Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[Zucker2k]

Why did you change q9650 to q9550?

I caught the x58 fever and wanted to familiarize myself with the architecture, so I sold my UD3P+Q9650+8GB G.Skill Pis and upgraded without spending a penny more.

This was my result:



But then I started getting withdrawals from moving away from s775 so I decided to build a cheapo rig and satisfy my appetite for overclocking on this platform.

I had the choice of picking another Q9650, but there were many horror stories in this thread about lack-lustre 9650s with 1.300 vids, while the 9550s seem to show relatively better results. I decided to go as cheap as possible while pushing the clocks as much as my air-cooler would allow for 24/7. I still haven't finished putting parts together; I need better ram and psu, but this is what I've done so far. Oh, this chip also happens to be my best s775 chip do date.

Q9550 L844B872
EP45C-UD3R
2x 1GB Mushkin DDR2 1066
Xigmatek HDT S1283 (Stock fan)
Windows 7 x64

8x500 64bit P95 (Single-stock fan)



8x500 Linx 64bit (Stock fan + 93cfm thermaltake fan)



8.5x500 Linx 64bit (Stock fan + 93cfm thermaltake fan)