Q9450 3.6 advice

Boozebeard · 24 Jun 2010 at 17:24

So I got it stable at 3.6, here are the settings:

Load line calibration on
Vcore: 1.35 (1.368 actual)
PLL: 1.7
VTT: 1.35
NB: 1.4

GTL 0 0.635:auto
GTL 1 0.67: -45mv
GTL 2 0.635:auto
GTL 3 0.67: -45mv

PLL seems really high to me. I tried taking it down to 1.65 but it wasn't stable.

pastymuncher · 24 Jun 2010 at 18:52

What is your actual vcore? The 3.5v you have stated would fry the cpu instantly. Do not go above 1.45v vcore, ideally no more than 1.4v though. PLL does seem rather high at 1.7v. Certainly more than i would use.

Boozebeard · 24 Jun 2010 at 19:52

lol sorry I ment 1.35/1.368

Edited original post.

Would increasing the vcore abit maybe let me take the PLL down? Or maybe fiddling with the gtl's? I'm still kind of new to a lot of these voltages.

Boozebeard · 24 Jun 2010 at 22:32

I don't get it. It was stable for 6 hours of prime blend but I just blue screened twice in 2 hours of game playing. I've upped the vcore some more, I should probably just settle with 3.4 and see how low I can get the voltages but I don't want to let the chip win :mad:

It's pretty old now so won't be the end of the world if I kill it.

Unless its my graphics card OC that is unstable. Could that cause a blue screen? I always just assumed the picture would freeze or something, haven't had any artifacting. Would explain why haven't had any troubles in prime though. If it blue screens again I'll put the vcore back down and try putting my graphics card at stock.