On 2012-06-15 23:49, Winterlight wrote:
I have an Intel Q9650 processor. A friend has given me one of his
old processors = Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX9650 which is the
extreme version of my existing processor. He has never over clocked
it... he didn't know overclocking is what made it extreme.. at the
time he just wanted to buy the fastest CPU available.
The whole purpose of an Extreme edition is overclocking.. correct?
Is an unlocked clock the only difference between the two processors,
or does the Extreme addition have more to it then that. Is an extreme
edition more likely to overclock higher then a standard CPU or is it
still random results. There was a huge difference in price... my
friend paid a grand for it and I think I paid 450 for mine in 08. The
Extreme was twice, or more the price of the standard QX9650 so there
must be more to it then a unlocked clock.
I have a Q9650 with an Arctic cooler Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler,
but I was not able to get mine above 3.4 without failing burn in. I
was overclocking at 3.4GHZ and ran OK, however, many months later I
lost one of my 4GB Patriot DIMMs. I got nervous about the
overclocking, so I went back to defaults.
The advantage of being able to change the clock means that you won't
put any other components at risk like you do when you increase the
FSB
speed...correct? Any tips on overclocking this CPU? It would be nice
if it would run stable and cool at 4GHZ without killing any other
components :)
You could. I never found the QX9650 to be a very good overclocker.
It can, though.. 3.8 or 4.0 were normally gettable.
