The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

Hello Gentleman. Well i have an issue, Im bored that i have nothing more i can do with my pc. So what happens i get an e-mail from my local electronics store about there latest sales. So i was wondering what are you thoughts about the q8200. Its on sale at the moment for a whopping $99usd. I will be picking one up tomorrow and slapping it in my rig to see what i can get out of it just because i'm bored .. Doing my research on it now but wanted to ask the experts first....

 

buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats an A.W.E.S.O.M.E. price for a quad core!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
danggggggggggg
which store is this? do they ship?

 

Dont know if they ship but the store is called Micro Center. They are pretty new atleast around me. So i take it thats a good price for a quad. Now i wonder wat i can get out of it hmm... still researching

 

chop2113,
I would like to point out that the Q8200 has a 7x multiplier. That does not bode too well for overclocking! Just a thought to consider!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

So far from what i see i would have to have a high FSB to get the overclock putting strain on my mobo. Im at 425Fsb or 1700mhz at the moment and memory at 1133mhz. I can probably do 450*7 and do 3.150 which should'nt be to bad.

 

actually a 7x multiplier isnt bad at all
i got to 3.4ghz stable with a 7x multiplier...(e6300)
if the chip can do the speed, then the multiplier is of little importance

wait...., you already have the chip?!

 

no dont have the chip yet. Thats the info im getting from research. Now i just found someone with my same mobo pushed it to 3.3 at 7*475
with a vcore of 1.26 and temps at 55c max across the the cores under prime stress testing.. Ohh sorry those settings are what im running at the moment with my E8400..

Overclocked q8200

 

From what I've heard the Q8200 will go as far as your Q6700 did, and remember the 45nm architecture is 10-15% faster per mhz, probably closer to 10% with the 8000s. It'll be faster than your current chip if it even makes 3Ghz, and it should make it to at least 3.2.

 

im1992,
What was the FSB of the chip? The Q8200's is 1333, and would take a 429MHz fsb to get to 3.0GHz. To get to 3.4GHz it would take 486MHz, which can cause problems with the memory speed depending on the MB, memory multipliers and such.

Russ

 

Depends on the board, 455FSB is the limit for older, more basic boards. 505 for most P45s.

 

the stock fsb of the chip was 266mhz and i took it to 490mhz

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=539709

 

My Juices are flowing. Cant wait to try it out. Tomorrow is pay day soon as i get out of work driving on over to the store to grab. Does anyone know if there is a certain batch code i should be looking for an anything else?

 

chop2113,
I know the ones they have at Newegg are M1 stepping. I'm not even sure if there is another stepping for the Q8200 at this time, or how good the M1 stepping is.

Best Regards,
Russ

 

Something to start with. Cant really find any info on it...

 

it seems as though there are 2 diff. steppings:
The M1: http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLB5M
and the R0: http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLG9S

according to this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=2224984

R0 is like E0
M1 is like C1

sooo i would go for a R0 revision of the cpu if at all possible, as the R0 is the same as the E0 and that means that it will overclock higher/easier

-im1992

 

What would an E6300 that clocks to 3.4ghz with 1.35v sell for?

EDIT: this is a 24/7 stable speed.

 

im1992,
Just remember the code, SLG9S as you can read that on the box, but no mention of the stepping. That way you will know right away if it's the right one!

Russ

 

oh no
i cant get one
its in store pick up only and the closest store to me is a 120 miles away.... lol

btw, i think i may just end up keeping this q6700.i think i had to run it at a lower speed first in order to get it up to a higher speed
right now i have it at 350 x 10 = 3500mhz stable for 25mins now at 100% cpu...hehe

i will still be buying the q9650! i want a quad that goes to 4ghz!!!

-im1992

 

Then you're buying the right chip, the Q9650 is one of the few proven 4Ghz Quad cores, as it only requires 445FSB to do so, even the P35 and X38 can manage that.

 

im1992,

Sam's right on that one. the Q9650 would be your best bet. You would also want 1066 memory with your CPU multiplier because if your motherboard uses memory multipliers, using the 2.40 multi, would would put the memory at 1068. I ran my E6750 at 3.55GHz on the 444 fsb, and the memory was spot on at 1066! 800MHz memory couldn't run any slower than 890MHz on the lowest memory multiplier, 2.00!

Russ