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Whats the typical max freq on a Q9450@ stock vcore?

I got about 3.1 or so at stock vid on both the x3350 and 9450. the x3350 is stable at 3.6 with 1.34 in bios, 128 vdroop at load. The 9450 is at 1.305 in bios and 1.24 load at 3.4 but has much weaker cooling (zalman vs a tuniq). I have a tuniq right now but can't decide whether to go for the extra couple hundred mhz or get a q6600.
 
Cool! That's what I was hoping for, low 3ghz range. I'm guessing thats pretty common for most. I'm thinking about switching ram to DDR2-800 because of my current ram not fitting into the 1st ram slot, and I want 8gb so they are all gonna be full. I'll have the bandwidth with 800 to hit 3.2ghz 1:1 which is more than the 3.0 (stock vcore) that I want.
 
fwiw, coretemp reports my vid on the x3350 as 1.0875 (not likely) and realtemp reports it as 1.20. My ip35pro won't allow me to undervolt a cpu and also thinks that vid is 1.20. I think I'll go with realtemp/abit on this one 😉

I'll check my q9450 vid tomorrow, but my ip35e starts at 1.225, so I think we know how this one will end 🙂
 
Typical?

3.2GHz for stock volts or even lower (I needed 1.14v for that). And 3.6GHz for 1.22 to 1.30v. 3.8GHz for 1.30v to 1.40v on occasions (happens all the time with those with the ASUS P5E-VM HDMI and ASUS Striker II Extreme boards). 4.0GHz for 1.40 - 1.50v for VERY RARE cases (seems like only one at the moment).
 
Awesome, I'm gonna get 8gb of DDR2-800 Ballistix.. it seems like nice ram and it doesnt have the same high rise heatspreader like many of the 1066 chips have. My particular mobo/hsf combo puts the fan very close to the 1st ram slot.
 
Well, my X3360 has a VID of 1.1125V as-per coretemp. I just completed an 8.5 h prime95 run (stable) @ 8.5x400=3.40 GHz using the following settings:
CPU VID Control: 1.15000V
SB 1.05V Voltage: 1.075V
SB Core/CPU PLL Voltage: 1.55V
NB Core Voltage: 1.37V
CPU VTT Voltage: 1.200V
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I will reduce the CPU VID (vcore) and try again until I reach instability, but the system is currently crippled since one of my two sticks of PC2-1066 is bad so I'm running in single channel mode with just the good one. Replacements soon with fingers crossed that it'll stay this good in dual mode!
 
Originally posted by: Obsoleet
Awesome, I'm gonna get 8gb of DDR2-800 Ballistix.
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Beware, these reports are on two sticks of ram, not four. This may not matter for the question you ask, but it will affect your overclock.

 
Originally posted by: Obsoleet
Yeah, I know that.
keyword: typical
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no such thing as each overclock is a luck of the draw.

Also the chip has been so friggin rare, that there isnt enough records to tell ya what " average" is either.
 
@tenax - it's 8.5x400 = 3.40. I corrected the typeo in the first thread. I'm priming 1.12500V on the vcore now and so far so good 🙂
 
I can get 3.3GHz at load at stock voltage on my 9450. My problem is the thing doesn't OC for crap past that. I can't get it above 3.4Ghz stable no matter what juice I use.
 
Originally posted by: HumblePie
I can get 3.3GHz at load at stock voltage on my 9450. My problem is the thing doesn't OC for crap past that. I can't get it above 3.4Ghz stable no matter what juice I use.
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these things wont go much further past 3.5 to 3.8ghz. Russian Prisoner with the 4.0ghz shot is about as rare as 4.4 on a wolfdale.
 
agreed..and really, beyond bragging rights for little purpose when you are starting to push temps and volts.
 
Originally posted by: Syzygies
Originally posted by: Obsoleet
Awesome, I'm gonna get 8gb of DDR2-800 Ballistix.
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Beware, these reports are on two sticks of ram, not four. This may not matter for the question you ask, but it will affect your overclock.
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As some words of wisdom, 8GB of memory will totally change the way you OC. The demand on the MCH is pretty intense with a quad. I got rid of my quad for just this reason.
 
What is with the ASUS P5E-VM HDMI?? is the Intel G35 chipset that much better for new processors over say my existing P35 chipset P5KE-Wifi??
 
Originally posted by: graysky
Well, my X3360 has a VID of 1.1125V as-per coretemp. I just completed an 8.5 h prime95 run (stable) @ 8.5x400=3.40 GHz using the following settings:
CPU VID Control: 1.15000V
SB 1.05V Voltage: 1.075V
SB Core/CPU PLL Voltage: 1.55V
NB Core Voltage: 1.37V
CPU VTT Voltage: 1.200V
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I will reduce the CPU VID (vcore) and try again until I reach instability, but the system is currently crippled since one of my two sticks of PC2-1066 is bad so I'm running in single channel mode with just the good one. Replacements soon with fingers crossed that it'll stay this good in dual mode!
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my q9450 shows 1.1125 in core temp but 1.225 in realtemp. I think that coretemp has some issues with these 45nm quads still. my ip35e also thinks that vid is 1.225.
 
Originally posted by: ST
3.0GHz @ 1.08V...have not tried to overclock on stock volts (1.15-1.20V)....
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please oc that cpu!!! Seeing numbers like this makes me wish that I had a mobo that would allow me to undervolt the cpu...
 
Originally posted by: jaredpace
Originally posted by: HumblePie
I can get 3.3GHz at load at stock voltage on my 9450. My problem is the thing doesn't OC for crap past that. I can't get it above 3.4Ghz stable no matter what juice I use.
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these things wont go much further past 3.5 to 3.8ghz. Russian Prisoner with the 4.0ghz shot is about as rare as 4.4 on a wolfdale.
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humblepie, what mobo are you using? you probably need to adjust other voltages, like cpu vtt and/or mch/nb voltage.
 
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