Overclocking a Q9450

[halcyon]

Well, I'm just talking having my Q9450 to 3.5Ghz. So, I'd need to try 3.8Ghz or beyond for the TRUE to truly shine? Since I'll likely not be trying that I'm just gonna chalk the cost of to that of the hobby. I've found that my beloved Lian-Li is not the coolest case and that there's a significant difference in temperatures with the side panel off, so I think 3.5Ghz is gonna be me for a while.

 

[iluvgillgill]

well i get the point that the HDT cooler is more efficient BUT when it reach its max thermal efficiency then the TRUE will still got something left in it.

 

[shadowthor]

i just realized what a bitch it is to overclock the q9450. I just prime95 it for 24hrs to see if it was fully stable, instead of the usual 10 hrs. Then one core has to crap out on me at 16hrs and something and the rest goes on for 20hrs plus.

 

[iluvgillgill]

thats why i tell you when you do your final OC.signs........

 

[shadowthor]

oh well, i guess maybe one more notch of vcore won't kill me, i hate to wait another 24 hours and find out another core crapped out.

 

[iluvgillgill]

well that price to pay for when you do OC.no?

 

[aznguy0028]

i just realized what a bitch it is to overclock the q9450. I just prime95 it for 24hrs to see if it was fully stable, instead of the usual 10 hrs. Then one core has to crap out on me at 16hrs and something and the rest goes on for 20hrs plus.

seriously, i know what you mean, i OC-ed my friends Q6600 to 3.0ghz on the first try, and everything is stable till this day. I then worked on my Q9450, i had a few encounter w/BSODs. finally got it stable after like 3 days of work T_T i think its worth it though

 

[kawininjazx]

Ge the arctic cooling 7, its cheap and will let you do 3.2ghz, which is easy on P35/45/X38/X48 chipsets. Once you go over 400fsb you may have a problem. I have no clue why intel went to a smaller heatsink, the old ones still sucked and now they are smaller. The AC7 is nice because there is no bracket to install under the mobo so its easy to change your CPU,