I am currently Overclocking a Q9400 on a EVGA 750iFTW board, 4gb Corsair Dominator ddr2 ram, Rosewill Xtreme Series RX850-D-B 850W, Zalman 9700, with Arctic cooling MX-2 Thermal paste, all inside a XCLIO A380PLUS-BK case, and I am getting low results.
I am maxing out at 3.2 ghz stable 39/53. and a max Memory speed of 1080mhz.
Based upon research, I have concluded that I need to switch back to tried and true AS5, and I have purchased a motherboard which should be able to handle higher clock speed out of both the CPU and Memory (the ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo)
I was wondering what kind of increase in speeds/ ideal temperature do you think I should get when all is said and done? (btw I am pretty sure I applied the thermal grease rather poorly, I was in a big rush while doing it) I can't perform this switch for a few days, and I am just curious to hear whether you guys think this is going to improve overclockability as drastically as I'm hoping it should.
I am maxing out at 3.2 ghz stable 39/53. and a max Memory speed of 1080mhz.
Based upon research, I have concluded that I need to switch back to tried and true AS5, and I have purchased a motherboard which should be able to handle higher clock speed out of both the CPU and Memory (the ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo)
I was wondering what kind of increase in speeds/ ideal temperature do you think I should get when all is said and done? (btw I am pretty sure I applied the thermal grease rather poorly, I was in a big rush while doing it) I can't perform this switch for a few days, and I am just curious to hear whether you guys think this is going to improve overclockability as drastically as I'm hoping it should.