TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[Castiel]

little of both. heading home tomorrow. i have a boatload of new toys when i get there.

lol.

Does it feel good that your i7 system is coming back?

 

[Fitseries3]

honestly............

i think i may try to move back doen here soon.

as for the rig... new stuff will be fun as always.

 

[Castiel]

That would be awesome. The economy is really good here in Texas.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Patty, you on the Black Ice Xtreme 480 radiator? I have that radiator too! Isn't it a overkill for just a CPU? Lol.

yeah thats it.

Bro this CPU can still use more cooling man. Look at fits build, just imagine

 

[freakshow]

mine will be here wednesday cant wait but gotta wait for the ram and watercooling stuff grrrrr i hate waiting

 

[Solaris17]

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=509591

4.3

 

[PaulieG]

yeah thats it.

Bro this CPU can still use more cooling man. Look at fits build, just imagine

I really hope my Black Ice 240 can handle this chip, if not then Thermochill here I come!

 

[Cold Storm]

Got a question Sol. Forgot to ask ya last night. Do you think, if Classified comes out in the next week, you'll Step-up to it? I know the problems your having with the Evga board now..

 

[Solaris17]

Got a question Sol. Forgot to ask ya last night. Do you think, if Classified comes out in the next week, you'll Step-up to it? I know the problems your having with the Evga board now..

idk maybe. i think im going to wait to see if any of the problems carry over if not i might. i mean this is an enthusiest board so im not even sure how much more thay can add. but depending on how ppl say it performs i might step upto it.

 

[Cold Storm]

Yeah, right now the only boards that are even making me want to go i7 is the DFI line ones, and the Blood Rage.. I was so hoping the Evga's board would be good. But, after words like you have had.. I don't know if i could grab something like that on a person I trust...

 

[kid41212003]

I think it's depend on how far you want to OC the Core i7.

So far, I already saw people going 4.2GHz+ across all kind of boards from all brands.

The biggest thing that limit the OC isn't the board but the cooling you're going to use on CPU. So I think you should just pick one board from your fav brand and invest more in your cooling setup.

 

[Solaris17]

Yeah, right now the only boards that are even making me want to go i7 is the DFI line ones, and the Blood Rage.. I was so hoping the Evga's board would be good. But, after words like you have had.. I don't know if i could grab something like that on a person I trust...

i do not reccomend this board. and ill even give you an unbiased explnation.

regardless of the problems me and hundreds have had

everytime you reboot the board shuts off for about 5sec then powers back up.

imo this is unnessisary and stresses components

2.

the bios is crazy odd memory dividers etc are imo f#$5d 1066 gives me 1600mhz 1333 (the next option up) puts my ram in the 2Ghz range. so say i have 1600mhz ram you dont want to set it for 1600mhz divider because your ram will oc incredably and chances are your board wont boot due to the new bios's mcp dividers lemme explain.

the new SZ1N bios added a few things. things i am very unhappy about and make this board harder to handle

their is an option now called memory low gap. this was put in on the last bios SZ1G but up until now you didnt need to use it. what this option does is reserve ram for your pci / pci-e devices HDD's DVD droves and your various cards. i now due to the "n" bios need to set my memory low gap to 2G "2GB" inorder to get my system to even post. why i need to do this now instead of leaving it at auto or disabled is beyond me. so it seems you now are forced to reserve ram. granted you have always needed to. but i like to see 6GB pop up during post not 4.

the new MCP option basically lets you set the latency timings of the NB in accordence to your ram timings. this is supposed to improve performance but alas given that the memory dividers are crazy confusing this makes adjusting the MCP harder as it has diffirent options. unlike the ram which goes as follows

800
1066
1333
1600
2xxx

the MCP option steps diffirently

800
1066
1333
1600
1833
21xx

the inability to to set this correctly resualts in no post and you need to reset cmos.

while i like the board for its options i wish it was executed well. granted im new to X58 and havent had the time as some of the other guys. with my experience in other bios's iv come to the conclucsion or rather to the opinion that these options arent necissary or need to be seriously overhauled.

 

[PaulieG]

Yeah, right now the only boards that are even making me want to go i7 is the DFI line ones, and the Blood Rage.. I was so hoping the Evga's board would be good. But, after words like you have had.. I don't know if i could grab something like that on a person I trust...

I have the DFI DK x58 on the way. I will be reporting results with it by the end of the week.

 

[Cold Storm]

Not only that. Your right on the fact that a new bios just jumps out every few days or so... People over at Evga forums are even unhappy because of it.


It almost feels that they rushed the process of the board. They wanted to throw out Classified, but it was pushed back, so they went with a "lower end" version and said, "there you go. Step-up to Classified if you want"...

 

[kid41212003]

@ Sol,

About the memory divider, when you set your ram at 1066, the divider will be 2:8, CPU/RAM, and it's mean 133/2x8 = 532, result in DRR3 1066.

When you adjust the baseclock, but the memory divder stay the same, which mean, 200/2x8 = 800, DDR3 1600.

I think the bios is pretty confusing for EVGA... With my board, they display the ratio instead, which made it alot easier to understand, something like 2:8, 2:6, 2:10

 

[Solaris17]

Not only that. Your right on the fact that a new bios just jumps out every few days or so... People over at Evga forums are even unhappy because of it.


It almost feels that they rushed the process of the board. They wanted to throw out Classified, but it was pushed back, so they went with a "lower end" version and said, "there you go. Step-up to Classified if you want"...

yup new bios's for this baord are pushed out like every 2 weeks the longest 1 month and with each bios if you read th notes its NOT added support but rather compatability fixes. seems like should have paid their bios dev team more the first time.

for example the second bios SZ1C added better 1333mhz ram support and better i7 920 and 940. which explains why i was having serious issues when the board first came out before i bricked it (when i got mine it had the orig bios SZ1A) now you tell me. since the 920-940 and 1333mhz ram is the cheapest option you can go for in i7 wouldnt it make sense to make sure these items were fully supported BEFORE releasing the board? its a shame ppl that were in my boat had so many problems while ppl with 965's and 1600+mhz ram were running smooth. i wanted my i7 build to be as close to a grand as possible not close to 2. and as most ppl wanted the same thing why would they flunk support for the cheaper components when that is what the majority of ppl will run?

 

[CyberDruid]

I have the DFI DK x58 on the way. I will be reporting results with it by the end of the week.

Me too

I found this thread extremely helpful.

 

[Cold Storm]

yup new bios's for this baord are pushed out like every 2 weeks the longest 1 month and with each bios if you read th notes its NOT added support but rather compatability fixes. seems like should have paid their bios dev team more the first time.

for example the second bios SZ1C added better 1333mhz ram support and better i7 920 and 940. which explains why i was having serious issues when the board first came out before i bricked it (when i got mine it had the orig bios SZ1A) now you tell me. since the 920-940 and 1333mhz ram is the cheapest option you can go for in i7 wouldnt it make sense to make sure these items were fully supported BEFORE releasing the board? its a shame ppl that were in my boat had so many problems while ppl with 965's and 1600+mhz ram were running smooth. i wanted my i7 build to be as close to a grand as possible not close to 2. and as most ppl wanted the same thing why would they flunk support for the cheaper components when that is what the majority of ppl will run?

Yeah, from the problems with the 1333mhz ram, I haven't thought of going i7 yet.. I don't want, like you said, to spend close to 2 grand on another system.. My system can do pretty much everything I can throw at it.. I just want to have something to play with again... Even if the other 280 is coming this week..

Me too

I found this thread extremely helpful.

I'm the same with you CD. This thread is a BIG must for the new chipset!! And those DFI's...

 

[ghassoul]

i been in dallas all weekend.....

i should have a whole new setup this week so i'll be ready for some action.

Welcome back

 

[Chicken Patty]

mine will be here wednesday cant wait but gotta wait for the ram and watercooling stuff grrrrr i hate waiting

soon my friend soon, be patient, its worth the while

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=509591

4.3

congrats SOL, thats nice man

I really hope my Black Ice 240 can handle this chip, if not then Thermochill here I come!

it might do a decent job, but I think you will have to step up, lets wait and see, good luck

Yeah, right now the only boards that are even making me want to go i7 is the DFI line ones, and the Blood Rage.. I was so hoping the Evga's board would be good. But, after words like you have had.. I don't know if i could grab something like that on a person I trust...

Honestly I respect sol, very knowledgeable guy and great person from what i've seen. however I think he just got a buggy board or something. My Memory dividers work perfectly fine and I am loving this board like there is no tomorrow. The latest BIOS is a lot more stable, and honestly from my experience with this board I have no regrets and now with the latest BIOS I dont have any problems with it at all.

The powering down for 5 secs, hasn't happened again since I flashed to the latest BIOS, don't ask me why

However, after now for the first time owning a DFI board on my AMD rig and seen how easy it overclocks, I would recommend the DFI X58 to anyone building an i7 rig, after the DFI it is hands down the EVGA for me. Just look on Newegg, its been bought more than any other X58 board, gotta be a reason why. This board just takes some time getting used to it, but once you do at least love mine now.

 

[Wile E]

Come the beginning of March, I may be joining the i7 ranks. Yay for big tax returns!!!!! lol.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Come the beginning of March, I may be joining the i7 ranks. Yay for big tax returns!!!!! lol.

yay, another one to the crew woot woot. You';ll love it dude. Got your eyes set on a board yet?

 

[n-ster]

Is DFI > gigabyte ud4p or ud5? is this the mobo your talking about?

because that mobo can only support 1600 OCed RAM??? all DFI mobos are 1333 RAM compatible except that one? what are the advantages of DFI to the ud4p?

 

[Binge]

I wouldn't go too deep into what speed ram a motherboard can handle. On my DFI I pushed 2200MHz and it did just fine.

 

[Fitseries3]

new toys.... http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=52870&page=64