Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[davidoff619]

go for the 750i for two way sli or 780i which have both proven to hit over 4ghz with ease the little extra to 4.2-4.5 wont get you any better gameing performance! or you could go Crossfire i would recommend the evga 780i or 750i with two gtx 260's in sli and then overclock the lot can play crysis @ 1920x1080 on max settings at stock and even better overclocked. which means this will play pretty much every game for the next few years. well i hope. good look finding what you want. hope this has helped

[andressergio]

Guys congrats for the good Q9650 batches !! anyone willing to sell its first Q9650 that can go at least 4050 with a good vcore and temps cands send me a message

Cheers
Sergio

[NapalmV5]

DAMN that's nice !!

i read that looking @ your avatar

thanks.. and good luck @ ud3+q9650

Guys congrats for the good Q9650 batches !! anyone willing to sell its first Q9650 that can go at least 4050 with a good vcore and temps cands send me a message

Cheers
Sergio

andre just get a B one.. 4.5ghz guaranteed

[NapalmV5]

and heres my 2nd q9650 @ 4.9ghz on air



http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=434280

1.2500vid: higher vcore @ lower temps
1.2125vid: lower vcore @ higher temps

no matter how you slice and dice vid.. theres always a balance

[road-runner]

Where are you in greenland or the northpole to get those temps on air?

[markost]

Hello all ! lots of good info in here Wow you guys are getting some great numbers in here! iv'e i couple of Questions if you all don't mind :
currently running a amd 9850 @2.6 on a m32a32mvp with a couple of 3870's and getting ****ed as i can't get it any higher no matter what i try , and think i'm just now havin a pci-e slot failure so i'm going to make the big switch to intel /nvidia (been a long while)

Looking at maybe a Q9650 quad, i what to be around that price range, so what is a good ocing board, iv'e heard that nvidia chipsets not good at ocing intel quads? so intel chipset better? been a asus guy for a long time , don't need to stay that way just not sure what else could be better.

i would like to get over 3.0 as much as i can for about 500$ chip w/h2o and sli for sure. looks like your getting into the 4's and stable,cool!

Thanks for your time and sorry if i'm in the wrong thread for this, wasn't sure were else to go.

SG,

Yeah, 780i boards good for about 440-450FSB, 790i boards a little better to around 475, some reports are higher but I'm yet to get one that does. Tried 3 Striker 2 Extremes and they all max'd out around 475 using 2 different QX9650's. Main thing though is that they become unstable at high (more than 4.2 GHZ) CPU speeds regardless of multi used. The good thing is that they are a genuinely fast boards although they don't overclock as well as P45, X38 or X48 chipsets.

Have 2 identical machines, one has a Striker 2 Extreme and the other a Rampage Extreme. The Rampage clocks noticeably higher and benches higher generally ( except memory read & latency ) , but the Striker based system is way faster in Windows and is game killer with 2 x GTX 280's. I have not tried any Crossfire setups so graphics performance may be equal to or better than an SLi setup !@!

Bottom line is........If you want bragging rights for overclocking ( and don't misunderstand here, the guys in this thread deserve all the praise we can bestow) go Intel chipset. If you want an extremely responsive system, go the 790i setup. Your clocks will definitely not be as high but Windows will be lightening fast when matched up with the right ancillary hardware. However, be warned that nVidia chipsets are not as easy to clock successfully as Intel. Be prepared for some painful episodes before you get it right, but it is worth it.

I've got a Gigabyte EP45T Extreme coming in tomorrow as that seems to be one of the favoured board's in this thread and I'll see how it performs. If it outperforms the Striker 2 Extreme ( in all around responsiveness and not purely overclocking numbers which I'm sure it will do easily ) then to quote NapalmV5 " I'll napalm ASUS" and move on.

Taking all into account though, I have not clocked either of these systems successfully over 4.5GHz ( with a quad that is ..) and big things happen speed wise when you get over that number with high FSB speeds..

[GoodToGo]

I have the same question as SrgtGoat. I am also going the way of Q9650 and want to know the best board available. I would think it is the P53E but just wanted to make sure. Any recommendations on RAM would be appreciated as well. I am thinking about the Corsair Dominator XMS2 8500. Planning on running this with PC P&C 750 W supply. Also planning on getting a 4870 X2 and go crossfire maybe in the future

[xguntherc]

I have the eVGA 750i and I've hit a 470 FSB.. and could probably do more but not tried yet.. thats over 4.2 Ghz on my Q9650.. So my 750i is workin pretty good so far.

also to Napalm and all you others.. question. I see you said that your not sure anyone could hit 4.5 Ghz with a 500w PSU.. and I see your point. I have the Corsair HX520. I've heard they are really good PSU's. but today I saw something that worried me. I downloaded CPUID's HwMonitor. and the PSU voltages were NOT good. Here. check it out for yourself.

Now this is a SS of my system. with 4.0 Ghz at 444FSB.. with a 1:1 Divider and my GTX260 from 576MHz to 730 Mhz. (great Card.) and the temps.. bla bla bla.
Here's what worried me. I've said a few times before that my PSU's 12v rail was running at 11.92 but this is what HwMontitor reads.. NOT good. but could be wrong.


12v Rail is at 7.39v.. (Can't be right) I'd be having Major issues right? I just played 3 hours of HL2 EP1 with NO problems at 4.0 Ghz. There's no way it would be stable with 7.30v on 12v rail right?
then the 3.3 is at 3.0v thats ok i guess. then the 5v at 4.56. thats ok but could be better. (Are these wrong)

In the BIOS the 12v rail reads 11.92 instead of this 7.36v BS.. So I'm just not sure now. and Napalm, you said a 500w couldn't push 4.5 Ghz.. what would.. the Corsair Hx620.. or should I go bigger? 750, 800. and also do you think my current PSU is "NOT" enough.. or is it ok?

[carepolice]

Here's my hwmonitor screen, same psu as you have!


Your sure that you use lates hwmonitor?

Why doesnt my monitor show +5V rail at all ??

[xguntherc]

ohhh... thats NOT good..

haha $#!T!

Where is your 5v rail in that picture.. also it says this in monitor. but 11.92 in my BIOS. why would it be so off.. also mine shouldn't be even at 11.92.. cuz I'm not using all 520w.. the efficiency should be higher with the less voltage you use..

I don't know. thats not cool. but thanks for posting that. now I know something MIGHT be wrong... Ahh..

[carepolice]

Where is your 5v rail in that picture

Installed everest and it shows 5v rail !

[markost]

Speaking of voltages......

Which version of CPU-Z do you believe ???????

vcore in BIOS set at 1.400v

[markost]

.......... Any recommendations on RAM would be appreciated as well. I am thinking about the Corsair Dominator XMS2 8500.

I tried the dominators on a Striker 2 Formula and Rampage Formula a while back.

Striker hated them, Rampage liked em !!!!

[Devious]

andre just get a B one.. 4.5ghz guaranteed

If your name is NapalmV5




@ Bigslappy

Any luck getting near 500FSB with the EP45-UD3P ?

[Apollonas]

If you looking for a power supply with a good 12v rail without any mod, you might want to take a look at this:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...tory2&reid=104

[Utnorris]

I have used HW Monitor and I have always had issues with it reporting correct voltages on my Asus boards, almost seems like a compatability issue. I use the included software with my Odin in conjuction with the Asus monitor software to monitor my voltages. Seems to work well.

[Jor3lBR]

Please use a multimeter to measure rails voltages (and make sure it has a good 9v. bat in it)...

[andressergio]

If your name is NapalmV5

guess i'll rename for NapalmV6 then buy a Q9650, very lucky guy

cheers and congratz Nap for your B batches !

[Deathspine]

Speaking of voltages......

Which version of CPU-Z do you believe ???????

vcore in BIOS set at 1.400v

markost could you share you bios settings for this nice overclock. I just purchased a QX9650 and given the challange of getting this motherboard stable with a dual core, I should would like a head start with this quad core. I took me a week to get this motherboard stable when I first got it. Thanks in advance.

[NapalmV5]

Where are you in greenland or the northpole to get those temps on air?

i wish.. but if you guys wanna know: seattle area

4.9ghz @ 71 F ambient just like my 1st q9650

I have the eVGA 750i and I've hit a 470 FSB.. and could probably do more but not tried yet.. thats over 4.2 Ghz on my Q9650.. So my 750i is workin pretty good so far.

also to Napalm and all you others.. question. I see you said that your not sure anyone could hit 4.5 Ghz with a 500w PSU.. and I see your point. I have the Corsair HX520. I've heard they are really good PSU's. but today I saw something that worried me. I downloaded CPUID's HwMonitor. and the PSU voltages were NOT good. Here. check it out for yourself.

Now this is a SS of my system. with 4.0 Ghz at 444FSB.. with a 1:1 Divider and my GTX260 from 576MHz to 730 Mhz. (great Card.) and the temps.. bla bla bla.
Here's what worried me. I've said a few times before that my PSU's 12v rail was running at 11.92 but this is what HwMontitor reads.. NOT good. but could be wrong.

12v Rail is at 7.39v.. (Can't be right) I'd be having Major issues right? I just played 3 hours of HL2 EP1 with NO problems at 4.0 Ghz. There's no way it would be stable with 7.30v on 12v rail right?
then the 3.3 is at 3.0v thats ok i guess. then the 5v at 4.56. thats ok but could be better. (Are these wrong)

In the BIOS the 12v rail reads 11.92 instead of this 7.36v BS.. So I'm just not sure now. and Napalm, you said a 500w couldn't push 4.5 Ghz.. what would.. the Corsair Hx620.. or should I go bigger? 750, 800. and also do you think my current PSU is "NOT" enough.. or is it ok?

dont trust soft..

Please use a multimeter to measure rails voltages (and make sure it has a good 9v. bat in it)...

thanks Jor3lBR

use a mm to monitor

520watt psu is not adequate for 4.5ghz.. no way no how unless its a godly 520watt psu

suggestion: 750watt pcpower&cooling

you know you dont have to buy more psu/mobo/cooler/what not.. like ive said in an earlier post.. enjoy the hardware/oc that you already got

If your name is NapalmV5




@ Bigslappy

Any luck getting near 500FSB with the EP45-UD3P ?

guess i'll rename for NapalmV6 then buy a Q9650, very lucky guy

cheers and congratz Nap for your B batches !

thanks

name/luck has nothing to do with 2 x q9650 @ 4.9ghz on air.. are you guys suggesting that i got 2 golden q9650 now? lol

how many q9650 do i have to show you guys @ 4.5/4.8/4.9ghz ?

while it may be my skillz.. if one of you would follow my foot steps.. you too would see how easy these clocks are

[Flinch]

Hey guys,

I noticed cpu-z differs a fair bit from what I have cpu volts set at in the bios, which do you go by?

[NapalmV5]

dont worry what vcore cpuz shows.. go by bios

multimeter @ chokes is another vcore monitor option

[NapalmV5]

Yeah, 780i boards good for about 440-450FSB, 790i boards a little better to around 475, some reports are higher but I'm yet to get one that does. Tried 3 Striker 2 Extremes and they all max'd out around 475 using 2 different QX9650's. Main thing though is that they become unstable at high (more than 4.2 GHZ) CPU speeds regardless of multi used. The good thing is that they are a genuinely fast boards although they don't overclock as well as P45, X38 or X48 chipsets.

Have 2 identical machines, one has a Striker 2 Extreme and the other a Rampage Extreme. The Rampage clocks noticeably higher and benches higher generally ( except memory read & latency ) , but the Striker based system is way faster in Windows and is game killer with 2 x GTX 280's. I have not tried any Crossfire setups so graphics performance may be equal to or better than an SLi setup !@!

Bottom line is........If you want bragging rights for overclocking ( and don't misunderstand here, the guys in this thread deserve all the praise we can bestow) go Intel chipset. If you want an extremely responsive system, go the 790i setup. Your clocks will definitely not be as high but Windows will be lightening fast when matched up with the right ancillary hardware. However, be warned that nVidia chipsets are not as easy to clock successfully as Intel. Be prepared for some painful episodes before you get it right, but it is worth it.

I've got a Gigabyte EP45T Extreme coming in tomorrow as that seems to be one of the favoured board's in this thread and I'll see how it performs. If it outperforms the Striker 2 Extreme ( in all around responsiveness and not purely overclocking numbers which I'm sure it will do easily ) then to quote NapalmV5 " I'll napalm ASUS" and move on.

Taking all into account though, I have not clocked either of these systems successfully over 4.5GHz ( with a quad that is ..) and big things happen speed wise when you get over that number with high FSB speeds..

thanks

interested/wanna see what your 2x qx9650 do on the ep45t extreme

im gettin the ep45t extreme tomorrow aswell

[Flinch]

Thanks Napalm,

I'm perplexed as I set my vcore to 1.33 and under load (P95)with LLC off, cpu-z is showing 1.24 and that's the most vdroop I've ever had on any P35/X48.

This is using my UD3P.

I didn't re-install cpu-z after changing from my Q6600, I don't think that would make any difference.

That's where I'm scratching my head.

Edit: I'm also a little hesitant to use LLC on a regular basis as I can't make heads or tails if the *spike* theory is fact or fiction encompassed with degrading.

Setting 1.33 in the bios also shows 1.23-1.24 without load in cpu-z, so something is just not right here.

[markost]

markost could you share you bios settings for this nice overclock. I just purchased a QX9650 and given the challange of getting this motherboard stable with a dual core, I should would like a head start with this quad core. I took me a week to get this motherboard stable when I first got it. Thanks in advance.

http://markostnetworking.com/benching/Striker 2 Extreme/