Help with overclocking Q9450

Badbonji · 04-30-2008, 08:20 AM

Hi all,

I got my new pc parts recently, and with water cooling so I could OC my cpu. However, I am having many problems even OCing slightly from stock.

System:
Q9450 @2.66Ghz @2.73Ghz
8Gb G.skill PC2-8500 5-5-5-15 2T @ 900Mhz
Asus P5N32-e sli
150Gb Raptor X 10,000rpm
2 x EVGA 8800gts 512Mb SSC

I cant seem to get 350FSB even putting the Vcore to 1.40V, and the memory won't go higher than 950Mhz with 2.2V, with the VTT at 1.55V (Max on this board). The NB is at 1.35V and the SB is currently 1.5V. Temperatures are 31-36 idle, 45 full load.

My aim was to try and get the Q9450 to 3.2Ghz (400x8), and the memory to 1066Mhz (its rated speed) with 5-5-5-15 2T timings. Any help would be highly appreciated

floydfan · 05-03-2008, 06:55 PM

wow, news to me that a 680i board can even run a yorkie... guess its some sort of tweak asus did. do you have a fsb voltage? 6xx series boards are not good fsb overclockers, especially with quads, so they need a good bit of voltage.

04-30-2008, 08:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
Badbonji Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 1 OS: Vista Ultimate 64	Help with overclocking Q9450 Hi all, I got my new pc parts recently, and with water cooling so I could OC my cpu. However, I am having many problems even OCing slightly from stock. System: Q9450 @2.66Ghz @2.73Ghz 8Gb G.skill PC2-8500 5-5-5-15 2T @ 900Mhz Asus P5N32-e sli 150Gb Raptor X 10,000rpm 2 x EVGA 8800gts 512Mb SSC I cant seem to get 350FSB even putting the Vcore to 1.40V, and the memory won't go higher than 950Mhz with 2.2V, with the VTT at 1.55V (Max on this board). The NB is at 1.35V and the SB is currently 1.5V. Temperatures are 31-36 idle, 45 full load. My aim was to try and get the Q9450 to 3.2Ghz (400x8), and the memory to 1066Mhz (its rated speed) with 5-5-5-15 2T timings. Any help would be highly appreciated

05-03-2008, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
floydfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 365 OS: xp pro My System	Re: Help with overclocking Q9450 wow, news to me that a 680i board can even run a yorkie... guess its some sort of tweak asus did. do you have a fsb voltage? 6xx series boards are not good fsb overclockers, especially with quads, so they need a good bit of voltage.