Thermal paste necessary for Q9550?

[hohyss]

I am currently trying to get Q9550 and I have a feeling that I might need to overclock it
to 3.4ghz so it can achieve 1:1 ratio with ddr800.

At the same time, I am also trying to get Arctic cooling freezer pro 7.
I was informed that Artic cooling freezer pro 7 comes with preapplied thermal paste.

So do i need to buy additional thermal grease( paste ) or should I just
put the arctice cooling freezer on top of CPU ( without applying any paste ) when i build a system??

 

[Quiksilver]

the pre-applied TIM on the ACFP is Arctic MX-2, so no not really.

 

[boomhower]

Agreed, MX-2 is fine. Any difference would be negligible at best.

 

[myocardia]

There's not much of a chance of hitting 3.4 Ghz with an AC Freezer 7 without overheating. Of course, you won't need to overclock at all to run PC6400 RAM @ 800 DDR, to begin with.

 

[imported_Scoop]

Originally posted by: myocardia
There's not much of a chance of hitting 3.4 Ghz with an AC Freezer 7 without overheating. Of course, you won't need to overclock at all to run PC6400 RAM @ 800 DDR, to begin with.

But someone has told him that he has to run 1:1 to achieve magical performance.

 

[hohyss]

Originally posted by: myocardia
There's not much of a chance of hitting 3.4 Ghz with an AC Freezer 7 without overheating. Of course, you won't need to overclock at all to run PC6400 RAM @ 800 DDR, to begin with.

hmm.. I thought Q9550 was easy to overclock due to high multipliers.
Q9550 has 333 mhz and I still have to overclock it to 400mhz to achieve 1:1 with
PC6400.

Lets say E8400 can easily hit 3.6ghz on stock cooler
So how does it go for Q9550?

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: hohyss

Originally posted by: myocardia
There's not much of a chance of hitting 3.4 Ghz with an AC Freezer 7 without overheating. Of course, you won't need to overclock at all to run PC6400 RAM @ 800 DDR, to begin with.

hmm.. I thought Q9550 was easy to overclock due to high multipliers.
Q9550 has 333 mhz and I still have to overclock it to 400mhz to achieve 1:1 with
PC6400.

Lets say E8400 can easily hit 3.6ghz on stock cooler
So how does it go for Q9550?

It's a quad, so you need a more beefy cooler. Try a tuniq tower, or zerotherm nirvana, etc.

 

[hohyss]

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: hohyss

Originally posted by: myocardia
There's not much of a chance of hitting 3.4 Ghz with an AC Freezer 7 without overheating. Of course, you won't need to overclock at all to run PC6400 RAM @ 800 DDR, to begin with.

hmm.. I thought Q9550 was easy to overclock due to high multipliers.
Q9550 has 333 mhz and I still have to overclock it to 400mhz to achieve 1:1 with
PC6400.

Lets say E8400 can easily hit 3.6ghz on stock cooler
So how does it go for Q9550?

It's a quad, so you need a more beefy cooler. Try a tuniq tower, or zerotherm nirvana, etc.

Thanks. But what i wanna know is how much it is going to hit on stock cooler while remaining stable just as how majority of E8400 owner can hit around 3.6ghz on stock cooler.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I have a 45nm quad and I would say 3ghz is about as high as I would go on the stock cooler, you go much higher and you will be looking at 80c load temps. A good aftermarket HSF really is a must when overclocking quads

 

[Tempered81]

Originally posted by: Scoop
But someone has told him that he has to run 1:1 to achieve magical performance.

hah

 

[hohyss]

Originally posted by: Scoop

Originally posted by: myocardia
There's not much of a chance of hitting 3.4 Ghz with an AC Freezer 7 without overheating. Of course, you won't need to overclock at all to run PC6400 RAM @ 800 DDR, to begin with.

But someone has told him that he has to run 1:1 to achieve magical performance.

You are right. Someone told me that I would gain magical performance and the
whole world will fall in my hand.

 

[Drsignguy]

Either you have a big hand or it's a small world?


BTW, my Q9450 has a tuniq and temps @ 3.4 is 58c -60c max @ full load. At night when it cools, 54c - 58c max. Using no air cond in house, windows are open.

 

[hohyss]

Originally posted by: Drsignguy
Either you have a big hand or it's a small world?


BTW, my Q9450 has a tuniq and temps @ 3.4 is 58c -60c max @ full load. At night when it cools, 54c - 58c max. Using no air cond in house, windows are open.

Doesn't matter bro. Its going down.

and as for your setting, Is that on stock voltage or did you adjust it?
tuniq seems like a good cooler but im not sure that would fit on P5Q pro board.