Is there a way to keep C&Q enabled during phenom 965 overclocking?

[el Kuarlos]

On quite a mild overclock right now;
Phenom 2 965 (125 watt)
clock 3.7
nb 2200
ht 2000
Crosshair III mobo, corsair 750 watt, Asus 5850 (tinkering with overclocking here- it will run 5870 settings without any added voltage!), ram isnt ideal, 2000htz ripjaw running at 1333 8-8-8-24

When I go even 1 htz over 3.7 c&q stops functioning, now given I am still at stock processor voltage, after 24 hrs+ of gaming with good thermals (never over 48C) it is rock solid for what I need it to do and I am pretty sure I can push this a bit further, but,

a. is there a way to go over 3.7 and keep c&q?

b. is there a way to do this whilst adjusting the voltage settings?

Also how safe is it to take the nb to 2400- a 20% increase seems a lot, and I want this chip to last a few years?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[el Kuarlos]

thanks

 

[el Kuarlos]

C&Q doesnt seem to like fsb adjustments, which is fine, as I do not want to tinker with the ht link, sources say that has a neutral or negative effect.

I did try upping fsb by 1 to see how C&Q reacted...it throttled a few times at start up but from there just stopped working.

As for k10, that has either caused or highlighted some very bizarre behavior in my chip- I set it to [email protected] in k190 and put it under load, the chip's voltage went to 1.47 in everest & cpuz- chip max voltage is 1.5!

This was concerning, so I went into bios and set it at 1.375 manually...now when I load it the chips voltage goes to 1.36...

I am not sure what is causing this behavior will probably reinstall C&Q but I m not keen on messing with k10 again.

 

[el Kuarlos]

Reinstalled C&Q, and still if I leave voltage to auto, it hops up to 1.45 on load.

When I set it to 1.375 it sits at about 1.35 under load...weird- my board should be a capable of keeping it at the right volts- what do you think is happening?

 

[el Kuarlos]

Thanks for the insight fella, I have been keeping it at manual 1.375 and now it seems to always stay below that, an hour or so of gaming shows it ll still do what I want it to.

Going to leave k10 alone for now, full rebuild coming up once I get paid so may tinker then.