Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[NapalmV5]

I think one addition to this killer combo is the p45+q9650. x38 is giving me no love (except for 4.1ghz)

bingo! yatzeee!

ill say it once again.. best shot at high quad fsb/clocks = P35/P45 especially P45 but even some great P35 mobos could reach P45 clocks

And having the proc under phase doesn't seem to hurt anything either

Got mine @ 4.25 1.35v 24/7 on my EVGA 790i Ultra. I piece of cake. Still haven't moved it over to the 790 FTW yet. Should be able to push it a little higher.

andyc

FYI and others .. as far as max oc goes i gained just 100mhz from air to phase @ max vtt/vnb

loads are different 4.5ghz to 4.9ghz

Napalm, adjusting the v12 is a hardware mod, right?

correct.. adjusting v12 means adjusting v12 pot @ psu

i would advise against such mod.. have it done by someone experienced

Normally yes, but some psu have varibale resistors inside. With this you can manually adjust the rails. But don't know how napalm realised that.

On the other side, i can't see any advantage in rising the rails over the demanding 12.00V. Maybe if you use a poor psu, which drops way under maybe 11.90V it could possibly a advantage. But to be honest i don't think anyone here in the thread will not have have a state of the art psu.

Played a lot with adjustable rails in the past, but if some component is holding back the oc i couldn't get them higher with raising the rails. It was just to get the placebo effect of higher and "stable" voltages. But i always used some of the best psu you can get at that time.

thats the mystery? maybe cause ive been doing for quite some time.. dont believe me? go ask the other more trusted better known ocers about psu..


the most important part at hard ocing is the psu