OVERCLOCKING the Intel DP45SG

[hankx18]

phew! just read all 9 pages so i am up to par with the info you guys have im pretty new at overclocking.

i have Q9300(2.5ghz)+dp45sg+g.skill 1333 9-9-9-24
I did what you guys did, left everything at default and just changed the Host frequency from 333 -> 400, My multiplier is 7.5 and i can't raise that. However that didn't work so I assume i have to lower my memory so i changed 1333->1066 and it work! (boots up).

My cpuz ratio is now 5:8 at 640 Mhz. what is my next step? tuning the memory??

thank you!!

[CrowdAds]

[preyingrazor]

great to see u benefitted from our posts!

welcome to the forum

Post your CPU-Z screenshots.

Of all the tabs please, so that we can take it from there and help you out too.

[hankx18]

Here they are:

I have not done any stability tests or anything yet.
sigh its not letting my post pictures
here is the url : flickr.com/photos/30522919@N03

[preyingrazor]

checking em out now...

yeah i know, it sucks that you can't post links initially. drove me crazy. wait for 20 posts.

[preyingrazor]

ok, the first step is to take your host clock as high as it can go. Why don't you bump up your host clock frequency to 413MHz. That will take you to 3.1GHz. See if it runs stable. Run 3 iterations of LinPak. If you don't get any residuals, it's safe to try a higher frequency.

If 3.1GHz is stable, try 3.2GHz, then 3.3GHz, then 3.4GHz.

Don't touch your memory settings in the meantime. Tell us how it goes.

[preyingrazor]

I just had a look at your temps, and they are a bit worrying. At idle your processor is running very hot. You must be using stock cooling?

Run LinPack for 3 iterations and keep SIW running so that you can see the maximum temp achieved. If you go above 80, I wouldn't overclock any further. You can't safely overclock on stock cooling.

[hankx18]

yes, i am using stock right now
my cooler master v8 should arrive tomorrow I guess I will wait untill i do any further tests for now
You said to not touch the memory part but if i dont change from 1333-> 1066 nothing seems to work, I've tried to raise the volt for memory, cpu and fsb and nothing seems to work.
My friend overclocked his Q9300 to 3.5 so im sure i can do it but i think its just this motherboard

[hankx18]

damnit 16 more posts to go
kk heres passmark vintage
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P13230
GPU 10847
CPU 38805

[preyingrazor]

Originally Posted by hankx18

yes, i am using stock right now
my cooler master v8 should arrive tomorrow I guess I will wait untill i do any further tests for now
You said to not touch the memory part but if i dont change from 1333-> 1066 nothing seems to work, I've tried to raise the volt for memory, cpu and fsb and nothing seems to work.
My friend overclocked his Q9300 to 3.5 so im sure i can do it but i think its just this motherboard

Yeah, you should wait.

The memory settings on this board are tricky. I'd advise you to play around with them and just use whatever works for you. Don't fiddle around with them too much until Intel comes out with a more stable BIOS and IDCC.

Yes, 3.5 should be your goal really. I can take my 2.4GHz Q6600 to 3.0GHz very easily, so you should be able to go much higher. But the fact that you have a x7.5 multiplier, doesn't help. The lower the multiplier, the faster your FSB has to run, and the better RAM you need. The Q6600 has a multiplier of 9.

Originally Posted by hankx18

damnit 16 more posts to go
kk heres passmark vintage



P13230
GPU 10847
CPU 38805

Your CPU score is astounding. I think I recently saw a Core i7 with 21,000. Yours is ridiculously high. What was it before you overclocked?

[PsyChoses]

Yeah his CPU score is much higher than the Core i7, that is very very odd considering the Q9300 is much older than the Core i7

[hankx18]

im pretty sure there is something wrong because it shouldnt be that high? i touched nothing tho its in performance settings a build 1.01 (this is not a free version)

[preyingrazor]

what was the score before you OC'd?

[hankx18]

i didn't get a chance to test it. ill change to default settings tomorrow and run the tests again.

[hankx18]

:S it is 35000 at default settings, ill try testing again.

by the way, one quick question
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ok the little power slot above the blue pci slot, do i HAVE to plug that in? it would make my wiring life much easier and im running my computer fine without it right now.

thank you!~

[PsyChoses]

ok the little power slot above the blue pci slot, do i HAVE to plug that in? it would make my wiring life much easier and im running my computer fine without it right now.

I really don't know mate, coz I have it plugged in and all is good and dandy here. No issues whatsoever. If you are running whitout problems without it, then it's OK I guess