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Limited on QX9650 Overclock
I've been doing some research lately on overclocking & have not been able to get my QX9650 past 3.33Ghz. My cooling is quite good, as core temps are about 30c at idle & 54c at full load.
My method is very simple for gettting 3.33Ghz. I just increased the multiplier to 10 with most everything else in the BIOS left at default values. I can get it to 3.5Ghz with a 10.5 & it runs fine until I use a program that converts image files. All 4 cores are peaking at 100% during the process, which is normal, but it crashes at 3.5Ghz.
I have 8GB of Kingston Value Ram, which I know isn't useful for OCing the DRAM frequency, so I don't even try it. I've tried underclocking the RAM to see if I can get more out of the CPU, but it doesn't work.
My question is: Is the Kingston Value RAM causing the limitations?
I plan on upgrading to 16GB of RAM soon - with a quad set of G.Skill PC2 6400, which is on the QVL for my board. I'm not buying it merely for OC'ing, but I'm curious if I can push the QX9650 just a little further.
Any recommended settings & ideas are appreciated.