TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 05:56 PM

Figured it would be a good time to start one of these threads. Picked up a Core i7 920 and ASUS P6T motherboard from my local MC today, only have 2GB of ram for now, will be getting tri-channel running later today. I will be adding my results as time goes on.

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:21 PM

Some screen shots of the CPU at load and idle, will be putting SuperPi and 3DMark 06 and Vantage scores up in a few then on to the fun. For now I am using the stock cooler, going to see what temps are like if I use MX-2 instead of the TIM on the HS too. VID for the chip can be seein on the RealTemp screen, 1.0875.

Solaris17 · 11-17-2008, 06:26 PM

jesus christ stock cooler blows somethin feirce

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:28 PM

Yup, but as it stands, unless you custom make a mount for a different cooler, I think its about all there is to work with for now. Hopefully MX-2 will drop those enough to at least get me 3-3.2GHz stable with out it burning up.

Paulieg · 11-17-2008, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solaris17

jesus christ stock cooler blows somethin feirce

Those temps are crazy high at only 1.048v

What's the benefit of having bleeding edge hardware, if you can't push it?

Solaris17 · 11-17-2008, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulieg

Those temps are crazy high at only 1.048v

lol after market is the way to go even stock when i get the rest of my rig first thing im doing is either getting a WC adapter or getting a WC adapter and stealing one of fits TEC plates

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:32 PM

I wonder if Intel lied about the operating speed of the i7 CPUs. If you look at the screen shot where I am checking temps with prime, the 920 is reading a 21x multi instead of the 20x it should be so the CPU is operating at 2.8GHz instead of 2.66GHz like it is advertised to do.

Solaris17 · 11-17-2008, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dark2099

I wonder if Intel lied about the operating speed of the i7 CPUs. If you look at the screen shot where I am checking temps with prime, the 920 is reading a 21x multi instead of the 20x it should be so the CPU is operating at 2.8GHz instead of 2.66GHz like it is advertised to do.

hmmmm maybe its a mobo over ride? i think the 920 was supposed to have a 21 multi maybe fit can show us a SS and i will when i get my rig

tzitzibp · 11-17-2008, 06:34 PM

subscribed...

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An insite to the new tech! Goodluck with Overclocking these babies...

Paulieg · 11-17-2008, 06:35 PM

This will be interesting to watch, especially with the apparent thermal issues right now. I'm going to sit back for about 6 months before I jump on board.

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:36 PM

Hopefully fitseries will be finished setting up his TEC soon and he can do more than I. When I have access to a digi cam I will put up screen shots of my BIOS.

Paulieg · 11-17-2008, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solaris17

lol after market is the way to go even stock when i get the rest of my rig first thing im doing is either getting a WC adapter or getting a WC adapter and stealing one of fits TEC plates

This goes for any platform. Hell, I'm even using after market cooling on my 8 yr old daughter's rig.

tzitzibp · 11-17-2008, 06:37 PM

so am I.... but only cause I out of money!!!

ap4lifetn · 11-17-2008, 06:39 PM

21x multiplier is with turbo mode on, stock multi is 20x

it can be 22x multiplier if only 1 core is active.

Solaris17 · 11-17-2008, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dark2099

Hopefully fitseries will be finished setting up his TEC soon and he can do more than I. When I have access to a digi cam I will put up screen shots of my BIOS.

thnx the bios s what im intrsted in

ap4lifetn · 11-17-2008, 06:42 PM

you think realtemp VID is correct? It says mine is .9750

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:42 PM

This is going to be like learning to overclock all over again, just a quick peek I did on my first boot was enough to freak me a little bit.

Solaris17 · 11-17-2008, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap4lifetn

you think realtemp VID is correct? It says mine is .9750

maybe throttling?

Paulieg · 11-17-2008, 06:43 PM

It looks like the Cooler Master Z600 works on the i7. Sneekypeete has one for sale for $30!!

http://www.coolermaster.com/products...detail&id=4509

ap4lifetn · 11-17-2008, 06:44 PM

Yea i haven't checked my VID under load yet, guess i can check once i get home...

yea the bios is confusing as first, you see all the voltages? The only ones you need to push to overclock is ram/vcore/qpi, the rest can be left on auto.

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap4lifetn

you think realtemp VID is correct? It says mine is .9750

Well at idle it says mine is something under 1.0v, and at full load says 1.0875v. Coretemp won't show the VID, and the Voltage reading in CPU-z are fairly different from what Realtemp reads, and when using the ASUS TurboV overclocking program, it reads the core voltage as 1.225v. So CPU-z and ASUS TurboV have the closest #, so going with something around those for now.

ap4lifetn · 11-17-2008, 06:47 PM

Don't use TurboV, it freezes my overclock everytime i try it. at idle, cpu-z reads the exact same voltage for me also, 1.048. on load, it reads 1.2.

well enough playing around, crank that BLCK up to 200mhz

heres mine
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=76246

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:49 PM

Benches as promised. Not using the Turbo V program, just comparing #s in it.

dark2099 · 11-17-2008, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulieg

It looks like the Cooler Master Z600 works on the i7. Sneekypeete has one for sale for $30!!

http://www.coolermaster.com/products...detail&id=4509

Nice find, works with the Hyper 212 which I got from Sneeky last week, going to go see if I can find that online somewhere and possibly overnight it.

Wile E · 11-17-2008, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulieg

Those temps are crazy high at only 1.048v

What's the benefit of having bleeding edge hardware, if you can't push it?

Look again Paulie, that's 1.32V under load, and the stock cooler isn't much better than the Core2Quad stock coolers. Seems about right to me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dark2099

I wonder if Intel lied about the operating speed of the i7 CPUs. If you look at the screen shot where I am checking temps with prime, the 920 is reading a 21x multi instead of the 20x it should be so the CPU is operating at 2.8GHz instead of 2.66GHz like it is advertised to do.

That's the Turbo mode

11-17-2008, 05:56 PM	#1
dark2099 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,191 (4.97/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 492 Times in 445 Posts System Specs	TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback Figured it would be a good time to start one of these threads. Picked up a Core i7 920 and ASUS P6T motherboard from my local MC today, only have 2GB of ram for now, will be getting tri-channel running later today. I will be adding my results as time goes on. __________________ Solaris17 Utility DVD 3.0 Heatware “908709adfgyh70d9fvgnaljk5h80 im assuming that last one is just saying something like "fit are you crazy? i cant boot at 5.6ghz."” -Fitseries3 Last edited by sneekypeet; 03-19-2009 at 11:50 PM. Reason: Requested to do so

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11-17-2008, 06:21 PM	#2
dark2099 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,191 (4.97/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 492 Times in 445 Posts System Specs	Some screen shots of the CPU at load and idle, will be putting SuperPi and 3DMark 06 and Vantage scores up in a few then on to the fun. For now I am using the stock cooler, going to see what temps are like if I use MX-2 instead of the TIM on the HS too. VID for the chip can be seein on the RealTemp screen, 1.0875. __________________ Solaris17 Utility DVD 3.0 Heatware “908709adfgyh70d9fvgnaljk5h80 im assuming that last one is just saying something like "fit are you crazy? i cant boot at 5.6ghz."” -Fitseries3

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11-17-2008, 06:28 PM	#4
dark2099 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,191 (4.97/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 492 Times in 445 Posts System Specs	Yup, but as it stands, unless you custom make a mount for a different cooler, I think its about all there is to work with for now. Hopefully MX-2 will drop those enough to at least get me 3-3.2GHz stable with out it burning up. __________________ Solaris17 Utility DVD 3.0 Heatware “908709adfgyh70d9fvgnaljk5h80 im assuming that last one is just saying something like "fit are you crazy? i cant boot at 5.6ghz."” -Fitseries3

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11-17-2008, 06:32 PM	#7
dark2099 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,191 (4.97/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 492 Times in 445 Posts System Specs	I wonder if Intel lied about the operating speed of the i7 CPUs. If you look at the screen shot where I am checking temps with prime, the 920 is reading a 21x multi instead of the 20x it should be so the CPU is operating at 2.8GHz instead of 2.66GHz like it is advertised to do. __________________ Solaris17 Utility DVD 3.0 Heatware “908709adfgyh70d9fvgnaljk5h80 im assuming that last one is just saying something like "fit are you crazy? i cant boot at 5.6ghz."” -Fitseries3

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dark2099 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,191 (4.97/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 492 Times in 445 Posts System Specs	Hopefully fitseries will be finished setting up his TEC soon and he can do more than I. When I have access to a digi cam I will put up screen shots of my BIOS. __________________ Solaris17 Utility DVD 3.0 Heatware “908709adfgyh70d9fvgnaljk5h80 im assuming that last one is just saying something like "fit are you crazy? i cant boot at 5.6ghz."” -Fitseries3

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11-17-2008, 06:44 PM	#20
ap4lifetn Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 97 (0.23/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	Yea i haven't checked my VID under load yet, guess i can check once i get home... yea the bios is confusing as first, you see all the voltages? The only ones you need to push to overclock is ram/vcore/qpi, the rest can be left on auto. __________________ HP 12.1" Tablet2.1GHz Turion X23GB DDR2HD 3200160GB**Home Premium 32 Heatware

11-17-2008, 06:47 PM	#22
ap4lifetn Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 97 (0.23/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	Don't use TurboV, it freezes my overclock everytime i try it. at idle, cpu-z reads the exact same voltage for me also, 1.048. on load, it reads 1.2. well enough playing around, crank that BLCK up to 200mhz heres mine http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=76246 __________________ HP 12.1" Tablet2.1GHz Turion X23GB DDR2HD 3200160GB**Home Premium 32 Heatware

11-17-2008, 06:49 PM	#23
dark2099 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,191 (4.97/day) Thanks: 302 Thanked 492 Times in 445 Posts System Specs	Benches as promised. Not using the Turbo V program, just comparing #s in it. __________________ Solaris17 Utility DVD 3.0 Heatware “908709adfgyh70d9fvgnaljk5h80 im assuming that last one is just saying something like "fit are you crazy? i cant boot at 5.6ghz."” -Fitseries3

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