I got bored :D

chainy · 23 Mar 2009 at 19:41

Thought I would mess around with my voltages and see if I could get a little bit more out of the old girl for 24/7 use.

UD3P and Q9650 on air (True black push pull fan config)
9x467 (4.2GHZ)
24Hrs+ Prime small and blend stable

Not bad for a newb OC'er. This combo of board and chip are unbelievable. If I can overclock this high with them anyone can!

chainy · 23 Mar 2009 at 19:48

benjo said:
Nice one. What voltage are you using now?

Try and go further

VCore 1.36250v (bios) 1.328v (cpu-z)
LLC enabled
VTT 1.34v
MCH 1.36v
ICH 1.3v

I would have to mess around with GTL voltages to go further and being a newb I confess that I dont understand how to set them!

I may try and go for 4.4 but not to run 24/7

chainy · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:08

cje said:
What board do you have?

Gigabyte UD3P as stated above

chainy · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:16

cje said:
Sorry mate, not familiar with Gigabyte boards, so didn't recognize it.

Nice clock!

No worries. Cheers mate

chainy · 23 Mar 2009 at 22:41

mr_x_plosion said:
Nice clock

I was looking at your mobo/chip combo the other week! There was a UD5 and I7 that went really cheap on a 'auction site'. would have been a steal. To be honest not sure the price/performance would have been worth the upgrade though. I mostly encode (no gaming) so there would have been an improvement but probably not enough to warrent the outlay. Especially as I dont think my OC'ing skills are polished enough to achieve the 4GHZ you have yours at.

chainy · 25 Mar 2009 at 21:42

Right here's where im at right now. Vcore is at the max im prepared to take it to. Im also getting to the limits temp wise. Im currently an hour into priming. I also seem to have hit a wall as I cant get past 4.3GHZ stable no matter what voltages I throw at it. Still not bad for a newb though

VCore (bios) 1.4325v (cpu-z) 1.408v idle 1.392v load
VTT 1.36v
MCH 1.38v
ICH 1.3v

chainy · 25 Mar 2009 at 21:44

PaulyD said:
keep pushing for more

Nice clock mate. I hate you! LOL. I cant get past 4.3GHZ.

What is the Vid of your chip?

chainy · 26 Mar 2009 at 18:18

Failed on 1 core after 13 hrs of Prime small. Still a little bit of tweaking needed me thinks. I dont consider an OC stable unless I can get it to 24hrs+

chainy · 26 Mar 2009 at 18:19

Banny said:
You got me back doing mine now, testing at 4.25 as I type.
Lets hope it pass's

Good luck. Keep us posted how you get on and let us know your settings

chainy · 26 Mar 2009 at 18:23

Banny said:
Very good overclock on air that is, those boards are meant to be great for Quads I was thinking of getting one myself, but the thought of draining my loop and sourcing mosfet blocks has put me off.
Seeing as I am at 467x9 stable anyway no point.
Great these Q9650s are for clocking.

Ive seen on another forum people posting OC's booting into windows at 4.8 with this board and a Q9650. Crazy Voltages of 1.500v needed. Still pretty amazing though!

chainy · 26 Mar 2009 at 18:32

Banny said:
How stable do you want 8hrs is more than enough, your rig is stable.
All I use is IBT for a few runs if it can pass that its fine.

Everyones idea of 'stable' is different. For example If you're folding @ home 24/7 then 8 Hrs would not be considered stable!

If you're happy with a few runs of IBT thats great! Its just nice to know that IF I needed to run my rig 24/7 under load it would do it happily without errors.