Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[systemviper]

I got the ballz but i don't have the capzzzz...

very sweet stuff, good to hear from u again...
just picked up another Q9650, finallyback to my roots.

regads/steve

and heres why i got to run it ~1.6vcore

video - this beast draws a whole lot of juice


sound - this beast draws a whole lot of juice


+ areca raid/2x ssd

if it wouldnt be for all that ^ no need for 1.6vcore.. 1.5 would do

[mrcape]

Anyone got 550+ fsb with this cpu on x48? I can get 520 but I don't want to waste my time under LN if this is chipset limit.

RE is the board. I can tweak the board, just want to know if it's been done. I saw mention of 530fsb on Rampage formula. A 10 multi on this would be nice.

[xguntherc]

This chip does best on the ep45 and like boards. I've seen people say they couldn't get much out of x48 boards with this Chip.. Get an ep45, a UD3P board and this chip will really really shine!

(That is good advice, i SHOULD take it myself and get a ep45, and a GTX295 instead of my 260's and 750i) I'd probably get a higher clock, and better performance)

[PortCitySlim]

After a few months of working with my chip and ram, this is what I have settled on. I had to run 2.0D strap because no matter what I did the 2.4B strap ended up being total garbage.



OCCT and Prime95 stable.

[andressergio]

After a few months of working with my chip and ram, this is what I have settled on. I had to run 2.0D strap because no matter what I did the 2.4B strap ended up being total garbage.



OCCT and Prime95 stable.

glad you made it mate

[tripleflip18]

Hello Fellow members. I just bought HD Camcorder and in desperate need to accelerate rending times. I have Abit IP35 PRO motherboard currently with E8400 OC to 3.6ghz. How does Q9650 OC/perform on this motherboard? Can anyone comment? Thank you, im so ready to pull the trigger but need to know what clocks people are getting with this motherboard since i can't afford another motherboard at the moment. Also if people who use Vegas pro, are you seeing a good difference in performance? Thank you!

[NapalmV5]

ud3p/1.2875vider/thermalright ifx14/gtx285/areca1231/4xssd



more than "justa screenshot"

i could probably get it to bench nicely @ 4.8 if time permits..


oh and btw.. if you guys want an easy 4.5-4.6ghz.. guaranteed @ current ep45-extreme batch @ newegg.. not many left

[nilo123]

here is my temps and voltages on idle.
i would like to lower my vcore and also my temps, maintaining by this clock speed.

any suggestions for my bio settings???

[jas420221]

What are your max clocks on a the hx520? Because Im running into some PSU issues as well (at least I think). Anything over 4ghz is just unstable. But I want to make sure its the PSU before I buy something else.

Running a Zalman ZM-600HP with 4*16A rails and a GTX285. Prime/Memtest/Linx stable, yet Crysis/3dmark06 = instant crash.

Sounds like a GPU issue to me.

Can you run Furmark alone without it crashing? If so, can you run Furmark AND P95, Linx, or IBT at the same time? If you can run both of those at the same time, I doubt its a PSU issue.

I also doubt the guy with the 750W PSU is limited either. Water doesnt take up but 10-25W depending on the pump and fans are shhhhh.

[deachus]

here is my temps and voltages on idle.
i would like to lower my vcore and also my temps, maintaining by this clock speed.

any suggestions for my bio settings???

I would try playing with CPU/NB Skews, CPU GTL and vFSB. I only need 1.31v for 4.2Ghz and I am currently running 4320Mhz @ 1.36v.

[terroristone]

so which would be better? the ep45-extreme or the ud3p? also on the ud3p when using 2 video cards (non crossfire) dose the lanes stay at 16x and 8x or do they both drop to 8x?
Regards Andrew

[kagula323]

so which would be better? the ep45-extreme or the ud3p? also on the ud3p when using 2 video cards (non crossfire) dose the lanes stay at 16x and 8x or do they both drop to 8x?
Regards Andrew

I don't know about ep45-extreme .... but for ud3p they both get to work in 8x mode .... also ud3p has Load Line Calibration in bios ... ep45-extreme doesn't so unless u feel confortable about volt moding the board for vdrop I suggest u to buy ud3p (or ud3r if u don't need crossfire) because from what I've seen oc's the quads same as the extreme, if not even better

Jorelb3r and radaja and zucker also could give their opinion because they had lot of fun with quad on ud3p and/or ep45-extreme

i've so far only played with e8400 and ud3p (4.5GHZ so far ... and like it big times)


this is just my personal opinion
hope it helps

[terroristone]

i just ordered the ud3p hoping to have it in the next few days! is there a guide around or should i read thru the thread again?
Andrew

[Hoss331]

Testing with the new water setup.

[kagula323]

i just ordered the ud3p hoping to have it in the next few days! is there a guide around or should i read thru the thread again?
Andrew

I believe u will be verry happy with the UD3P ... u can anytime ask on this thread for templates :P .... but reading thru the thread is also a good starting point.
Good luck with it. I'm waiting for u to post some results once u have it and start testing .

[radaja]

i just ordered the ud3p hoping to have it in the next few days! is there a guide around or should i read thru the thread again?
Andrew

you made a great choice.UD3P and quads =JOY

[terroristone]

i got the board man i cannot believe how cold everything is in my case now, such a big difference. I've currently got my watercooling on it as well, while i was at it i fitted a new swiftech gtz (had a gtx), i've got a few problems (i'm sure i will have many more) coming from DFI im a little lost on what setting is what, but i think im managing. i have everything set at default, i have set the voltages to normal, and disabled all the speedstep stuff, i have manually set my ram volts to 2.1. load windows and run prime95 small FFT's and i dosnt last any longer than 1 min before the cores start dropping out. unless i can come across a "quick" 4ghz bios settings, looks like i'll be playing with this board for some time. Not overley impressed yet except everything is cooler, but i'll give it some time. I'm also planning to do the PSU mod next week.
Regards Andrew

[radaja]

terroristone,heres one of my templates for my Q9650 and the UD3P. you can give it a try if you want.

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) 

Robust Graphics Booster ..................: Auto 
CPU Clock Ratio ..........................: 8 
Fine CPU Clock Ratio......................: 
CPU Frequency ............................: 4.00 (500x8) 

Clock Chip Control 
Standard Clock Control 
CPU Host Clock Control....................: Enabled 
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) .................: 500 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) ..............: auto 
C.I.A. 2..................................: Disabled 

Advanced Clock Control 
CPU Clock Drive...........................: 1000mv 
PCI Express Clock Drive...................: 1000mv 
CPU Clock Skew (ps).......................: 0ps 
MCH Clock Skew (ps).......................: 50ps 

DRAM Performance Control 
Performance Enhance......................: Turbo 
MCH Frequency Latch......................: auto 
System Memory Multiplier ................: 2.00D 
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ..................: 1000 
DRAM Timing Selectable ..................: Manual 

Standard Timing Control 
CAS Latency Time.........................: 5 
tRCD ....................................: 5 
tRP......................................: 5
tRAS.....................................: 15
Advanced Timing Control [Press Enter] 
tRRD.....................................: [Auto] 
tWTR.....................................: [Auto] 
tWR......................................: [Auto] 
tRFC.....................................: Auto
tRTP.....................................: [Auto] 
Command Rate (CMD) ......................: 0 [Auto] 
Channel A 
Channel A Timings Settings 
Static tRead Value......................: 9
REST AUTO
Channel B 
Channel B Timings Settings 
Static tRead Value......................: 9
REST AUTO 
Motherboard Voltage Control 

Load-Line Calibration.....................: Enabled 
CPU Vcore...............1.32500V..........: 1.3875........or what ever your cpu needs 
CPU Termination.........1.200V............: 1.380 
CPU PLL.................1.500V............: 1.570 
CPU Reference...........0.760V............: 0,924 
MCH/ICH 
MCH Core................1.100V............: 1.40 
MCH Reference...........0.760V............: 0,939
MCH/DRAM Reference......0.900V............: Normal 
ICH I/O.................1.500V............: Normal 
ICH Core................1.100V............: Normal 
DRAM 
DRAM Voltage............1.800V............: 1.98......or what ever you ram needs
DRAM Termination........0.900V............: Normal 
Channel A Address Vref..0.900V............:Normal 
Channel B Address Vref..0.900V............:Normal 

Advanced Settings 
Limit CPUID Max. to 3.....................: Disabled 
No-Execute Memory Protect.................: Enabled 
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E)...................: Disabled 
C2/C2E State Support......................: Disabled 
x C4/C4E State Support....................: Disabled 
CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) ...............: Disabled 
CPU EIST Function.........................: Disabled

if it doesnt work you might need to mess with the mch ref voltage,up one notch or down one notch.also same with cpu ref.
just got to find the right combination.
although ive had a couple of people been able to use the exact ref voltages and have it work.the good thing is,once you find
what your cpu and board likes you really wont have to mess with them anymore.
good luck keep us updated.PS most of my Q9650 templates are posted back around pages 67 to 90 in the ** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series thread.

[terroristone]

thanks heaps dude, those settings hit the nail on the head . i was starting to get pissed off as everytime i change a voltage setting in the bios i would get a contionus reboot, i really need to learn what all these settings mean and what hey actually do. Thanks again,
Regards Andrew

[Sparda]

@terroristone
There some settings here too to get you started. But some of the voltage is quite high.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=206096

[terroristone]

priming at 4.4ghz right now @ 1.376 vcore (490x9), im loving it, in 10 mins the dfi x48 took me like over a month to get stabe at 4ghz.

Andrew

edit, primed failed after 17min on one core then another went after 20min. which setting is for the gtl's?

[radaja]

thats great to hear.you'll soon understand all the settings once you familiarize yourself with the the board and chip.theres lots to read here on this board,like the thread Sparda pointed out.
the gtl's are cpu ref and mch ref(nb ref)

[Hoss331]

Remember on this board your mch ref tracks your vtt voltage not the mch voltage like it should. So if you change vtt or mch voltage a couple steps apart you may have to readjust the mch reference. This is what I used for 4.35, my chip is a low vid so you may or may not be able to use my vcore. And for the psu mod, I dont bite on that one, I was using an 850 rosewill for a long time and had no problems with going up to 5ghz or stablity.

******Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)******
 
Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ Auto     ]
CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 9        ]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ + 0.0    ]
CPU Frequency 4.35GHz...........................[ 483 x 9.0]
 
******Clock Chip Control******
 
CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled  ]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 483      ]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 100      ]
C.I.A 2.........................................[ Disabled ]
 
******Advanced Clock Control******
 
CPU Clock Drive.................................[ 800mv   ]
PCI Express Clock Drive.........................[ 900mv   ]
CPU Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps     ]
MCH Clock Skew..................................[ 0ps     ]
 
******DRAM Performance Control******
 
Performance Enhance.............................[ Standard ]
(G) MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ 333      ]
System Memory Multipler.........................[ 2.40B    ]
Memory Frequency 1066...........................[ 1159     ]
DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ Manual   ]
 
CAS Latency Time................................[ 5       ]
tRCD............................................[ 6       ]
tRP.............................................[ 5       ]
tRAS............................................[ 15      ]
 
******Advanced Timing Control******
 
tRRD[3].........................................[ 3       ]
tWTR[3].........................................[ 3       ]
tWR[6]..........................................[ 6       ]
tRFC[54]........................................[ 54      ]
tRTP[3].........................................[ 3       ]
Command Rate (cmd)[0]...........................[ 2T      ]
 
******Channel A Timing Settings******     
 
Static tRead Value        [ 8 ] ................[ 8       ]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
 
tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 6 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank)   [ 6 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 5 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto    ]
 
Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto    ]
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto    ]
DDR Write Training..............................[ Enabled ]
 
******Channel A Driving Settings****** 
 
Drive Strength Profile..........................[ 1066    ]
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto    ]
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto    ]
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto    ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto    ]
 
Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto    ]
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto    ]
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto    ]
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto    ]
 
******Channel B Timing Settings******     
 
Static tRead Value        [ 8 ] ................[ 8       ]
tRD Phase0 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD Phase1 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD Phase2 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD Phase3 Adjustment     [ 0 ] ................[ Auto    ]
 
tRD 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 6 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tWR 2wr (Differnt Rank)   [ 6 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tWR 2rd (Differnt Rank)   [ 5 ] ................[ Auto    ]
tRD 2wr (Same/Difft Rank) [ 8 ] ................[ Auto    ]
 
Dimm 1 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto    ]
Dimm 2 Clock Skew Control.......................[ Auto    ]
DDR Write Training..............................[ Enabled ]
 
******Channel B Driving Settings****** 
 
Drive Strength Profile..........................[ 1066    ]
Data Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto    ]
cmd Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto    ]
ctrl Driving Pull Up Level......................[ Auto    ]
clk Driving Pull Up Level.......................[ Auto    ]
 
Data Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto    ]
cmd Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto    ]
ctrl Driving Pull Down Level....................[ Auto    ]
clk Driving Pull Down Level.....................[ Auto    ]
 
******Motherboard Voltage Control******
 
Load-Line Calibration...........................[ Enabled ]
CPU Vcore         [ 1.15    ]...................[ 1.36875 ]
CPU Termination   [ 1.20    ]...................[ 1.280   ]
CPU PLL           [ 1.50    ]...................[ 1.500   ]
CPU Reference     [ 0.760   ]...................[ 0.835   ]
 
MCH Core          [ 1.100   ]...................[ 1.300   ]
MCH Reference     [ 0.760   ]...................[ 0.850   ]
MCH/DRAM Refernce [ 0.900   ]...................[ 1.110   ]
ICH I/O           [ 1.500   ]...................[ 1.500   ]
ICH Core          [ 1.100   ]...................[ 1.100   ]
 
DRAM Voltage      [ 1.800   ]...................[ 2.220   ]
DRAM Termination  [ 0.900   ]...................[ 1.110   ]
Channel A Ref     [ 0.900   ]...................[ 1.110   ]
Channel B Ref     [ 0.900   ]...................[ 1.110   ]

******Advanced BIOS Features******
 
Limit CPUID Max to 3............................[ Disabled ]
No-Execute memory Protect.......................[ Disabled ]
CPU Enhance Halt (CIE)..........................[ Disabled ]
C2/C2E State Support............................[ Disabled ]
C4/C4E State Support............................[ Disabled ]
CPU Thermal Monitor.............................[ Disabled ]
CPU EIST Function...............................[ Disabled ]
Virtualization Technology.......................[ Disabled ]

[jas420221]

What seems to be the FSB limit on the P5Q deluxe? I have a Q9650 on order from a friend through another site. And with my Q9450, I just cant get the P5Q dx to boot past 493Mhz no matter what. Any thoughts?

[Hoss331]

For mine its was about 500 bootable, the highest I ever got it was 507 with setfsb.