Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[andressergio]

I tried pumping up the voltages, no luck, 4th core still failed small FFT instantly.

Thanks alot Sergio, I'm sure others will appreciate your template too
Unfortunately, no luck for me. The 4th core kept failing Ram is good. Tried more vcore and adjusted the ref values 1 or 2 notches, still no luck.

You wellcome mate

I would first then try a lowe OC as not all chips do 4500... did you try any other like 4320 for ex ?

remember temps are a fact also

Try to start from a stable setting and keep up

Cheers
Sergio

[OC Nub]

I know this is not the right thread but it is my favorite thread and has helped me a great deal in learning to oc 45nm quad cores. Put the 9550 back in for testing. 1hr 30min and going, 4350mhz.

[andressergio]

I know this is not the right thread but it is my favorite thread and has helped me a great deal in learning to oc 45nm quad cores. Put the 9550 back in for testing. 1hr 30min and going, 4350mhz.

damn Tom that 9550 is GREAT congrats

[andressergio]

Playing some more with the Q9650 i managed to boot and shoot a SPI32M:

4505 (530x8,5) mems auto
W7x64 7600RTM



Cheers all
Sergio

[OC Nub]

Thanks Sergio

Great job man. Now I have my work cut out for me.

[andressergio]

This time with the Gskills at 1272 CL5 rest auto

4505 (530x8,5) / mems 1272mhz
W7x64 7600RTM



Cheers
Sergio

[sean222]

Damn, I hate you two guys now Haha just kidding, great work on that 9550. You guys have great RAM, I can't afford to spend that much money though I will keep trying on my 9650 later on.

[OC Nub]

Good work with the GSkills Sergio. Maybe I will pass on this one lol. Cannot boot at 530 with your settings, very hard to do. Congrats.

Thank you sean.

[andressergio]

Good work with the GSkills Sergio. Maybe I will pass on this one lol. Cannot boot at 530 with your settings, very hard to do. Congrats.

You will do it mate

[Blackwhite]

Hi guys.
I just bought QX9650 ES - what GTL settings are u using? Is 0.67 will be fine.I have DFI P45 UT.

[hallryu]

Hi,

I'm running my Q9650 on the following settings:

Vcore 1.387v BIOS (1.376v CPU-z) on my X48-DS4 board. The VID on my CPU is 1.275v, so quite high imo.

Any tips on getting to around 4.2Ghz whilst keeping the Vcore under 1.4v? Do I need to worry about VCore over 1.4v?

I'm not sure why but folks appear to be hitting 4.2 to 4.5Ghz with ease at lower voltages than me. What ia holding me back do you think?

[OC Nub]

hallryu: x48 is not the best for quads, you will have better luck with a good p45 board.

[hallryu]

hallryu: x48 is not the best for quads, you will have better luck with a good p45 board.

I thought that could be the problem! Thanks

Whats you thoughts on going over 1.4v is it a bad idea!??!

[TooFastForYa]

It's alright to go over 1.4 but temps are an issue. You don't want temps above 65C reported by RealTemp. Anything above that and you won't be able to maintain stability.

[hallryu]

It's alright to go over 1.4 but temps are an issue. You don't want temps above 65C reported by RealTemp. Anything above that and you won't be able to maintain stability.

At the moment Prime doesn't take my CPU above around 55C. Obviously IBT and LInX both take my CPU in to the mid 60's. A higher VCore would obviously cause that to go up!

Perhaps I should be happy with 4Ghz

[nkresho]

Ok, got the new sticks in. OCZ blade 9200, low voltages. This is my preliminary run for stability. Still going for 4500 eventually.

[lordmagnum]

what do you advise : enabling or disabling loadline calibration on a Asus board ?
I've read that enabling llc wasn't good for the cpu.

[andressergio]

what do you advise : enabling or disabling loadline calibration on a Asus board ?
I've read that enabling llc wasn't good for the cpu.

when i had asus i always got it ENABLED

cheers
Sergio

[OC Nub]

Ok, got the new sticks in. OCZ blade 9200, low voltages. This is my preliminary run for stability. Still going for 4500 eventually.

Looks great, Nice oc.

[nkresho]

Looks great, Nice oc.

Thanks. This may be my 24/7, as temps are acceptable, but I still want to get it up to 4.4, maybe 4.5. We'll see. I may have to follow your route and get another chip as this 1.25vid is kinda sucking.

[andressergio]

Thanks. This may be my 24/7, as temps are acceptable, but I still want to get it up to 4.4, maybe 4.5. We'll see. I may have to follow your route and get another chip as this 1.25vid is kinda sucking.

Congrats mate you are on the good way, not always vid 1,25 means bad...

[andressergio]

Some SPI 1M run

535x8,5 at XPSP3 non moded for bench just as it is, its not that big score but feels good
booted from bios at 530 with 1,408 just was my first shot with 535 i gave a bump on vcore as im trying 540x8,5 let's see how it goes



Cheers
Sergio

[OC Nub]

Damn, good job man.

[andressergio]

Damn, good job man.

Thanks mate too damn hot got 25,2 in my room today, when temps go low i will shoot again

I used that same template to enter to W7x64 and shoot a SPI32 on crap memory timmings just left auto to see



Cheers
Sergop

[hallryu]

What is the maximum voltage for these CPU's please?