Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[Davit]

OK. Thanks brother! Doing it right now.
Was busy getting sli to work on p-45... what do you know..

[thezfunk]

Is everyone here using the DQ6? I have a 780i. Now that fall is coming on and cooler temps are here I am going to make some more runs at the OC.

[Morgoth]

Using asus p5q delux, I did have a Dq6, I found it to be more flakey than the asus

[Hoss331]

Is everyone here using the DQ6? I have a 780i.

Most people are using a UD3.

[-n7-]

you got my same batch n7 isnt yours L828A446 vid 1,1875 ?

Holy how'd you know my batch?!

My VID is actually 1.15v though, unless Core Temp/Real Temp are wrong.

[CryptiK]

WOW. That is exactly how mine looks... I tried the drop in the middle method, spread even method nothing worked... Nice to know that I am not entirely crazy. I will lap my 9650 asap, see what I can get out of it. Temp drop would be a pleasant bonus, I would even settle for temp stability between the cores lol. I have read mixed reviews about lapping the heat-killer, so I will let it be... Funny don't want to ruin a $90 waterblock, instead I am taking a sandpaper to $349(what I paid for it) CPU....

Thank you for the kind words as well!
There will be more shenanigans to come.

In my experience, even though not perfect, CPU's are a lot flatter than heatsinks/blocks. Also as you said, a block is a lot cheaper than a Q9650. If I were you, I'd try lapping the block at least a small amount, before lapping the cpu.

I got a lot of inspiration from all you amazing chaps here and am so excited to tell you that I got my dream Q9650

http://img97.imageshack.us/i/q96504400l847cq.png
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/325...4400l847cq.png

I have improved watercooling in the works as I just know that this chip has plenty more to give and which I am ready to receive

4.4GHz at 1.328v actual in CPU-Z feels so good and just rocks - I am so happy

Thanks so much to you all for all your continued contributions here and I wanted to give this back

Congrats on the great cpu, very nice overclock.

[quattro_]

the best i can do with Asus RE is 480x9 :


i cant get it to do 485fsb but im happy with the results ,still memory timing needs tweaking.

[In-Fluence]

Thanks for the good luck wishes!

It transpires that I placed the order, finance gets agreed, then they go and sell their last 2 to someone else! I'm not going to name & shame them, but I'm a tad peeved about it! Particularly as this is coming with 8Gb of OCZ blades and a handful of modding trinkets. They have reassured me it won't be long though so I'll hopefully get it in time for the weekend.

[KRich]

Thanks man! That is a nice low vid! Damn I bet you still have plenty of room left! I am going to try some benching at 4.5 tonight, big thanks to OC Nub! Some great tips, so hopefully I can post tomorrow morning with a good news!

I'm ready to receive all that extra speed Best of luck with 4.5 and sending all positive thoughts your way

Congrats on the great cpu, very nice overclock.

Cheers buddy

Thanks for the good luck wishes! They have reassured me it won't be long though so I'll hopefully get it in time for the weekend.

All the best and looking forward to hearing your good news too

[CryptiK]

OK. Thanks brother! Doing it right now.
Was busy getting sli to work on p-45... what do you know..

Very nice. Would like to see some 3d results on that beast.

Holy how'd you know my batch?!

My VID is actually 1.15v though, unless Core Temp/Real Temp are wrong.
http://ense7en.com/pics/q9650/vid1.15.JPG

Based on your VID, it should be able to go higher than 4.1 on the right board. Same your UD3P wasn't working well for you.

the best i can do with Asus RE is 480x9 :
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...Untitled-8.jpg

i cant get it to do 485fsb but im happy with the results ,still memory timing needs tweaking.

Very nicely done, could you please post your BIOS template or PM me with it? Haven't really pushed my REX with the Q9650 but 4GHz was very easy, would be interesting to see your settings.

[andressergio]

I got a lot of inspiration from all you amazing chaps here and am so excited to tell you that I got my dream Q9650



I have improved watercooling in the works as I just know that this chip has plenty more to give and which I am ready to receive

4.4GHz at 1.328v actual in CPU-Z feels so good and just rocks - I am so happy

Thanks so much to you all for all your continued contributions here and I wanted to give this back

woaaaaa !!!

Very nice mate awesome vid what batch is it ?

[andressergio]

Holy how'd you know my batch?!

My VID is actually 1.15v though, unless Core Temp/Real Temp are wrong.

jeje i spoted you somewhere over the forums

[KRich]

woaaaaa !!!

Very nice mate awesome vid what batch is it ?

Cheers buddy It is one of the golden L847C chips

[-n7-]

Cheers buddy It is one of the golden L847C chips

You've got a winner there, nicely done!

Based on your VID, it should be able to go higher than 4.1 on the right board. Same your UD3P wasn't working well for you.

I can, sorta.

But life with 8 GB isn't nearly as easy as with 4 GB, & i much prefer 8 GB with a lower clock to 4 GB with higher.

I did indeed buy a UD3P for a bit, but i wasn't very happy with it. (This was with my Q9550 & Mushkin 8 GB previously, granted.)
I saw right away how nice it was for clocking w/ 4 GB, but then i put the other two DIMMs in, & it turned into crap.
I couldn't even get it to POST past 467 FSB unless i was using the 266 strap, & while i eventually i thought i got 8.5x471 stable, the exact same setting were unstable the next time i ran stesstesting (they'd passed before).
In general, i found the board to be very inconsistent & flakey for 8 GB use, so i went back to my P5Q-D, where at least i find it consistent.

Here's i'm running 4.275 GHz
http://ense7en.com/pics/q9650/Q9650%...e%202%20hr.JPG

It's not really stable though, & i don't like running settings that don't run everything i throw at it.
Also, temps get too high around 4.2 GHz or higher as somehow even my lapped TRUE sucks.

[KRich]

You've got a winner there, nicely done!

Thanks ever so much

You've got a gem yourself and there is undoubtedly so much more it has to give - Have fun and good luck

[Davit]

In my experience, even though not perfect, CPU's are a lot flatter than heatsinks/blocks. Also as you said, a block is a lot cheaper than a Q9650. If I were you, I'd try lapping the block at least a small amount, before lapping the cpu.
Congrats on the great cpu, very nice overclock.

Thanks man, i will give it a shot and see what happens. Lapping kit should be here today, so we will see how it goes.

Davit, just lower vtt to 1.20v in bios, set ref's, then raise vtt back up. no need to load defaults.

Got it brother, that is exactly what I did. Was pretty straight forward!

I'm ready to receive all that extra speed Best of luck with 4.5 and sending all positive thoughts your way
All the best and looking forward to hearing your good news too

Thank you my friend,
No luck so far. I forgot to do my screens, but at 4.5 I am keep on failing prime,, most I got was 1.5hrs... I bumped the mch to around 1.44 and vtt to 1.36 while vcore is at 1.525... gonna play around a bit more with it. Maybe raise mch to 1.46 and vtt to 1.40...

[Davit]

Very nice. Would like to see some 3d results on that beast.

Well vantage was weird... MY gpu score was lower when I run it on single card overclocked. I know the sli is working cuz I can turn second card off and on in nvidia control panel... but something is definitely not working.
Overclocked single gtx 295 I got P24.1K in vantage, with 2 of them only 20.5K(not oc'ed)... so I need to tinker with it a bit. Cuz I should at least break 25K

[andressergio]

You've got a winner there, nicely done!



I can, sorta.

But life with 8 GB isn't nearly as easy as with 4 GB, & i much prefer 8 GB with a lower clock to 4 GB with higher.

I did indeed buy a UD3P for a bit, but i wasn't very happy with it. (This was with my Q9550 & Mushkin 8 GB previously, granted.)
I saw right away how nice it was for clocking w/ 4 GB, but then i put the other two DIMMs in, & it turned into crap.
I couldn't even get it to POST past 467 FSB unless i was using the 266 strap, & while i eventually i thought i got 8.5x471 stable, the exact same setting were unstable the next time i ran stesstesting (they'd passed before).
In general, i found the board to be very inconsistent & flakey for 8 GB use, so i went back to my P5Q-D, where at least i find it consistent.

It's not really stable though, & i don't like running settings that don't run everything i throw at it.
Also, temps get too high around 4.2 GHz or higher as somehow even my lapped TRUE sucks.

You should do at least the same as me with that batch mate, but what revision of ud3p you had ? 8GB with the UD3P is perfectly doable

Cheers mate
Sergio

[radaja]

KRich,if you ever decide to get rid of your
Q9650,i want it!!!
well i will actually take any of your guys chips
(n7,Davit,sergio,CryptiK,OCnub and so on and so on)
god i want a low vid Q9650.
so remember if any of you guys decide to sell
your Q9650's please oh please shoot me a PM

[andressergio]

KRich,if you ever decide to get rid of your
Q9650,i want it!!!
well i will actually take any of your guys chips
(n7,Davit,sergio,CryptiK,OCnub and so on and so on)
god i want a low vid Q9650.
so remember if any of you guys decide to sell
your Q9650's please oh please shoot me a PM

i trade it for ya 4200 I7 on 1,2vcore

[radaja]

yes i got lucky with my i7-920
but im still learning this i7 stuff
but i just really like LGA775 stuff
it just seems to be more fun
tweaking on the UD3P/Q9650
with ddr2 memory,but like i said
im very new to i7,maybe ill find
it to be fun in time.

[CryptiK]

Your i7 is epic radaja, you should be very happy with it.

I feel the same though, i7 I find quite boring to overclock and tweak, but perhaps as you said it may grow on me. I just use it as my workstation / game pc though, I have no real desire to push it hard or bench it. Mine does 4.2 @ 1.296v so it's ok, but its not as nice as yours.

Keep looking around for a Q9650, they can be damn nice chips, and this thread is proof. I don't have the right board to get the most out of mine though. I just came across my chip by pure luck, I was looking for a good i7 batch and I saw the L847C Q9650 and took the chance.

[KRich]

Thank you my friend,
No luck so far. I forgot to do my screens, but at 4.5 I am keep on failing prime,, most I got was 1.5hrs... I bumped the mch to around 1.44 and vtt to 1.36 while vcore is at 1.525... gonna play around a bit more with it. Maybe raise mch to 1.46 and vtt to 1.40...

Keep on at it I'm going to start heading north of 4.4GHz once my water cooling enhancements have been added to the mix as that will allow me to push further.

KRich,if you ever decide to get rid of your
Q9650,i want it!!!
well i will actually take any of your guys chips
(n7,Davit,sergio,CryptiK,OCnub and so on and so on)
god i want a low vid Q9650.
so remember if any of you guys decide to sell
your Q9650's please oh please shoot me a PM

Keep trying buddy - I ended up persevering to get this one

I wish you all the best and know that you will also be rewarded with a golden Q9650 - All the best

[andressergio]

yes i got lucky with my i7-920
but im still learning this i7 stuff
but i just really like LGA775 stuff
it just seems to be more fun
tweaking on the UD3P/Q9650
with ddr2 memory,but like i said
im very new to i7,maybe ill find
it to be fun in time.

yes for sure its fun

[zsamz_]

yes i got lucky with my i7-920
but im still learning this i7 stuff
but i just really like LGA775 stuff
it just seems to be more fun
tweaking on the UD3P/Q9650
with ddr2 memory,but like i said
im very new to i7,maybe ill find
it to be fun in time.

funny i havent turned my gigabut rig + q9650 on since i primed it
its hibernating like a bear