3.4Ghz overclock 9450. this ok?

[munchies]

hi, i've overclocked (well my mobo overclocked lol) my Q9450 to 3.4 using the cpu level up, i've left everything on auto, all i did was bump the FSB from 400 to 425 and changed ram volage to 2.1 but everything else is on auto. i ran prime95 for just under 12hours with no errors, i've still to test the ram. just wanted to know whta u guys think of this overclock and if anything is wrong, high, can be better ect heres the specs
Q9450 with 9700nt cooler
Rampage formula
4Gb corsair xms2
if u need any more specs let me know
heres some screen shots







The last one is about 10mins after i stopped the test and basically at idle
I have no idea how hot Nb was and what the voltage is at as its all at auto
so what do u guys think?
thanks

 

[munchies]

Don't know if this will help but found these in the bios not sure how accurate they are but still...

CPU Vol: 1.264V
CPU PLL Vol: 1.584V
FSB Termination Vol: 1.376V
NB Vol: 1.616V
SB Vol: 1.072V

MB Temp: 29c
NB Temp: 54c/128f
SB Temp: 41.5c/106.5f

 

[will14]

Sounds like it is stable, I didn't see any temp mentions but so long as it is within Intel's specs(forget off top of head) then you should be golden.

Oh efb.

You posted some temps afterwards heh.
use um... Speed fan or coretemp from within windows while stress testing to get a better idea of temps.

NB seems a little high so may consider setting a fan on it(if not provided), but I've been away a bit so that may be normal temp. I'd check your cpu temp also which I see no mention of. Looks like you didn't really mod CPU voltage though so that is good.

 

[eklipz330]

yeah rampage's and maximus's have high nb temps apparently
i kno mine does

 

[LsRamAir]

My Q9300 on Gigabyte X48 runs great at 3.4Ghz via the mobos "auto-voltages" and your chip can handle a little bit more than mine, so id say you are good to go. My temps and voltages are in the same ballpark as yours it seems.

 

[gamerk316]

Close to what I got with my 9750 (~3.45). Nothing looks too bad; temps are a tiny bit high, so keep an eye on them for a bit.

 

[munchies]

Thanks for your thoughts people, i will keep an eye on the temps and may try to lower the voltages a bit to whatever i can get to whilst remaining stable

 

[Lupiron]

Not to bad, in my opinion, other than the north bridge voltage. I really must be the only one who suffers from performance losses when my north bridge is over volted?

My 780i likes 1.38, or 1.40 for 415-450 FSB, if I go higher, I lose about 100 points in 3d mark, and a second or two with super pi. Gets worse as I try 1.44, 1.46, etc, until I start to get normal BSODs from it.

I am rather surprised that yours like 1.6. Not that it is to high or anything, like the other man said, just watch the temps, and they like to be high, anyways. Although sometimes I wonder, as my Mobo temps get to 36c while loaded, yet my MOSFETs get to 65c.

At least i think I am reading it right. The NB sure feels cool, while the lil chips around the CPU socket are feeling 150 degrees, hehehe! (Note to self, when feeling the MOSFETs or other power related objects on MoBo while loaded, they appear very sensitive to any currant, and my finger/skin appear to have shorted it out enough to re boot. So much for my 10 hour prime stable screen shot, lol!)

Hey munchies, have you already listed your VID somewhere? If not, do you mind running either Real Temp, or Core temp and looking for the VID, and listing it here?

Thanks!

--Lupi

 

[munchies]

hi no problem realtemp: VID = 1.2500

edit: i forgot to mention that i've upped the FSB TO 450 making it 3.6Ghz but i've also lowered nearly all of the voltages, i will post the exact voltages tomorrow once prime95 is finsihed but i've been runnig it for about 3hours so far and the temps on my cpu is 54c which is 4-5c lower than when i only had 3.4Ghz but more voltage. anyway i will follow up on this tomorrow when prime95 has ran for atleast 12 hours.

oh 1 more question, is it normal to have a 10c difference on say core0 to core 3, coz core 0 runs 54c but core 3 runs 42c. just not sure if this is normal

 

[munchies]

well didnt have to wait untill tomorrow, thred1 failed after 4hours. heres the settings i had
FSB: 450
CPU VOL: 1.26875V
CPU PLL: 1.52V
NB VOL: 1.47V
FSB Termination VOL: 1.38
SB VOL: 1.050V

any ideas what would make it more stable?

 

[Granite3]

NB and cpu voltage most likely.

My 790i got my Q9450 to 3.6 and was stable with 1.278 on the cpu, and 1.5 on the NB. Ran over 8 hours prime 95 on small tfts.

Backed it down to 3.4, same voltage you have, and 1.4 on the NB.

The NB temp dropped 5c after thae lowering to 1.4.

I watercool everything but the NB, it has the annoyingly loud 50ish mm fan on it.

 

[Granite3]

Edit-

What speed is the xms ram?

Unlinking the fsb/ram may allow you to hit a bit higher.

 

[munchies]

the ram is on auto and is always at a 1:1 so its on 450 with timing 5-5-5-18

 

[itadakimasu]

i had my 9450 @ 3.6 w\ the ram (ocz ddr3-1333) @ 750 but i ran 3dmark and it crashed on one of the first tests... and then in the bios it gave me a warning about shutdown due to oc' settings...

I redid everything and there was a new ati driver. So I currently have it set @ 3.5 and the ram is around 730mhz.

I noticed that the core temperature readings I get while at stock settings don't really change much when I have it oc'd. Idle = 35-40 full load = 50-55
cpu temp from bios = 15-20c ^^