TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[fatguy1992]

Thanks everyone

 

[mastrdrver]

SLBEJ
3849B028
04/07/09

Just got to wait for it to show up to drop it in my P6T6. This next week is going to be terribly long

 

[Assassin48]

Alright i have my setup up and running
Its
i7 920 w/true Push/Pull
UD3
3x1gb SuperTalent
9800gx2

now its oc time

 

[Chicken Patty]

Alright i have my setup up and running
Its
i7 920 w/true Push/Pull
UD3
3x1gb SuperTalent
9800gx2

now its oc time

keep us posted on your progress!

 

[Assassin48]

I was going to follow this tut on overclocking, what do you guys think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbzQblRQ7I

 

[Chicken Patty]

I was going to follow this tut on overclocking, what do you guys think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbzQblRQ7I

thats pretty good, but your chip is not that same as that. Lotta things there might be different on yours. I suggest just start to raise the BCLk and tinkering with voltages little by little dude, learn it yourself.

 

[Fitseries3]

i feel like i've said this over and over but here it is again...

you only need to adjust a few settings in the bios to get 4.2ghz to boot and operate stably.

that said... its pretty simple to get a good OC going rather fast.

i can get a brand new cpu and mobo and boot it into windows first try at 4.3ghz while only changing a few basic settings such as vcore, vtt, vdram and memory multi.

 

[Assassin48]

thats pretty good, but your chip is not that same as that. Lotta things there might be different on yours. I suggest just start to raise the BCLk and tinkering with voltages little by little dude, learn it yourself.

So just Up the BCLK by 5 and OCCT it ?
then if i bsod up the volts ?

i feel like i've said this over and over but here it is again...

you only need to adjust a few settings in the bios to get 4.2ghz to boot and operate stably.

that said... its pretty simple to get a good OC going rather fast.

i can get a brand new cpu and mobo and boot it into windows first try at 4.3ghz while only changing a few basic settings such as vcore, vtt, vdram and memory multi.

This is my first time Overclocking an intel chip

 

[Fitseries3]

i have no (recent)experience OCing AMD so i cant say much. its not hard at all though.

 

[Chicken Patty]

yeah bro, just up the BCLK, it crashes up the vcore a bit. for the IOH you never really need more than 1.3v for about 4ghz. the ram just keep the divinder at 8 and use about 1.7v. which RAM are you using, my g skills?

 

[Assassin48]

yeah bro, just up the BCLK, it crashes up the vcore a bit. for the IOH you never really need more than 1.3v for about 4ghz. the ram just keep the divinder at 8 and use about 1.7v. which RAM are you using, my g skills?

i have 3x1gb Supertalents

the pi blacks are on the other

 

[Chicken Patty]

i have 3x1gb Supertalents

the pi blacks are on the other

oh ok, well I dont know how that RAM overclocks, but its safe to use over 1.65v on the ram as long as your qpi/dram voltage is within .5v of it

 

[Assassin48]

I clocked up the BCLK to 175 and my multi was 20x for 3.5 but it jumped to 3.6 with a cpu multi of 21x ?

Running OCCT

 

[Chicken Patty]

I clocked up the BCLK to 175 and my multi was 20x for 3.5 but it jumped to 3.6 with a cpu multi of 21x ?

Running OCCT

21x is turbo mode. Turbo mode all it does is that, raise the multi up one.

 

[Assassin48]

21x is turbo mode. Turbo mode all it does is that, raise the multi up one.

ah

well i BSOD @ 3.6 with turbo @ 1.26

brought it down to 171 for 3.42

which is the voltage ?
is it the uncore ?
-----------
Linpak stop because my cpu got too hot
81C

 

[Chicken Patty]

ah

well i BSOD @ 3.6 with turbo @ 1.26

brought it down to 171 for 3.42

which is the voltage ?
is it the uncore ?
-----------
Linpak stop because my cpu got too hot
81C

uncore needs to be at least twice as ram divider. so if ram divider is 8, uncore needs to be at least 16x. just raise vcore a bit and see if it stables it out

 

[Assassin48]

I raise the Vcore but nothing Happens ?

i put it @ 1.27 nothing

 

[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.

Assasin48, try these. Also, there are some listed vcores for X GHz listed on pages 210-213. Try some of those as well.

 

[Assassin48]

What are safe temps ?
i have been doing Prime95 @ 3.6 and temp are hitting 83C

 

[Chicken Patty]

What are safe temps ?
i have been doing Prime95 @ 3.6 and temp are hitting 83C

these things go up to 100ºc. However safe on air for me would be about 85-88ºc. I wont go over that.

 

[Assassin48]

these things go up to 100ºc. However safe on air for me would be about 85-88ºc. I wont go over that.

I feel so stupid right now

I looked at the true and the fans

i had them like this


Fan --->True<--- Fan


So now its like
Fan--->True--Fan-> exhaust

 

[Chicken Patty]

I feel so stupid right now

I looked at the true and the fans

i had them like this


Fan --->True<--- Fan


So now its like
Fan--->True--Fan-> exhaust

it was an honest mistake it happens.

 

[wolf]

I feel so stupid right now

I looked at the true and the fans

i had them like this


Fan --->True<--- Fan


So now its like
Fan--->True--Fan-> exhaust

that's your problem right there.

An easy one to make with that style cooler, Ive almost done it 6-8 times on my Noctua.

As for my Core i7 D0 920, ive settled into 4.2ghz nicely at these settings (some last minute pre-lan adjustments, as i wanted her running tip-top to show off )

Bclk = 200 x 21
vcore = 1.3625 - set in bios
vtt = auto
pll = auto
dram = 1.66v
nb vcc = auto
sb vcc = auto
qpi/pcie pll = 1.3625v - set in bios

At these settings she has played TF2/FUEL/Crysis Warhead/ a handful of others with no hiccups at all, for in excess of 30 minutes each time.

And, she has just survived RFLan (Red Flag Lanfest) here in Perth, which was a 400+ people lan, 12+ hours straight, not one app crashed and no blue screens, which as lanners will know is a feat in itself (especially while running DC++ the whole time)

Since games are the most intensive thing I do I'm not too inclined to stress test, I have OCCT-linpack tested it stable for 30+ minutes, but I don't like running my chip that hot and hard for extended periods of time.

A big from another happy D0 920 owner

 

[Thrackan]

I feel so stupid right now

I looked at the true and the fans

i had them like this


Fan --->True<--- Fan


So now its like
Fan--->True--Fan-> exhaust

Sorry, I laughed

Anyway, I got my "crappy" C0 up to 183 BCLK with all settings on auto. Same with the D0.

Listen to fits' advice: don't tinker with settings, unless it doesn't work on auto.
Clocking up to 3.8 is easy like that, for higher clocks you will need to touch settings most of the time though.

 

[Binge]

that's your problem right there.

An easy one to make with that style cooler, Ive almost done it 6-8 times on my Noctua.

As for my Core i7 D0 920, ive settled into 4.2ghz nicely at these settings (some last minute pre-lan adjustments, as i wanted her running tip-top to show off )

Bclk = 200 x 21
vcore = 1.3625 - set in bios
vtt = auto
pll = auto
dram = 1.66v
nb vcc = auto
sb vcc = auto
qpi/pcie pll = 1.3625v - set in bios

At these settings she has played TF2/FUEL/Crysis Warhead/ a handful of others with no hiccups at all, for in excess of 30 minutes each time.

And, she has just survived RFLan (Red Flag Lanfest) here in Perth, which was a 400+ people lan, 12+ hours straight, not one app crashed and no blue screens, which as lanners will know is a feat in itself (especially while running DC++ the whole time)

Since games are the most intensive thing I do I'm not too inclined to stress test, I have OCCT-linpack tested it stable for 30+ minutes, but I don't like running my chip that hot and hard for extended periods of time.

A big from another happy D0 920 owner

Happy you're happy man I have said it before and I'll say it again. Once someone owns an i7 they rarely look elsewhere for a better computer. Since intel is going backwards and sacrificing tri channel and more powerful quads for a lower process then these babies will be top dog for a while.