Q9450 OC / Temps / Settings

[jas420221]

Well alot of reading here, taken alot of information from people here who have Q9450 and P5Q Deluxe's.

I'm no OCing expert, I'm a complete newb at this

Those GTL ref are JACKED up... .37 and .75? The difference between those 2 numbers is something I never saw before and thats across 3 forums. Something just doesnt seem right. I cant believe that is stable at all on those cores.

SO I decided to post here about my recent bad/good news.
The bad news is that my Q9450 is dead, probably from trying to push over 4ghz with more than 1.5v. The good news is intel is great about replacing chips pretty much no questions asked, and I should be getting a brandspanking new one on wednesday.
So I would warn anyone, especially those with P45 boards, against pushing even to 4ghz, as it could kill your chip more easily than most. I only spent a handful of hours altogether making abuseful attempts on my chip before noticing that it would no longer post at stock. moving it to a new board confirmed, it's dead.

I highly doubt it was vcore that killed it, or your P45 board (unless you got a POS one). You abused it to death via PLL or VTT.

Ive been trying to get 4Ghz stable for a month+ now, and havent quite done it. I think I have settled on the settings in my sig though. PLenty safe.