Intel Core i5 & i7 Sandy Bridge Overclocking and Feedback - Page 19

LAN_deRf_HA · May 8, 2011, 08:41 AM

Vista and 7 have always had issues detecting cpu speed on the system page. Sometimes it'll get it right, and then if you change the clock speed later it just won't update. I doubt it'll get fixed until they do another massive overhaul like xp to vista. Microsoft doesn't have a good track record of addressing the little annoyances. They still haven't fixed the bug where aero peek can get disabled if you update your graphics driver.

random · May 11, 2011, 03:53 AM

Would you guys think 0.30+ vcore is worth it from 4.4ghz to 4.5ghz?

OneMoar · May 11, 2011, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by random

Would you guys think 0.30+ vcore is worth it from 4.4ghz to 4.5ghz?

no

random · May 11, 2011, 03:55 AM

lol I wouldn't have thought so either, there seems to be a big difference in stability when going from 4.4ghz to 4.5ghz on my chip

OneMoar · May 11, 2011, 03:56 AM

other then just for fun anything over 3.8-4.0 is pretty useless

WhiteNoise · May 11, 2011, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneMoar

other then just for fun anything over 3.8-4.0 is pretty useless

Says you.

Fourstaff · May 11, 2011, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneMoar

other then just for fun anything over 3.8-4.0 is pretty useless

Obviously you never used your rig to model a 3d surface, or try to crack a relatively strong RSA encryption.

heky · May 11, 2011, 05:03 PM

Hy guys. Finally completed my sandy bridge build. My 2600K is IntelBurn 2.51 stable @4.6Ghz @1.3v in Bios, 1.36v full load. The ram runs at 1866 at the moment with 8-9-8-24-1T @ 1.5v.
Cant go any higher with cpu clocks due to temps, they get over 70 with IBT.

Finners · May 11, 2011, 05:22 PM

Has anybody else find that Intelburn doesn't prove Stability with Sandybridge? i had my 2500k stable with IBt, but would fail Prime and BSOD

I've found Prime blend test best for me

heky · May 11, 2011, 05:53 PM

Try 2.51, report back. I pass prime with ease, Ibt gives me way higher temps.

OneMoar · May 11, 2011, 06:05 PM

prime does a better job of testing for stability
ibt just runs a in-place fft test and doesn't really test true-stability

WhiteNoise · May 11, 2011, 06:07 PM

None of those progies prove stability with sanyBridge IMO. I can run those all day long @ 5GHz and pass all along...then bsod while sitting at a desktop doing nothing.

CPU volts fix these problems but this cpu just requires too many for me to want to clock that high.

4.7Ghz is 100% stable for me and has been for some time now. Anything over 4.7GHz though requires voltages that I don't feel good about using.

KieX · May 11, 2011, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finners

Has anybody else find that Intelburn doesn't prove Stability with Sandybridge? i had my 2500k stable with IBt, but would fail Prime and BSOD

I've found Prime blend test best for me

I have found that almost nothing does for 24/7 clocks on Sandybridge. What is fine for months of full load, still crashes randomly sometimes in another applications. I found a guide with some explanations to BSOD, you might find useful:

Quote:

BSOD Codes
0x124 = add/remove vcore or QPI/VTT voltage (usually Vcore, once it was QPI/VTT)
0x101 = add more vcore
0x50 = RAM timings/Frequency add DDR3 voltage or add QPI/VTT
0x1E = add more vcore
0x3B = add more vcore
0xD1 = add QPI/VTT voltage
0x9C = QPI/VTT most likely, but increasing vcore has helped in some instances”
0X109 = add DDR3 voltage
0x0A = add QPI/VTT voltage

WhiteNoise · May 11, 2011, 06:26 PM

Thats some good info there dude thanks!

cadaveca · May 11, 2011, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finners

Has anybody else find that Intelburn doesn't prove Stability with Sandybridge? i had my 2500k stable with IBt, but would fail Prime and BSOD

I've found Prime blend test best for me

IBT doesn't use AVX extensions, as far as I know. Prime 95 uses varied instructions, so if run for long enough, does test multiple loading scenarios within a single session, so does provide much differnt testing than IBT does.

Those having issues with idle...there are three specific causes for that, that no real test out there is programmed for.

#1 cause is PLL Overvoltage.

heky · May 11, 2011, 09:39 PM

I think the new 2.51 version of IBT uses AVX.

random · May 11, 2011, 09:57 PM

I found that Prime95 Blend test to show the best results for instability on a system that crashes while idle.

While I could pass 25 linx run and 20 IBT runs, I could not pass an hour of Prime Blend.

LAN_deRf_HA · May 12, 2011, 12:40 AM

What I've found to be a good test for 24/7 is watching dvds in windows media player and playing a bunch of flash games in the browser. For the initial hardcore testing I've found IBT with AVX instructions set on normal with 100 runs to be more effective than doing slow maximum runs. I'm guessing because IBT is most likely to fail at the end of a run. Other than that I do OCCT large data sets. The flash and dvd tests really seem to do the trick for me.

heky · May 12, 2011, 12:27 PM

Hey guys, turns out you were right. I was not stable in prime blend. Had to set 1.34v in bios, and get 1.4v full load. Thats stable for now.

random · May 12, 2011, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heky

Hey guys, turns out you were right. I was not stable in prime blend. Had to set 1.34v in bios, and get 1.4v full load. Thats stable for now.

Yeah I suggest anyone who is testing 24/7 settings to use Prime Blend, it finds the error pretty quickly as opposed to having to wait til it eventually crashes on idle.

FreedomEclipse · May 27, 2011, 11:27 AM

I think this is a very positive start for a P8Z68 board

I had to rar some files up in the background otherwise the CPU would trip down to 1.6Ghz lol but ive played BC2 like this for hours and this is all good. this screenshot is a little old but ive OC'd my ram to balance the whole lot out which gave me an exta 1k in vantage

Chosen Juan · May 27, 2011, 11:31 AM

When you overclock (let's say, to 4.4Ghz), is it supposed to be at 4.4Ghz the whole time, or is it supposed to be downclocked and only go to 4.4Ghz when a full load is applied?

I'm wondering because I've been reading about overclocking my 2500K recently (still waiting for second fan for push-pull), and many articles talk about overclocking the Turbo Boost so the idle is low.

FreedomEclipse · May 27, 2011, 11:35 AM

you can turn it off if you want, Its only speed step

Chosen Juan · May 28, 2011, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

you can turn it off if you want, Its only speed step

See for some reason it's not working for me. I was checking under CPU-Z earlier, and when everything was completely stock, my 2500K would be at 1.6Ghz on idle, then it would go up to 3.4Ghz under full load.

Now I'm just doing a simple overclock to 4.0Ghz on 1.2v (just testing it out), and it is always at 4.0Ghz, even when there is no load. I go into the UEFI, and Intel Speed Step is Enabled. Am I doing something wrong, or is this how overclocking is on ASRock motherboards? I have no problem with it, it would just be nice to save some power on idle you know?

FreedomEclipse · May 28, 2011, 10:26 AM

try disabling the C1E or C3 states in the bios.

or setting the power options within windows for full power usage. instead of balanced by default.

if its not either of those then i dont know. I havent really played around with the bios since i only put this rig together thursday just gone

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May 11, 2011, 03:53 AM	#452
random Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,474 (1.45/day) Thanks: 1,248 Thanked 627 Times in 407 Posts System Specs	Would you guys think 0.30+ vcore is worth it from 4.4ghz to 4.5ghz? __________________ Visit my YouTube Channel ONE OK ROCK 「完全感覚Dreamer」 (Drum Cover) TD9KX

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May 11, 2011, 03:55 AM	#454
random Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,474 (1.45/day) Thanks: 1,248 Thanked 627 Times in 407 Posts System Specs	lol I wouldn't have thought so either, there seems to be a big difference in stability when going from 4.4ghz to 4.5ghz on my chip __________________ Visit my YouTube Channel ONE OK ROCK 「完全感覚Dreamer」 (Drum Cover) TD9KX

May 8, 2011, 08:41 AM	#451
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,079 (2.14/day) Thanks: 295 Thanked 853 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	Vista and 7 have always had issues detecting cpu speed on the system page. Sometimes it'll get it right, and then if you change the clock speed later it just won't update. I doubt it'll get fixed until they do another massive overhaul like xp to vista. Microsoft doesn't have a good track record of addressing the little annoyances. They still haven't fixed the bug where aero peek can get disabled if you update your graphics driver.

May 11, 2011, 03:56 AM	#455
OneMoar Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,345 (2.01/day) Thanks: 91 Thanked 442 Times in 380 Posts System Specs	other then just for fun anything over 3.8-4.0 is pretty useless

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May 11, 2011, 05:03 PM	#458
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.63/day) Thanks: 891 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	Hy guys. Finally completed my sandy bridge build. My 2600K is IntelBurn 2.51 stable @4.6Ghz @1.3v in Bios, 1.36v full load. The ram runs at 1866 at the moment with 8-9-8-24-1T @ 1.5v. Cant go any higher with cpu clocks due to temps, they get over 70 with IBT.

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May 11, 2011, 05:22 PM	#459
Finners Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 94 (0.12/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 30 Times in 14 Posts System Specs	Has anybody else find that Intelburn doesn't prove Stability with Sandybridge? i had my 2500k stable with IBt, but would fail Prime and BSOD I've found Prime blend test best for me

Processor:	i5 2500k @ 4.6Ghz
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May 11, 2011, 05:53 PM	#460
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.63/day) Thanks: 891 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	Try 2.51, report back. I pass prime with ease, Ibt gives me way higher temps.

May 11, 2011, 06:05 PM	#461
OneMoar Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,345 (2.01/day) Thanks: 91 Thanked 442 Times in 380 Posts System Specs	prime does a better job of testing for stability ibt just runs a in-place fft test and doesn't really test true-stability

May 11, 2011, 06:07 PM	#462
WhiteNoise Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 964 (0.61/day) Thanks: 157 Thanked 200 Times in 150 Posts System Specs	None of those progies prove stability with sanyBridge IMO. I can run those all day long @ 5GHz and pass all along...then bsod while sitting at a desktop doing nothing. CPU volts fix these problems but this cpu just requires too many for me to want to clock that high. 4.7Ghz is 100% stable for me and has been for some time now. Anything over 4.7GHz though requires voltages that I don't feel good about using. __________________ PS3 Fat 120GB // PS3 Slim 250GB // XBOX 360 Elite 120GB // XBOX 360 4GB w/ Kinect EK-Supreme HF - Full Nickel - Rev 2 // Swiftech MCP655-B // Danger Den Reservoir // XSPC RX480 Quad 120mm Radiator // Bitspower True Silver & Enzotech fittings // DangerDen Tube Active UV Hose // (4x) Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fan, 1850 RPM

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May 11, 2011, 06:26 PM	#464
WhiteNoise Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 964 (0.61/day) Thanks: 157 Thanked 200 Times in 150 Posts System Specs	Thats some good info there dude thanks! __________________ PS3 Fat 120GB // PS3 Slim 250GB // XBOX 360 Elite 120GB // XBOX 360 4GB w/ Kinect EK-Supreme HF - Full Nickel - Rev 2 // Swiftech MCP655-B // Danger Den Reservoir // XSPC RX480 Quad 120mm Radiator // Bitspower True Silver & Enzotech fittings // DangerDen Tube Active UV Hose // (4x) Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm Fan, 1850 RPM

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May 11, 2011, 09:39 PM	#466
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.63/day) Thanks: 891 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	I think the new 2.51 version of IBT uses AVX.

May 11, 2011, 09:57 PM	#467
random Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,474 (1.45/day) Thanks: 1,248 Thanked 627 Times in 407 Posts System Specs	I found that Prime95 Blend test to show the best results for instability on a system that crashes while idle. While I could pass 25 linx run and 20 IBT runs, I could not pass an hour of Prime Blend. __________________ Visit my YouTube Channel ONE OK ROCK 「完全感覚Dreamer」 (Drum Cover) TD9KX

May 12, 2011, 12:40 AM	#468
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,079 (2.14/day) Thanks: 295 Thanked 853 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	What I've found to be a good test for 24/7 is watching dvds in windows media player and playing a bunch of flash games in the browser. For the initial hardcore testing I've found IBT with AVX instructions set on normal with 100 runs to be more effective than doing slow maximum runs. I'm guessing because IBT is most likely to fail at the end of a run. Other than that I do OCCT large data sets. The flash and dvd tests really seem to do the trick for me.

May 12, 2011, 12:27 PM	#469
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.63/day) Thanks: 891 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	Hey guys, turns out you were right. I was not stable in prime blend. Had to set 1.34v in bios, and get 1.4v full load. Thats stable for now.

May 27, 2011, 11:27 AM	#471
FreedomEclipse Crazy Dogmatic Bullsh!t! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: (British Born Chinese) London, United Kingdom Posts: 7,588 (3.37/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 1,623 Times in 1,299 Posts System Specs	I think this is a very positive start for a P8Z68 board I had to rar some files up in the background otherwise the CPU would trip down to 1.6Ghz lol but ive played BC2 like this for hours and this is all good. this screenshot is a little old but ive OC'd my ram to balance the whole lot out which gave me an exta 1k in vantage __________________ “I used to be a serial upgrader like you, then i took a downgrade to the knee” -FreedomEclipse

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May 27, 2011, 11:31 AM	#472
Chosen Juan Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 82 (0.10/day) Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	When you overclock (let's say, to 4.4Ghz), is it supposed to be at 4.4Ghz the whole time, or is it supposed to be downclocked and only go to 4.4Ghz when a full load is applied? I'm wondering because I've been reading about overclocking my 2500K recently (still waiting for second fan for push-pull), and many articles talk about overclocking the Turbo Boost so the idle is low.

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May 27, 2011, 11:35 AM	#473
FreedomEclipse Crazy Dogmatic Bullsh!t! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: (British Born Chinese) London, United Kingdom Posts: 7,588 (3.37/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 1,623 Times in 1,299 Posts System Specs	you can turn it off if you want, Its only speed step __________________ “I used to be a serial upgrader like you, then i took a downgrade to the knee” -FreedomEclipse

May 28, 2011, 10:26 AM	#475
FreedomEclipse Crazy Dogmatic Bullsh!t! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: (British Born Chinese) London, United Kingdom Posts: 7,588 (3.37/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 1,623 Times in 1,299 Posts System Specs	try disabling the C1E or C3 states in the bios. or setting the power options within windows for full power usage. instead of balanced by default. if its not either of those then i dont know. I havent really played around with the bios since i only put this rig together thursday just gone __________________ “I used to be a serial upgrader like you, then i took a downgrade to the knee” -FreedomEclipse

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