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TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

trt740 said:
they don't need to but it's what called being helpful and sharing your success with other, generally most people like to help other and it can save a bit of frustration. I personnally remember hrlping several people flash there maximus to rampages and helping them overclock there Qx9650's but hey thats just me.
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true... and you know i helped with that too but this is different.

every board and chip is different.

the WHOLE thing that makes a good OC on i7 is the mobo.

thats why i've suggested the boards that i did.

they are known awesome OCers.

a crap board is going to make for not as good of an OC.

thats been proven... here.... XS.... and other places.
 
Fitseries3 said:
true... and you know i helped with that too but this is different.

every board and chip is different.

the WHOLE thing that makes a good OC on i7 is the mobo.

thats why i've suggested the boards that i did.

they are known awesome OCers.

a crap board is going to make for not as good of an OC.

thats been proven... here.... XS.... and other places.
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after seen what my DFI has done with my Phenom 9950, I will def. vouch for DFI. The phenom II has not even been pushed at all yet, did 3.9 GHz with a breeze on the factory heat sink. I am not comparing CPU's I am talking about the difference in boards. I had an ASUS for my 9950, and now my DFI overclocked it on factory cooler, what my asus was only able to do under water.

as far as i7, Binge, went from needed like 1.5v for 4.2ghz probably not stable, to needing 1.35v for 4.2 GHz stable.
 
kid41212003 said:
I think the link that he gave me are for GIGA boards...

Is my board crappy? :(
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i didnt mean it that way.

im just saying...

a low/mid range mobo is not going to perform as well as once thats built more tough for OCing.
 
Fitseries3 said:
i didnt mean it that way.

im just saying...

a low/mid range mobo is not going to perform as well as once thats built more tough for OCing.
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Well it all depends whats crap. None of these X58 boards are crap compared to 775 boards and as far as I can tell mines the least expensive here and 3.9ghz I would hardly say is crap but you do get what you pay for. However, his Gigabyte board is on par with yours fits if not better.
 
trt740 said:
Well it all depends whats crap. None of these X58 boards are crap compared to 775 boards and as far as I can tell mines the least expensive here and 3.9ghz I would hardly say is crap but you do get what you pay for.
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the difference in your board which is NOT crap at all, to a board that is higher end can be the final 200-300 Mhz you or somebody might be looking for. Just depends how anal you are about it.
 
Chicken Patty said:
the difference in your board which is NOT crap at all, to a board that is higher end can be the final 200-300 Mhz you or somebody might be looking for.
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and most likely some missing bios options or it might match the higher end boards.
 
trt740 said:
and most likey some missing bios options.
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indeed. Sometimes those little extra tweaks in the BIOS make the difference.
 
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From my expierience with 3 - 920's, plus several people i know and lots of reading, the bigest factor to getting good OC's on the i7 is the chip itself and not the board, yes you buy a low end board with cheap PWM and the cpu gets variable volts across the Vtt, vdimm and vcore it;s gonna crash more or not OC as welll, but most boards are very close, Also you get a board with a bad bios then you might not get the minor changes which get you the last umph, but it will still do the major clocking if it's a good chip.

and with that being said, and from reading a lot on lots of forums, I personally feel the chip is the BIGEST factor in OC'ing with the i7.

Some chips jsut don't like to do high Bclocks, or need lots of voltage over a certian clock speed or run hot, that is where you will be finding yoru self limited.

Look in my sig, i got my best OC from a Gig UD4P, it's 3rd from the top OL, and it's a fantastic board. but i had chips which couldn't go about 190 Bclock no matter what i did and what board they were on....

that is my 2c on that///
 
SystemViper said:
From my expierience with 3 - 920's, plus several people i know and lots of reading, the bigest factor to getting good OC's on the i7 is the chip itself and not the board, yes you buy a low end board with cheap PWM and the cpu gets variable volts across the Vtt, vdimm and vcore it;s gonna crash more or not OC as welll, but most boards are very close, Also you get a board wit ha bad bios the nyou might not get the minor changes which get you the last unph, but it will still do the major clocking if it's a good chip.

and with that being said, and from reading a lot on lots of forums, I personally feel the chip is the BIGEST factor in OC'ing with the i7.

Some chips jsut don't like to do high Bclocks, or need lots of voltage over a certian clock speed or run hot, that is where you will be finding yoru self limited.

Look in my sig, i got my best OC from a Gig UD4P, it's 3rd from the top OL, and it's a fantastic board. but i had chips which couldn't go about 190 Bclock no matter what i did and what board they were on....

that is my 2c on that///
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completely true. the memory controllers on each CPu is different, come across a CPU with a weak memory controller and there you go, you will have a hard time getting a good stable clock.
 
I'm interested in the real world DO chips and if they really run cooler, plus the new 950's...
that could be the next evolution, running cooler and more stable.
 
SystemViper said:
I'm interested in the real world DO chips and if they really run cooler, plus the new 950's...
that could be the next evolution, running cooler and more stable.
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they are supposed to run cooler, hopefully. If they do Im jumping on one :D
 
OK, I just received my new EK Supreme LT water block. I went with this block because everyone is out of HK backplates, and I was not going to install a block without one. So...I'm amazed. This block is literally 7 degrees cooler at idle and 9c cooler on full load as compared to my Dtek Fusion V2. I really didn't expect this. Especially not from a $50 block.
 
trt740 said:
Maybe but that's the normal timing for ddr3 1866. Also anyone notice with these I7 920 chips that the x19 multiplier seems to overclock better?
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Actually 1866 I've seen CAS 7, but no I have not noticed that because my chip does not have that phenomena. There are some chips that don't do well @ x20 or higher, and some that do. It's luck of the draw.
 
Paulieg, thats great. As FIT asked, did you get any pics of the block :D Show us some pron.
 
Chicken Patty said:
Paulieg, thats great. As FIT asked, did you get any pics of the block :D Show us some pron.
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I'll post some pics later tonight, after the kids go to bed. I will say that I'm doing an OCCT run right now, and after 15 minutes in, it won't break 62c, and that's with just an XSPC RX240 Rad and a couple of low speed yate loons. The only other difference in my setup is that I'm testing some Noctua NT-H1 instead of the usual MX-2.
 
I heard it was either Noctua or Tuniq that is better than MX-2. Interesting stuff Paulie :) Gonna post one of the OCCT readouts after it's done of the hottest core?
 
Binge said:
I heard it was either Noctua or Tuniq that is better than MX-2. Interesting stuff Paulie :) Gonna post one of the OCCT readouts after it's done of the hottest core?
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Yup. I'll post a readout in about 10 minutes. I am really pleasantly surprised right now. :D
 
Cool paulie I would like to see this as well!
 
Here's the OCCT readout. Running on 1.375v right now. Pics after the kids go to bed, and I take care of my wife...she's having a couple glasses of wine right now. ;)

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paulie thats awesome bro. EK FTW. We look forward to the pictures.
 
+1 that is awesome. LOL taking care of the wife haha I thought that was funny.
 
Here she is. Sorry for the mess. Haven't secured the clamps yet, etc.

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