I need help with overclocking my Q9650

[Nakhryn]

Hello, so I just got my parts and I'd really need help overclocking. I've read the Core 2 overclocking guide but there's a lot of information to process and I'd like to be sure that I don't mess up anything since I'm kinda broke right now. I'd like to know if people with a lot of overclocking experience could give me kind of a base voltage and FSB to OC my Q9650 to at least 4ghz or any tips on how not to fry my components. 😛

Thanks in advance! 😀

Parts:
Asus P5QL-EM MOBO
8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2-800Mhz Non-ecc Un-buffered RAM
INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9650 SLB8W 3.00GHZ / 12M / 1333 LGA775
GlacialTech Igloo 5700 MC CPU Cooler
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked
Thermaltake SMART Series SP-550PCBUS 550W ATX 12V 2.3

 

[froga-dodger]

G'day mate, I've been using the q9650 with my gigabyte board for years now and I've got it set to 3.6ghz. I haven't touched voltages in the bios as the board has an auto setting and it's stable. Trouble is that you need to try for yourself as there are no set numbers that are guaranteed to work. If you like I can give you as much info from the bios as I can, but perhaps there is someone out there who has better technical knowledge than myself.
Start with the fsb, I pushed mine to 400 with a multiplier of 9 (hence 3.6). Voltages will depend on your RAM V so check the manufacturer's values. You don't want to go over the voltage or you could fry the ram. Try some gentle tweaking first, run some load tests and see how you go. I can't give you details advise as your motherboard may work differently to mine.

 

[Nakhryn]

G'day mate, I've been using the q9650 with my gigabyte board for years now and I've got it set to 3.6ghz. I haven't touched voltages in the bios as the board has an auto setting and it's stable. Trouble is that you need to try for yourself as there are no set numbers that are guaranteed to work. If you like I can give you as much info from the bios as I can, but perhaps there is someone out there who has better technical knowledge than myself.
Start with the fsb, I pushed mine to 400 with a multiplier of 9 (hence 3.6). Voltages will depend on your RAM V so check the manufacturer's values. You don't want to go over the voltage or you could fry the ram. Try some gentle tweaking first, run some load tests and see how you go. I can't give you details advise as your motherboard may work differently to mine.

Sure buddy, if you can give me some information helping me understand overclocking I'd really appreciate it! 😀
And about the Ram V I have no idea since I bought my ram on ebay from a guy that didn't have all the info on it (I know that's a bad idea but he was the only one I could order my ram from ) :V

 

[froga-dodger]

Sure buddy, if you can give me some information helping me understand overclocking I'd really appreciate it! 😀
And about the Ram V I have no idea since I bought my ram on ebay from a guy that didn't have all the info on it (I know that's a bad idea but he was the only one I could order my ram from ) :V

[/quotemsg]

Forgive me if I am stating the obvious here, but I'm trying to help you and I don't know your specific hardware.

My understanding of overclocking is as follows:

When you overclock the CPU speed, the CPU needs more electricity(energy) to generate the higher values.
The FSB runs at a lower frequency to the CPU and is usually a multiple of the CPU frequency, and as with the CPU when you raise the frequency you need to raise the voltage, in this case the RAM voltage. That's why you need to know the RAM and CPU voltages so you don't go over them. Usually when you go over or under a correct value, the motherboard won't boot and then reverts back to the last safe setting that was used. So if you get into a boot fail cycle, you have probably not got the numbers right. Be patient, take the values up slowly, run some load tests once you get a successful boot and then try playing a game that you like that also runs the components reasonably hot (if you understand what I mean).

Also check the safe temp values for the cpu, from memory they are around 65 degrees Celsius (I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit). You should use something like speedfan to monitor your temps as you play or run the load tests. Temps can be brought down with better cooling options if you manage to get a good solid OC steup going.

I hope that helped mate. If you want some actual voltage values that my board is using I can provide those, but they may not work for you on your system.

Best of Luck

 

[Nakhryn]

Sure buddy, if you can give me some information helping me understand overclocking I'd really appreciate it! 😀
And about the Ram V I have no idea since I bought my ram on ebay from a guy that didn't have all the info on it (I know that's a bad idea but he was the only one I could order my ram from ) :V

Forgive me if I am stating the obvious here, but I'm trying to help you and I don't know your specific hardware.

My understanding of overclocking is as follows:

When you overclock the CPU speed, the CPU needs more electricity(energy) to generate the higher values.
The FSB runs at a lower frequency to the CPU and is usually a multiple of the CPU frequency, and as with the CPU when you raise the frequency you need to raise the voltage, in this case the RAM voltage. That's why you need to know the RAM and CPU voltages so you don't go over them. Usually when you go over or under a correct value, the motherboard won't boot and then reverts back to the last safe setting that was used. So if you get into a boot fail cycle, you have probably not got the numbers right. Be patient, take the values up slowly, run some load tests once you get a successful boot and then try playing a game that you like that also runs the components reasonably hot (if you understand what I mean).

Also check the safe temp values for the cpu, from memory they are around 65 degrees Celsius (I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit). You should use something like speedfan to monitor your temps as you play or run the load tests. Temps can be brought down with better cooling options if you manage to get a good solid OC steup going.

I hope that helped mate. If you want some actual voltage values that my board is using I can provide those, but they may not work for you on your system.

Best of Luck
[/quotemsg]

Thanks for the info , man! I really , really appreciate it. Now the only thing I have to do is go back to the Core 2 OC guide and reread it . 😛

(Sorry for the late reply , I forgot to check the "Email when answered" box <.<)

 

[assamer]

Hello, so I just got my parts and I'd really need help overclocking. I've read the Core 2 overclocking guide but there's a lot of information to process and I'd like to be sure that I don't mess up anything since I'm kinda broke right now. I'd like to know if people with a lot of overclocking experience could give me kind of a base voltage and FSB to OC my Q9650 to at least 4ghz or any tips on how not to fry my components. 😛

Thanks in advance! 😀

Parts:
Asus P5QL-EM MOBO
8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2-800Mhz Non-ecc Un-buffered RAM
INTEL Core 2 Quad Q9650 SLB8W 3.00GHZ / 12M / 1333 LGA775
GlacialTech Igloo 5700 MC CPU Cooler
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked
Thermaltake SMART Series SP-550PCBUS 550W ATX 12V 2.3

DUDE !!! 😀 how did you mange to run 8GB on this board !!
can you give me the exact model of the rams you used ....