Overclocked Q9550 temps...

Levirginien · 30 May 2010 at 23:21

I have overclocked my Q9550 (EO) to 3.6 and now my overall idle temps in degrees celsius are:
Cpu= 29
core1= 43
core2= 37
core3= 34
core4= 38
My GTX280 with fan at 40% reads
Gpu= 58
Gpu memory= 49
Gpu ambient= 50
Gpu VRM= 46
So far so good. No discernible hiccups yet...
Do these temperatures look right or am I likely to run into problems :confused:

MouthBoy · 30 May 2010 at 23:35

What are the temps under full load? And how are you testing your overclocking?

Levirginien · 31 May 2010 at 02:42

using Everest system stability test, max core temps rise to
74 65 65 and 66.

FiCtioN75 · 31 May 2010 at 07:52

Core 1's abit high i think, what voltage are you giving your chip?

MrMoses · 31 May 2010 at 14:49

we need to know the VCORE?

and multi settings

my old q9550 C0 would hit 3.6Ghz on quality air with 1.35v temps were ~64c on all 4 cores, primed

ricky · 31 May 2010 at 15:10

smeaney said:
What are the temps under full load? And how are you testing your overclocking?

This.Load temps are what you need to be reading.
Prime 95 is a good stress tester,and Realtemp is a good temperature monitor.

Levirginien · 31 May 2010 at 20:49

CPU VCore reads 1.32
I have a Zalman 9700 cooler and I have not touched any other setting apart from raising my fsb from 333 to 425 on a 8.5 multiplier.
for testing purpose I have only used everest system stability test as indicated earlier

scooby555t · 31 May 2010 at 21:57

ive got 36 36 39 37 idle and under load they get to about 50
then again am under water, also my volts are 1.232 volts for 3.6

scooby555t · 31 May 2010 at 22:19

FiCtioN75 · 31 May 2010 at 22:20

Intelburntest stresses the chip more than prime95

fs123 · 31 May 2010 at 22:36

I think the load temps of around 70 are quite normal for that system on air. I just did a quick prime95 test and I get 72 63 65 65 on the system in my sig. Idle temps are also around 40.

rickh · 1 Jun 2010 at 02:48

Those temperatures are fine.
You will never stress the cpu as much as ibt will anyway...

steve258 · 1 Jun 2010 at 03:54

Levirginien said:
CPU VCore reads 1.32
I have a Zalman 9700 cooler and I have not touched any other setting apart from raising my fsb from 333 to 425 on a 8.5 multiplier.
for testing purpose I have only used everest system stability test as indicated earlier

Temp seems fine I get around the same at idle with Freezer 7. However auto volt settings on ASUS boards tend to put a lot more juice than you need. So you might get away with a lot less volt and temp if you tweak the settings yourself.

scooby555t · 1 Jun 2010 at 09:32

FiCtioN75 said:
Intelburntest stresses the chip more than prime95

agrees

FiCtioN75 · 1 Jun 2010 at 15:42

steve258 what voltage do u have for 3.7 on the q9550? mine wont pass the ibt on maximum on 10 runs at 1.3v. im thinking of bumping it to 1.35v and going for 3.8ghz

steve258 · 1 Jun 2010 at 23:39

I have mine set to 1.3375in bios but that's with loadline calibration off so under ibt stress it drops down to about 1.25v.

You have a very decent mobo there so 3.8ghz should be easily attainable, maybe even 4ghz with a bit of luck. But make sure you don't just keep raising the vcore; remember the ibt also stresses fsb/northbridge and ram more than any other programme so make sure you also give attention to nbridge voltage, vtt (called fsb termination on asus bios), ppl and gtl reference voltage too. If you get these right you are likely find that the CPU actually needs very little vcore.

scooby555t · 2 Jun 2010 at 00:11

yeah i'll have to look into that 2 when i get abit of time

FiCtioN75 · 2 Jun 2010 at 08:16

steve258 said:
I have mine set to 1.3375in bios but that's with loadline calibration off so under ibt stress it drops down to about 1.25v.

You have a very decent mobo there so 3.8ghz should be easily attainable, maybe even 4ghz with a bit of luck. But make sure you don't just keep raising the vcore; remember the ibt also stresses fsb/northbridge and ram more than any other programme so make sure you also give attention to nbridge voltage, vtt (called fsb termination on asus bios), ppl and gtl reference voltage too. If you get these right you are likely find that the CPU actually needs very little vcore.

Ah brilliant cheers bud. Im away on holiday for a few days now but im going to start trying to hit 4ghz once i get home. Ill start a thread with bios piccies for some more advice, so if you could watch this space id be pretty chuffed. Cheers

reygjabla · 5 Jun 2010 at 10:55

scooby555t said:

Man,

I need to overclock my eyes to be able to read this.

C64 · 5 Jun 2010 at 13:51

I don't consider it stable now unless it passes at least 40 runs of intel burn test setting high.
Watch those temps though my q6600 can hit 90c running IBT.