Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

OK so I finally get to start one of these as i seem to be the first person with a q9650

Lets see those results guys! (if you have one....)


Sorry my macro didn't grab this one all that well :\
Batch#: L820B036
VID: 1.2500v

Here is mine after only a few hours messing around. It went right to 3.6 ghz at default settings

[strange|ife]

very cool, is it 2 hour stable at least.

need to get me a 45nm..i feel old and moldy with the 65nm

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

very cool, is it 2 hour stable at least.

need to get me a 45nm..i feel old and moldy with the 65nm

woah woah, dont get too hasty

I just started messin with my GTL ref's it'll be sometime tomorrow until I have a stable setting/validation SS.

[Leeghoofd]

Looking good mate... hope you can bring that vcore a bit more down with some tweaking... Is that watercooled ? Temps look really loooooooooooow

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

2h occt stable, changed from 61% gtls to 63% everything else (voltage) is identical to first SS




I will proceed to adjust cpu volts now

[F.stop]

nice of you to lead the way sniipe dogg with a retail version
i prefer this chip over 8600

4 - 4.2ghz stable should be easy

[Loser777]

1.25v VID eh? Looks like even MAX VID chips are pretty good.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

1.25v VID eh? Looks like even MAX VID chips are pretty good.

For this chip being at 3ghz stock it may be that intel is more conservative with the VID ratings, lord knows they dont always set the minimum.

also, my mobo defaults the VID to 1.245 when set to auto in BIOS, its possible that my VID is being read wrong from coretemp... either way, it doesn't seem to be any indication of a poor overclocker

[whe3ls]

dang, im impressed

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

here is my new OC, same cpu volts in bios, GTL tweaks and a bit more NB volts <--- NB under water

[mikeyakame]

Very nice ;>> Looks like a solid chip guess it will be the first 45nm chip I consider worth buying to play with. Hows the voltage vs efficiency curve on your chip>?

[Omastar]

Nice 24/7 clocks for a quad...E0 is nice.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Nice 24/7 clocks for a quad...E0 is nice.

thanks man, im still working with what appears to be an FSB limit at the moment (x38 is iffy with quads at 460~), the processor can still go higher at 1.376 for sure

Since I still appear to be the only one with the balls to buy this proc so far, here's another benching screenie, enjoy

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Very nice ;>> Looks like a solid chip guess it will be the first 45nm chip I consider worth buying to play with. Hows the voltage vs efficiency curve on your chip>?

I haven't played as much with lowering voltages yet, but when I ran the proc at auto settings (VID special add: 100.23) it did 400x9 1hrOCCT stable... pretty good for 1.25volts

[Ice009]

Awesome results so far mate.
Q9650 is out of my budget range. Do you think the E0 stepping is helping with the overclocking or just the multiplier?

I want to get an E0 Q9550 and try to get it to 4GHZ.

[disruptfam]

When will the E0 q9550 be out? i would <3 this chip a bit expensive for me...

A 4ghz q9550 and will be happy

[philbrown23]

wow! whats retail?

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Awesome results so far mate.
Q9650 is out of my budget range. Do you think the E0 stepping is helping with the overclocking or just the multiplier?

I want to get an E0 Q9550 and try to get it to 4GHZ.

Right now I am hitting an FSB limit, although I think a major part of that is this x38 chipset, a little more tweaking should get me where I want to be. Currently I am at 456x9 2hr OCCT stable, if I go to 457x9 I cant even make it into windows before crashing

wow! whats retail?

i know right

[perkam]

How high will it go on air?

Perkam

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

How high will it go on air?

Perkam

what is this "air cooling" you speak of?

right now I'm at idle 29C and it loads at 42C (ambient 24C).

1.376V with 4107 mhz gives me 156watts heat output (via calculator) that should mean what I am doing is viable on a good air cooler




in other news, my system scores P16716 /// x7903, take that 4870x2

[Devious]

Nice clocks, time to sell my QX me thinks.

[Kondik]

Nice, still my Q9550 does 450 FSB on nearly stock V [ as sig says 1.28V ] and I passed the OCCT too, but your temps are lower , I'm idle 38 load 56

[nfm]

These are awesome chips, I recommend it to ppl with deep pockets or desperate 4Ghz . Bought recently from newegg, very nice stepping


Manual MX-2 TIM spread...


Hot chip...using TRUE120 unlapped with washer, base of heatsink becomes very warm and I rechecked contact twice.


Linpack stable
nfm

[Leeghoofd]

That's a really nice on nfm, makes my Qx blush :p

[ChaosAD]

I really wanted to get this chip since i checked the price here in Greece. OMG 500 euros. Q9550 is a nice chip too But 4Ghz@1.22v is impressive!