[Wtx2]

Hello.
I've recently purchased a new PSU for my PC and I've wanted to try overclocking my CPU to try and improve my pc's performance in games.
I've spent around a week preparing for it, and today when I tried to overclock it to 3.0Ghz on my base voltage (1.25000V) my pc didn't start and the settings reset to the old ones after I turned it back on.
I've tried using higher voltage, but it didn't change anything, the maximum I could reach was 2.90Ghz which I don't think is that much better than stock.

Does anyone know what I could do? I've seriously no idea what I could try at this point and looking up old forum posts and youtube videos isn't really helping that much

Here are my specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @2.83Ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
RAM 1: Kingston 2GB DDR2 400MHz
RAM 2: Kingston 4GB DDR2 400MHz
Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34
PSU: Cooler Master V850 850W 80+ Gold

Please tell me if I need to give anymore info, I'm still a complete newbie so I'm sorry if there's something missing here.

 

[Avacado]

I had a Q6600 Kentsfield, I'm pretty sure the Yorkfield is somewhat similar. I would imagine that raising your FSB to increase CPU frequency is overclocking your RAM past it's capacity. On those chips, CPU and RAM OC's go hand in hand. It has been 13 years since, I had it and I honestly can't remember much.

This thread might help some. https://www.overclock.net/forum/5-intel-cpus/1724106-help-overclocking-q9550-4-ghz.html

 

[BroadPwns]

Go look up any Core 2 Duo overclocking guide, it's literally same story. Just asking this barebone motherboard to handle Q9550 is asking A LOT.

 

[3pac_do]

Check my cpu-z validation for 3.3Ghz with a Q6600 : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3303.1 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR
I was able to do 3.6Ghz bu i didn't do the validation

 

[o1dschoo1]

Hello.
I've recently purchased a new PSU for my PC and I've wanted to try overclocking my CPU to try and improve my pc's performance in games.
I've spent around a week preparing for it, and today when I tried to overclock it to 3.0Ghz on my base voltage (1.25000V) my pc didn't start and the settings reset to the old ones after I turned it back on.
I've tried using higher voltage, but it didn't change anything, the maximum I could reach was 2.90Ghz which I don't think is that much better than stock.

Does anyone know what I could do? I've seriously no idea what I could try at this point and looking up old forum posts and youtube videos isn't really helping that much

Here are my specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @2.83Ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
RAM 1: Kingston 2GB DDR2 400MHz
RAM 2: Kingston 4GB DDR2 400MHz
Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34
PSU: Cooler Master V850 850W 80+ Gold

Please tell me if I need to give anymore info, I'm still a complete newbie so I'm sorry if there's something missing here.

G41m is a terrible chipset for overclocking.... Set the vtt to 1.35 cpu vcore to 1.3 bump the chipset voltages a few notches and set fsb to 400. Also you need to change your memory strap too to lower the ram speeds.

 

[kiriakos]

Check my cpu-z validation for 3.3Ghz with a Q6600 : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3303.1 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR
I was able to do 3.6Ghz bu i didn't do the validation

My Q6600 this is also one OC animal, my DDR3 does a great job too.
But CPU Top speed this is not important when productivity applications they do crash and games does not.
My sweet spot this is at 2.6GHz but I will go there only when this is required by my new GPU GTX 1660 super or better.
Wiser use of OC this is minimizing any bottleneck if you own a much modern and faster GPU.