Intel Core i5 & i7 Sandy Bridge Overclocking and Feedback - Page 34

Chicken Patty · Nov 28, 2011, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkleoco

7 hours stable on Prime95

, just out of curiosity would I even be likely to notice the difference between 1333 and 1600 on my RAM?

I personally haven't noticed any difference when clocking RAM. I think your GPU's will yield much more than clocking your RAM would.

Darkleoco · Nov 28, 2011, 01:35 AM

Just passed 8 hours on Prime95 and since I am getting impatient I was wondering if I would be able to overclock my GPU's while still running Prime95? Or should I just wait?

Darkleoco · Nov 28, 2011, 02:36 AM

9 hours of stability on Prime95

time to move on to GPU's.

Chicken Patty · Nov 28, 2011, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkleoco

9 hours of stability on Prime95

time to move on to GPU's.

9 hours is enough I would say. I don't think I've ever primed that long

Darkleoco · Nov 28, 2011, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

9 hours is enough I would say. I don't think I've ever primed that long

I wanted to be sure I would not have any more CPU-related crashes

since finishing my Blend I have only had one GPU related crash

Chicken Patty · Nov 28, 2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Darkleoco

I wanted to be sure I would not have any more CPU-related crashes

since finishing my Blend I have only had one GPU related crash

What do you have them clocked to as of now? The GPU's...

Darkleoco · Nov 28, 2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

What do you have them clocked to as of now? The GPU's...

910/1430 from 810/1250 so not too bad in my opinion

might look at getting 920 stable on my GPU's though or just full on 945/1440 like in the Twin Frozr II review on here

Chicken Patty · Nov 29, 2011, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkleoco

910/1430 from 810/1250 so not too bad in my opinion

might look at getting 920 stable on my GPU's though or just full on 945/1440 like in the Twin Frozr II review on here

Nice. I got my 6850 at 825/1100 from I believe it was 750/1000. I'll go a little higher, but for now it seems pretty stable and it's not a killer overclock. Did notice slight gains in Crysis 2.

On another note, I got a BSOD this morning, so I set my RAM back at 1600 MHz to make sure it was that, so far so good. Just want to verify that's what it was before I tweak it. Don't want to go crazy tweaking my RAM and it's something else.

DOM · Nov 29, 2011, 04:22 AM

I need to test if it even make a difference from 1600/1833.. anyone know

Chicken Patty · Nov 29, 2011, 05:51 AM

As far as games? I've never tested.

N-Gen · Nov 29, 2011, 06:17 AM

I didn't notice any noticeable increase in gaming, turned them down to 1600 atm for stability. It does show in benchmarking though.

Chicken Patty · Nov 29, 2011, 05:57 PM

What benchmarks are you talking about exactly?

cadaveca · Nov 29, 2011, 06:04 PM

SuperPi, memory bandwidth tests, maybe a handful of games, encoding and photoshop can show a difference as well. Basically anything overly memory-intensive.

Chicken Patty · Nov 29, 2011, 06:21 PM

I know super pi likes memory tweaks, when I was more Ito benching the last improvements always came from that. But I don't really use many memory intensive apps. That's why I ask because lack of experience with memory intensive programs. I don't even use photoshop at all.

Just booted up at this and it's crunching away. Let's see how stable it is. 1.6250v on the RAM. Actually meant to run 9-9-9-28, didn't notice I left it at 9-9-8-28. Oh well, if it's good like this, it's good

BarbaricSoul · Dec 9, 2011, 06:54 PM

so what is considered a safe temp for crunching 24/7 on a 2600k? I'm hitting mid-60'ties C at 4.2ghz

Chicken Patty · Dec 9, 2011, 06:56 PM

Stay under 75.

N-Gen · Dec 9, 2011, 07:35 PM

Mid-60s on air is pretty good.

brandonwh64 · Dec 10, 2011, 01:11 AM

Ok guys! I just got my 2600K and ive tested stability at stock and never goes over 47deg full load LOL

Im ready for some OCing but I dont know were to start on SB. what are some safe settings?

Darkleoco · Dec 10, 2011, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by brandonwh64

Ok guys! I just got my 2600K and ive tested stability at stock and never goes over 47deg full load LOL

Im ready for some OCing but I dont know were to start on SB. what are some safe settings?

I used this basic guide:
http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/overc...beginners.html

Just set your ram to its specified timings and try not to underclock it.

And I would start with finding your highest stable OC at stock voltage.

brandonwh64 · Dec 10, 2011, 01:39 AM

I just tried x45 mutli with 1.32V and it wouldnt load windows so I stopped all other voltages were on auto with LLC on highest

Darkleoco · Dec 10, 2011, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by brandonwh64

I just tried x45 mutli with 1.32V and it wouldnt load windows so I stopped all other voltages were on auto with LLC on highest

You can definitely try to bump up even more than 1.32v because it varies quite a bit between processors, I am on 4.4 and I need around 1.35v for stability, just something I have found myself and heard from other people as well is that the jump from 4.4 to 4.5 seems to include a significant increase in voltage and temperatures than simply doing 4.1-4.2 or 4.2-4.3 I am currently running 1.39v for my 4.4 because I can't be bothered to lower my voltage but you should be able to at least boot at around 1.34v.

Edit: If you don't need/want to go much higher than 4.5 I would just settle for 4.4 but that is just me because I prefer not to take something like a 5-7 degree temperature increase for such a small increase in speed.

Angryfuture · Dec 10, 2011, 02:00 AM

Hey man, I think I have some screen shots of the bios settings I used when I had the cpu at 4.7.

But I know its a 53x 2600k, you can see it on my hwbot profile.

Ill look around for those screen shots. (err camera phone shots.)

brandonwh64 · Dec 10, 2011, 02:09 AM

Yea I would love some screen shots! I cant even get it to boot into windows on 4.4ghz at 1.37V It shouldnt take that much for just 4.4Ghz hell some of these chips are 4.4ghz at 1.25V!

Darkleoco · Dec 10, 2011, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by brandonwh64

Yea I would love some screen shots! I cant even get it to boot into windows on 4.4ghz at 1.37V It shouldnt take that much for just 4.4Ghz hell some of these chips are 4.4ghz at 1.25V!

I thought the same thing but I ended up sadly disappointed

random · Dec 10, 2011, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkleoco

I thought the same thing but I ended up sadly disappointed

I had a 2500k before that couldn't hold a 4.5ghz with 1.37 vcore .. I am not the best overclocker but I have managed to get my 2600k way under that amount so yeah there are definitely some bad eggs out there.

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Nov 28, 2011, 01:35 AM	#827
Darkleoco Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cullowhee, North Carolina Posts: 1,333 (2.17/day) Thanks: 660 Thanked 238 Times in 213 Posts System Specs	Just passed 8 hours on Prime95 and since I am getting impatient I was wondering if I would be able to overclock my GPU's while still running Prime95? Or should I just wait? __________________

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Nov 28, 2011, 02:36 AM	#828
Darkleoco Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cullowhee, North Carolina Posts: 1,333 (2.17/day) Thanks: 660 Thanked 238 Times in 213 Posts System Specs	9 hours of stability on Prime95 time to move on to GPU's. __________________

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Nov 29, 2011, 04:22 AM	#834
DOM Eligible for custom title Join Date: May 2006 Location: TX, USA Posts: 6,473 (2.54/day) Thanks: 292 Thanked 791 Times in 707 Posts System Specs	I need to test if it even make a difference from 1600/1833.. anyone know

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Nov 29, 2011, 05:51 AM	#835
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Nov 29, 2011, 05:57 PM	#837
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Nov 29, 2011, 06:21 PM	#839
Chicken Patty WCG Team Captain Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 23,891 (11.92/day) Thanks: 15,152 Thanked 12,313 Times in 7,777 Posts System Specs	I know super pi likes memory tweaks, when I was more Ito benching the last improvements always came from that. But I don't really use many memory intensive apps. That's why I ask because lack of experience with memory intensive programs. I don't even use photoshop at all. Just booted up at this and it's crunching away. Let's see how stable it is. 1.6250v on the RAM. Actually meant to run 9-9-9-28, didn't notice I left it at 9-9-8-28. Oh well, if it's good like this, it's good __________________ Help save lives, CRUNCH and/or FOLD for Team TPU and make a difference! Crunching with a 2600K, i7-950, FX-8120, Radeon 6850 (2 WU's), Radeon 7770 (4 WU's) *"AlienIsGOD - Awe!!! CP has grown from a small chicken nugget to the IMMENSE PATTY and WCG Team leader he is today"* Last edited by Chicken Patty; Nov 29, 2011 at 11:02 PM.

Dec 9, 2011, 06:54 PM	#840
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Dec 9, 2011, 06:56 PM	#841
Chicken Patty WCG Team Captain Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 23,891 (11.92/day) Thanks: 15,152 Thanked 12,313 Times in 7,777 Posts System Specs	Stay under 75. __________________ Help save lives, CRUNCH and/or FOLD for Team TPU and make a difference! Crunching with a 2600K, i7-950, FX-8120, Radeon 6850 (2 WU's), Radeon 7770 (4 WU's) *"AlienIsGOD - Awe!!! CP has grown from a small chicken nugget to the IMMENSE PATTY and WCG Team leader he is today"*

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Dec 10, 2011, 01:11 AM	#843
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,566 (10.01/day) Thanks: 2,147 Thanked 5,342 Times in 3,697 Posts System Specs	Ok guys! I just got my 2600K and ive tested stability at stock and never goes over 47deg full load LOL Im ready for some OCing but I dont know were to start on SB. what are some safe settings? __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

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Dec 10, 2011, 01:39 AM	#845
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,566 (10.01/day) Thanks: 2,147 Thanked 5,342 Times in 3,697 Posts System Specs	I just tried x45 mutli with 1.32V and it wouldnt load windows so I stopped all other voltages were on auto with LLC on highest __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

Dec 10, 2011, 02:00 AM	#847
Angryfuture Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 12 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Hey man, I think I have some screen shots of the bios settings I used when I had the cpu at 4.7. But I know its a 53x 2600k, you can see it on my hwbot profile. Ill look around for those screen shots. (err camera phone shots.)

Dec 10, 2011, 02:09 AM	#848
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,566 (10.01/day) Thanks: 2,147 Thanked 5,342 Times in 3,697 Posts System Specs	Yea I would love some screen shots! I cant even get it to boot into windows on 4.4ghz at 1.37V It shouldnt take that much for just 4.4Ghz hell some of these chips are 4.4ghz at 1.25V! __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

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