The E0 Q9550 SLB9V thread (finally!)

[ViViD]

Yeap Quad Is Good For 3D 06 And Not Good For 3D 01

I Can't Change GTL's AnyMore Leave Auto When Chang It Not Boot windows
I'm Stable 510 FSB All Test With 1.7 Vcore It's Too High

[kagula323]

GET A GIGABYTE UD3P and clock the hell out of that Q9550

[ViViD]

GET A GIGABYTE UD3P and clock the hell out of that Q9550

Ya I Know But For Now I Can't Change Mobo Beacause I Wouldn't Cost For PC

[kagula323]

Anyone got a Q9550 FPO L846B738 ? or know how well they overclock? please post

[YZjon]

**MODS** If this is in the wrong place please move, figured it would be ok to post in this thread. **MODS**

My 1st post here and I'm in awe of the amount of information that's available. I'm kinda lagging behind in the technology but feel it's still worth trying to get all I can before a major upgrade. Thank you for any help I receive and apologies for the long post.

I've been searching and searching but haven't been able to find any information specific to the Q9550 and the IN9 32X-Max. I'm currently stable at 2.94GHz and I'm wondering if my bios settings are what they should be.

I'm a long time computer builder and recently started overclocking my stuff with the sole purpose of obtaining a bit more performance with stability as the main focus. I don't plan to squeeze as much as I can as I'm on air cooling with a Zalman CNPS9500AT but I feel 3.5GHz? should be attainable with what I have via some xtreme xpert advice.

I fully understand that I will have to increase several voltages in order to stay stable at higher clock speeds but, am I on the right track? Are the OCguru settings correct?

When I increase the bus speed my mem frequency drops, is this normal?

Here are some screens:







During Prime95 torture test: Do my temps look ok for my current settings?


Linked or Unlinked? Can I get up to 3.5GHz by upping the bus and voltages with this configuration? Are lower multipliers + higher bus speeds preferred?


What is a good voltage configuration to start at for 3.2GHz?


Should I try changing the timings to 5-5-5-15 and bump up the clock? Leave alone? I need faster memory to do what I'm asking?


Thank you for reading and for any help received,

Jon

[monza1412]

YZjon, I think your question deserves its own thread, you will probably get more answers as well, but since you post it here I will try to help you out .
If I am not mistaken, your motherboard has a Nvidia 680 chipset, I really have no clue how far you can go with a quad and that chipset (check out the Asus Striker thread here).
Give it a try in 400 fsb with your cpu multi at 6x and your memory in 1:1 ratio (your RAM/CPU should do this just fine) and test stability mainly focus in your motherboard (prime blend test), if its stable then set your cpu multi to 8.5 and try some prime small ffts.
That would be 3400 mhz, for a start I think is pretty good.
Good luck and keep us posted

[YZjon]

**** If anyone wishes to offer help please see this thread and post there ****

YZjon, I think your question deserves its own thread, you will probably get more answers as well, but since you post it here I will try to help you out .
If I am not mistaken, your motherboard has a Nvidia 680 chipset, I really have no clue how far you can go with a quad and that chipset (check out the Asus Striker thread here).
Give it a try in 400 fsb with your cpu multi at 6x and your memory in 1:1 ratio (your RAM/CPU should do this just fine) and test stability mainly focus in your motherboard (prime blend test), if its stable then set your cpu multi to 8.5 and try some prime small ffts.
That would be 3400 mhz, for a start I think is pretty good.
Good luck and keep us posted

Thank you for the reply and suggestions. I tried what you said and couldn't get it to post. No matter what I try, "Linked" will not allow system to post. Right now it's stable at 2.94GHz unlinked but going higher is posing similar results with a no post. I've tried small increments with .5v increases across the board. Still won't post.

I think I'll post this in it's own thread per your suggestion, need a bunch of eyes to hit this.