I've just finished building a system with a QX-9650 and I'm starting to mess with overclocking it. I am very much a novice at overclocking. First, here is the system:
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP
GIGABYTE GA-EX38-DS4
PC Power & Cooling S75QB
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
G.SKILL 2 x 1GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel
and a picture;
Note I am using the [supposedly decent] stock cooler with the cpu. It looks like some of the zalman models.
I'm currently running at 4ghz. Here are some screenshots of the bios settings:
And finally, here it is running prime95 with cpu-z and core temp:
One thing to note is that i was running prime95 24.x not 25.6 so I don't think I was stressing the system fully.
The system "seems" stable at these settings however, I don't completely understand what a good temp range is for this chip. As you can see, I am hitting some temps in the 70's (not sustained). Am I triggering some circuitry that shuts down the chip in these ranges? Somewhere I read that 65c is the max for the 45mm chips. Is that right?
Also, my memory is set to auto but the settings look like they may be wrong. The timing *should* be cl5-5-5-15. Should I override the automatic settings [I assume yes]. What do I use for the "advanced timing control" values?
Anyone have any suggestion regarding my configuration? Thanks -- Bud
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP
GIGABYTE GA-EX38-DS4
PC Power & Cooling S75QB
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
G.SKILL 2 x 1GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel
and a picture;
Note I am using the [supposedly decent] stock cooler with the cpu. It looks like some of the zalman models.
I'm currently running at 4ghz. Here are some screenshots of the bios settings:
And finally, here it is running prime95 with cpu-z and core temp:
One thing to note is that i was running prime95 24.x not 25.6 so I don't think I was stressing the system fully.
The system "seems" stable at these settings however, I don't completely understand what a good temp range is for this chip. As you can see, I am hitting some temps in the 70's (not sustained). Am I triggering some circuitry that shuts down the chip in these ranges? Somewhere I read that 65c is the max for the 45mm chips. Is that right?
Also, my memory is set to auto but the settings look like they may be wrong. The timing *should* be cl5-5-5-15. Should I override the automatic settings [I assume yes]. What do I use for the "advanced timing control" values?
Anyone have any suggestion regarding my configuration? Thanks -- Bud