Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[CryptiK]

that seems like a good VID for either air or water

I can get it stable at 4.3 GHz on air (prime only, LinX way too hot), but I'm board limited after that as I'm using an X48 Rampage Extreme. Does very well for an X48 though, better than the P5Q Deluxe and Maximus II Formula I tried with it.

thanks,i hope when you decide i will be in the position to take advantage of your offer.would be nice to have another low vid chip.

yep,the hotter the better for me

The hot ones are seriously hot, hope you have good watercooling!

[radaja]

The hot ones are seriously hot, hope you have good watercooling!

100% airconditioned air going through my 220 rad and absolutely no ambient
air in the WCing setup.AC coming from the vent hose is about 5c in early morning
and 10c at the hottest part of the day.ugly but it works

[OC Nub]

Thats a great idea for the rad radaja, any condensation issues?

[radaja]

none so far,been doing it on and off for a year or more now.

[zsamz_]

Thats a great idea for the rad radaja, any condensation issues?

room still has to be cool
when my water dropped below 15c i had some condensation
paper towels help

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

thats impressive L0ud!!! what sort of voltages are you using - PLL,vTT,GTLs etc....

and have you run linx yet??? interesting to know the sort of Gflops this beast pumps out!!

linx gets way too hot and I get a restart before the first pass no matter what the settings or voltages, this chip shoots in to the 80's like its no bodies business so no more linx until it goes under cold which will be very soon and then just then maybe. I also have a higher VID chip coming which I hope will do 4.5 linx stable.

my voltages are all default except:

vcore 1.37500
vtt 1.34
MCH 1.4
VDIMM 2.12

the reference values are .785/.800

[radaja]

room still has to be cool
when my water dropped below 15c i had some condensation
paper towels help

very true,room has to be very cool too.i have two AC units running and ambients are also very cool,thats how my ram and MB/NB stays cool too.
this setup works better in my case with the ac blowing through the rad into the case so it all very cold all the time

[CryptiK]

100% airconditioned air going through my 220 rad and absolutely no ambient
air in the WCing setup.AC coming from the vent hose is about 5c in early morning
and 10c at the hottest part of the day.ugly but it works

http://i38.tinypic.com/29wa0yh.jpg

room still has to be cool
when my water dropped below 15c i had some condensation
paper towels help

very true,room has to be very cool too.i have two AC units running and ambients are also very cool,thats how my ram and MB/NB stays cool too.
this setup works better in my case with the ac blowing through the rad into the case so it all very cold all the time

You must have a pretty low Dew Point in your computer room due to the AC. Nice idea with the rad cooling

[the_real_7]

you guy make me wanna pull the pi 9600 again and up the voltages , with those i seem to not get pass 4250 stable , me and andressio tried a bit but think 1.1 board seems to not like pi 9600

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

you guy make me wanna pull the pi 9600 again and up the voltages , with those i seem to not get pass 4250 stable , me and andressio tried a bit but think 1.1 board seems to not like pi 9600

my UD3R is rev 1.1 and the PI's work fine on this board, something else is causing your instability.

[zsamz_]

very true,room has to be very cool too.i have two AC units running and ambients are also very cool,thats how my ram and MB/NB stays cool too.
this setup works better in my case with the ac blowing through the rad into the case so it all very cold all the time

i put a thermochill 120 on case and plan on havin a/c ducted to it

You must have a pretty low Dew Point in your computer room due to the AC. Nice idea with the rad cooling

but i dont like to freeze and if water gets too cold gotta put a/c temp higher to avoid condensation
if i were to run linx i leave it to the max a few min before i start

[andressergio]

my UD3R is rev 1.1 and the PI's work fine on this board, something else is causing your instability.

nope...he is right...most UD3P 1.1 have issues with the 9600

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

nope...he is right...most UD3P 1.1 have issues with the 9600

really? news to me, I guess you do learn something new everyday

[andressergio]

really? news to me, I guess you do learn something new everyday

yes mate we tested a lot with some friends here and it was a no go, just went to the rev 1.0 and all runs like a charm

[WaterFlex]

You were right, guys
I oced my Q9650 for 450x9 for now @ 1,25volts. 5 hour Prime64bit running is stable.
Couldn`t you post your 500x8 and 500x9 bios setting for Q9650 on Maximus II Formula please

Some pics soon

[radaja]

i dont think there are very many stable 8/9x500 templates for the Q9650+ maxIIformula

[WaterFlex]

And i need performance level 8 ofcourse

[radaja]

i think grnfinger had a Q9650 at 9x500 in the maxII thread

[XmikeX]

I'm slooooooooowly (as time allows) moving from Q9650/x48 Blackops to one of those newish gigabyte p45 usb3 mobos. This is not something I wanted to do but that's life. Reaching Q9650/450-460 fsb on x48, with preferred settings/stability/AIR-COOLING, took a fair amount of effort.

I REALLY hope there are no Q9650 issues with these gigabyte p45 usb3 mobos .

XmX

[radaja]

I REALLY hope there are no Q9650 issues with these gigabyte p45 usb3 mobos

andressergio has done great with his EP45-USB3 and his quads
you shouldnt have any problems doing 500fsb

[andressergio]

I'm slooooooooowly (as time allows) moving from Q9650/x48 Blackops to one of those newish gigabyte p45 usb3 mobos. This is not something I wanted to do but that's life. Reaching Q9650/450-460 fsb on x48, with preferred settings/stability/AIR-COOLING, took a fair amount of effort.

I REALLY hope there are no Q9650 issues with these gigabyte p45 usb3 mobos .

XmX

aaa yes you will have HORRIBLE stability issues

[andressergio]

andressergio has done great with his EP45-USB3 and his quads
you shouldnt have any problems doing 500fsb

thanks radaja i was posting and saw your message lol

[NoGuru]

Sergio is a master of stability.

[andressergio]

Sergio is a master of stability.

lol thanks my friend just doing the best i can...now that gigabyte is not going to do a new bios for this amazing mobo

[XmikeX]

aaa yes you will have HORRIBLE stability issues

I had a -WTF- moment yesterday with that motherboard. As I was building up OS, the system dropped off the face of the planet into some sort of limbo/endless reboot situation. I spent about 5 minutes cursing (as in "GIGABUTT!!!, I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS NONSENSE!" and 10s more words ) before I regained my composure. After stripping all non-essential components, rechecking connections/cabling, looking for debris, (clearing CMOS alone did nothing), etc, the motherboard once again came to life. It sprung back with a warning about a POST error and suggested I choose "last known good" from its menu.. OK...

All is well, for now..........

XmX

EDIT : For the record, the above happened at stock speeds (NO OC) with a (test-bed) Celeron E1200 @ F2d rom.