Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[radaja]

agree also but i quotted the 500x9 not 445x9...

Cheers to both
Sergio

yea i know you get it.your UD3P+Q9650 =

[LennyRhys]

What cooling is that?

Zalman 9700 + Zalman STG1 paste ftw.

[andressergio]

yea i know you get it.your UD3P+Q9650 =

LOL that's a nice equation

Cheers mate
Sergio

[andressergio]

dropped vcore and some MCH and here it goes



Cheers all
Sergio

[humeyboy]

Zalman 9700 + Zalman STG1 paste ftw.

Are you sure your reading the Diode Temp ?

The MFII Socket Temp is miles out and its far lower than it should be, my CPU reads 18C right now which is total BS as room temp is 20C at 3am.

Read the higher Core 1/2/3/4 Temps from Speedfan or/and use Coretemp/Realtemp.

The reason I say this is all them Zalman CPU coolers are pretty crap and cool no where near as well as plenty others.

You would do better with a Noctua/TR True 120/Tuniq/Titan Fenrir

[espionage]

nice oc, sergio. is that on air?? volts seems to be a little high.

[OC Nub]

Nice OC Sergio!

[LennyRhys]

Are you sure your reading the Diode Temp ?

The MFII Socket Temp is miles out and its far lower than it should be, my CPU reads 18C right now which is total BS as room temp is 20C at 3am.

Read the higher Core 1/2/3/4 Temps from Speedfan or/and use Coretemp/Realtemp.

The reason I say this is all them Zalman CPU coolers are pretty crap and cool no where near as well as plenty others.

You would do better with a Noctua/TR True 120/Tuniq/Titan Fenrir

I'm using coretemp (did you actually look at my screen cap?)

This happened with my E8500 too - I posted a screen and the temps were low, and when people found out it was a Zalman 9700 they said "it must be a mistake" etc.

With the Q9650 @ 4GHz my load temps are 50C, and you say my cooler is "pretty crap"

[andressergio]

nice oc, sergio. is that on air?? volts seems to be a little high.

Nope its on water
Yes volts are needed no keep it stable tough all its not even warm, of course im on winter, in summer i just go back to my 4140Mhz on 1,26vcore

this chips does magic from 4300 to 4000 on low volts, after that more voltaje is needed like most quads.

Thanks mate

Cheers
Sergio

[andressergio]

Nice OC Sergio!

Thanks Tom

Cheers
Sergio

[LennyRhys]

Here is my latest achievement - Spi 1m @ 4.4GHz, 1.39v



Tried to boot at 500x9 and I may have corrupted one of my OS files. oh the cost of enthusiasm

[Jor3lBR]

Ok guys lets chill and get back to topic.

Everybody uses the hardware they want here. The fun of tweaking can be found in any piece of hardware, from the cheap $1 ferrite cores for the psu lines to the most expensive graphic card. Lets not take that fun away just because this or the other board is better for Quads. Sometimes one has to reach the limits of one board to then look for others, same as for cooling, I started with cheap air now I'm already upgrading my Cryo-Z and thinking about LN2.

Back to Q9650 OC:

[LennyRhys]

Nice points Jor3|BR - I thought my 9700 would be too limited to cope with my Q9650 but now I'm setting my sights on 4.2GHz and maybe even 4.3GHz for everyday use seeing that my load temps are so low. I wanted the Maximus II knowing full well the UD3P was an easier board to work with, and I have no regrets since SPi @ 4.4 was very easy...once I had a decent BIOS.

And 5GHz awesome

[ViViD]

Wowwwwww 5GHZ Wowwwww It's Amazing Speed
No Word To Say
Very Good Chip And Alsoo Good Mobo

[LennyRhys]

Jor3|BR how many times have you corrupted your OS with these crazy FSB/CPU speeds?

[Jor3lBR]

Wowwwwww 5GHZ Wowwwww It's Amazing Speed
No Word To Say
Very Good Chip And Alsoo Good Mobo

Jor3|BR how many times have you corrupted your OS with these crazy FSB/CPU speeds?

Well thanks, amazingly I only corrupted ONCE when I used setFSB instead ET6. EasyTune never corrupted anything and I use a Raid_0 array.

I can boot into windows with 5Ghz and still run some bench like Everest and SuperPi:


Some more:

[NapalmV5]

ONCE ?? 0 corruption here

[Jor3lBR]

ONCE ?? 0 corruption here

Hey Napalm! Yeah another advantage of these Ep45 I recall having several windows installation on different Hdd's on my DFI boards just to cover corruptions.

Thanks again for the congrats I only need 1 gold cup to conquer all the Q9650 results.

But for that I need to buy a Areca 9010 and that thing is $$$

[NapalmV5]

hey sup!

you want that gold cup ?? here you go..

[Jor3lBR]

hey sup!

you want that gold cup ?? here you go..

OK ship me your Areca's NOW

[andressergio]

Ok guys lets chill and get back to topic.

Everybody uses the hardware they want here. The fun of tweaking can be found in any piece of hardware, from the cheap $1 ferrite cores for the psu lines to the most expensive graphic card. Lets not take that fun away just because this or the other board is better for Quads. Sometimes one has to reach the limits of one board to then look for others, same as for cooling, I started with cheap air now I'm already upgrading my Cryo-Z and thinking about LN2.

Back to Q9650 OC:

Damn mate thats awesome

[greg.m]

Well i just installed my new new toy one nice nickel plated heatkiller and here are some prime stable results with my "crappy" rampage formula
Its the first time im prime stable with this hardware at this speed and... this.. having 25c room temperature



and just for your eyes


Niceeee

[LennyRhys]

Nice work greg I am also aiming for something similar - I just got my new OCZ blades today and will probably settle for the 5:6 divider, about 1150MHz.

Fortunately my Q9650 does nicely with low volts

[greg.m]

Nice work greg I am also aiming for something similar - I just got my new OCZ blades today and will probably settle for the 5:6 divider, about 1150MHz.

Fortunately my Q9650 does nicely with low volts

Nice job! Fantastic volts!!

The think is that i have a X48 chip so i need a lot more juice(to be fully stable) than P45s otherwise i cant imagine what my lovely Q9650 could with a P45....

[OC Nub]

Great temps greg.m for 1.424v, What CPU block did you have before this? And how much lower are the temps with the HeatKiller 3.0?