[PangingJr]

nope the PC2-8500 PI one has same voltage spec as yours, DDR2-1066 2.0-2.1v,
when i tested it i use 1.96-2.0v for 1066-1080MHz and it wouldn't overclock more than 1100MHz or so. but it would only stable as much as 1080 MHz.
tried vdimm upto 2.3v wouldn't help. this may have some to do with motherboard, as well as the particular RAM modules itself.


on my post above #135, that one was using the PC2-8500 PI serie RAM kit,
since this particular RAM kit wouldn't overclock well i didn't want to buy another kit at the time,
i thought it could be even more worse if i would run this memory 4x 2GB.

[PangingJr]

Wow this is a very very good Quad-Core overclocking achievement without using an extreme cooling system.

if i'm not mistaken, this's on air, with Gigabyte EP45-DQ6 (which seems to be a very good motherboard indeed) and Thermalright's IFX14 cooler.




he was also get in to a 4.6GHz with below 1.38v vcore.
an amazing overclock on this Q9650 chip, and a very good CPU's temp too.





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523 FSB (and x9 CPU multi too) with this Quad, this's like 650 FSB on a Dual CPU, no?
i think, besides he is very lucky to have owned such a good motherboard and a really golden Q9650 CPU,
the guy knows what he is doing with his hardware and his overclocking so well. i really admire his achievement.


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Wow he just went to 534x9...





this's really positively impressed me on how good his motherboard is.


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he didn’t want to stop, lol. both his motherboard and CPU are very impressive.

545x9



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[PangingJr]

it's indeed an overclocking with Air cooling.

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it's funny to me that how come some of the members over at XS forums did not believe the guy really achieved all of the overclocks the he was sharing to them on the thread.

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Originally Posted by NapalmV5

look guys i didnt come/post here to increase my chips value to 2 grand as it has been mentioned.. nor do i intent to sell it why would i wanna do that..

anyways.. was just sharing with you guys a classic oc every step of the of the way: patience/trials/perseverance/brute force all on air.. have been ocing for almost 10 years now.. just cause im not breaking records or better known/trusted like others here.. doesnt mean idk how to oc/am posting fakes

as soon as ill get another cpu.. its the only one i got at the moment.. ill slap on the vapoLS and show you guys even higher clocks

i guess it's supposed to piss those people off quite a bit if they keep getting different achievements during overclocking the same Q9650 chip.
personally, i have no doubt that all the overclocks that belongs to NapalmV5 were real from the beginning i found them.

well i just think the Q9650 is one of the Intel's newest Quad and these overclock results are pretty unique and amazing.

[PangingJr]

E8400 @ 600x7.5 4500 MHz / EP45-UD3R

[swimtech]

600Mhz - on air - Jeez... Your temps are just outstanding!

...and your memory is holding you back??? Whoa...

[PangingJr]

swimtech,
actually, 625x6, 600x7.5 on air, but, it's for max screenshot only.
i have another RAM kit on a system my kid is using at different living place. i believe, with the RAM kit i can do 650 FSB.

[dipstick]

I love that mobo Panging tho I'm not as crazy as you Sorry to bump an old thread but I'm extemely impressed by this board and cpu. I never dreamed of taking a quad that far on air

[[hobo]eclipse]

sweet clocks dipstick, wicked 100$ boards these UD3* series are! I have the R rev 1.1 mobo. 90 buks around xmas.
enywayz, long story short, i bout a month ago got "defective" X3360, wouldn't do a damn thing for me in the FSB area, n when i say nothing, i mean nothing, 350 FSB was a problem.
tryed for a week straight, it was a C1 stepping with a 1.25 VID, pretty disappointing, was hoping for a E0 Xeon. Like i said it was a pooper n i got it RMA'd. Love the egg.

So when the new chip arrived i was disappointed once again when i seen SLAWZ and 1.25 VID on the box spec,
same C1 chip i thought, debated even opening the thing, but i did and was treated. upon first boot bios recognized the VID as 1.225v which is a great sign.
so far things have been a lot better with this chip. Boots no sweat at 4.0 471 fsb, nb/RAM unstable for now but im oc'd out from my week of hair pulling with the pooper chip.

went for a low volt OC, only voltage set in bios at first was RAM to 2.08 and ICH core at 1.2 and I/O at 1.57, did this because i am running 3*Seagate 320GB in a raid0.

was able to get to 410*8.5, 2.66*410 RAM with all stock volts except ones mentioned above.

now at 420*8.5, 2.66*420 RAM, all that was needed was to bump the vcore to 1.25 and MCH to 1.16v

at 425 my RAM is getting up there and im not sure yet what is unstable, haven't fooked wit it enough but when i get the urge n find out i believe that will be a key for my big fsb stability aswell.
like i said im oc'd out for now and summer is rolling in. plus will be fun to not oc to max in the first month or so, lol, o and these clocks perform something wicked in themselves!

pack date on this thing is 04/02/2009, im takin that as feb 04, 2009 is that right? the one returned had a dec 31, 2008 date, but i cant recall the date format. i should have pic'd the box side.
first two cores temp sensors seems to be stuk at 37 for idle, which is not uncommon for the C1 step, core 3-4 i believe reflect more of an accurate idle temp along with the main cpu temp sensor.
they all come in line under load though which is a good thing for sure.

good thing about this OC is i still am using all of the power saving features in the bios. with big OC (4.0) i was idling consuming 20A and 30W to the CPU according to everest.
with 90-100A and 150-170W under big linpack load, temps also become a problem for me up there, as im running a noctua fan that maxes out at 1300rpm,
i need a 4pin intel spec PWM fan that goes up to about 2500 RPM

[swimtech]

That's an astounding difference on those processors hobo - and the voltage you got for that 3.57Ghz clock - killer!

Sweet sample there dipstick - it's gotta feel really good to get so far over 4Ghz with a $100 board!

You guys have tweaked me to get off my keester and see what this Q9400 I have loligagging along at 3.4Ghz at 1.25v (bios) will do. She came with a 1.2v VID too...

Maybe even Panging will take a look here. Wonder what he's got going lately...

Edit: BTW [hobo]eclipse, I noticed Gigabyte has a new bios 6c available for our EX38-DS4 boards in the last couple days...

[Mac Daddy]

Nice O/Cing and tweaking on here guys

[dipstick]

Thanks I'm very happy with it. The board is definitely amazing, especially for the price. I could barely get 3.9 out of this cpu on my now dead maximus formula(x38). That thing ran way too hot; like 40c degrees hotter and burned everything in the case with it. But this one is a revision 1.0, not the newer 1.1 (not sure what the differences are) and its been a rock. I didn't look when buying like a dummy
My cpu also has a 2/11/09 pack date...pretty close. You'll probably need more voltage to get more out of it hobo but that is great for those speeds.


@Swimtech. You know that has much more left in it and you know you want to find the limit

[[hobo]eclipse]

well if that is how your pack date reads then mine is a newer chip i guess, it reads 04/02/09 on the box, shipped from Malaysia <-(does this ever differ), but that makes me wonder about why this is a C1 stepping, it clocks nice at low volts so the only thing it seems to be lacking in is the idle temps, with one die having stuck sensors. how does yers idle dipstick? being an E0 are they more in line than mine at idle?

[dipstick]

Sorry I always do that with dates. With certain models its up to luck to get the best core i guess. But you should be happy; that is plenty fast and won't kill your electric bill
My idle temps aren't the greatest but they are ok i guess since the cpu is always at full speed.

[[hobo]eclipse]

those are about the idle temps ic aswell when not using the power features an mad oc'n.

wat im think'n is maybe the only reason these newer chips are branded C1 is the fact that the temp sensors are not "proper", of course i could be completely wrong!

[Mac Daddy]

Originally Posted by dipstick

Thanks I'm very happy with it. The board is definitely amazing, especially for the price. I could barely get 3.9 out of this cpu on my now dead maximus formula(x38). That thing ran way too hot; like 40c degrees hotter and burned everything in the case with it. But this one is a revision 1.0, not the newer 1.1 (not sure what the differences are) and its been a rock. I didn't look when buying like a dummy
My cpu also has a 2/11/09 pack date...pretty close. You'll probably need more voltage to get more out of it hobo but that is great for those speeds.


@Swimtech. You know that has much more left in it and you know you want to find the limit

I also had heat issues with the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe(X38) I was running although it had been damaged and sent to me to repair. The section of the heatpipe covering the regulators for the chipset was broken away and bent towards the CPU. I repaired it as best as I could and it works but runs 10C hotter than my Gigabyte X38 board.
(Sorry if I went off topic)

On your new mobo certainly seems to work well

[dipstick]

You know you could get an E0 that might not oc as well as yours I would not worry too much about it. I have no idea what separated cores revisions tho

@Mac; Ive heard almost all x38s run on the warm side it would not surprise me. I killed mine trying to get the NB heatsink part of it off but the epoxy was on there like no joke. Oh well, I spent less than half now and things couldn't be better. Mine idled at 60-65c in much cooler weather Only negative out of all this is that I had to get rid of my 9600GT which I was using for physx but it was more than worth it.

[Mac Daddy]

The ASUS one is the only one that really ran hot here ambient mobo temps of over 40C. The Giga mobo is idling away here at 26C ambient and CPU TCase at 22C @430x7.

[dipstick]

Figures, mine was over 40c (idle) at stock everything and 60-65c at 425fsb (again that is idle). 70c was easy in warm weather. Maybe I was just unlucky or Asus seriously messed up with the x38 big time. Its crazy what one small overheating component can do to everything else in ones PC

[Mac Daddy]

This is the only X38 ASUS mobo I have used and I have to agree. I jumped back to my Gigabyte board even though I went back to DDR2.