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Need Help To Overclock q9550 EO Stepping on GA-EP45-DS4P
I need some help to overclock the system i recently built. An overclock from the stock 2.83ghz to anywhere stable between 3.5ghz and 4 ghz would be ideal. I didn't really want to watercool so i have instead installed a mountain of air cooling [7 case fans + 3 HDD fans]. Also my ram is running at 5-5-5-18 timings 800mhz 1.8v but is rated to run at 5-5-5-15 timings 1066mhz 2.2v. Are those faster specs possible with a CPU overclock?
SPECS:
CPU: q9550 [EO Stepping] 2.83ghz stock
MOB: Gigabyte EP45-DS4P
BIOS: F8 Award BIOS
GPU: Gigabyte 4870x2 [Catalyst 8.12]
RAM: 8gb Kingston Hyper-X KHX8500D2K2 [4 x 2gb]
[800mhz 1.8v at 5-5-5-18]
COOLING: Zalman CNPS9700 LED [fan speed 2800rpm max]
1 x 240mm side panel intake fan
2 x 120mm rear exhaust turbo fan
2 x 120mm front intake fan
2 x 120mm bottom intake fan
CASE: Thermaltake Armor+ MX
PSU: Amptac SuperFlower 1000watt modular 80+ PSU
HDD: WD 150gb Velociraptor WD1500HLFS
2 x Samsung 640gb SATA SpinPoint F1 HD642JJ [RAID 0]
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit SP1
MOTHERBOARD BIOS SETTINGS [F8 AWARD BIOS]
[ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS]
SPECS:
CPU: q9550 [EO Stepping] 2.83ghz stock
MOB: Gigabyte EP45-DS4P
BIOS: F8 Award BIOS
GPU: Gigabyte 4870x2 [Catalyst 8.12]
RAM: 8gb Kingston Hyper-X KHX8500D2K2 [4 x 2gb]
[800mhz 1.8v at 5-5-5-18]
COOLING: Zalman CNPS9700 LED [fan speed 2800rpm max]
1 x 240mm side panel intake fan
2 x 120mm rear exhaust turbo fan
2 x 120mm front intake fan
2 x 120mm bottom intake fan
CASE: Thermaltake Armor+ MX
PSU: Amptac SuperFlower 1000watt modular 80+ PSU
HDD: WD 150gb Velociraptor WD1500HLFS
2 x Samsung 640gb SATA SpinPoint F1 HD642JJ [RAID 0]
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit SP1
MOTHERBOARD BIOS SETTINGS [F8 AWARD BIOS]
[ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS]