Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[andressergio]

thanks sergio make alot of sense hmmm I might just have to hit the button on these , if anything I wont lose performance but i should gain a bit , I looking to stick with this board awhile its really a fantastic board , hopping its not my q9650 hitting its limit at 4.0

a pleasure mate...i been using quads since all this starts, i guess i had 2 duals, dont rememnber, but i discovered that quads push chipset very much and if you dont use mem that are loose that have room you will be limited on OC, thats my finding

blades are very good also but hard to find also they dont like much voltaje, you can strike the gskills till 2,5 wont hurt them

Cheers mate
Sergio

[sean222]

How important is it to have a low VID? I noticed my VID is 1.2250. Is this bad? The highest I can hit is 4.25GHz stable. Anything higher and 1 core always fails no matter how much vCore I add

[orbiter]

How important is it to have a low VID? I noticed my VID is 1.2250. Is this bad? The highest I can hit is 4.25GHz stable. Anything higher and 1 core always fails no matter how much vCore I add

Normally for very high overclocks it's more benificial if you have a low VID as the chip is actually binned as one that requires less voltage needs for it's stock speeds. When overclocking this assists us by having a larger voltage margin for overclocking. Your 1.225v chip is not a bad chip at all, It's just not one of the very low VID chips which means that overclocking to really high frequencies would more than likely require voltages way beyond Intels safe specs.

[thebluemeanie1]

How important is it to have a low VID? I noticed my VID is 1.2250. Is this bad? The highest I can hit is 4.25GHz stable. Anything higher and 1 core always fails no matter how much vCore I add

My Q9650 is a 1.225V VID if I remember correctly and it will do 4.91GHz at around 1.57V. It seems like it would run prime95 at 4.5Ghz and 1.42V but I never bothered to stability test extensively.(I think I did 15 minutes of prime at 4.7GHz 1.52V before the temperatures were in the high 80s. Its been too long since I tried to push it further.)

Don't be worried about a little bit higher VID.

[Linuxfan]

sean222, with more voltage and the right settings you can get it past 4.25.
I had a regular Q9650 and with 1.65vcore it did 4.7 and 4.8 on water and maxed out around 4.95ghz on subzero.

[In-Fluence]

I concur, mine's a 1.2 which seems to be about the average, but it can go past 5ghz, and bench at ~4.9 on water.

[E-mil]

I have 1,2875 VID CPU and last night past 4,9 GHz for max CPU-Z,
bench at ~ 4,8 GHz, all on air (cold air - open window) and vcore around 1,60-1,65 V

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...hz_4923.84_mhz

[sean222]

Normally for very high overclocks it's more benificial if you have a low VID as the chip is actually binned as one that requires less voltage needs for it's stock speeds. When overclocking this assists us by having a larger voltage margin for overclocking. Your 1.225v chip is not a bad chip at all, It's just not one of the very low VID chips which means that overclocking to really high frequencies would more than likely require voltages way beyond Intels safe specs.

That's what I was thinking

My Q9650 is a 1.225V VID if I remember correctly and it will do 4.91GHz at around 1.57V. It seems like it would run prime95 at 4.5Ghz and 1.42V but I never bothered to stability test extensively.(I think I did 15 minutes of prime at 4.7GHz 1.52V before the temperatures were in the high 80s. Its been too long since I tried to push it further.)

Don't be worried about a little bit higher VID.

Glad to see a 1.225 VID can go that fast

sean222, with more voltage and the right settings you can get it past 4.25.
I had a regular Q9650 and with 1.65vcore it did 4.7 and 4.8 on water and maxed out around 4.95ghz on subzero.

Yea, you're right, but my cooling is not adequate to push 1.6+ volts.

I concur, mine's a 1.2 which seems to be about the average, but it can go past 5ghz, and bench at ~4.9 on water.

I have 1,2875 VID CPU and last night past 4,9 GHz for max CPU-Z,
bench at ~ 4,8 GHz, all on air (cold air - open window) and vcore around 1,60-1,65 V

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...hz_4923.84_mhz

ZOMG, you guys are getting amazing speeds...so it's not my VID then It's me LoL.

Actually I think it's my cooling, although I have water cooling, I only have a Feser 240 rad...AND my overclocked GTX 295 is in the loop! It generates a lot of heat that my CPU pays for I have another rad (MCR-220)...maybe I can make another loop.

Ok ok, so now that I know that it's possible to go faster, would it be safe to run at 1.5v or 1.6v 24/7? (with OK water cooling) I'm enjoying 4.25 @ 1.375, but 4.5 (24/7) was my goal a long time ago! Haven't made it there yet

Thanks

[CryptiK]

1.6v 24/7 is in no way safe, but I guess you have to ask yourself how much you care if it does degrade after awhile. By the time it degrades enough to be problematic, you could probably just upgrade platforms anyway. No way of telling how long that will be though. Intel absolute max is 1.45v IIRC, but depending on how you interpret their spec sheet, this may or may not be safe to use. Running high volts is also hard on the mobo VRM so it will need good cooling.

[Jor3lBR]

Well i tought that its time to re activate this wonderful thread

with 30C outside summer here i used my portable AC to push 10C to the rad, room ambient was at 23,2, here are some results

Cheers all

Sweet setup and numbers Sergio, but I know these numbers will be crushed soon with quad 4.9-5ghz goddess

Keep us posted.

[andressergio]

Sweet setup and numbers Sergio, but I know these numbers will be crushed soon with quad 4.9-5ghz goddess

Keep us posted.

for sure mate i think is time i update my sig

[OLDcomer]

for sure mate i think is time i update my sig

Wow! This is what I call x3380 goodness. Show us some torture tests (LinX, Prime95), please.

[Hoss331]

You must have found an ES since thats the same batch as mine.

[radaja]

andressergio,congrats on your x3380 5Ghz goodness
whats the vid on that one?

[andressergio]

andressergio,congrats on your x3380 5Ghz goodness
whats the vid on that one?

hey radaja its a vid 1,2 like 7C cooler than my Q9650 1,1875 vid and does some magic numbers to play with

cheers
Sergio

[Jor3lBR]

hey radaja its a vid 1,2 like 7C cooler than my Q9650 1,1875 vid and does some magic numbers to play with

cheers
Sergio

Can't wait to see some 3d Sergio!

7oC cooler! Nice head room to play with in the summer

[OC Nub]

Congrats on the new chip Sergio.

[CryptiK]

Should get that chip on phase or DICE/LN2 asap

[andressergio]

Can't wait to see some 3d Sergio!

7oC cooler! Nice head room to play with in the summer

you will see soon mate im testing very low volts now and yesterday booted at 4905 so easy...

will post some results soon

Thanks friend
Sergio

[andressergio]

Congrats on the new chip Sergio.

Thank you my friend

[andressergio]

Should get that chip on phase or DICE/LN2 asap

no need mate i will push 10C AC to the rad for now im just treating him like a lady lol

Thank you my friend

[andressergio]

OK here's some test, heat outside is killer over 33C im on AC at 23,9 Ambient Room not pointing to the PC just let the ambient cools to 24C as a reference

X3380@ 4009(422x9,5) at vcore load 1,184 / idle 1,2



i got temp diferences as u can see, Realtemp and Coretemp shows more, and Everest HWinfo, Hwmonitor show less, so i dont know who to believe...either way the chip is cooler than my vid 1,1875

Cheers
Sergio

[CryptiK]

Very nice temps there. Scary start up vcore in easy tune though! 1.50v! That's no way to treat a lady

[andressergio]

Very nice temps there. Scary start up vcore in easy tune though! 1.50v! That's no way to treat a lady

lmao that was for trying 4905 wich booted lol, easy tune saves that i dont know where

also been testing this

[CryptiK]

Ah ok. Looks like you will be having some fun with it anyway, congrats.