Just bought 6970, now is my CPU smoked.

[simaomacaco]

Hi peep,

I just ordered a lovely 6970 For my rig, I am now thinking that it's going to need me to make a move on my old CPU. My system will be something like:

6600 Conroe @ 3.2
8gb memo at 400
6970
775 chipsets board
2400x1600 Dell monitor

I was thinking of spending on a 3g duo 2 wolf dale and see if i can getting above 4g. The i7 route is super expensive needing new board, mem and CPU. Wolfdale route is 200bucks tops.

I mostly play games BTW.

Thoughts? Please.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Hi peep,

I just ordered a lovely 6970 For my rig, I am now thinking that it's going to need me to make a move on my old CPU. My system will be something like:

6600 Conroe @ 3.2
8gb memo at 400
6970
775 chipsets board
2400x1600 Dell monitor

I was thinking of spending on a 3Gb duo 2 wolf dale and see if i can getting above 4gb. The i7 route is super expensive needing new board, mem and CPU. Wolfdale route is 200bucks tops.

I mostly play games BTW.

Thoughts? Please.

Good luck trying to get near 4ghz on that intel board, I don't think you will. Also you have to make sure it supports a wolfdale as its a very old chipset 975.

 

[simaomacaco]

I just noticed that waas out of date, it's now an ASUS p45Q-e, updating now, will report back. My bad.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

better off with a cheap quad then another dual core q9550 or better

 

[simaomacaco]

I was wondering about that, whether to go for lower overall Ghz vs more cores.

 

[overclocking101]

Good luck trying to get near 4ghz on that intel board, I don't think you will. Also you have to make sure it supports a wolfdale as its a very old chipset 975.

incorrect. people still use the asus commando for high fsb oc sessions, its a intel 965 chipset but still holds records, the problem with them is therier pci-e gen 1 slots and other old features.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

incorrect. people still use the asus commando for high fsb oc sessions, its a intel 965 chipset but still holds records, the problem with them is therier pci-e gen 1 slots and other old features.

Incorrect, He updated his specs since then, it was originally showing an Intel 975 board

 

[simaomacaco]

Yup, Sorry for confusion. Bad axe lost a capacitor and torched a GPU some time ago.

Is there that much to be lost by staying with the old board and a new quad v I7 / i5 ?

I generally worked on the principle that GPU is the bottleneck, now i think things have moved a bit for my rig.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

A decent 775 quad will be a big upgrade and hold you good for another couple of years

 

[simaomacaco]

Thanks, that's certainly a cheaper option than a complete Mobo CPU rebuild route.

Q9550 seems like the flavor on various forums?

Cheaper options apparently do not over clock quite as they used to?

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

pretty much if your gonna overclock 9550 is the minimum to get

 

[jlewis02]

The q9550 is a very good cpu and clocks awesome aswell.

 

[xrealm20]

Agreed - I've got my q9550 humming along at a nice 4.0ghz ---

 

[simaomacaco]

Okay peep, I have a choice of QX9650 or Q9550. Price differing is an extra 50 for the QX9660. What's your thoughts, OC'ing experts?

 

[vega22]

if i was buying today i would go with the 9650 over the 9550, i went with teh 9550 and its lower multi stopped me clocking any higher than 4.55ghz :|

both will serve you well if your p45 is upto it :thumb:

 

[3volvedcombat]

if i was buying today i would go with the 9650 over the 9550, i went with teh 9550 and its lower multi stopped me clocking any higher than 4.55ghz :|

both will serve you well if your p45 is upto it :thumb:

He isnt going to be overclocking past 4.5Ghz anytime soon. And Most q9550 users hit 4.0-4.25 and dont really try for cpu-z screenies.

I say get the qx9650 because the spec sheet gives it a unlocked multiplier, and a higher stock clock compared to the q9550.

after that, both the q9550 and qx9650 are identical, but its worth just 50 extra dollars for a unlocked multi, and 3.2Ghz stock clock.

In my opinion, that would guarantee a 4.0Ghz 24/7 overclock just about.

he will be extremely happy with either processor.

 

[simaomacaco]

I will be cooling with air, 4ghz is my desired outcome with this project.

The QX9650 I am looking at is advertised at 3ghz and 1333 FSB speed.. and the price difference between q9550 to qx9650 is 30, seems like the QX9650 is the winner.

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My P5Q held up nicely with my current OC attempts.

 

[wolf]

Q or QX9650 would be my choice, if cheap enough overclocking should be no sweat on a QX9650.

definitely need a new CPU tho, I've just changed out a dual core Athlon 2 running @ 3.5ghz that couldn't even feed my 9800GTX enough juice, let alone a 6970 which is easily 2-3x as beastly.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

No love for the Q9450? I kno its hard to find now as the 9400 has replaced it, but i've had mine as high asw 3.6 on air

 

[simaomacaco]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00180ITMM/ref=oss_product

All done, now the fun starts on Friday

I'll report back for sure on progress.

 

[overclocking101]

nice dude! that is a badass price on that cpu as well!! those used to be over $1000 at launch. you will have plenty of fun with it and it will hit 4ghz no sweat with a simply voltage bump and multi bump, or you can up the fsb and voltage, either way it will be a breeze with the 45nm quads and we are all here to help.

 

[simaomacaco]

Arrive and installed. Initial playing has it running at 3.65 with 10x365fsb. 14500 3dmark 06 score thus far.

Moving to a new thread for stage 2 of my little project.

Help with basic 4g OC of QX9650 on air