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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

The q6700 is now $260 and the q9450 is $340 (or, is microcenter actually shipping yet?). Is the 30% extra cost really going to translate into 30% extra performance? OK, give the 9450 5% for its extra cache. But with a multiplier of 8 instead of 10, the 9450 will likely end up needing fancier...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #411
- Apr 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

@GarfieldTheCat You're right, RAM speed doesn't matter http://www.tomshardware.com/20...imate_ram_speed_tests/ Not quite sure I understand why manufacturers bring out DDR3-1333 and Intel is going for DDR-1600, and people push their timings, in light of that article.
- imported_BigJim
- Post #355
- Apr 14, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

Not sure how to explain it better. Check the article http://benchmarkreviews.com/in...9&limit=1&limitstart=8 Which says do whatever you need to to the case, so that the copper pipes in the heatsink run horizontally. 95% of the time this means your motherboard, and case, are vertical. At that...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #337
- Apr 11, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

Your post made me think of something. The speed and load and heat on the CPU vary all the time. While we test with OCCT or dual-prime to check worst case stability, after that the CPU generally lives a pretty cool life. So my theory is, DRAM, by its very definition of being contantly...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #335
- Apr 11, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

How about laying your entire case horizontal? Actually that usually results in the heatpipes being vertical, which costs you a couple degrees. At which point you can consider having your entire case vertical. I rest my case. This is easier than re-orienting your heatsink, unless of course you...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #334
- Apr 11, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

Its been a day and no replies. People, people, can I get my props? Comparing a vertical TRUE to a horizontal Vendetta 2, I just saved you 7.75 degrees, Celsius no less, and $25! Even when both motherboards are vertical, I still saved ya' 6 degrees. That oughta translate to some hella MHz. Hear...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #322
- Apr 10, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

@lytalbayre my 2 cents is, look at the RAM using cpu-z and see if there is an EPP setting, and if that requires more voltage. And feel if its getting too hot and needs a fan pointed at it. What is your current RAM voltage, current MCH voltage? Probably there are forums dedicated to your G.Skill...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #307
- Apr 9, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

While this article does not review our favorite heatsinks, and at the same time amazingly pulls together over a dozen models I've never heard of, its demonstrates that most of them work better when the pipes are horizontal (usually when the case is vertical) "In every case where the CPU...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #305
- Apr 9, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

I had trouble with a certain DDR2-1066 sticks last night. 4x 1GB of Transcend aXeRAM 1066. But this other forum was super helpful and now they work great. http://forums.techpowerup.com/...ead.php?t=55352&page=5 Here's the punchline: DIMM +0.3 = 2.1, MCH +1.5 = 1.4, and timings (as seen in...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #281
- Apr 8, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

Thanks man. Sounds like any of those could work for me. For some reason I couldn't get my q6600 SLACR over 2.88GHz, so I sold it off. Feel like I should try something new maybe the Q6700. Is this exactly the same as the QX6700 but now they locked the multiplier to 10? Saw this on Fudzilla...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #242
- Apr 7, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

Thinking out loud here. Maybe I speak for the "silent majority" on this thread. I just want a simple OC. No water, no lapping. Willing to bump a few voltages, but want to stick to air. As we know, power (and therefore temperature) go up exponentially with voltage. Even water, will take away the...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #240
- Apr 7, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

How are we doing on temperatures? I guess we're having trouble even measuring them. I was thinking about getting an e8400 and found this graph... Temperature, Voltage, Power While they went beyond 3.6 to 4.0 and even 4.4 Ghz, looks to me like the safe voltages and temperatures are at 3.6...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #216
- Apr 6, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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X3350 / Q9450 Overclocking Thread

GA-EP35-DS3P is my motherboard. I moved an e6300 into it to check the BIOS, sure enough it was only F2, so I upgraded it to F3 so it will recognize the q9450 I expect on Monday. I love this motherboard, Gigabyte has delivered nearly 50 different models of 965P or P35 etc and they finally seem to...
- imported_BigJim
- Post #190
- Apr 4, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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