TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

mastrdrver · Jul 1, 2010

Just wait around for a couple months. i7 950 is suppose to drop to the price of the 930. I wonder if Microcenter will be selling them for $200. That would be gold!

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 7, 2010

I am finally an i7 owner (all hail the mighty q9650). Just picked up a i930, Gigabyte ud7, kingston hyperx ram. I got a smoking deal on the i930, so decided not to wait for the 950 price drop. Figure 205.00 for the i930 was to good to pass up.

So any good news on the i930? Can I expect a bclk of 200+?

Running on my current Watercooling system.

I was going to wait for the i970, but saw they were going to price it at 855.00, so forget that. May as well get the 980x. Then I read a good review on multi core use in games and there is very little to no point in a 6 core system.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 9, 2010

brandonwh64 said:
I just did linX for 20 passes with mem on max and 8 threads

http://img.techpowerup.org/100617/i7stable.jpg

My ven-x gives me the same temps in this summer heat. Don't think water cooling really pays out unless you go all out. That's why I think h50s are a waste.

Binge · Jul 10, 2010

ZenZimZaliben said:
I am finally an i7 owner (all hail the mighty q9650). Just picked up a i930, Gigabyte ud7, kingston hyperx ram. I got a smoking deal on the i930, so decided not to wait for the 950 price drop. Figure 205.00 for the i930 was to good to pass up.

So any good news on the i930? Can I expect a bclk of 200+?

Running on my current Watercooling system.

I was going to wait for the i970, but saw they were going to price it at 855.00, so forget that. May as well get the 980x. Then I read a good review on multi core use in games and there is very little to no point in a 6 core system.

You can expect up to 220 BCLK depending on the motherboard, your CPU multi, voltages, ram settings, and the chip itself.

This information is still good. http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=108526

CDdude55 · Jul 10, 2010

Nothing special:

When it gets cooler out(it's hot as hell here in Virginia), i may try and go for 4Ghz.

mudkip · Jul 12, 2010

the Vcore is even a bit high if you ask me... try to lower it down?

ZenZimZaliben · Jul 12, 2010

Installed the Gigabyte UD7/i930/6Gb of DDR3 2000. I installed this in the same case with the same cooling system as I had on my Q9650 setup in my sig. All I can say is WOW! It looks great and runs great. I was totally surprised by the heat output of the i7.

Without more cooling I am pretty much at a roadblock for OC'ing this rig.

The highest I was able to boot was 22x205 with memory at 2000Mhz. However temps were way to high. Pushing 78C under load.

Currently (Screen shots to come) I am stable at 191x22 = 4.2Ghz 1.3 volts with the RAM running around 1910Mhz. Temps at Idle 38-40C / Load 60-65C. I tested load temps by running Prime95 using all 8 threads for about 2 hours.

I will have to add either another radiator or more fans to my loop to run anything higher for a 24/7 OC. Now on to benchmarking and screen shots....

CDdude55 · Jul 12, 2010

mudkip said:
the Vcore is even a bit high if you ask me... try to lower it down?

I'll probably try lowing it some more.

I just wanted to make sure it had some room to stay nice and stable instead of keeping it just a tad above instablity.

ZenZimZaliben said:
Installed the Gigabyte UD7/i930/6Gb of DDR3 2000. I installed this in the same case with the same cooling system as I had on my Q9650 setup in my sig. All I can say is WOW! It looks great and runs great. I was totally surprised by the heat output of the i7.

Without more cooling I am pretty much at a roadblock for OC'ing this rig.

The highest I was able to boot was 22x205 with memory at 2000Mhz. However temps were way to high. Pushing 78C under load.

Currently (Screen shots to come) I am stable at 191x22 = 4.2Ghz 1.3 volts with the RAM running around 1910Mhz. Temps at Idle 38-40C / Load 60-65C. I tested load temps by running Prime95 using all 8 threads for about 2 hours.

I will have to add either another radiator or more fans to my loop to run anything higher for a 24/7 OC. Now on to benchmarking and screen shots....

Very awesome man!!, those are some kick ass temps.

Can't wait for some pics.

Wile E · Jul 13, 2010

ZenZimZaliben said:
Installed the Gigabyte UD7/i930/6Gb of DDR3 2000. I installed this in the same case with the same cooling system as I had on my Q9650 setup in my sig. All I can say is WOW! It looks great and runs great. I was totally surprised by the heat output of the i7.

Without more cooling I am pretty much at a roadblock for OC'ing this rig.

The highest I was able to boot was 22x205 with memory at 2000Mhz. However temps were way to high. Pushing 78C under load.

Currently (Screen shots to come) I am stable at 191x22 = 4.2Ghz 1.3 volts with the RAM running around 1910Mhz. Temps at Idle 38-40C / Load 60-65C. I tested load temps by running Prime95 using all 8 threads for about 2 hours.

I will have to add either another radiator or more fans to my loop to run anything higher for a 24/7 OC. Now on to benchmarking and screen shots....

Try lowering your mem speed to see if you can get more core speed.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 13, 2010

Is my voltage ramp up normal? At 3.8 Ghz it only took 1.208. For 4.0 Ghz it's 1.256, for 4.2 it's a bit over 1.3. I dropped back down to 4 Ghz cause this just seems to get really inefficient pretty quickly.

mastrdrver · Jul 13, 2010

How does you vvt compare? Idk about the 930s, but Eva stated that some i7s will need their vvt close to their vcore to be stable.

Though the voltage sounds very similar to my 920.

3.80: 1.18v
4.00: 1.256v
4.20: ~1.31v

Those are all with llc (load voltage as reported using CPUz) using a 200 bclk and running 2:1 uncore:ram using the 16:8 multipliers respectively. I would need 1.2625v when setting B2B at 4. When B2B was on auto, 1.25v would suffice.

I found dropping ram to lowest multiplier and using 15x uncore nets me a step down in core voltage needed for stability.

Also since you on a Asus board might try running 1.2v ich and 1.18v ioh at 200 bclk. I found that it helps smooth out a sensed instability on my P6t6. It usually would only show up when going in and out of hibernation combined with long continuous hours of internet browsing. FireFox would start having memory crashes constantly and would require a system reboot to fix.

4.30 for me (21x205) is somewhere around 1.36v load but temperatures start to get out of hand as mid 80s start to show up and it becomes evident to me that the voltage is starting to get to be too much for my D14. Though while using stock fans and I'm far, far from unsatisfied from the results it has given me.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 13, 2010

For 4 ghz my vtt was at the same as my vcore in the bios, 1.275. Right now I bumped it up to 1.3 when I lowered my cas because my uncore was already high. I'll test more to see if I can lower it. I've been running B2B at 4 from the get go. I've been moving my IOH between 1.14 and 1.2 trying to see if it makes a change I can feel, as every other restart the system feels +/- snappy. I'll give the ICH a try.

Fitseries3 · Jul 16, 2010

toying around with 80gb of ram in the SR2 today...

will OC them a bit more tomorrow to show results.

CDdude55 · Jul 16, 2010

Fitseries3 said:
toying around with 80gb of ram in the SR2 today...

http://img.techpowerup.org/100716/Capture272.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/100716/Capture273.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/100715/Capture006147.jpg

will OC them a bit more tomorrow to show results.

Geez, 80GB?!! :rockout:

Insane. Very nice.

Asylum · Jul 16, 2010

Hell... with 80gb of ram you could setup a 60gb ram disc and put everything on it.

That would be some super fast load times.

Fitseries3 · Jul 16, 2010

Asylum said:
Hell... with 80gb of ram you could setup a 60gb ram disc and put everything on it.

That would be some super fast load times.

im running 6 ocz vertex 2 100gbs in raid 0... no need for ram disk

Asylum · Jul 16, 2010

Fitseries3 said:
im running 6 ocz vertex 2 100gbs in raid 0... no need for ram disk

I dont know...I think a ram disc would still beat that.

Be some kool shit to see with a OS on a ram disc.

DOM · Jul 16, 2010

Asylum said:
I dont know...I think a ram disc would still beat that.

Be some kool shit to see with a OS on a ram disc.

i say do it also even though idk wtf that is lol first time hearing of that

but i dont see why not i would if i had it also 80gb of ram WTH lmao

yogurt_21 · Jul 16, 2010

Fitseries3 said:
toying around with 80gb of ram in the SR2 today...

http://img.techpowerup.org/100716/Capture272.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/100716/Capture273.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/100715/Capture006147.jpg

will OC them a bit more tomorrow to show results.

hmm gotta ask what kind of load apps you got, 80gb of ram is impressive, but more impressive is seeing you hit 80% load on them.

mlee49 · Jul 16, 2010

Asylum said:
I dont know...I think a ram disc would still beat that.

Be some kool shit to see with a OS on a ram disc.

Ram disk is waaaay to unstable but having 6GB/s through put for storing data is tempting.

mastrdrver · Jul 17, 2010

I'll be the dumb one and ask......

How are you working ~80GB of memory on 12 dimms? :confused:

Fitseries3 · Jul 17, 2010

10 sticks.

2 got sold before i could test them all.

Asylum · Jul 17, 2010

mlee49 said:
Ram disk is waaaay to unstable but having 6GB/s through put for storing data is tempting.

Be worth a shot to see if he could pull it off though.

Whats it going to do.. Crash... Who cares.

If i had 80gig of ram at my disposal I'd be all over it just for shits and giggles.

mastrdrver · Jul 17, 2010

Fitseries3 said:
10 sticks.

2 got sold before i could test them all.

Oh yea, I forget about being able to use dual channel on a 1366 board.

How do those Thermaltake air coolers do btw? Similar to a 1283 Xiggy?

Gabkicks · Jul 23, 2010

These temps look okay for Xigmatek Dark Knight and i7 920 D0 @ 3.8ghz? I am gonna try reapplying tim tomorrow since i think i may have used too much, but it'll probably just be a waste of time and TIM. I am using IC Diamond 7. Also, would the Spire Thermax Eclipse II be a big improvement over my DK?

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TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

mastrdrver

ZenZimZaliben

LAN_deRf_HA

Binge

Overclocking Surrealism

CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

mudkip

ZenZimZaliben

CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

Wile E

Power User

LAN_deRf_HA

mastrdrver

LAN_deRf_HA

Fitseries3

Eleet Hardware Junkie

CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

Asylum

Fitseries3

Eleet Hardware Junkie

Asylum

DOM

yogurt_21

mlee49

mastrdrver

Fitseries3

Eleet Hardware Junkie

Asylum

mastrdrver

Gabkicks

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