Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[xguntherc]

nas.. those temps of 46 46 46 49 on idle.. are those at stock CPU speeds? or overclocked. my room during the winter gets cold, but during the summer I keep the AC around 78F just to keep the AC bill down. at stock speeds my CPU sat around 30c.. and overclocked it was around 38c If I remember right, but now I'm under water, and at 4.0 Ghz and my temps are around 28-31c idle.. even now it's getting up to 78F in my house.

if your temps are 46-49c at stock speeds, those are terrible temps and you should try a reseat, what thermal paste did you use? I think you'd get a good increase using the TRUE..

[nascasho]

nas.. those temps of 46 46 46 49 on idle.. are those at stock CPU speeds? or overclocked. my room during the winter gets cold, but during the summer I keep the AC around 78F just to keep the AC bill down. at stock speeds my CPU sat around 30c.. and overclocked it was around 38c If I remember right, but now I'm under water, and at 4.0 Ghz and my temps are around 28-31c idle.. even now it's getting up to 78F in my house.

if your temps are 46-49c at stock speeds, those are terrible temps and you should try a reseat, what thermal paste did you use? I think you'd get a good increase using the TRUE..

I am currently at 3.4Ghz w/ 1.25V in the BIOS. I've already reseated twice and my ambients are about 80 - 85F and same results spread, and with a line across the cores. The thermal paste I use is AS5.

I will pick up that TRUE. Can you recommend a good LED fan to use with them? Scythe are good, but no LED's.

[BababooeyHTJ]

I am currently at 3.4Ghz w/ 1.25V in the BIOS. I've already reseated twice and my ambients are about 80 - 85F and same results spread, and with a line across the cores. The thermal paste I use is AS5.

I will pick up that TRUE. Can you recommend a good LED fan to use with them? Scythe are good, but no LED's.

Pick up a couple of Yates from Petra's.

[nascasho]

Pick up a couple of Yates from Petra's.

I assume you mean these Yates?

Linky