TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[Jakethesnake011]

Binge any idea with that template for disabling throttling?

 

[Binge]

I am not having any luck getting info myself, I am going to call MSI now and see what is going on with it. The BIOS are thin which is the only complaint I have other than that a good board. I will take pics of my BIOS also and post them. On the DFI what is the options for turning off the CPU throttling?

My memory timings are 7-7-7-22

http://img.techpowerup.org/090624/mem.png

The option is called CPU Current VR Limit Override, which is set to enabled.

Binge any idea with that template for disabling throttling?

No it doesn't like they've added that feature.

 

[mlee49]

of these boards which is better for o/c?

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-DKX58T3#

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-EX58U4P#

I would go with the Gigabyte board only because it's NB cooler extends to the SB and thus lower temps.

Both boards will overclock your i7 to 4.0Ghz surely.

 

[Jakethesnake011]

From what I was told by the guy from MSI they do not support that feature so i guess I am stuck with it for now until I can get a new board.

 

[Binge]

I'd say the Gig board because it's the same as their high end board. The T3eH6 is not as good as the T3eH8 by a long shot.

 

[Thrackan]

I'd say Gig because it's solid.

 

[t_ski]

OK, I have a challenge for any of you that are having issues reaching 4.0 GHz or above. Try the following voltage settings and see how high you can get:

vcore = 1.4v <--- please watch your temps
vtt = 1.3v
pll = auto
dram = 1.7v
nb vcc = 1.31v
sb vcc = auto
qpi/pcie pll = 1.36v

I was able to take my C0 and my D0 to at least 4.3 GHz with these settings (the C0 needed more vcore and the D0 is not done testing yet).

And for those of you that were asking earlier, because I am able to run the D0 at this speed with less volts, I am running about 4 or 5 degrees C cooler.

 

[Jakethesnake011]

What is your memory speed? It is low timings or higher speeds, Also how are your IOH temps with that voltage jump, my default is 1.10V

 

[freaksavior]

Not to bad

 

[n-ster]

Not to bad

Nice RAM speeds/timings too!

 

[Binge]

Freak, is that using T-Ski's stats or did you learn something valuable from that flow chart?

 

[t_ski]

What is your memory speed? It is low timings or higher speeds, Also how are your IOH temps with that voltage jump, my default is 1.10V

Timings are 8-8-8-23-5-10-5-5-68 on my board, running the ram at 840 (DDR 1640) right now. I'm only working on the CPU OC right now, so I haven't tried to lower the ram timings any more. Everest says the NB is at 31-32C, but I'm not sure if that is correct. The Biostar has passive cooling, and I have a 230mm fan blowing across it at full speed ATM. Infrared temp monitor says it's probably more like 50C.

 

[Jakethesnake011]

Thanks t ski, I was just wondering why you have the Dram up past the 1.65, did nto knwo if you were running low timings or high frequency.

Edit: Saw your ram is rated for 1066 that is probably why.

 

[freaksavior]

Nice RAM speeds/timings too!

Freak, is that using T-Ski's stats or did you learn something valuable from that flow chart?

That ram is for sale people and T-ski? i did learn a bit from the chart but i kinda played with it for a couple hours

 

[t_ski]

These are just the settings I have put together after listening to fit and doiing some other research. They worked for both my chips to get them around 4.3 easy. Not that they are totally stable or perfect, as they still need additional tweaking. On the C0 I nearly needed 1.5v, and I can get about as close on the D0 with 1.4v. Not quite stable though, as I got the two blue screens so far:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: a
BCP1: 00000000005F6AAE
BCP2: 000000000000000C
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: FFFFF8000255C022
OS Version: 6_0_6002
Service Pack: 2_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini062509-01.dmp
C:\Users\Todd\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-1462484-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\Todd\AppData\Local\Temp\WER6A19.tmp.version.txt

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Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 50
BCP1: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFD0
BCP2: 0000000000000001
BCP3: FFFFF800024ACB63
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_0_6002
Service Pack: 2_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini062509-02.dmp
C:\Users\Todd\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-7920375-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\Todd\AppData\Local\Temp\WERED08.tmp.version.txt

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I'm open to suggestions, although I think it might just need a little more vcore.

 

[freaksavior]

oh, haha t_ski

 

[t_ski]

yep, that's me

 

[freaksavior]

just rand 3dmark 06 and vantage @ 4.3

 

[Jakethesnake011]

I need about 1.43 to 1.45 Vcore and about 1.35 to 1.4v QPI to get to 4.3 although it is not LinX stable but 3d mark vantage stable and it keeps blue screening on me when playing fallout 3... not sure if it is the new DLC for fallout or overclock, since I am getting .dll BSOD's

 

[t_ski]

I tried 4.4GHz at those settings and got a blue-screen, so I went back to 4.3 GHz and ran prime95. It, too blue-screened, so I bumped up the vcore to 1.424v and prime95 ran 9 hours overnight.

 

[PaulieG]

I need about 1.43 to 1.45 Vcore and about 1.35 to 1.4v QPI to get to 4.3 although it is not LinX stable but 3d mark vantage stable and it keeps blue screening on me when playing fallout 3... not sure if it is the new DLC for fallout or overclock, since I am getting .dll BSOD's

Not surprising that it's BSOD during CPU intensive games, when you're not LinX stable. Can it even complete a 5 cycle run on LinX? If not, you're nowhere near stable. That is a really high vcore to use for games and general use. You should just use that for benching only, then back off for normal use.

 

[Fitseries3]

after owning both C0 and D0 chips for extensive amounts of time i think its safe for me to say that the C0 is crap. when compared to the D0, the C0 needs a ton more voltage clock for clock than a D0. the C0 also didnt like to have HT on over 4.3ghz without causing problems. My D0 however can bench 4.5ghz with HT on at only 1.37v which till this day still impresses me after battling with the C0 chips.

i know im not saying anything that we didnt already know but i DO want to remind you guys that comparing C0 chips to D0 chips is not very accurate. they are 2 very different cpus when it comes to OCing. same as the q6600 B3 vs G0.

and i would also like to remind you that 1066mhz ddr3 can run upwards of 2000mhz easily on x58s. IMHO, high $ ram = waste of money.

 

[Thrackan]

I absolutely agree, plus I find it very hard to sell my C0 atm...

 

[n-ster]

D0 FTW!!!! But what DID they change?

 

[Binge]

They changed a bunch of materials. Anyway I'd say it's hardly fair to say C0 was crap since at 4.5GHz+ they require about the same voltages unless you get a god chip of either stepping. There were a lot more shitty C0s than D0s.