Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[davidoff619]

I mangaged to get 4ghz @ 1.32 volts in cpu-z @ load. Temps are idol 28 and load 54 after 2 hours prime stable. Off now for a night out on the town now so will post back when I get up. Gona try and drop voltage abit seen as this was first I tried. mines a 1.25 but flys

[Jor3lBR]

as i posted earlier I idled mine about 12 hrs , then did a Light O/C for the next 2 days off & on , then stock voltages as I primed it for an hour at a time

Think it's like a new racecar run it easy at 1st but run it thru the gears idle/load/idle/load/idle/load/idle but not balls to the walls,or Redline it , till she's broke in !

Thanks mate I'll do that as soon as I finish my project build (see sig).

[inCore]

I vote against the True, go water or you probably won't see a that huge temperature difference. I know you want to use your hard earned cash anyways.

[Devious]

I've been messing about with this CPU trying to get it as far as I can within reasonable voltages and this is what I reached with a vcore of 1.42 actual. These are not prime stable, but they are benchmark stable. In terms of prime stability I'm only up to 474*9 at 1.4v with all other voltages fairly low.

I was aiming for 4.5GHz with my ram at 1200MHz. Not there yet...

Nice FSB, what motherboard are you using ?

[xguntherc]

Well my volts are 1.3312 in Bios.. and in CPU-Z they show as 1.296v and thats where I'm stable in prime.. you think I could go lower?

also yea I'm probably going to get a true. as they are a lil better. I would consider going water, but I for one don't know anything about it. nor I have the cash ATM. what about something like the swiftech 220?

[pascalbrown]

Nice FSB, what motherboard are you using ?

I think my signature should now appear below! Abracadabra! I'm having issues gaining stability though. Seems I can't fine tune the gtl or I'm not prepared to give it enough juice. I don't know yet.

Edit; I am totally stable at my sig settings, but need more.

[bigslappy]

Well my volts are 1.3312 in Bios.. and in CPU-Z they show as 1.296v and thats where I'm stable in prime.. you think I could go lower?

also yea I'm probably going to get a true. as they are a lil better. I would consider going water, but I for one don't know anything about it. nor I have the cash ATM. what about something like the swiftech 220?

go water with a Vtec V2,or swiftek GTZ, a DDC3 pump & the swifty Rad's are more bang for yer buck

[Utnorris]

Well my volts are 1.3312 in Bios.. and in CPU-Z they show as 1.296v and thats where I'm stable in prime.. you think I could go lower?

also yea I'm probably going to get a true. as they are a lil better. I would consider going water, but I for one don't know anything about it. nor I have the cash ATM. what about something like the swiftech 220?

If you are going to just cool the CPU the 220 would be fine. If you want to cool the video card too, then do like Big Slappy says and get the individual parts. I had a Swiftech H2O Compact 120 cooling my Q6600 for awhile and it kept the temps under 60 degrees under load (ambient 27). It was OC to 3.6Ghz at 1.47v vcore.

[xguntherc]

well to be honest.. I don't really need to water cool my GFX card. ya it might help a little bit, and maybe, maybe I could Oc it more. but I've not had any problems with heat with it so far.
I've been able to get the max OC with the shaders stopping me, not heat. With it from 576 Mhz core to 744 Mhz core my temps on full load stay around 61c. thats not bad at all considering how high it's clocked.
Maybe later I'd get something for it. But if anything I just wanna water the CPU, as I'm not happy about current temps... So the Swifty 220 is for the CPU only. and it's not to expensive. like $139.99 or so. would it last,
and how good of quality are there parts. I'd not want any leaks.

Also I'm missing my top mounted 120mm exhaust fan as it was to big for it, and my Tuniq in there. So I've ordered some smaller 120mm Medium speed YateLoons. they will be here tomorrow. I'll try those out. if they
don't help my temps. Mainly my load temps. then I'll be even more upset. as before I lapped the Tuniq, or took out the fans that were to big, at 4.050ghz my load temps were 61/55/55/55 and now they get over that
within 5 minutes. so hopefully the new fans will help, otherwise I'll try a re-seat, if that doesn't work, then It will be either a TRUE, or H2O..

[davidoff619]

well to be honest.. I don't really need to water cool my GFX card. ya it might help a little bit, and maybe, maybe I could Oc it more. but I've not had any problems with heat with it so far.
I've been able to get the max OC with the shaders stopping me, not heat. With it from 576 Mhz core to 744 Mhz core my temps on full load stay around 61c. thats not bad at all considering how high it's clocked.
Maybe later I'd get something for it. But if anything I just wanna water the CPU, as I'm not happy about current temps... So the Swifty 220 is for the CPU only. and it's not to expensive. like $139.99 or so. would it last,
and how good of quality are there parts. I'd not want any leaks.

Also I'm missing my top mounted 120mm exhaust fan as it was to big for it, and my Tuniq in there. So I've ordered some smaller 120mm Medium speed YateLoons. they will be here tomorrow. I'll try those out. if they
don't help my temps. Mainly my load temps. then I'll be even more upset. as before I lapped the Tuniq, or took out the fans that were to big, at 4.050ghz my load temps were 61/55/55/55 and now they get over that
within 5 minutes. so hopefully the new fans will help, otherwise I'll try a re-seat, if that doesn't work, then It will be either a TRUE, or H2O..

just wondering what software you used to clock ur graphics to overclock and test. And how do you do the vdroop mod. It won't make alot of diffrence gettin water cooling if it internal.

[BailA]

Hi,what'is the CPU GTL Reference ideal for Q9650?

[Devious]

Got my vcore down a little.

[gurusan]

I got a new toy today.

Q9650
Q822B344
1.225 VID

After about 1 hour of playing I got this:

[Zucker2k]

I got a new toy today.

Q9650
Q822B344
1.225 VID

After about 1 hour of playing I got this:

Nice chip, Gurusan.

[xguntherc]

I use eVGA Precision to overclock my GPU, and I use my BIOS for the CPU. I also stress test with Prime95, and sometimes OCCT. then with the GPU I just play games.. if it can handle MAX settings playing some intense
parts of Crysis, then the GPU at that clock should be able to handle most things.. IMO. So thats what I do. and 3DMark06 of course.. I shoud use vantage since I got it free and have DX10. but I like 06 better.

and Devious. I hate your volts and chip, thats one of the better I've seen. 1.216v at 4.0 ghz. I can't do that at stock speed on mine. well maybe, not tried. (I remember a long time ago hearing about starving the CPU of volts
when you first get it. Like setting less volts. it gets used to it, and then can run with less. is that at all realistic?) yea, I hate your temps and your voltage. totally great. Wanna swap Q9650's.

and gurusan thats a pretty great chip you got there. I wish I had a better VID. I really do, but I can't complain at 4.2 Ghz stable. thats just not something to be complaining about ya know!

[carepolice]

I use eVGA Precision to overclock my GPU, and I use my BIOS for the CPU. I also stress test with Prime95, and sometimes OCCT. then with the GPU I just play games.. if it can handle MAX settings playing some intense
parts of Crysis, then the GPU at that clock should be able to handle most things.. IMO. So thats what I do. and 3DMark06 of course.. I shoud use vantage since I got it free and have DX10. but I like 06 better.

and Devious. I hate your volts and chip, thats one of the better I've seen. 1.216v at 4.0 ghz. I can't do that at stock speed on mine. well maybe, not tried. (I remember a long time ago hearing about starving the CPU of volts
when you first get it. Like setting less volts. it gets used to it, and then can run with less. is that at all realistic?) yea, I hate your temps and your voltage. totally great. Wanna swap Q9650's.

and gurusan thats a pretty great chip you got there. I wish I had a better VID. I really do, but I can't complain at 4.2 Ghz stable. thats just not something to be complaining about ya know!

How about to buy better board ?

[gurusan]

yeah xguntherc, it could be your board holding you back. What's the VID on your chip?

[xguntherc]

It's not the board.. I've got to 470 FSB.. and still going.. My vid is 1.2500.. thats part of it. But either way it still clocks great.

I've yet to try to go any higher than 470 FSB, and 1.345v but I will soon.
above post I was joking BTW!

[bigslappy]

HAS anyone seen the Massive O/C's they are getting with this P45 board ?? ordered one today( on sale today & FREE shipping ! NewEgg Love !) & some G.Skill super PI (also on sale )

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...75#post3356475

here 's the another post by FUGGER

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=204277

gonna see what my Q9650 will do with this MoBo & the Super PI G.Skill's

[Devious]

Installed a P5Q Deluxe tonight hoping to get more than the 465FSB on my X38, its not looking good. I can just about boot at 470 but no more. It also fails prime blend around 460fsb. I thought these P45 were supposed to be the FSB kings.

[Leeghoofd]

Sorry to go off topic here :

@Devious : They are, but your ram isn't really liked by the board... have you tried 1406 bios ? 500FSB was really no issue on my 2 boards with the quad...with Mushkin and Gskill PC8000 ram 1081Mhz is absolutely no issue, Mushins 4gb kit can even do 1120mhz... the reapers I had were troublesome...

[davidoff619]

Installed a P5Q Deluxe tonight hoping to get more than the 465FSB on my X38, its not looking good. I can just about boot at 470 but no more. It also fails prime blend around 460fsb. I thought these P45 were supposed to be the FSB kings.

I had the p5q dlx and it would not get my q9650 over 455 stable tried everything ended badly killing my 9800 gx2, had to reinstall windows 3 time and the memory hole we wont go there. As well as never wanted to boot first time. Wait or anytime to be honest tried all the bios even a default never wanted to play. Good luck! I went for the evga 780i not had a problem since booted first time @ 4.050 and screams though every game save youself time and money and send it back.

[Devious]

Sorry to go off topic here :

@Devious : They are, but your ram isn't really liked by the board... have you tried 1406 bios ? 500FSB was really no issue on my 2 boards with the quad...with Mushkin and Gskill PC8000 ram 1081Mhz is absolutely no issue, Mushins 4gb kit can even do 1120mhz... the reapers I had were troublesome...

Sorry my sig is out of date, im actually running 4GB OCZ flex 9200, which can do over 1100mhz. Those reapers were awful, got rid of those quick.

I have tried the 1406 bios and it hasnt made any difference.

Can I ask what settings you have used ?

I had the p5q dlx and it would not get my q9650 over 455 stable tried everything ended badly killing my 9800 gx2, had to reinstall windows 3 time and the memory hole we wont go there. As well as never wanted to boot first time. Wait or anytime to be honest tried all the bios even a default never wanted to play. Good luck! I went for the evga 780i not had a problem since booted first time @ 4.050 and screams though every game save youself time and money and send it back.

Interesting, my x38 got as high fsb as this P45 and the x38 are spposed to suck with yorkies.

I wonder if there is a board out there to get this to 500fsb ? I thinking this is more of a cpu wall, shame if it is as its using no vcore for high clocks.

[bigslappy]

I wonder if there is a board out there to get this to 500fsb ? I thinking this is more of a cpu wall, shame if it is as its using no vcore for high clocks.

Yeah they are ! checkout those links i post before

540 FSB on air with a GigabitEP45-UD3P ! And that's with a QX9650 bet the Q9650 can pass that !
we'll find out on Friday when i get my board & memory ...................

[nugzo]

HAS anyone seen the Massive O/C's they are getting with this P45 board ?? ordered one today( on sale today & FREE shipping ! NewEgg Love !) & some G.Skill super PI (also on sale )

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...75#post3356475

here 's the another post by FUGGER

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=204277

gonna see what my Q9650 will do with this MoBo & the Super PI G.Skill's

I will be waiting anxiously for your results. I'm sitting here with a MIIF, RE, P7NDiamond and EVGA 780iFTW that i've been testing with this 9650. Even with lower multis the best i can get stable (3hours small fft so far) is 467(1868) FSB (4200mhz) and thats on the EVGA that i got from the egg today. It has issues though and wont detect my xonar. Cant wait for my SIIF to get back from RMA. I had 475(1900) running on the RE but cant confirm stability over 1 hour prime95. I was so anxious to get this 780i in that i didn't test that X48 thorough enough. SLI keeps calling my name so i'm trying to find a reason to go back to nforce. 500FSB on that Gigabyte your linking would slow me down some though. Please let me know how it works out with the 9650. Thanks