My Q9400 Overclocking Adventure

[aigomorla]

oh gowd gill gets a screen full from me on his MSI. And he keeps saying something about torching my DFI.

 

[Gillbot]

I get to dance on your DFI then set it ablaze if I get my MSI to run this chip at 500fsb right?

 

[Big Lar]

If you get it Prime Stable at 8 x 500 fsb you can burn mine too

Larry

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Big Lar
If you get it Prime Stable at 8 x 500 fsb you can burn mine too

Larry

I almost got it into windows at 500x8 but prime stability..... that's a whole different ballgame there! :shocked:

 

[Big Lar]

Heh, still testing here, can run 3.6 and pass cpu tests but get mem errors, gotta get the darn vtt figured out. Funny thing is I get no memtest errors in Dos, but do in windows... sheesh! I have no probs booting and running it tho but have not tried higher yet.

Larry

ps.. Offer stands... LOL!

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
I get to dance on your DFI then set it ablaze if I get my MSI to run this chip at 500fsb right?

on the quad sure.

ROFL...

good luck on a 3 phase power platform.

Gill notice my 2 new additions.
Im gonna see if i can take down our king WCGer on XS with those twins.

 

[Gillbot]

Man, two DFI offers if I hit 500...... Oh man, I wonder what voltage it would take!

 

[Big Lar]

He He.. I am feeling pretty secure about this

 

[Gillbot]

I think there's a Lar/Aigo conspiracy here.

 

[Big Lar]

Yeah it is Been back at mine doing some testing with Prime95 Torture Blend. Got it 1 hour at 3600 so far with 1.32v Load and 1.32v VTT.. So far so good. Almost wish I had a board that handled GTL's automatically/ "Almost".

Larry

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
but a 7 month old daughter doesn't allow much tweaking time.

Just wait another 10 years or so. You'll no longer be complaining about lack of time; you'll be complaining about lack of funds. Ever hear about how much more expensive it is to raise female children (around 50% more)? They aren't bad at all, until ~13, then you'll be forever broke, no matter how much you're making. My daughter is 14, BTW, so I'm speaking from personal experience.

I already do video editing on my rig. I notice ZERO difference between the C2Q and the C2D. Takes nearly the same time to crunch through, generate and burn to disk as it did before.

That's only because you have a single, slow hard drive, assuming your sig is still correct. Get a couple of fast drives, and you'll see a definite difference.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Gillbot
but a 7 month old daughter doesn't allow much tweaking time.

Just wait another 10 years or so. You'll no longer be complaining about lack of time; you'll be complaining about lack of funds. Ever hear about how much more expensive it is to raise female children (around 50% more)? They aren't bad at all, until ~13, then you'll be forever broke, no matter how much you're making. My daughter is 14, BTW, so I'm speaking from personal experience.

I already do video editing on my rig. I notice ZERO difference between the C2Q and the C2D. Takes nearly the same time to crunch through, generate and burn to disk as it did before.

That's only because you have a single, slow hard drive, assuming your sig is still correct. Get a couple of fast drives, and you'll see a definite difference.

I've upgraded enough parts in this rig because of the quad. I'm not buying any more parts just to satisfy the quads diet for $.

 

[Big Lar]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: Gillbot
but a 7 month old daughter doesn't allow much tweaking time.

Just wait another 10 years or so. You'll no longer be complaining about lack of time; you'll be complaining about lack of funds. Ever hear about how much more expensive it is to raise female children (around 50% more)? They aren't bad at all, until ~13, then you'll be forever broke, no matter how much you're making. My daughter is 14, BTW, so I'm speaking from personal experience.

I already do video editing on my rig. I notice ZERO difference between the C2Q and the C2D. Takes nearly the same time to crunch through, generate and burn to disk as it did before.

That's only because you have a single, slow hard drive, assuming your sig is still correct. Get a couple of fast drives, and you'll see a definite difference.

I've upgraded enough parts in this rig because of the quad. I'm not buying any more parts just to satisfy the quads diet for $.

@ Gillbot, certainly understanding there!

@myocardia, I feel your pain, glad my kids are grown up now, 2 boys 3 girls, Oldest is 29,youngest is 21. I'd do it all over again but it was pretty tough Heck, I have 4 grand children allready!

Larry

 

[Big Lar]

Well I killed the DFI today while flashing.... Sheesh.

Larry

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Big Lar
Well I killed the DFI today while flashing.... Sheesh.

Larry

:shocked:

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Big Lar
Well I killed the DFI today while flashing.... Sheesh.

Larry

how?

 

[Big Lar]

Bad Flash. It isn't actually Dead, but out of commision until I get a new bios.I really do not know why, I used the usb to flash it, no write fails,etc. Just got an endless boot loop with no Hex Code/led.

Tried the trick of popping the bios chip out and repeated boots, but nadda. Just my luck, but oh well, I should have a new bios chip by mid week if the guy gets back to me soon.

Larry

 

[Gillbot]

This the board I sold ya? I used a usb to flash it when I did it.

 

[Big Lar]

Yup, I had flashed it last week once with no probs, then today it all went down hill/shrug. Got a new bios chip on the way tho.

Larry

ps. I will hot flash the chip that is confused

 

[Gillbot]

You borrowing a bios or did you buy another?

 

[Big Lar]

I bought another 1. Should be here wednesday or so

Larry

ps. Thinking about picking up a P45 board and keeping both my setups.

 

[Gillbot]

So far i'm liking my P45.

 

[Big Lar]

Got the Asus installed today, kinda different board, hard to get used to for me. The Bios chip for the DFI still has not shown yet.

Anyhow, gotta get used to clocking this thing, prob be a long weekend, tho I did manage 3200 so far with 1.208v cpu voltage Load. Better than I could on the DFI so far, however gotta find the max clock at normal volts then mess with the ram timings Big time.

Larry

 

[slimeballzz]

So is this chip (Q9400) easier to overclock/clock higher than the Q9450 due to half the cache?

I'm trying to decide which one to buy...

 

[Gillbot]

I have no Q9450 to compare to but i'll say ANY quad is a pain to overclock unless you really like tweaking settings until you are blue faced.