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First time OC'ing, Core i7, Feedback?

Just for reference...drop vcore, vtt volts and block for lower clock. These will put you in the ball park.


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rickss,

I don't just want to copy what you have. I keep reading that all chips are different, so I wanna take it slow and see what happens.

I can run LinX at BCLK of 184 with stock voltages and 2:6, but at 186 I hit a roadblock.

What is the next thing I should try now?
 
Ejjman1 said:
rickss,

I don't just want to copy what you have. I keep reading that all chips are different, so I wanna take it slow and see what happens.

I can run LinX at BCLK of 184 with stock voltages and 2:6, but at 186 I hit a roadblock.

What is the next thing I should try now?
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If your temps look good, increase your vcore and qpi voltage one notch, then retest 186. What's your current vcore?
 
Not for you to copy...just for reference. Pictures are sometimes easier than words. ;)
 
Paulieg said:
If your temps look good, increase your vcore and qpi voltage one notch, then retest 186. What's your current vcore?
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It's stock VCore right now, which is fluctuating around 1.19V and 1.20V

So increase BOTH one notch?

QPI PLL is 1.1V, by the way!

And, I have With VDroop. Should I do Without VDroop?


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So I have not messed with the QPI PLL in my BIOS. I still don't know what to set it to. It seems if I move that up AND the VCore, then I'm not eliminating, and that might mess me up.

Anyway, I just finished another test

BCLK of 188 at VCore of 1.223v; this is at idle, and what CPU-Z reads.

So what should I do for my next step?
 
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take my advice, 200 mhz don't worth this much voltage so try 3.8 ghz up to 4.0ghz using 22X multi, at this speed maybe it run on 1.2v to 1.25v, but 4.2 i think you need 0.2v more and you got extra heat
 
Ejjman1 said:
It's stock VCore right now, which is fluctuating around 1.19V and 1.20V

So increase BOTH one notch?

QPI PLL is 1.1V, by the way!

And, I have With VDroop. Should I do Without VDroop?


EDIT:

So I have not messed with the QPI PLL in my BIOS. I still don't know what to set it to. It seems if I move that up AND the VCore, then I'm not eliminating, and that might mess me up.

Anyway, I just finished another test

BCLK of 188 at VCore of 1.223v; this is at idle, and what CPU-Z reads.

So what should I do for my next step?
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Set it for "without vdroop". This will help to stabilize your vcore. From here, I would bump up the vocore one notch, and set your QPI voltage to the same as your vcore. I do hear what you are saying about eliminating, but honestly, if you keep your QPI voltage consistent with your vcore, it will be a while before you have to worry about it, or consider it as a source of a problem. I say this because in my experience with a dozen 920's, most chips do not need QPI voltage beyond vcore until you get around 4.0ghz.

After your next LinX run, could you post a screen shot of the run, with cpu-z and coretemp (or equivalent) open?
 


There you go!
 

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Good job!

Now push to 200 bclk and 4Ghz! :rockout:
 
Paulieg said:
Yeah, looks like you're doing well, and you've got a good chip. :)
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192, ran fine. Wasn't required to change my voltage either!

EDIT: Same with 194 -- No changes required.
 
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Ok, was out of town for some time, but I just got it up.



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Here's the same pics, when it was finished. Look at the difference in voltage, is that alright?

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That's pretty nice speed for that voltage though it still needs more. Unless you have the ram and uncore bottomed out the numbers are too low for that speed.
 
mastrdrver said:
That's pretty nice speed for that voltage though it still needs more. Unless you have the ram and uncore bottomed out the numbers are too low for that speed.
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Sorry for the delay in posting!

But yes, after bumping up the ram so they are around 1600, I do get errors running some programs.

So do I still need to raise my vcore up? Or do I wanna mess with the ram voltage?

The computer doesn't really crash, but when running vantage, I can't complete the CPU cycle.
 
What do you mean errors? Like app crashes?

You might need to bump vvt and vcore but you will need to stress to make sure of what you need.
 
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That is with LinX, it never did that before bumping up memory.
 

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vCore too low if it fails under 10 minutes.

I would give it a couple bumps to start with. May need more.
 
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