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Like i stated in my previous post i was having a hard time overclocking my new Q8200 but i finally cracked the little bugger. I have spec number SLG9S with R0 stepping. From what i learned when reading other posts is that the SLB5M M1 Stepping was a pain to overclock. I did get a chance to overclock a M1 Stepping Q9300 and was able to get it to 3.2ghz but heat was a big issue. I had to increase the voltage to max 1.36250 and with the northbridge cranked up to 1.40 volts core temps were 60c+ at full load. Now that was still under 71.4c thermal spec but i don't like heat.


I was able to get my Q8200 from 2.33ghz to 3.0ghz on stock/auto cpu voltages. I increased northbridge voltages to 1.40 volts and memory volts to 2.00. all of this on an Asus P5Q Se2 P45 motherboard. Idle temps are 20-22c and full load 32-34 on a Rosewell Z3 cooler and Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II northbridge cooler. Below are a few pics of cpuz and sepped fan while running prime95. 100% stable. I've run 3 rounds of prime95 for 8 hours each with 0 errors. Check out the Vcore on both cpuz and speed fan. let me know if you have any questions.