Overclocking a Q9550

[Willus Killus]

I have my trusty Q9550 which I am looking to extend the usefulness of until I save up enough monies to build from scratch again.

So I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a speed to overclock to, and a nice tasty fan to stop anything from exploding since I still have the stock cooler (terrible I know).

Be warned, I am a total newbie at overclocking but I am capable of navigating a BIOS and following instructions.

 

[IvanDobskey]

I just set mine to 3.4GHz without any faffing about. It's at stock voltage and is rock stable.

 

[Willus Killus]

I just set mine to 3.4GHz without any faffing about. It's at stock voltage and is rock stable.

Hmmm, with a stock cooler?

 

[pastymuncher]

Mine easily did 3.6Ghz on stock settings (not stock cooler). It went on to hit 4.13Ghz. Have a read of this thread as there are loads of good settings in it.

 

[IvanDobskey]

Hmmm, with a stock cooler?

Ah, sorry, not a stock cooler no. It's a thermalright ultra 120 (not the extreme version).