Like to Overclock QX9650

[harryrupert]

Hello everbody,
I have bought a new rig which was o/c by the builder but I had problems, thanks to advice by NickN I reset the bios to default and now wish to do it myself. UGH! I have looked at various forums an am totally confused? I have searched but  with no luck, lots of reviews though!, has anyone o/c a QX9650? and can it be done by using the Extreme Tweaker Menu in the Bios setup? I have had a good look at it but am very nervous about making changes without some advice.

Thanks
Harry

Intel Core 2  QX9650 @ 3.0ggz-ASUS Maximus Extreme m/board-4 gb ram OCZ DDR3 PC10666 -BFG 8800 Ultra 768 MB
Raptor 150GB - Barracuda 500gb-Enermax Galaxy 1000W-Themaltake C/ling Bigwater 745-Vista Ultimate 64

[jime59]

Why?

Your system specs are quite impressive as is. My system is about half of yours and I enjoy it immensely. You couldn't pry me away from it if I had yours as is.

[a1]

I have a similar set up. (See sig below)



I don't know why you need to o/c the QX9650. It runs great without any clocks. But yes as we all know o/c is hobby and I won't get in the way.

[harryrupert]

Thanks guy's, I appreciate your inputs  however I would like to see if I can improve my performance especially with AI traffic,  albeit that @ 3.0 ghz its very good indeed. I guess I'll have to ask elsewhere.

Thanks
Harry

[J.]

for any overclocking advice i post and read on www.overclock.net an amazing community and really friendly

i think str!ker has the same processor as you, he has his at 3.6GHZ i think. but check out that website its brilliant.

[harryrupert]

Thanks for your reply, I'll check it out, I am finding that there is a lot to learn on this and really do appreciate everybody's input.

Thanks,

Harry

[harryrupert]

Hello everybody, and thanks for the positive input, just to say so far that I have been able to raise the processor speed with a stable over clock  to 3.7ghz and am very pleased. It does make quite a difference to smoothness of FSX and frame rates becomes somewhat less important.

Thanks,

Harry