Noobie success

pajama · Mar 1, 2009, 02:22 PM

I would like to thank everyone here, after reading just about every thread I made the plunge and successfully overclocked my Q9450 to 3.2Ghz, Prime 95 stable. I can now see that overclocking can become addictive to see how far you can go

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MRCL · Mar 1, 2009, 02:30 PM

Gratulations! Happened to me too.

LittleLizard · Mar 1, 2009, 02:34 PM

congratulations, also welcome to tpu.

AlienIsGOD · Mar 1, 2009, 02:53 PM

Grats mate...i also learned form some of the fine ppl here and got my q9450 at 3ghz stable 24/7 @ 35 degrees idle. Also welcome to TPU

JrRacinFan · Mar 1, 2009, 02:54 PM

Congrats pajama! What voltage and what are the temps like?

pajama · Mar 1, 2009, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

Congrats pajama! What voltage and what are the temps like?

Voltage on CPU-Z is 1.208
Max Temp on Real Temp is 56 degrees C during Prime 95 on core #3

JrRacinFan · Mar 2, 2009, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pajama

Voltage on CPU-Z is 1.208
Max Temp on Real Temp is 56 degrees C during Prime 95 on core #3

Makes it even sweeter!

Now to post some benches eh?

Mr.Amateur · Mar 2, 2009, 12:55 AM

Cripes that's a coool OC! Going for higher speeds in the near future?

pajama · Mar 2, 2009, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Amateur

Cripes that's a coool OC! Going for higher speeds in the near future?

I will enjoy this for a while but I will try and see how high I can go.

Binge · Mar 2, 2009, 03:07 AM

Learn more... burn more... feed the addiction. BINGE!!!!

AlienIsGOD · Mar 2, 2009, 04:27 AM

As I have a Q9450 myself im wondering if the Vcore @ 1.216 is too low for 3ghz?

Mar 1, 2009, 02:22 PM	#1
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Mar 2, 2009, 12:55 AM	#8
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AlienIsGOD Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,599 (1.49/day) Thanks: 4,318 Thanked 1,100 Times in 628 Posts System Specs	As I have a Q9450 myself im wondering if the Vcore @ 1.216 is too low for 3ghz? __________________ Crunching Badges Crunching Hardware CPU: i5 3570K and i5 2400 = 8 cores GPU: 7870 (8 wu's) and 7770 (4 wu's) = 1920 GCN cores (no GPU wu's atm)

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