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Q9400 Overclock?

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So I was thinking about throwing my 120M rad into my old build to give it more life. I tested it in Fallout 4 and it was decent for what it was on air cooling. Would overclocking it yield better fps? Also thought about upgrading to a q9450 as well since it has a bigger cache on it. I could also snag 16GB of RAM for it too :)

GAMING RIG:

CPU: i9-14900k

MOBO: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX

RAM: 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 @ 6000MHz

GPU: Gigabyte Gaming OC ICE 16GB 9070XT

STORAGE: Crucial 1TB NVME (Boot Drive) / 2TB Crucial NVME / 4TB 990 EVO Pro NVME SSD

CASE: Dimas Tech EasyBench V3.0

 

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Just now, Vespertine said:

No need to upgrade, just overclock. If you were going to upgrade you're going to need a whole new system haha, or at least new CPU, RAM, and MOBO.

True. The purpose of it is just to test and to have as an extra light gaming rig if friends come over :)

GAMING RIG:

CPU: i9-14900k

MOBO: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX

RAM: 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 @ 6000MHz

GPU: Gigabyte Gaming OC ICE 16GB 9070XT

STORAGE: Crucial 1TB NVME (Boot Drive) / 2TB Crucial NVME / 4TB 990 EVO Pro NVME SSD

CASE: Dimas Tech EasyBench V3.0

 

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4 minutes ago, GamerMan said:

True. The purpose of it is just to test and to have as an extra light gaming rig if friends come over :)

It weighs 30 pounds in weight bruh... 

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1 minute ago, Evolution90 said:

It weighs 30 pounds in weight bruh... 

Kappa

GAMING RIG:

CPU: i9-14900k

MOBO: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX

RAM: 64GB G.Skill Ripjaws S5 @ 6000MHz

GPU: Gigabyte Gaming OC ICE 16GB 9070XT

STORAGE: Crucial 1TB NVME (Boot Drive) / 2TB Crucial NVME / 4TB 990 EVO Pro NVME SSD

CASE: Dimas Tech EasyBench V3.0

 

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