Retail Q9650 Overclocking Thread

[Zucker2k]

WOW 500 FSB quad on an x48 is a major acomplishment

Thanks; I've heard that x-series chipsets are poor clockers - never had that problem; thank God. I'm memory limited right now (8GB plus the 7200 Pi CLD4 love cas 4 and nothing else) but I agree, 500 FSB PL8 is awesome. Now to keep it stable.

[radaja]

zucker2k,what kind of volts were required for 500fsb on the x48?and also is it stable or did it just boot into windows?i only ask cause you mentioned being able to boot into windows with low volts.NEVERMIND about the stable stuff you just posted while i was writing this.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Thanks; I've heard that x-series chipsets are poor clockers - never had that problem; thank God. I'm memory limited right now (8GB plus the 7200 Pi CLD4 love cas 4 and nothing else) but I agree, 500 FSB PL8 is awesome. Now to keep it stable.

thats always the challenge with the asus boards ain't it?

my personal experience between asus and DFI is that the DFI clocks to stable pretty easy if you know what to do, but the asus clocks past stable and comes back down. I am not sure what it is about the boards, but multiple cases have been like this for me.

either way you have a killer chip on that board

[Zucker2k]

thats always the challenge with the asus boards ain't it?

my personal experience between asus and DFI is that the DFI clocks to stable pretty easy if you know what to do, but the asus clocks past stable and comes back down. I am not sure what it is about the boards, but multiple cases have been like this for me.

either way you have a killer chip on that board

It's a work in progress; I don't have any experience with DFI boards, but Asus hasn't let me down either. See my sig for 500FSB Quad primes on Asus boards with 8GBs of ram.

[Jor3lBR]

It's a work in progress; I don't have any experience with DFI boards, but Asus hasn't let me down either. See my sig for 500FSB Quad primes on Asus boards with 8GBs of ram.

It is a feat to boot 500 fsb but unfortunately you can't blend Prime95 in none of those speeds on X48 setup. I bet is hard for you to Prime95 with 4200Mhz. They are unstable they can't handle the load.

But if you can 3D with it and use your day to day softwares thats fine.

[Zucker2k]

It is a feat to boot 500 fsb but unfortunately you can't blend Prime95 in none of those speeds on X48 setup. I bet is hard for you to Prime95 with 4200Mhz. They are unstable they can't handle the load.

But if you can 3D with it and use your day to day softwares thats fine.

What do you mean? Did you see my sig? Note I'm using 8GBs of ram. I've seen no board do that

[radaja]

got an early start on the weekend.busted one out on my lunch break.more to come.

[pphx459]

These chips can boot into windows at very low volts, but keeping them stable is the problem.

Same issue for me too...

[Jor3lBR]

What do you mean? Did you see my sig? Note I'm using 8GBs of ram. I've seen no board do that

Yes, that's what I'm saying you cannot Prime95 only Cpuz on the X48

These cpu's wont get stable above 4200Mhz on X48's. It's doable but very hard.

[Zucker2k]

Yes, that's what I'm saying you cannot Prime95 only Cpuz on the X48

These cpu's wont get stable above 4200Mhz on X48's. It's doable but very hard.

I still don't understand what you're saying; are you saying I can't prime95 500 FSB or that I can't prime95 above 4.2Ghz? I've done all those, and with even 8GBs of ram. I guess be very specific what you think is undoable, and I'd try it.

I use this machine for everything, and I'm usually overclocking so I don't test stability much; here's another quick run... still priming...

[Jor3lBR]

I still don't understand what you're saying; are you saying I can't prime95 500 FSB or that I can't prime95 above 4.2Ghz? I've done all those, and with even 8GBs of ram. I guess be very specific what you think is undoable, and I'd try it.

I really don't know what your talking about then, you say one thing and then I click on your sig and can't seem to find any settings or screen shots?!

All I see is that you say none of them are stable so far. If stable post settings I have loads of friends with Asus wanting to get there too.

Stable and useful for others in this thread is something like this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1308

[kill_a_wat]

Zucker if you can get 500x9 stable on X48 you are the man!

At 500x9 my setup does not last in Prime95 for long. 490x9 is Prime small fft and blend stable though

[Zucker2k]

Zucker if you can get 500x9 stable on X48 you are the man!

At 500x9 my setup does not last in Prime95 for long. 490x9 is Prime small fft and blend stable though

I will try, 8GB ram should make it doubly difficult, but I'll try.

@Jor3lBR: Next time, articulate yourself properly, I'm not psychic. Take a cue from kill_a_wat and say exactly what you mean; that attitude will get you no where with me.

What is stable these days? Is it still the 8hour P95?

[Jor3lBR]

I will try, 8GB ram should make it doubly difficult, but I'll try.

@Jor3lBR: Next time, articulate yourself properly, I'm not psychic. Take a cue from kill_a_wat and say exactly what you mean; that attitude will get you no where with me.

What is stable these days? Is it still the 8hour P95?

Sorry for your bad day, I'm not the one to blame

I've read all my posts and they are plain and simple and has more information then needed. This is Q9650 OC thread to share experiences on this cpu OC.
So when you said you're not stable in one post and couple of posts down you say that you are it confuses a lot of people.

I just said if stable please post information to back that up and share results with ss proof and templates jeez...

I posted an example of what people here expect as stable and template model.

[TheGanG]

All Q9650 chips E0? Wanna be sure
Sorry for my E0la syndrome...
Thanks...

[Hoss331]

yes

[Jor3lBR]

All Q9650 chips E0? Wanna be sure

Thanks...

Yes you can't go wrong with these chips! All E0.

[Zucker2k]

3 hrs done....

If any RF user wants my settings, all they have to do is request it.... probe shows some of the volts anyway.... I'm moving on....

[TheGanG]

Wow! Great... Will be there soon with my new CPU

Thanks for rapid answers...

[DavidNJ]

Is the Q9650 worth the $50 premium over the Q9550?

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

depends on what motherboard and cooling you have....

[Sparda]

I`m just curious to see how far I can play with the chip and got this after few reboot. http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=494446
I manage to boot into windows once at 5Ghz but forgot to do validation. Fail to do that again after that. Will try again this weekend.
Bad thing is I killed my 4850 when I drop a Maglite torchlight on it while poking around the motherboard.

[DavidNJ]

Water cooled...D-tek...Thermochill...etc...either DFI UT P45, EVGA 780i, or Foxconn ELA...the first and last with Volterra digital CPU VRD.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

the q950 is probably worth it because with those p45s your gonna be able to hit 4.5 with luck

[radaja]

heres my latest, going to call it a night and wake up early and start doing some serious OCing.