Pushing my old 775
June 6 2012: So my Q9550 has run brilliantly at 4080mHz for a long time. This is a 480FSB, folding stable, gaming stable, multitasking stable. I am an avid participant in Folding@Home and belong to the folding team Dark Predators. Recently the rules for my folding "category" changed and added some more powerful hardware that my quad is having trouble keeping up with. Thus, I will endeavor to push this quad as far as I can.
Starting from my 480 FSB I am going to bump the FSB +3 every day or so after testing it's folding stability for that day. I am currently at 486 and haven't moved my vCore from the 1.4125 yet. The CPU idles at 1.38 vCore and runs at 1.31v when stressed. Temps are decent at 68C max while folding (75F ambient temp). I will post my MIT in my next entry so there is a reference.
I do this as a chronicle of my efforts so maybe they can help somebody else trying to get the most our of their older hardware. Rig specs are in my signature.
June 9 2012: Overclocking project on hold due to extremely high local temperatures.
Starting from my 480 FSB I am going to bump the FSB +3 every day or so after testing it's folding stability for that day. I am currently at 486 and haven't moved my vCore from the 1.4125 yet. The CPU idles at 1.38 vCore and runs at 1.31v when stressed. Temps are decent at 68C max while folding (75F ambient temp). I will post my MIT in my next entry so there is a reference.
I do this as a chronicle of my efforts so maybe they can help somebody else trying to get the most our of their older hardware. Rig specs are in my signature.
June 9 2012: Overclocking project on hold due to extremely high local temperatures.
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