highest OC you can push the Q9550 on the Asus P5Q3 Deluxe?

What is the highest OC you can push the Q9550 on the Asus P5Q3 Deluxe?
I got 4.06GHz & 23,077 3DMark06 today!



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=10330716


Temps was pretty good too:

Uh... WOW!!! Great responses here!

Let me try this again... can anyone help me with these settings. There are some pretty sharp OC'ers on this forum.

What changes can I make to get to 480-490FSB? I just need 5FSB more!
These are the settings I can't figure out... I've read where these three can be the difference in achieving higher FSB.

CPU GTL Voltage Reference(0/2) [Auto]***?
CPU GTL Voltage Reference(1/3) [Auto]***?
FSB Strap to North Bridge: [Auto]***?

This is the OC BIOS settings that is currently working 24/7:

Configure Advanced CPU Settings
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Manufacturer: Intel
Brand String: Intel (R) Core(TM) 2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Frequency: 4.06Ghz
FSB Speed: 1910Mhz
Cache L1: 128 KB
Cache L2: 12288 KB
Ratio Status: Unlocked (Min:06, Max:8.5)
Ratio Actual Value: 8.5
CPUID: 10677

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CPU Ratio Setting [8.5]
C1E Support [Disabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit: [Disabled]
Intel(R) Virtualizatopn Tech [Disabled]
CPU TM Function [Enabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
Configure System Performance Settings

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Ai OVerclocking Tuner : [Manual]
CPU Ratio Setting : [08.5]
FSB Frequency : [475]
PCIE Frequency : [100]
FSB Strap to North Bridge: [Auto]
DRAM Frequency : [DDR3-1521MHz]
Dram CLK Skew on Channel A1 : [Auto]
Dram CLK Skew on Channel A2 : [Auto]
Dram CLK Skew on Channel B1 : [Auto]
Dram CLK Skew on Channel B2 : [Auto]
Dram TIming COntrol : [Manual]
1st Information: 9-9-9-24-5-74-10-5
CAS# Latency : [9 Dram Clocks]
DRAM RAS# to CAS #Delay : [9 Dram Clocks]
DRAM RAS# Precharge : [9 Dram Clocks]
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precha : [24 Dram Clocks]
RAS# to RAS# Delay : [Auto]
Row Refresh Cycle Time: [Auto]
Write Recovery Time : [Auto]
Read to Precharge Time : [Auto]

Sec. Information:

Read to Write Delay (S/D) : [Auto]
Write to Read Delay (S) : [Auto]
Write to Read Delay (D) : [Auto]
Read to Read Delay (S) : [Auto]
Read to Read Delay (D) : [Auto]
Write to Write Delay (S) : [Auto]
Write to Write Delay (D) : [Auto]

third Information:

WRITE to PRE delay : [Auto]
READ to PRE delay : [Auto]
PRE to PRE delay : [Auto]
ALL PRE to ACT delay : [Auto]
ALL PRE to RED Delay : [Auto]
DRAM Static Read Control : [DISABLED]
DRAM Dynamic Write Control: [DISABLED]
DRAM Read Training: [DISABLED]
DRAM Write Training: [DISABLED]
MEM. OC Charger [ENABLED]
Ai Clock Twister: [Auto]
Ai Transaction Booster: [Auto]

**** Please key in voltage numbers directly! ****

CPU Voltage [1.4500]
CPU GTL Voltage Reference(0/2) [Auto]
CPU GTL Voltage Reference(1/3) [Auto]
CPU PLL Voltage [1.56]
FSB Termination Voltage [1.26]
DRAM Voltage [1.80]
NB Voltage [1.30]
NB GTL Reference [Auto]
SB Voltage [1.40]
PCIE SATA Voltage [Auto]

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Load-Line Calibration [Disabled]
CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
CPU Clock Skew [Auto]
NB Clock Skew [Auto]
CPU Margin Enhancement [Optimized]

So how do I get 480FSB to work so I can get the 1601Mhz?
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Thank you kindly so much!

Once again, no help whatsoever here!
I did it on my own...

You named the thread "highest OC you can push the Q9550 on the Asus P5Q3 Deluxe?"

Which make's it sound like you only want to hear from users that have that combo.

When in fact it would seem you want to know how to get more FSB out of that board with a quad.
I had this board, though I used a QX9650 on it, so as a rule I wouldn't even open this thread.
If I re-call, 511fsb was my max, though anything over 490 was unstable.
475X9 is where I liked to run it in a so called 24/7 way.

It's about ten boards ago for me, and I can't think of all the setting off the top of my head, I'll see if I can find my note when I have time.

First thing to try would be to see if you can get the added 5fsb you are after with only two sticks of ram in, 4 X 2GB sticks puts added work on the NB, which will hold back some fsb clocking.

It also may not be the board or the ram, but the max fsb that cpu can do. And no matter what you do, it will not help.

jack54 said:

Uh... WOW!!! Great responses here!

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jack54 said:

Once again, no help whatsoever here!
I did it on my own...

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This makes me not want to help.

You named your own thread, if you wanted help, you should have put that in it.

Deanzo said:

First thing to try would be to see if you can get the added 5fsb you are after with only two sticks of ram in

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I did.

This makes me not want to help.

You named your own thread, if you wanted help, you should have put that in it.

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Well, I thought that was a question as I had ? at the end of it.
I wanted to know just how high you can OC that combo.
highest OC you can push the Q9550 on the Asus P5Q3 Deluxe?

ok,
what i would try is (helped a lot on my p5Q pro to oc my q9550 to 4 ghz) is looking what setting for cpu margin enhancement works best for you... it can change a heck of a lot, for me it went from stable for 2 secs on large ffts to stable forever on large ffts.... just by putting it on compatible instead of optimized... btw your vcore is so freaking high, lower it or youll get a fried chip in no time, i reached after changing that cpu margin enhancement 4 ghz on P5Q pro ( a lot less good as yours) with just 1.37500 in bios...

try that and maybe youll see a lot more stability...

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