Quote Originally Posted by jeanjean15 View Post
Hello .

I bought a Q9650 to know if i was able to overclock it at 4300 mhz with only 1.4 volt .

But i must say what i was very disappointed . First of all , i needed 1.36 volt to be stable at 4050 mhz and it was impossible to exceed 480 mhz with the FSB and even less be stable at such high fsb !

So my question is : where do you find your fabulous q9650 ??

Do you buy 10 processors to find a good one ?
No you just need a better board.

I just finished a system for a friend and it was Prime95 stable at 4500Mhz with 1.39vcore. Mine cpu also Prime95 above 4600Mhz.

Some need less then others but that wall of 480fsb was probably the board not the cpu.