Q9650 Overclocking And Feedback Thread

[mudkip]

Hi guys, me again. I know what I want this time; it would be great if I could reach 4.5G @ 1.4V or less, or at least 4.4G. My stats are in the middle of page 13 of this thread (don't wanna cram this place with the stats again, please look at them on page 13).

I don't know, but after reading some of your posts I have a funny feeling that the culprit not letting me go to 500 fsb x 9 is my RAM, or my RAM settings; I tried 500 fsb x 9 with 1.4V, even 1.5V, and it just wouldn't boot; not even at 460 fsb, 450 is the most I can do right now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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[d3fct]

well from lookin at page 13 you say u have 16g of ram, your really gonna have to push the nb voltage up for starters, and some of your other volts look pretty low too(v core 1.3).i have to go past 1.4 when i get over 4 gigs.

 

[Easy Rhino]

i finally decided to get around to overclocking my q9650! ive got the evga 790i ultra board and ive got a stable oc by doing the following.

ram speed is 1600 and the board default is 1333 so i increased the volts to get it to 1600 and 7-7-7-24. i had to lower the multi to x8 which brought me in at 3.2 ghz. im at 1.4v for the cpu and 1.5/1.6 for the north/south bridge. id like to up the multi to x9 so i can reach 3.6 ghz but i dont want to overdue it. any ideas?

 

[Q9650]

I just got my new Intel Q9650!!!

This is my current Intel core2quad Q9650 overclock at 3.6ghz (400x9) with just 1.12volts vcore!!

CPU VID: 1.2250v
FPO/Batch:L009B453
Stepping: E0 SLB8W
Pack date: 5/3/2010

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6514/84840642.png

 

[Q9650]

My current 3.6ghz OC 400x9 bios settings on my asus maximus extreme

Ai Overclock Manual

CPU Ratio Setting 9
FSB Frequency 400
FSB Strap to North Bridge Auto
PCIE Frequency 100

DRAM Timing Control Manual
DRAM Frequency DDR3-1600
DRAM Command Rate 1T

CAS# Latency 7
RAS# to CAS# Delay 6
RAS# Precharge 6
RAS# Active Time 20
RAS# to RAS# Delay Auto
Row Refresh Cycle Time Auto
Write Recovery Time Auto
Read to Precharge Time Auto

Read To Write Delay(S/D) Auto
Write to Read Delay(S) Auto
Write to Read Delay(D) Auto
Read To Read Delay(S) Auto
Read To Read Delay(D) Auto
Write To Write Delay(S) Auto
Write To Write Delay(D) Auto

DRAM Static Read Control Disabled
DRAM Dynamic Write Control Disabled

Ai Clock Twister Strong
Ai Clock Skew for Channel A Auto
Ai Clock Skew for Channel B Auto
Ai Transaction Booster Enabled
Boost Level 3

CPU Voltage 1.15 vdrop 1.12
CPU PLL Voltage 1.50
North Bridge Voltage 1.35
DRAM Voltage 1.80
FSB Termination Voltage 1.2
South Bridge Voltage 1.075
Loadline Calibration Disabled
CPU GTL Reference 0.63x
North Bridge GTL Reference 0.67x
DDR3 Channel A REF Voltage Auto
DDR3 Channel B REF Voltage Auto
DDR3 Controller REF Voltage Auto
SB 1.5 Voltage Auto

CPU Spread Spectrum Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled

 

[mudkip]

Nice overclock!