Gareth_1985

i know there must be hundreds of people asking about this and i'm still going through your threads but i'll ask anyway and i'll see what happens.

Obviously i want you know how to overclock a Q9450 onto a Evga 790i board without turning it into a brick.
i've never overclocked anything before so if anyone who has done this and had it work wonderfully can refer me to a site specifically for q9450 onto evga790i boards it would be great.

the relevant system specs are:
Cpu -Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Processor - 2.66GHz, 12MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Yorkfield
Board - EVGA 790i ultra sli motherboard
Ram -OCZ Dual Channel Platinum 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz DDR3 Memory
Fan -Ultra / ChillTec / Socket 939/775/AM2 / Thermal Electric CPU Cooler
PSU -OCZ / GameXStream / 850-Watt / ATX / 120mm Fan / SATA-Ready / SLI-Ready / Active PFC / Power Supply

these are supposed to be compatible but most games need more speed so i need to overclock my cpu. but as i've said i don't want to destroy my computer before i've even had a chance to switch it on for the first time(its in transit,order)

so does anyone know the best way about this?

Shin2k35

Do you know where to start?

EDIT:

I can overclock mine wonderfully, but I'm running hot, so I'll be eager to see how yours runs.

You should make a note of your stock, idle and load temperatures. Realtemp is the only program that reads Q9450/45nm CPU cores properly. hmonitor has a 14 day trial and that will read your tcase CPU temps (the CPU tmep that shows in your motherboards BIOS hardware monitor)

Gareth_1985

not exacticaly.

i'm just waiting for my motherboard to arrive so i havn't started building it yet.

i have had a look at sites on overclocking but i would think it depends on what cpu on what board so i thought i should ask.

that ultra cool fan i have is supposed to be a real beast for cooling so it chould be good. just need to find the appropriate site to show how to ovrclock my cpu and set it up with the board i have.
i'll continue down the threads for information and i'll check into that realtemp thing tommorow when i have had some sleep(11 30pm)

question: why do you use stock cooling? i'm under the impression that stock is just the normal fan it comes with.

brko1991

Hello,

I´m new at this forum and I was wondering:

my cpu is overclocked to 3.4Ghz, my temps with 100% load (prime95) are 57, 54, 53, 53. Is that good? My BIOS settings are all Spread spectrum disabled, CPU core: 1,3625V (Cpu-Z: 1,288V with 100% load), every other voltages are set on auto, except for the RAM, unlinked.

My RAM is set to 1,90V and 1600MHz (Cpu-Z reads 797MHz <--is that OK?) and CL 7-7-7-20.

Are those right setting or should I change somethinks? Are the temps OK?

Comp:
q9450 + Noctua NH-U12P
Evga nForce 790i Ultra SLI
Corsair 1600 2x2Gb kit (Twin3X4096-1600C7DHX)
Gtx 280 OC

Thank you for your answers, and sorry for bad english I´m from Slovenia.