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Q9450 question

Basically you need a good board, as to get to 3.6GHz you're needing 450fsb, which is a lot to ask of a quad. 3.2 is easy though, you could probably put fsb to 400 on stock voltage, or a tiny bit higher.
 
MooMoo444 said:
you could probably put fsb to 400 on stock voltage, or a tiny bit higher.
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+1

My Q9450 got to 3.15Ghz on stock voltage (1.25V)
I've had it up to 4Ghz on 1.4V (in windows) (500mhz fsb)

but i dont need the processing power most of the time,a nd it runs a tad too hot for my liking at that level so its back at 3.4Ghz (1.28V in windows)

The multiplyer obviously makes it slightly harder to clock, but a decent mobo will allow you to get it up there.
 
Another hint:
Get the gtl ref# voltage right helps lower the vcore required too (knocked about 0.05V off my vcore!)

Depends on bios as to how you set it, but with the 45nm quads, set all four lanes to:

-0.032*(fsb termination voltage (aka. pll voltage))

e.g mine is at 1.3V so gtl ref# = -0.0412V -> -40mV in bios (yes these are -ve numbers)
 
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