tutta55 announces Castor and Pollux

[PowerToTheUsers]

Here's what an ES CPU looks like

Strange... I have a Q7UE ES too, and even the EU805...-code is the same. But mine is supposed to be a QX9650. Check out http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/Q7/Q7UE.html You can decipher that EU805-code at http://www.cpu-world.com/info/id/Int...ification.html, and a Q9550 should end in 073N.

It seems it's about time I use that cpu for a testdrive

[tutta55]

Strange... I have a Q7UE ES too, and even the EU805...-code is the same. But mine is supposed to be a QX9650. Check out http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/Q7/Q7UE.html You can decipher that EU805-code at http://www.cpu-world.com/info/id/Int...ification.html, and a Q9550 should end in 073N.

It seems it's about time I use that cpu for a testdrive

Interesting links there to bookmark. Thanks.

Yes, it would seem the inscription doesn't fit the contents. Maybe they don't look so closely for the ES. The mobo and cpu-z do recognize it as a Q9550 though instead of a QX9650. Only coretemp thinks it's some mobile cpu. Mobile, I'd hardly call my case mobile. It almost takes a crane to move it.

[PowerToTheUsers]

Interesting links there to bookmark. Thanks.

Yes, it would seem the inscription doesn't fit the contents. Maybe they don't look so closely for the ES. The mobo and cpu-z do recognize it as a Q9550 though instead of a QX9650. Only coretemp thinks it's some mobile cpu. Mobile, I'd hardly call my case mobile. It almost takes a crane to move it.

Does your mobo/bios support the qx9650? Are you sure you can't change the multiplier upwards?

[tutta55]

Does your mobo/bios support the qx9650? Are you sure you can't change the multiplier upwards?

It should do. It's a pretty recent Asus Maximus Formula SE (X38 ). I have given it the latest BIOS, except for a beta version. In the Asus forum I read about people that put a QX9650 in it. I can vary the multiplier from 6 to 8. 8.5 being the default.

I will enquire with the vendor about it. He has a few more for sale.

[tutta55]

Castor and Pollux in action: http://kinetic.dnsalias.org/magnetism/top_hosts.php

[Giorgio]

Castor and Pollux in action: http://kinetic.dnsalias.org/magnetism/top_hosts.php

Nice ranking!

Giorgio

[kdr_98]

Castor and Pollux in action: http://kinetic.dnsalias.org/magnetism/top_hosts.php

Like 2 magnets ....

[PowerToTheUsers]

Strange... I have a Q7UE ES too, and even the EU805...-code is the same. But mine is supposed to be a QX9650. Check out http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/Q7/Q7UE.html You can decipher that EU805-code at http://www.cpu-world.com/info/id/Int...ification.html, and a Q9550 should end in 073N.

It seems it's about time I use that cpu for a testdrive

Time to update this... RIP
I killed the QX9650 by pushing 1.7V through it

[tutta55]

Time to update this... RIP
I killed the QX9650 by pushing 1.7V through it

EEK 1.7V

Sorry to hear. Just wondering. How far did you push it safely before it gave in?

I have now 2 Q9550
- The ES in my X38 motherboard. Running 3.66GHz at 1.3625V. I also had to up vFSB and vNB already. Probably not a good sign.
- A C1 stepping retail unit. This one runs in my P5W DH Deluxe. Voltages at Auto. The BIOS contains an error, in that the first vCore step I can choose is 1.45V. Haven't tried yet, but I think that's way too much on aircooling. Now running 3.14GHz. Mobo is surely a bottleneck here. Now runs 370MHz base speed. I tried 400 with multiplier 8, but it won't even boot. Tried raising vFSB and vICH, but didn't help.

[PowerToTheUsers]

EEK 1.7V

Sorry to hear. Just wondering. How far did you push it safely before it gave in?

I have now 2 Q9550
- The ES in my X38 motherboard. Running 3.66GHz at 1.3625V. I also had to up vFSB and vNB already. Probably not a good sign.
- A C1 stepping retail unit. This one runs in my P5W DH Deluxe. Voltages at Auto. The BIOS contains an error, in that the first vCore step I can choose is 1.45V. Haven't tried yet, but I think that's way too much on aircooling. Now running 3.14GHz. Mobo is surely a bottleneck here. Now runs 370MHz base speed. I tried 400 with multiplier 8, but it won't even boot. Tried raising vFSB and vICH, but didn't help.

I was trying to get a SuperPi 1M as fast as possible at higher and higher clockspeeds, and higher and higher voltages:
1.35V = 4.0GHz
1.40V = 4.1GHz
1.45V = 4.2GHz
1.55V = 4.3GHz
1.65V = 4.5GHz
1.70V = 4.55GHz, but didn't boot no more after rebooting, even not in another board.
It was aircooled, by a zalman 9700Nt or Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme. Ah well... I got myself a new one already