Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[radaja]

whoopi! its here.batch #L826A965.looks like i got your twin here EOD.

[Robilar]

I've just started testing mine. 1.1875 VID. started with 3.6 (only needs 1.20 vcore for stability with orthos). It may even go lower, I'm testing it in stages.

[ElAguila]

Well I had to make some changes to get it prime stable past 6 hours. To be stable at 4.25GHz I had to up the vcore to 1.368 which show an actual reading of 1.353. With this the idle temps were 38C and the prime load temps were 63C.

[kill_a_wat]

As long as I can get the cpu to last me a year. That seems to be the upgrade cycle time for me and cpu's and 2 years on video cards(well most of the time 2 years.)

Probably the best idea would be to stay under 4.3Ghz for 24/7 IMO anyway

[Hoss331]

So far so good, 4.1 with 1.2312 bios. Im going to try for some 4.4 clocks next week, just breaking it in for now.

[xguntherc]

man, now these are so cheap I really want a new one. when seeing people like the guy above hit 4.1 ghz with less than my VID alone.. that sucks. lol I needed 1.25 to load at 3.0 Ghz.. sadness.

Still a great chip, but I want another.

So would my chip possibly reach higher overclocks with the same volts I'm using with other motherboards, some need lower volts than others to reach the same clocks right? or no, is that all how the CPU needs it.

[pphx459]

Yea, these chips are finally cheap enough to warrant an upgrade from an Q6600. I wonder how many people are hitting over 4.0 with a Maximus?

[EOD]

I've just started testing mine. 1.1875 VID. started with 3.6 (only needs 1.20 vcore for stability with orthos). It may even go lower, I'm testing it in stages.

You have a great chip Robilar! I started with my goal of 4.2Ghz and got that stable. Then today I decided to see what 4.0GHz would take. It took just +0.006v over vid:

[bsix]

I have a Q6600 running at 3200 on a Abit P35. Would it be possible to get to to 4K with the Q9650 with a mild voltage bump with the P35 board? I know this looks like it would be possible with the P45 but if upgrade boards probably going to wait for a P55 and a i7 chip.

Looks like some great results so far....

[mreld3r]

I have a Q6600 running at 3200 on a Abit P35. Would it be possible to get to to 4K with the Q9650 with a mild voltage bump with the P35 board? I know this looks like it would be possible with the P45 but if upgrade boards probably going to wait for a P55 and a i7 chip.

Looks like some great results so far....

yes, im running @4.0 right now on a MSI p35 NEO2 FR. This is a rev.1 board with bad VoltageReg (mucho vdroop). I think this is a 4 phase board.
P35 is still a respectable o/c board. Sure its no P45; but still...
I am really loving this chip
Btw.. on this motherboard with the crappy vReg. I had to run 1.6vCPU (bios) just to get my 6600 (1.325 vid) to run @3.6Ghz
With my 9650 it takes 1.28Vcpu to run @4.0 Ghz

my settings for the Nb were the same with the 6600 vs 9650 on this board. Only difference is the Vcore
Vtt 1.3 nb 1.45 sbio 1.8 sbcore 1.05
maybe i can lower them, but I haven't tried yet

[radaja]

9650 installed. quick run at stock to check and see if cpu is ok and to see how warm it runs.vid is 1.25. heres the first OC. still priming so far so good.pretty happy with temps so far.i will keep you guy posted.

[viccan]

Yea, these chips are finally cheap enough to warrant an upgrade from an Q6600. I wonder how many people are hitting over 4.0 with a Maximus?

Well 3825 MHz seems to be my cieling with this Zalman 9700 cooler
I have repeatedly with dozens of tweaks attempted 4GHz and just cant get windows to fully boot, I've come close getting past the password screen but it freezes shortly after loging in..

I have a vid of 1.16
Currently have stable occt 1 hr @ 1.175 425x9 = 3825MHz
I had to put a fan on my NB as it was pushing 50'c + now idling @43'c
I mainly played with the voltage and FSB i tried increasing my NB v but no effect there?

One thing that is bothering me is the load time to boot, my previous 6600 on gigabyte gax38DQ6 seemed much faster I count the times the bar rolls across the screen before the password prompt and it used to be 4-5 rolls across now It takes 10?? My benches are rocking @ just under 23,000 on 3dm'06 up from 18000 w/ the 6600 @ 3.4ghz I just cant seem to hit that 4ghz marker Any suggestions would be very welcome, heres my voltages
Asus Formula Maximus

Vcore 1.16v
cpu pll 1.632
NB v 1.632
Dram 2.32
FSB term 1.344
SB v 1.072
ddr2 controller ref v 1.152
SB 1.5v Voltage 1.552

Any help greatly appreciated

[cencik]

Vcore 1.16v to low set 1.25-1275v more maybe needed for 4ghz
cpu pll 1.632 set to 1.50- 1.54 in bios
NB v 1.632 to high try below 1.50
Dram 2.32 to high try lower <2.20
FSB term 1.344 ok for 4ghz

[mreld3r]

What to do about the abnormally high core temp? One core is 10c higher than the rest. Just ignore it?
Rest of the cores look great. I really dont think that one core is really 10c higher.

[viccan]

Vcore 1.16v to low set 1.25-1275v more maybe needed for 4ghz
cpu pll 1.632 set to 1.50- 1.54 in bios
NB v 1.632 to high try below 1.50
Dram 2.32 to high try lower <2.20
FSB term 1.344 ok for 4ghz

Thanks for these #'s but.... Still no go wouldn't even post 9 out of 10 times

Changed vcore incrementally from 1.25 up to 1.35
pll from 1.47 upto 1.54
NB from 1.48- 1.54v
Dram -2.18v
???

Any other ideas?

1.175v boots right up to 3.8 ghz ?

I know with a vid this Low stock it has to be able to hit 4 ghz.. I havent tried voltages over 1.4v so that might be the ticket just don't wanna fry the chip It might go though ?


Edit**
1 other item noticed, I was reading somewhere that it might be vista and that reinstalling a fresh copy might solve the problem?? Any possibility of this being true?

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

what is your vFSB/vtt at viccan?

[viccan]

what is your vFSB/vtt at viccan?

well to actually run vista its @ 1.39v
ive tried uppin it to as high as 1.46v

Funny thing is even when i up my vcore to 1.206 which gets me to 3870mhz
My vcore in cpu-z as well as 3 other prgs. report it as 1.17 still?? should I kill the loadline cal and see if that helps??? I am completely stumped
Funnier is vista doesnt show the oc in the sys properties my q6600 always showed the stock then oc'd value??
vic

[radaja]

so far so good. its a little scary as to the volts required to get 500fsb.but im on my way.

[Grnfinger]

so far so good. its a little scary as to the volts required to get 500fsb.but im on my way.

Very nice!!

[radaja]

thanks grn,heres my latest.im almost at my goal of 8x500@4.0ghz.but i wanted to run my ram at 5:6,for ddr 1200 pl8 but so far only able to run 1:1.so im 1/2 the way there.not liking the high volts though,any suggestions? could really use some help here.thanks.also i am very impressed with this proccessor.i had no idea there would be so much improvement in all aspects of its duties(yes i said doodies).i mean installing vista was fast,and everything loads so fast its ridiculous.it almost scared me when i clicked the opera browser button how fast it was up on the screen in front of me,its likeBAM there it is.

[viccan]

just flashed to Rampage formula seems prettier but no beter luck?? This setting has to be there I got it to boot into safe mode @ 3.93 but thats the end of my success thus far couldn't do that on the old bios so this must have helped in some way??? HELP 1.12 vid its gotta go!!!

[viccan]

i dont believe it I set everything to normal except vcore (1.27v) and it booted seemed slow to boot and got an ugly smear accross screen at password prom,t but its up for once thankyou RAMPAGE!!
Temps seem high 39 39 38 38 idle ?? gonna play a bit see what come of it any pointers still greatly appreciated
Asus probe reports

vcore 1.27
sb 1.09
sb2 1.55
fsbt 1.39
dram 2.13
nb 1.63

[radaja]

nice one mcoffey! well ive finally got it stable at 500x8 half of my goal met,now to get the ram running 5:6 ddr 1200.

[viccan]

thanks grn,heres my latest.im almost at my goal of 8x500@4.0ghz.but i wanted to run my ram at 5:6,for ddr 1200 pl8 but so far only able to run 1:1.so im 1/2 the way there.not liking the high volts though,any suggestions? could really use some help here.thanks.also i am very impressed with this proccessor.i had no idea there would be so much improvement in all aspects of its duties(yes i said doodies).i mean installing vista was fast,and everything loads so fast its ridiculous.it almost scared me when i clicked the opera browser button how fast it was up on the screen in front of me,its likeBAM there it is.

whats your vid on this 9650? real temp tells me min= 1.0375 max= 1.1625
Ive currently got it at 1.28 and temps are somewhat high 39 39 40 41
had to over clock my NB to 1.73 just to get stable thus far i really need to get it down anyways any settings you might have would be appreciated i cant get over 4 ghz yet but i know its there just patience ....

[Celcius]

Currently priming my new q9650 @ 3.9ghz at only 1.280v on air. (I'm using a maximus 2 formula)
This is definitely the best cpu I've ever owned.