Infinitepyro

Q9300 is awesome! Its faster, cooler, and just much better all around. Especially when it gets full use of 4.1 SSE.

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martirw

hey sup ppl just got a q9300 with 790i but mobo came defective so my rig aint up yet but i have a couple of questions that i will post when i am up and running as of right now cant we get sub forums on the intel cpu's forum??? be kindda better than just the 1 post also i have read a lot on OC ram but still feel stupid even after reading the RAM Timing Guide lol can somebody maybe point me in a direction also i want to ask i saw a post where this cpu was oc to 3.7 yet i didnt find anybody in this post that confirms that with numbers...

my setup is going to be
EVGA 790i (waiting on new 1, first ***ker didnt even boot up, it was a XFX 790i)
Q9300-watercooled by Thermaltake big water 760i?
OCZ 2g gold edition DDR3 (their cheap stuff)
BFG 8800 GTS OC edition

popegold

the problem is not can it do 3.7 it can.... the problem is the divider is very low at 7.5. not many boards cant run a very high FSB. I am happy with 3.4 on Air and my dual 9600's in SLi

teK0wnzU

@ martirw
Can't wait to see what your WaterCooled system can do. I'm sure the Q9300 can get to 3.6+Ghz but like pope said it's up the the mobo. If you want to get above 3.4Ghz you might want to look into WaterCooling the NB and even the SB. But after pricing it all out it was cheaper just to get the Q9550. But I'm still not finding anything that needs that kinda power. 3.0Ghz is all I'm going to need for now. I'm just looking forward to playing Spore when it comes out.

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alffjeld

yes!!
stable 3.45 today, but needed 1.3vcore to get it.

alffjeld

new personal best!
3.51 stable for 40 min. in OCCT, but to hot for my liking, so i stopped there.
i will reseat the cpu tomorrow to see if i can get lower temp. and try again.

SSChevy2001

@alffjeld

Can you please post your bios info for the 3.51. I'm having a hard time with my overclock I'm not sure if it's the PC or OCCT. My setting work fine 3 or 4passes 30min of OCCT, then after 1 or 2 changes I get a crash code 4 even after reverting back. Not sure if it's the BIOS, Vista 64, or OCCT.

Also can't see why your system would be running to hot, as you are running water cool. Maybe you have the wrong TJmax set? Most say it's 95, but that doesn't seem right at least not for me my heatsink is cool to the touch. With a 85 tjmax I get around 25 for idle and 45 on load. It a little higher than what my hardware monitor shows which should be right.

Edit here's mine at 3.5Ghz only I still need a little time testing as I don't trust OCCT that much. I as soon as I check it a little more I'll post my bios settings.

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teK0wnzU

To All...

Along with your settings that you post please post your CPU VID, I have noticed that the VID can be what holds back the CUP, not to mention the FSB of the mobo NB. Great job with the OCing. I am curently getting supplies ready for what I think will be a great NB mod for the EVGA 780i. I will keep you all posted with the goodness to follow.

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alffjeld

ok, i took a chance with the temps, and ran a whole hour.
the temps is high here, its warm and the watersetup is passive, i also think i need a reseat of the cpu, there are to big diffrences in temps between the cores.
i have a screenshot after 1 hour stable here.
the settings in bios is:
divider:7.5
fsb:467
strap:333
ram:ddr2-935
vcore:1.340
pll:1.77
fsb.term.:1.42
nb:1.51
sb:1.125
loadline:disabled
cpu gtl:0.63x
nb gtl:0.67x
spreadspectrums disabled

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alffjeld

my VID is 1.165