i3 overclocking thread

(FIH) The Don · Oct 22, 2010, 09:13 AM

i see tons of i7 and i5 overclocking threads

but no i3, poor little CPU lol

needs moar attention

Specs on the i3 series

i will make a table with overclock, mb, chipset, vcore and other relevant info when people start showing their results

(FIH) The Don · Oct 22, 2010, 09:13 AM

i bought the i3 530 yesterday, its a nice little thing,

im running it @ 3.7 ghz so far with 1.2vcore

im still getting used to this p55 chipset, but im sure ill go higher soon

overclocking101 · Oct 22, 2010, 09:14 AM

there is an i3 550 as well

(FIH) The Don · Oct 22, 2010, 09:27 AM

coolio thanks

lmk if theres anything i should add to #0

(FIH) The Don · Oct 22, 2010, 02:03 PM

so far this is what im running

im using the Maximus III Formula

but it wont let me boot/stable over 198BCLK

so nex im gonna take the multi up 1x at the time

adam99leit · Oct 22, 2010, 02:10 PM

im running default volts at 3.6ghz no voltage bump at all

(FIH) The Don · Oct 22, 2010, 02:16 PM

nice, mine does the same,

what do you guys think the max cpu vcore would be for this?

i know intel says 1.4, but....what do you think?

JrRacinFan · Oct 22, 2010, 02:22 PM

That's quite high Don.
http://img.techpowerup.org/101022/Capture142.jpg

Myself personally, for 24.7 usage wouldn't go past 1.35v both vcore and qpi/vtt.

(FIH) The Don · Oct 22, 2010, 02:23 PM

what are you other settings on volts and such?

rickss69 · Oct 22, 2010, 02:24 PM

Just some of the runs I have made with mine...

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...530_8sec_112ms

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...min_48sec_47ms

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...min_54sec_64ms

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...530_9sec_283ms

JrRacinFan · Oct 22, 2010, 02:25 PM

1.17v qpi
1.6v dram
0.78 dram termination

Runs like this daily:

I could push it back to 4.2Ghz 1.25v or 4.4Ghz 1.33v but I am enjoying the much lower temps(10C lower) @ 4Ghz without much performance loss. Oh and I do have C1E/EIST/C-states enabled.

ERazer · Oct 22, 2010, 03:39 PM

i got i3 540 on my home server running @ 3.8ghz but not sure at wat voltage, ill check it later

i have bench it for 4.2 but no reason to run it that high for WHS.

rickss69 · Oct 22, 2010, 04:02 PM

A recent water run on an experimental gamer I threw together...

adam99leit · Oct 22, 2010, 09:11 PM

I've used up to 1.5v but that was for benching I usually use 1.4v 24/7 1.42v if needed

Oct 22, 2010, 09:13 AM	#1
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(FIH) The Don Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Viking Land Posts: 5,406 (3.92/day) Thanks: 3,101 Thanked 2,962 Times in 1,834 Posts System Specs	nice, mine does the same, what do you guys think the max cpu vcore would be for this? i know intel says 1.4, but....what do you think? __________________ "there are 2 types of idiots. those who hate the new stuff to justify not being able to upgrade. and those who have no fucking clue about anything" -KieX “So with this new technology my video card will now fart?” -TheMailMan78

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