Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[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