Intel Q9450

[Rover3500]

Hi all,

Has anyone overclocked the Intel Q9450 ??

I am big time water cooling it along with my GA-X48-DQ6 Mobo and was just wondering what sort of stable clocks might be got from it.

As far as I know the multiplier cannot be unlocked so I guess it's all down to the FBS and voltage.

Unfortunatly I bought one of these when they very first came out and were in short supply so I paid much more for mine than the Q9550 is ATM (still live and learn to try and be patient) So anyway I am stuck with it for a while so would like to get the most out of it especially after investing in a major water cooling system and Mountain mods custom build UFO case.

If anyone has O/c'd one of these and running it stable could you give me some advise on the clock such as FSB and voltage ??

Thanks in advance.

:worship::worship::worship:

 

[lamboman]

Hi all,

Has anyone overclocked the Intel Q9450 ??

I am big time water cooling it along with my GA-X48-DQ6 Mobo and was just wondering what sort of stable clocks might be got from it.

As far as I know the multiplier cannot be unlocked so I guess it's all down to the FBS and voltage.

Unfortunatly I bought one of these when they very first came out and were in short supply so I paid much more for mine than the Q9550 is ATM (still live and learn to try and be patient) So anyway I am stuck with it for a while so would like to get the most out of it especially after investing in a major water cooling system and Mountain mods custom build UFO case.

If anyone has O/c'd one of these and running it stable could you give me some advise on the clock such as FSB and voltage ??

Thanks in advance.

:worship::worship::worship:

They overclock well enough. You will probably get to around 3.6GHz or so, at least 3.4. Just don't push the voltage too far (1.4V absolute max!) and you should be alright. You should be able to get around 450MHz on the FSB (of course, for the 3.6GHz, as there is only and 8x multi).

 

[Zoot]

They overclock pretty well, the only thing holding them back is the x8 multiplier.

3.8GHz was the highest I was able to push mine to. I'm currently running it at 3.2GHz (Pushed the bus clock to 400MHz)...

 

[GavX]

Ditto, though I got 3.847 or something, FSB 481. Of course it ment throwing about VCore 1.55 and NB voltage to 1.75. Watercooling kept the temps in check but I am cruising at 3.2Gjz the now. I am going to order watercooling for all of my ASUS Maximus board so hopefulyl can crank out a few extra FSB, plus it will look even cooler! I get to 3.2 very easy, not too high a VCore but my Northbridge likes extra voltage to keep things steady at a high front side