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TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

I love GB's bios. I'd have to say that the x48 bios on my brother's 775 machine looks a lot like the i7 x58 bios. If they're anything alike then it's also really good to tweak with. They have a unique way of presenting the info, but all the info is there, and plenty of tweaking options.

Chicken Patty said:
what about EVGA guys, no talk about EVGA :(


my EVGA has been amazing, too bad solaris didn't have the same experience. Anyways, didnt solaris do a bad BIOS flash anyways?
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Another good bios, and the price dropped on the board with the 1 year warranty.
 
Binge said:
I love GB's bios. I'd have to say that the x48 bios on my brother's 775 machine looks a lot like the i7 x58 bios. If they're anything alike then it's also really good to tweak with. They have a unique way of presenting the info, but all the info is there, and plenty of tweaking options.



Another good bios, and the price dropped on the board with the 1 year warranty.
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nice to know. The board has been flawless apart from some minor glitches at first. BIOS update and it works like charm. BIOS is easy. I believe it is also the most bought X58 board on the egg if i'm not mistaken.
 
Yea, the EVGA is the same price as the DFI DK.... but what advantages do you see CP?

Anyone seen a GOOD x58 mobo reviw?
 
I'm using my bloodrage..got it in last night. There is alot of options on this board so I have some learning to do that and being new to Intel. The bloodrage is a beautiful board with alot of great features I am very satisfied with it and the Core i7 screams and I'm running it stock for now! Paul I'm sure you will really enjoy this board when you get it back from RMA I sure do. I'm reading through the manual to see all the options this board offers, the x-fi sound card that comes with it is great as well. So far I give it a 10/10 I hope it overclocks as well as it states. :)
 
n-ster said:
Yea, the EVGA is the same price as the DFI DK.... but what advantages do you see CP?

Anyone seen a GOOD x58 mobo reviw?
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Well, I havent used the DFI x58. But so far great reviews from the peeps here who have used it.

THe EVGA is really good, but they got the classified coming out shortly so I would hold off on that.

However my current EVGA. The board overclocks really good. The BIOS is very good yet easy to use. Not confusing at all once you just understand some of the terms as far as i7 goes. I Have not had any issue with it picking up my RAM or anything like that that people have had in the past. I flashed to the latest BIOS and it has been flawless since. Plus the board has a very handy Clear CMOS button on the I/O panel as well as on the board itself :)


Here is what I have been able to do daily with this setup.

Daily setup of 4 GHZ, HT on, 1.317v idle 1.364v load. I've been crunching for about a month, and used this settings to game and everything for about 2 months before

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3dmark at daily settings
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Benchmarks with HT on at 4.3 Ghz 1.494v
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hey guys. I bought me a 4850 1GB for my AMD rig, should I put that card on my i7 rig and see what it can do? Tri fire FTW :D
 
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n-ster said:
Yea, the EVGA is the same price as the DFI DK.... but what advantages do you see CP?

Anyone seen a GOOD x58 mobo reviw?
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I'll try to find some ,but I have read a lot of good things about them, They are susposed to be great overclockers. I actually have been reading a lot about them because you can find some great deals on them. People are selling a bunch of them because they just found out that they can't step up to the classified, so it's not even being sold because of bugs but that there are no step ups.

So keep me posted what you find and i'll find some reviews and that i have already read, i remember one that said it was a monster Overclocker, i try to find it and post it.
 
Is there a better stepping / revision for the i7??? If so, can you choose them at Microcenter?

Any help in my current thread (in sig) would be greatly appreciated!
 
The answer is no.
 
Hey fit. I'm messing around with the DFI I got back from RMA today. What were your uncore frequency and vdimm settings to push those Microns to 2000? I've got a set of Super Talent D9JNM's here that I'd like to push.
 
Paulieg said:
Hey fit. I'm messing around with the DFI I got back from RMA today. What were your uncore frequency and vdimm settings to push those Microns to 2000? I've got a set of Super Talent D9JNM's here that I'd like to push.
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whoooooooo take it easy P, don't want to turn up the heat to much.... :D
 
SystemViper said:
whoooooooo take it easy P, don't want to turn up the heat to much.... :D
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LOL. I'm keeping the vcore wayyyyy down, buddy. ;) Just gonna stress the ram a bit. :)
 
so basically the best performing i7 chips are just random steppings / revisions? I guess that thing I read about C0 being better than D0 is BS then :p
 
n-ster said:
so basically the best performing i7 chips are just random steppings / revisions? I guess that thing I read about C0 being better than D0 is BS then :p
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D0's are supposed to be great. I saw a thread over at XS that some guy got his hands on a few D0's and he did 4.3 GHz HT on at 1.14v :eek: linpack stable.

by the way 'B' batches are supposed to be the better of the bunch.
 
n-ster said:
so basically the best performing i7 chips are just random steppings / revisions? I guess that thing I read about C0 being better than D0 is BS then :p
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Yes. It's all entirely random.

Chicken Patty said:
D0's are supposed to be great. I saw a thread over at XS that some guy got his hands on a few D0's and he did 4.3 GHz HT on at 1.14v :eek: linpack stable.

by the way 'B' batches are supposed to be the better of the bunch.
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Was his D0 a i7 920 or something else? That's pretty unbelievable could just be hype.
 
You mean 1.52V

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ahhh shit, your were right, he was able to do 4146 MHZ at 1.25v not 4.3ghz
 
That's about the highest my chip can go before having to move to 1.4V for 3D benching.
 
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