on your CPU.. everyone is getting great results with them. and I'm sure you will also.

enjoy!

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Originally Posted by xguntherc

Well, Basically ALL the Q9650's are Great Chips. they are all clocking Crazy high clocks with low temps. You should for sure be able to get to 4.0 Ghz on air, with a decent Cooler.

you're CPU was made a week after mine.. the L, then the 8 is the year.. so 08, the 23 is the week it was made. so near the end of May, of 2008. and then B.. B's are better Than A's.
A is the outer edge of the Wafer, and B's are the inner half of the wafer.. People claim that B's are better, but we don't really know. I don't know.

There's plenty of feedback, not on your batch #. but on your CPU.. everyone is getting great results with them. and I'm sure you will also.

enjoy!

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Hi, thanks for the answer :).

I already own a Q9650, batch L822B348 which is one of the first released here in Italy. Problem is that I couldn't get to 4.0 GHz stable (cooled with Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme), I think that I got bad luck with it and I've replaced it with an E8600 which is great in my opinion. I'm really stubborn and I've bought another Q9650 hoping to get better results with it, I'm always confident when new batches come out :D.

I've made several several runs @ attempting 5ghz with a 790i ultra sli board with bios set 1.85volts and like 1.79 actual vcore with max fsb voltage out of desperation. Chip still does 4950mhz without degradation issues and clocks the same up thru the clocks with day 1 voltages. Could be pushing my luck but waiting an hour or so for temps while running a ghetto home brew chiller can push you to do strange things.

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Originally Posted by xguntherc

Hm... thats weird.. are you sure Speed step and C1E are disabled?.....

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Yes the are both disabled. Are you using any kind of vdroop control? I am not familiar with your motherboard but mine has a setting in the bios for it.

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Originally Posted by ElAguila

Mine is L822B509 with pack date 08/29/08. Stepping A Rev. E0. Currently at 4.02GHZ 1.28v with load temps of 51/42/42/46 using a TRUE w/ Delta fan.

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Where can I check the Rev and apart from E0 what else is out there?

That is the rev that cpuz is giving me.