Q9650 help

ChrisLandin · 25 May 2010 at 11:54

Hi all. Ive managed to get my Q9650 to 3.6ghz and only tweaked the FSB to 1600 so its 400 x 9. But in my bios I have intel speedstep and the like disabled. Is this wise? My cpu passed IBT on standard and the max temp on any one core was 55 degrees but today is quite cool and also the side on my case is off as Ive just put this rig together. Im using an H50 as my cooler, so at the moment im happy with my clock I just want to know if I should turn the fancy bits back on in the bios or will this maybe play with my clock? Thanks all.

Temi_D · 25 May 2010 at 12:36

What mobo have you got? I recon theres no need to disable any of the 'fancy' stuff unless you run into problems. Mine does 4GHz on stock volts with speedstep and the other fancy stuff enabled.

Also dont forget to make sure you dont overclock the ram. You can lower the ram frequency if you need to

ChrisLandin · 25 May 2010 at 12:46

My mobo is a striker 2 nse 790i, my ram is running at 1333 which is its rated speed. So i will try with all the bits enabled then. Thanks

ChrisLandin · 25 May 2010 at 13:07

Turned all the bits of fancy off and no issues. My cpu passed IBT again and in cpuz it clocks down when idle. Result! Should I try for 3.8 or leave it be, Hmmm???

booyaka · 25 May 2010 at 14:24

4ghz should be easy tbh - i got to 4ghz with plenty to spare - just haven't had the time to push further.