[Solved] Q9550 --ultimate

Hi, i just bought a q9550 from micro center for 160$. I would like to share my experience with you folks. First of all, i am very impressed by this chip, the VID for this chip is 1.2500 @ stock 2.83ghz settings. I managed to bring it down to 1.11V @ clock speed of 3.4ghz, this is with prime 95 and orthos 8+hrs stable. The temps are wonderful too, my old e5200 Dual core managed 60C under prime 95 with 100% load, this new processor however does not break the 50C mark, plus 12mb cache is huge =]




very impressed =]

Nice freezed1, what motherboard and memory are you running?



The High temps shown in Core Temp, were after running Prime95 before running 3DM06, as you can see in CPU-Z my voltage is much higher than yours.

hey man how u get ur vid at 1.11v @ 3.4 ghz , is this reported by cpuz?
or maybe u got lucky with the vid on this chip

Hi, yes its stable so far, ran prime 95 for 3+hrs, and will leave it running overnight. I am trying to get the highest clocks while staying below stock voltages lol =] hope that made sense

lol yes that 1.11v @ 3.4ghz is reported by cpuz while running prime 95. according to core temp the VID is 1.2500v but thats 2 high and i can easily run it with lower VID and higher clocks =]

Hi, yeah i am going to leave it on all night and see if it crashes. last prime 95 run was for 3 hrs with the small FFT test selected. =]

wow you were right, burn test is much better......i am running it right now and see what happens, how long should i run it for? any recommendations?

Hi, i just ran the Intel burn test. I set it to maximum and ran it 10 times. below is SS, the core voltage according to CPU-Z is 1.19- 1.20V the processor is running at 3.57ghz now. BTW my temps are only 1C - 2C higher than running prime 95 small FFT, i am using a custom made water cooling setup.

thanks guys

Hi, yes my card is factory overclocked, i believe its the bfg oc2 edition. I used to run an e5200 between 3.7 ghz and 4.0 ghz, i think the advantage is minimal going from 3.7 to 4.0, so i might just keep this chip clocked at 3.6ghz ( just ran 20 loops of Intel burn test with maximum settings, they all passed), it is giving me a decent 3dmark06 score of 19141. Might do a bench run @ 4.0ghz but will not use that as a 24/7 setting.

Hi, wow abt the temps, i think the stepping makes a huge difference. I have a custom water cooling kit and my temps are as follows

Prime 95 small FFT 100% load = ~ 51C
Intel burn test "Maximum" setting = ~ 52C (with 20 loops)

Some one told me to use the intel burn test rather than prime 95 and they were right. On prime 95 my pc ran stably for 3+hrs, but with intel burn it failed in 10 seconds, i had to adjust the voltages for it to become stable.

Well freezed1, its going to be interesting to see your OCing progress, you definitely have my attention.

That custom water cooling is working great for you man, do you have any Pics?

You're going to be able to run over 4G with ease, thats awesome!!!

I gotta say my favorite part in that system is the ram fan.

Wich one is that?

Thx man, i am kinda busy these days once i have time i am going paint the case, make it very clean looking =]

My new 3dmark score. its just shy of 20K but i have surpassed it on a test run by increasing my vid card clocks. Its funny 3dmark says i have a pentium 3 !!!! lol....