Q9650 Overclocking And Feedback Thread

ZenZimZaliben · Jan 26, 2009

Tatty_One said:
Why not get yourself a cheap P45.......I appreciate it's more outlay but your board is just not going to do that lovely chip justice....although I appreciate it's early days for your P35 and this chip, i will do some googling to see if I can pick up on anything with FSB's and the p35......I run 24/7 at 4.1gig on just 1.28V....4.2gig @ 1.32v another slight advantage of the P45!

Well I am very close to your settings. Running 4.18Ghz @ 1.36v so far 100% stable in orthos, superpi, 3dmark06. So that is not bad at all. I think once I play with this more and do more searching I will be able to hit 4.2 I mean I am only 20Mhz away. If you find anything else I would appreciate it. :toast:

Tatty_Two · Jan 26, 2009

ZenZimZaliben said:
Well I am very close to your settings. Running 4.18Ghz @ 1.36v so far 100% stable in orthos, superpi, 3dmark06. So that is not bad at all. I think once I play with this more and do more searching I will be able to hit 4.2 I mean I am only 20Mhz away. If you find anything else I would appreciate it.

Will do, I will have a search now, remeber these chips average 4.4-4.5gig on air and with the right board some can actually manage upto 4.7gig on air!

ZenZimZaliben · Jan 26, 2009

Tatty_One said:
Will do, I will have a search now, remeber these chips average 4.4-4.5gig on air and with the right board some can actually manage upto 4.7gig on air!

My temps are pretty low, so I know it has a lot of headroom with watercooling. Right now with my current clock/volts Im hitting 34c Idle and 44c Load on my hottest core.

I know 500FSB is going to be next to impossible to hit with this P35, and its been a great board...I have bios settings for 500FSB with a E8500 but I know that won't translate perfect for a quad. If I can squeeze out 470FSB I will be happy. Im probably just being impatient and need to play with the BIOS a lot more or it could be as simple as not being possible on this board...Im at 465, you would think 470 "should" be possible. It took me a good while to get my Q6600 stable at 4Ghz.

I know btarunner had his DFI P35 up to 500fsb.

Tatty_Two · Jan 26, 2009

But I bet his was with a dual core, I think you are right, I have been trawling all my old forum haunts and i cannot find a Q9650 beyond 465FSB.......here are a couple of screenies with my best overclock on air (not OCCT 8 hour stable) and best OCCT stable, high voltages required as I do not have a very good Vid (1.250) but you will see idle temps are pretty good for air, I need to seriously hike voltages once I hit 4.4gig..... i have gotta say, with some tweaking, if you get beyond 465 stable....that will be some serious acheivement....stick with it!

ZenZimZaliben · Jan 27, 2009

Yeah his was a dual core.

I have a lot of hope now. I found an Anandatech article for getting a QX6800 to FSB 470 on this board. So it doesnt look totally bleek.

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/motherboards/2007/dfi-p35-overclocking/3DMARK06BENCH.jpg

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3129&p=15

I have read this article before, really helped with my Q6600. But it looks liek they keep adding to it along with forum members. Didnt have a chance to play with it last night, was playing Farcry 2 multiplayer all night.

skjafar · Mar 15, 2009

Advice needed

i am building my fist oc rig, and i have read around the net and based on my budget have decided to buy the following:
MB: GA-EP45-EXTREME
Cpu: Obviously Q9650
Ram:Kingston HyperX 2GB PC2 6400 (4 of those, making 8GB)
I want to get it stable at 4GHz and not more, i would love to know anything that i must pay attention to, also i have some doubts about the ram, any advice?

Thanks all.

Tatty_Two · Mar 15, 2009

skjafar said:
i am building my fist oc rig, and i have read around the net and based on my budget have decided to buy the following:
MB: GA-EP45-EXTREME
Cpu: Obviously Q9650
Ram:Kingston HyperX 2GB PC2 6400 (4 of those, making 8GB)
I want to get it stable at 4GHz and not more, i would love to know anything that i must pay attention to, also i have some doubts about the ram, any advice?

Thanks all.

Excellent choice of board, excellent choice of CPU

but personally, I would go for good PC8500 ram that will allow you to get the most out of your system, good PC8500 will get you 1100 - 1150mhz whilst overclocking, I would even go for just 4gb if i couldnt afford the 8gb.

Edit: 4ghz will be very easy and you should do it on well under 1.3v!

skjafar · Mar 16, 2009

Tatty_One said:
but personally, I would go for good PC8500 ram that will allow you to get the most out of your system, good PC8500 will get you 1100 - 1150mhz whilst overclocking.

Thanks alot for the reply, my doubts turned out to be a little in place :laugh:

can you recommend any particular ram?
i might go with the 4gb for the time being.

Thanks again, I appreciate the help. :toast:

i would like to mention that i am getting SAPPHIRE HD 4870 1GB is that a good choice, or should i rethink this one as well?

Tatty_Two · Mar 27, 2009

skjafar said:
Thanks alot for the reply, my doubts turned out to be a little in place
can you recommend any particular ram?
i might go with the 4gb for the time being.

Thanks again, I appreciate the help.

i would like to mention that i am getting SAPPHIRE HD 4870 1GB is that a good choice, or should i rethink this one as well?

Sorry, I have only just seen this post.... have you bought anything yet?

Yukikaze · Apr 3, 2009

My Q9650 is heeeeeeere.

Currently running 3.6Ghz at stock volts (1.2v VID) with my u120x. Soon going to go uppppp.

4x4n · Apr 3, 2009

skjafar said:
i am building my fist oc rig, and i have read around the net and based on my budget have decided to buy the following:
MB: GA-EP45-EXTREME
Cpu: Obviously Q9650
Ram:Kingston HyperX 2GB PC2 6400 (4 of those, making 8GB)
I want to get it stable at 4GHz and not more, i would love to know anything that i must pay attention to, also i have some doubts about the ram, any advice?

Thanks all.

Nice build, I have a very similar set-up.

As for ram, I have both of these sets of gskill. Can't really say which is better, both are excellent. The PI series is best for tighter timings, but about 1100 is the max for either of them.

click 1

click 2

Yukikaze · Apr 4, 2009

w00t. 4 gigs stable is here at 1.3v. Tried going a bit higher, but it entered tweaking-land and I have other things to over the weekend, but I promise to try next time I am bored !

I also need to get another pair of good 2Gb sticks. My six gigs is two good 2x2Gb sticks and a pair of simple higher latency sticks that can't OC too well with half-decent timings.

Here's some benchmarks !

SuperPi + 3DMark Vantage:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Direwolf007/Q96504GhzHD4870X2-1.jpg

3DMark06:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Direwolf007/Q96504GhzHD4870X2-3DMark06.jpg

And for laughs, 3DMark03:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Direwolf007/Q96504GhzHD4870X2-3DMark03.jpg

Think I should OC the HD4870X2 next ? :rockout:

radaja · Apr 5, 2009

ive got some g.skill 2x2GB pc9600 ddr1200 sticks cheap

sergioalb64 · Apr 5, 2009

Hi! Me again; I would like to bump my Q9650 to at least 4.5Ghz. Here are my current BIOS settings:

Ai O.C. Tuner: Manual
Ratio CMOS Settings: Auto
FSB Frequency: 450
Multiplier: 9
CPU O.C. Skew: Auto
NB O.C. Skew: Auto
FSB Strap To NB: Auto

DRAM Frequency: DDR2 901Mhz
CAS Latency: 6
RAS-CAS Delay: 6
RAS Precharge: 6
RAS Active to Precharge: 18
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled
DRAM Read Training: Disabled
MEM. O.C. Charger: Enabled
Ai Clock Twister: Auto
Ai Transaction Booster: Auto

PCIE Frequency: 100
CPU Voltage: 1.3
CPU PPL Voltage: 1.5
FSB Term Voltage: 1.34
DRAM Voltage: 1.91
NB Voltage: 1.31
SB 1.5 Voltage: Auto
SB 1.1 Voltage: Auto

Load-Line Calibration: Enabled
CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU-Z stats:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i242/sergioalb64/PC1.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i242/sergioalb64/PC2.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i242/sergioalb64/PC3.jpg

SpeedFan stats:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i242/sergioalb64/PC4.jpg

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131319
RAM: http://www.buy.com/prod/16gb-ddr2-pc2-6400-kit/q/loc/101/208673389.html
Vista Ultimate 64-bit

I would like to know if there are any tweaks I could / should make. I would like to push this to 4.5Ghz. Thanks for the feedback in advance!

aquax · Apr 5, 2009

Yukikaze said:
w00t. 4 gigs stable is here at 1.3v. Tried going a bit higher, but it entered tweaking-land and I have other things to over the weekend, but I promise to try next time I am bored !

I also need to get another pair of good 2Gb sticks. My six gigs is two good 2x2Gb sticks and a pair of simple higher latency sticks that can't OC too well with half-decent timings.

Here's some benchmarks !

SuperPi + 3DMark Vantage:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Direwolf007/Q96504GhzHD4870X2-1.jpg

3DMark06:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Direwolf007/Q96504GhzHD4870X2-3DMark06.jpg

And for laughs, 3DMark03:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e44/Direwolf007/Q96504GhzHD4870X2-3DMark03.jpg

Think I should OC the HD4870X2 next ?

Can I ask why do you leave C1E enabled?

Yukikaze · Apr 5, 2009

Because I lose nothing from leaving it enabled (I am not shooting for the moon in OC right now).

Infectedz · Jun 25, 2009

Can someone help me with my overclock? I'm having real difficulties trying to get 4GHz Prime stable unless I trow around 1,45 Vcore at it.. .:-S

Mobo: Abit IX38 QuadGT (Intel X38 + ICH9R Chipsets)
CPU: Intel Xeon X3370, which is actually the same as a Q9650 but just tested more for server purposes
CPU VID: 1.25 V Stepping: E0
PSU: Antec Earthwatts 500
VGA: GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB
RAM: Corsair Dominators 2x 2GB PC8500

Current settings:
CPU Vcore: 1.3625 V
DDR2: 2.1 V
MCH 1.25: 1.30 V
ICHIO 1.5: 1.5 V
CPU VTT (FSB Termination Voltage): 1.20 V
ICH 1.05: 1.05 V
CPU GTLREF 0&2: 63%
CPU GTLREF 1&3: 63%

Running at 450 x 9 (NOT stable!)
Temps are very fine: Idle around 30°C / Full load around 67°C (Core Temp) @ 1.4250 V
Please don't whine about the temps I know they are fine and cannot cause unstableness
because TMax = 100°C and MAX CPU IHS temp = 71,4°C, my IHS is 35°C...

Please help me, others can get this baby stable at only 1.25 V :-S

GrtZ

Tatty_Two · Jun 25, 2009

Infectedz said:
Can someone help me with my overclock? I'm having real difficulties trying to get 4GHz Prime stable unless I trow around 1,45 Vcore at it.. .:-S

Mobo: Abit IX38 QuadGT (Intel X38 + ICH9R Chipsets)
CPU: Intel Xeon X3370, which is actually the same as a Q9650 but just tested more for server purposes
CPU VID: 1.25 V Stepping: E0
PSU: Antec Earthwatts 500
VGA: GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB
RAM: Corsair Dominators 2x 2GB PC8500

Current settings:
CPU Vcore: 1.3625 V
DDR2: 2.1 V
MCH 1.25: 1.30 V
ICHIO 1.5: 1.5 V
CPU VTT (FSB Termination Voltage): 1.20 V
ICH 1.05: 1.05 V
CPU GTLREF 0&2: 63%
CPU GTLREF 1&3: 63%

Running at 450 x 9 (NOT stable!)
Temps are very fine: Idle around 30°C / Full load around 67°C (Core Temp) @ 1.4250 V
Please don't whine about the temps I know they are fine and cannot cause unstableness
because TMax = 100°C and MAX CPU IHS temp = 71,4°C, my IHS is 35°C...

Please help me, others can get this baby stable at only 1.25 V :-S

GrtZ

I dont know your board sadly which is the main deciding factor, however x38 boards are not renoun for the highest overclocks with E0 quads.

I would raise your CPU VTT to 1.3V and give that a try first.

Infectedz · Jun 25, 2009

Tatty_One said:
I dont know your board sadly which is the main deciding factor, however x38 boards are not renoun for the highest overclocks with E0 quads.

I would raise your CPU VTT to 1.3V and give that a try first.

Will try that first ;-)

Didn't work out...

Using your recommendation resulted in a bsod after 2 minutes of Priming

I changed the following because I saw in Intel's X3370's datasheet that the max VCore and max CPU VTT voltage is 1.45 V (Absolute max)
CPU VCore: 1.40 V => That's actually 1.36 V While Priming...
CPU VTT: 1.40 V => That's actually 1.41 V While Priming...
GTLREFs: 67%
MCH 1.25: 1.25V

I will start Priming again

Infectedz · Jun 25, 2009

Do you guys think this is to high for 24/7 operation?

Now I'm stressing for 20 minutes and my Core temperature is stable at 62°C for quite a time now..

Tatty_Two · Jun 25, 2009

Infectedz said:
Do you guys think this is to high for 24/7 operation?

Now I'm stressing for 20 minutes and my Core temperature is stable at 62°C for quite a time now..

Thats fine but certainly no more than 1.4V, however it must be your board requiring the volts, I had a bad stepping Q9650 that ran ar 4.1gig 24/7 on 1.29V. Good P45 boards are the best E0 Quad overclockers. have you tried GTL refs on auto?

Infectedz · Jun 25, 2009

I can't put them on auto :-( Default is 67% I can go up to 80% and down to 45%

I'm still priming now with RAM on 1066MHz this time (unlinked) with a MCH of 1.40 V
All the rest remained the same:

CPU VCore: 1.40 V
CPU VTT: 1.40 V
MCH 1.25: 1.40 V

d3fct · Jul 15, 2009

just recently added l/c to my rig, gettin rid of my phase, got it at 4.4 prime stable right now(about 4&1/2 hours im too impatient to wait any longer). I'm stilll having issues with my dominators at 500, even though there rated for 1066, hopefully i can work this out and get 4.5 or better prime stable. I can list my volts and such, if it will help anyone.

Triton.se · Jul 17, 2009

I've put my Q9650 in EVGA 750i SLI FTW mobo, not the best mobo for OC, but hey, 4.1GHz @ 1.328v (got pencil vdroop mod, 1.35v set in BIOS), 15 runs IBT (Linpack@High) but oddly gives ERROR instead of system freeze

...maybe I'll just stay there, error > freeze

4005MHz / 890MHz / Linpack@High 30 runs OK @ 1.304v

But...P95 Blend is another thing, it can't do more than 3hrs straight.

Asylum · Jul 17, 2009

Triton.se said:
I've put my Q9650 in EVGA 750i SLI FTW mobo, not the best mobo for OC, but hey, 4.1GHz @ 1.328v (got pencil vdroop mod, 1.35v set in BIOS), 15 runs IBT (Linpack@High) but oddly gives ERROR instead of system freeze ...maybe I'll just stay there, error > freeze

4005MHz / 890MHz / Linpack@High 30 runs OK @ 1.304v

But...P95 Blend is another thing, it can't do more than 3hrs straight.

Your going to need about 1.4 volts to run stable @ 4.1Ghz

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