overclocking intel core 2 duo q9550

[komoka]

Hi guys.I want to overclock my cpu and want to ask a little help since im tottally new to this.
I'll give this steam account to a random people in this thread who helped me.(yeah all of them are humble games sry )

• steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198121212883/games/?tab=all
• Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Origin Key,(multiplayer may not work,contact me and we might can get it fixed)
• Dead Space(not guaranteed to work)+Dead Space 3 origin key

I hope i could give some more but this is all i have right now.

So let's get down to bussines

my specs
cpu: overclocking intel core 2 duo q9550
memory: 4gb 1333 mhz(waresphere.com/store/elixir-4gb-ddr3-1333-pc3-10600-so-dimm-m2s4g64cb8hb5n-cg.html + 2x2gb 1333 mhz(adata-group.com/?action=product_feature&cid=6&piid=49)
power supply: n-tech76.ru/images/goods/110205_2250.jpg
motherboard: GigaByte GA-EP45T-UD3R (gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2937#ov)
(im sorry im not allowed to use proper URL due to my low post number)

And i have no idea about cooling.Thats my most important question.What do i need?
I know i need a good cpu cooler.
cooling gel
and maybe something else i dont know about.
So please help me.Is it even worth it to oc my cpu and if it is then pls give me some instructions ( what to buy etc.)
Sorry for my bad english and im thankfull in advance.

[g8ina]

Where's Clunk when you need him ?



Welcome to HEXUS, Im sure a guru will be along shortly to help

[komoka]

Where's Clunk when you need him ?



Welcome to HEXUS, Im sure a guru will be along shortly to help

Well there's no need to hurry.I'm sure most of the shops are out of stock now that christmas is over so ill have to wait to get my stuff.
I hope i can fit in.I'm really not used to speaking (writing?) proper english so sorry for my mistakes in advance

[kalniel]

Hi,

Your CPU is actually a quad core, not a Core 2 Duo. You mention the most important question towards the end:
Q: "Is it even worth it to oc my cpu?"

The answer is: no.

The longer answer is: Not from what you've told us.

What are you using your computer for? What graphics card do you have?

[jim]

Hi Komoka, and welcome to HEXUS. Just to let you know, Steam accounts technically can't be given away, as it is against their Terms of Service: http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

Our hardware gurus are frequently offering help to a huge number of people for no reward, so please don't think you need to offer gifts to get any useful advice

The most important question, as always, is "why do you want to overclock your CPU"? What Kalniel said is correct.

[komoka]

Hi,

Your CPU is actually a quad core, not a Core 2 Duo. You mention the most important question towards the end:
Q: "Is it even worth it to oc my cpu?"

The answer is: no.

The longer answer is: Not from what you've told us.

What are you using your computer for? What graphics card do you have?

ops.. I dont know why i wrote duo

I'm using my computer mainly for gaming.My graphics card is kind of bad.My original one stopped working one week after the waranty expired
I wasn't actually planing on ocing my cpu,but recently i had problems with it.
I cleaned out my computer and then checked if everything is working fine,and i realized 2 thing

1.My cpu temperatures were higher than they supposed to be while im using it
2.My cpu is actually underclocked by 666mhz (if i remember well my computer was costum build,but the workers in the ship assembled it,i don't know if it was them or what)

So i knew that i would change my cpu cooler atleast,so i thought i could even by a good one and do a mild overclock,since there are still some games that manage to put more stress on my cpu than my gpu (planetside 2 mainly )
but my actually main goal is to get a decent cpu cooler so i can get it working on 2.83Ghz instead of 2.17 Ghz ( I cant belive i havent noticed this for years..)

my graphics card asus.com/Graphics_Cards/EAH57702DI512MD5/#specifications

Hi Komoka, and welcome to HEXUS. Just to let you know, Steam accounts technically can't be given away, as it is against their Terms of Service: eampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

Our hardware gurus are frequently offering help to a huge number of people for no reward, so please don't think you need to offer gifts to get any useful advice

The most important question, as always, is "why do you want to overclock your CPU"? What Kalniel said is correct.

well I can understand why,but i don't think they would mind in this case.I guess same thing goes for origin cd-keys.
So if anyone happens to khm.. e-mail me to get to know eachother..
I don't really like to get help without providing anything in return,and I don't think i can contribute much to this forum, that's why i decided to give away something.

[kalniel]

I don't want your steam profile, and your refusal to follow Hexus admin requests makes it less likely that people will help you. But don't worry about giving anything back - the nice thing about forums is that when someone is helped, more people may be helped in the future who have the same problem.

As you mention, your graphics card is terrible, so there's no point overclocking the CPU as the GPU is holding you back anyway. The OEM cooler should be fine for default clocks so make sure it is clear of dust and hair that might cause it not to work so well. If you do want to replace it, then something simple like an artic cooling freezer 7 pro would be fine even for some overclocking. It comes with paste built in.

[komoka]

I don't want your steam profile, and your refusal to follow Hexus admin requests makes it less likely that people will help you. But don't worry about giving anything back - the nice thing about forums is that when someone is helped, more people may be helped in the future who have the same problem.

As you mention, your graphics card is terrible, so there's no point overclocking the CPU as the GPU is holding you back anyway. The OEM cooler should be fine for default clocks so make sure it is clear of dust and hair that might cause it not to work so well. If you do want to replace it, then something simple like an artic cooling freezer 7 pro would be fine even for some overclocking. It comes with paste built in.

Okay sorry i didnt mean to be disrespectfull.I'll check out that cooler you mentioned ( i dont think mine works properly anymore,because it wont't reach its max rpm nomater what)