Difficulty overclocking Q9550 on P5Q Pro - Page 2

DeImOs · #11 09-01-2009, 12:12

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Originally Posted by Kaz

:O I never thought about a hairdryer, the girl I live with might have one, could be worth a try. And yeah, that's why I don't want to stress it too long, because once the heatsink heats up enough, there's no point in having it =(

That's exactly the point of having a fan on it

The Gelid Fan I suggested you should cost like 19$, you can also find anothe model: the Gelid silent 12 pwm at 10-11$

Kaz · #12 09-01-2009, 13:17

Okay, quick question, for mounting on the heatsink, what size fan would be best? and 80 or a 120mm?
Just gonna order a couple of gelid fans and thermal paste off ebay.

affiliate13 · #13 09-01-2009, 13:29

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Originally Posted by Kaz

Okay, quick question, for mounting on the heatsink, what size fan would be best? and 80 or a 120mm?
Just gonna order a couple of gelid fans and thermal paste off ebay.

120mm is what it is designed to take, this gives higher CFM and lower noise.
Just get the best fan you can afford.
Yateloons and Zalmans are good and very cheap, but there are many other good fans out there for a few £ more.

Kaz · #14 09-01-2009, 13:52

Well I was just looking at the review there, and 5 stars seems good enough for me

Especially seeing as the Gelid Wing is a little under a tenner off ebay =)

Kelainefes · #15 09-01-2009, 16:31

The Scythe Kama PWM is also decently priced and silent.

Kaz · #16 02-02-2009, 02:15

So I've got the fans here, two of the Gelid Wing 120s, and improvising with rubber bands as I haven't a single ziptie anywhere near =(
However! I'm unsure as to which direction the fans will blow

silly me.
Don't really fancy pulling all the warm air back into the center of the case, will experiment and post back when it's cool enough to start OC'ing

Clunk · #17 02-02-2009, 03:05

If you look at the fans, there is an arrow on the casing telling you the direction of the airflow

Kaz · #18 02-02-2009, 17:21

Thanks Clunk

So, was messing about, have one fan strapped to the heatsink with rubber bands, pushing air through the right way, but there's not a chance in hell of me fitting the second one in, unfortunately the TRUE just about stops me from putting an extra fan on EITHER of the side vents =(
Anyway, I think I'm stable at 3.2Ghz, with max temps of around 65C, but I should be able to drop the voltage some.
Actually have difficulty pushing it past that, increasing Vcore doesn't help any, so if anybody has any ideas for values for FSB Termination and NB voltage, I'd be much obliged

Even just the top end of what I can do without melting the processor/motherboard would be very useful