Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[LiquidReactor]

The price cut on these chips made Intel ship sub-par cpu's to stores, most of them with stuck sensors and poor Ociers...

Are you serious?
So would you recommend getting one now.

[Jor3lBR]

Are you serious?
So would you recommend getting one now.

I can't say this is entirely TRUE but I have yet to find a new Q9650 (small box with white and blue on it) that has healthy sensors.

I haven't done enough comparisons to say that is a law.

I would wait and see how the new small box Q9650 are doing first, or get an old big blue box one from eBay.

[kill_a_wat]

Jorlbr where you getting that info from? Is that official or hearsay?

Just got back from o/c'ing my mates Q9650 1.225VID. So far so good and its done 4410Mhz P95 blend stable (overnight run) but the chip runs hot...i think its the tradeoff with a lower VID chip. So he is running it at 4.3Ghz atm @ 1.36v (dual back to back 30 run IBT stable, P95 not yet tested but P95 shouldn't be any problems )

Anyone else with a 1.225VID that runs say 5-10c hotter @ same volts vs a 1.25VID. I think they definetly have more o/c potential than there higher VID brothers but offset is strong cooling required

[Jor3lBR]

Jorlbr where you getting that info from? Is that official or hearsay?

Just got back from o/c'ing my mates Q9650 1.225VID. So far so good and its done 4410Mhz P95 blend stable (overnight run) but the chip runs hot...i think its the tradeoff with a lower VID chip. So he is running it at 4.3Ghz atm @ 1.36v (dual back to back 30 run IBT stable, P95 not yet tested but P95 shouldn't be any problems )

Anyone else with a 1.225VID that runs say 5-10c hotter @ same volts vs a 1.25VID. I think they definetly have more o/c potential than there higher VID brothers but offset is strong cooling required

It's not hearsay it's what I've seen from personal experience so far.

I guess if you get a new small boxed Q9650 that has 1.225VID and no stuck sensors that should be good.

[LiquidReactor]

Jorlbr where you getting that info from? Is that official or hearsay?

Just got back from o/c'ing my mates Q9650 1.225VID. So far so good and its done 4410Mhz P95 blend stable (overnight run) but the chip runs hot...i think its the tradeoff with a lower VID chip. So he is running it at 4.3Ghz atm @ 1.36v (dual back to back 30 run IBT stable, P95 not yet tested but P95 shouldn't be any problems )

Anyone else with a 1.225VID that runs say 5-10c hotter @ same volts vs a 1.25VID. I think they definetly have more o/c potential than there higher VID brothers but offset is strong cooling required

You're also live in Australia, right? Might be a delay there b/c of shipping etc.