QX9770

monkeyspunk · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:36

Hi
Im running a QX9770@4Ghz, CPU 1.39375v (1.42v), VTT 1.16v (1.20v), PLL 1.50v (1.54v)…(Everest)
The temps max on the 4cores is no more than 36-40c.
Im thinking about clocking it more but not sure what the safe limits are, can anybody advise??
Many thanks..

Intel Extreme Quad Core QX9770
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FiCtioN75 · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:46

what are your load temps?

reygjabla · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:49

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

With that temperature, you can easily get to 6.0Ghz.

Edit: Thought it was load temp.

monkeyspunk · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:02

Cpu idle 29/29/25/25 e
Cpu load playing games 36-40c
NB idle 41c load 44c e
SB idle 29c load 34c e
e=Everest

Ryan-3 · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:08

Your CPU the only thing watercooled then?

I'd go to about 1.45v and try for 4.2Ghz

monkeyspunk · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:11

cool thanks ... is it the volts or temp that kills cpu`s?

Ryan-3 · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:12

Volts often fry them

They're about as bad as each other, but it takes a lot of volts though.

monkeyspunk · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:15

cool .. well ive hava go at 4.2Ghz and see how it goes ..thanks 4the input

iNPUt · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:43

Have you seen how low you can get your vcore on your current overclock, because I am thinging that a QX9770 should be able to hit 4 GHz with much less than 1.39375v vcore.

I suspect the other settings are causing your instability.

Ryan111 · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:02

You mean one of these?

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=QX9770&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&scoring=r

Thats a huge amount to pay for a processor, more than an i7 980X!

Justintime · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:09

iNPUt said:
Have you seen how low you can get your vcore on your current overclock, because I am thinging that a QX9770 should be able to hit 4 GHz with much less than 1.39375v vcore.

I suspect the other settings are causing your instability.

Luck of the draw i guess, being a QX9770 dosen't instantly guarantee a high overclock, i've had better results with my E0 Q9550 than i had with my 'sold before it lost any money' E0 QX9650 which topped out at 3.8GHz with 1.4v and needed 1.5v for 4GHz (which it was at for a day only), whilst my Q9550 does 4Ghz at 1.325v on the same board with obviously a much higher FSB (ruling out board/ram etc.. ).

monkeyspunk · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:27

Ryan111 said:
You mean one of these?

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=QX9770&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&scoring=r

Thats a huge amount to pay for a processor, more than an i7 980X!

ye one of them lol ...
All i can say is i was a noob and brought 1when they first came out thinking that they were the best you could buy ... but its to late to turn the clocks back lol...

Will the PC run any better trying to sqeeze extra out of the cpu .. should i just stick at were it is .... its stable etc :confused:

Greebo · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:45

Just keep going and keep an eye on the temps. I;ve had my q9650 at 4.95Ghz with 1.56v through it fine (although not for day to day use)

Mr Krugga · 7 Jun 2010 at 11:16

Sell the chip whilst it's worth anything and get a Core i7 build.