overclocking q9550

NoobieOCer · 26 Oct 2008 at 23:29

hi,
i recently bought a q9550 and currently overclocking it. so far i got it to 3.52 (440 x 8) now i know that 65nm cpus can have a limit of 70c when oc, but 45nm has a limit of 1.4v before it degrades or something. now should i go by CPUZ voltage or bios? and is temp limit 70c for them too?

Cairnsey · 27 Oct 2008 at 00:48

CPU-z. maybe someone can confirm good temps for these CPU's

Frositay · 27 Oct 2008 at 00:51

70oc under full load? Yes! It shouldn't even creep over 60. Reapply heatsink to make sure its in properly or look at better cooling

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NoobieOCer · 27 Oct 2008 at 01:06

kl, one more thing i increased fsb vtt to 1.4v and was wondering if i increase this too much will it damage the cpu?

Frositay · 27 Oct 2008 at 01:12

If you increase it too much its possible yes. 1.4 sounds OK though I wouldn't go much higher than that.

CaptainRAVE · 27 Oct 2008 at 09:02

1.4V??? Sounds high. I have my Q9550 at 3.65Ghz with 1.25V. A lot of other people have reported similar to me. Also, get a better heatsink. My Tuniq tower keeps the temps down to 67C max. Usually never even approaches that. Wont get higher than 3.65 on air though (certainly not stable).

jonnylaris · 27 Oct 2008 at 09:37

CaptainRAVE said:
1.4V??? Sounds high. I have my Q9550 at 3.65Ghz with 1.25V. A lot of other people have reported similar to me. Also, get a better heatsink. My Tuniq tower keeps the temps down to 67C max. Usually never even approaches that. Wont get higher than 3.65 on air though (certainly not stable).

You sure you arent talking about cpu voltage here? VTT is fine up to 1.38/1.4 just dont go above that.

CaptainRAVE · 27 Oct 2008 at 09:43

Oh yeah, was talking about CPU voltage.