Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[NapalmV5]

Congrats NapalmV5 and thanks for sharing your results.
I agree with you, the fun of ocing is spending hours and hours of tweaking by one's own. Anyway, take care of that P45 you got by you

thanks.. fun indeed.. will try to get the max out of it with care

Most of the fake posts are from kids with low posts. Napalm has been around here for at least 6 years. While i may have sounded a little skeptical at first, and a lot of others are/were, His results were rather outstanding. This not the first time though we have seen outstanding results here at XS. After seeing his setup, and his results, he obviously knows wtf hes doing. Look at his setup, he's not using on board anything. Areca for drives, pci nic, excellent air cooling and none of his fans are even hooked up to the motherboard. That setup in my opinion could do what he claims its doing. He may not want to share all of his secrets, but nothing says he has to. If it were me, i'd want to show you guys everything. Some people don't. That doesn't make them a fake.

Keep up the good work Napalm! You've encouraged me to pick up 1 or 2 of these 9650s. I know this Striker isnt the best for FSB, but i'll do what i can.

thanks.. if it dont oc well on one mobo try another.. i went thru several

You got me in the Game now Napalm ! I now see what you're up to ! challenge time ,...... HUH !

now @ 4 GHz stable under prime 95 core volts @ 1.28, bus @ 450 FSB 1800 temps @ 42.38.39.39 C ambiant now @ 21.7 C
DAMN ! this Chip is GREAT !

just did a 3DMarK06 run @ 4 GHZ = 22666

http://service.futuremark.com/result...&resultType=14

like i said you got a good one

bring it on! its getting lonely here @ 4.9..

push it harder.. good mobo/ram/psu will help

good luck