Q9450, what is a reasonable expectation?

[mexpedip]

Here is my comp:
Asus Maximus Formula
Q9450
8gb DDR2 1066 OCZ Reaper
8800GTS (512mb)


I already have a seperate comp with an e8400 running @ 3.6ghz. That took no effort whatsoever. I think the only thing I did was set everything to "auto" and changed the FSB to 400x9 and then slowly lowered the vcore until it was stable. entire process took 45 min before I started running prime 95. In other words, no skill was involved.

 

[jeteryankees22]

So what are you asking??

 

[mexpedip]

thread title and we are, I believe, in the cpu oc forum.

 

[TurtleMan]

I'm running at 3.7GHz on a striker 2 formula with 4 gig ram @ 925MHz:

t-man

 

[cjl]

I would say that with almost no effort, 3.5 should be easy, and 3.7-3.8 should be doable.

 

[TurtleMan]

I agree with cjl, but don't expect to get your 8gig of RAM running at 1066 - but you will earn serious bragging rights if you can... Good Luck.

t-man

 

[V3NOM]

^why not if its factory rated 1066? im sure almost any 800 kit with nice heatspreaders could do it at 6-6-6-18

 

[TurtleMan]

If you clock it down like you suggested, it might work. I've never been willing to run mine at less than the stock "Ticks", which are 5-5-5-18-2T for my stuff. I've also never seen anyone claim to be running 8gig@1066 at these timings. But I'm interested in how it plays out: keep us posted , and I wish you luck. If you succeed, I'll pick up another 4gig for myself ;-)

t-man

 

[mexpedip]

Thank you for all the feedback. I had to RMA the cpu because at idle (before starting any oc'ing) my cores were at 32,32,71,73C. I am sure it is an issue with the heat sensors but either way I did not want to mess with anything.

For what it's worth, I had to unlink my ram from the fsb to oc my e8400. I could not get the same memory to oc at all with 4gb but as long as the voltage and timing were manually set I could get the 1066. timings were set @ 5,5,5,15 2T @ 2.1v.

 

[mexpedip]

update:

slight change to the config above:
Asus Rampage Formula
Q9550

My first OC is at 3.502 @ 1.272v. I haven't run prime95 yet. All I did was select "crazy" and this is what I got. I am interested to see the p95 12 hour results and then how far I can take this cpu.

Thanks again for all the info. I'll update this over the next few days.

 

[V3NOM]

well really how much difference do timings make? at 6-6-6-18 i got 12007 3Dmark06's. at 4-4-4-12 i get 12040. seriously. why bother? is it just a marketing scam?