looking to OC a intel 9650 quad

[advanced]

looking to lightly oc my 9650 quad. never really got into oc'ing and am looking to pump it up a little, (how do i add my system specs to my profile?)

 

[loafbred]

This thread is a good place to start: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=47089

I strongly recommend testing all changes with utilities burned on a CD or DVD, with all HDD's disabled. Google "UBCD", download the latest ISO, and burn to a disk. AFAIK, it still has no cpu utilities capable of testing anything beyond core 0, but it may have changed since I last checked.

Before you boot from your O/S for the first time after overclocking, be prepared for trouble... back up anything important, and if possible, clone your HDD to another. It's no fun if you corrupt the boot sector and have to connect the drive to another PC to back up everything.

 

[happy medium]

looking to lightly oc my 9650 quad. never really got into oc'ing and am looking to pump it up a little, (how do i add my system specs to my profile?)

I'll just keep it simple.
Bump cpu voltage to 1.29 and raise the fsb to 350.
run memory at auto.

Test with prime 95 for errors.

That should get you started.

You must have 30 post to add profile, I think.