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- Jul 15, 2008
hey ocers, read a bunch but this is my first post, and first oc too.
I have a gigabyte ep45-ds3r running a q9450. After reading that the q9450 is a poor overclocker was pleasantly surprised w/ my results. After a lot of reading and trial & error I can push the FSB to at least 475, not prime stable, but I can't handle the temps yet so I was just seeing how far I could go.
My only gripe about the board so far: it has a wicked vdroop. I set my vcore to 1.28 and when idle cpu-z shows ~ 1.23v, under load it drops to 1.18 or even 1.16: max vdroop of 0.12v. Is this normal for this board? 0.05 - 0.12v? Sounds high, but I am inexperienced. Do I just compensate w/ more vcore until the cpu gets what I actually want it to get? Should I worry about having a higher idle voltage than I want?
help out a noob.
I have a gigabyte ep45-ds3r running a q9450. After reading that the q9450 is a poor overclocker was pleasantly surprised w/ my results. After a lot of reading and trial & error I can push the FSB to at least 475, not prime stable, but I can't handle the temps yet so I was just seeing how far I could go.
My only gripe about the board so far: it has a wicked vdroop. I set my vcore to 1.28 and when idle cpu-z shows ~ 1.23v, under load it drops to 1.18 or even 1.16: max vdroop of 0.12v. Is this normal for this board? 0.05 - 0.12v? Sounds high, but I am inexperienced. Do I just compensate w/ more vcore until the cpu gets what I actually want it to get? Should I worry about having a higher idle voltage than I want?
help out a noob.
