TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

HammerON · Aug 28, 2009

mudkip said:
use more memory when running linx , this is hardly a stress test lol

It was late last night when I did this and totally missed the memory listed :shadedshu

Thanks mudkip

johnnyfiive · Aug 28, 2009

I've got some testing to do this weekend (finally have some free time this weekend). 4.2 here I come GDI!

Chicken Patty · Aug 29, 2009

HammerON said:
Thanks CP for your help!

I changed settings to what you suggested and raised core speed to 4.02 GHz.
Also downloaded and ran LinX:

good job bro :toast:

mudkip said:
use more memory when running linx , this is hardly a stress test lol

Yeah, try to use like half of the memroy you have at least. I do about 25 minutes of it

johnnyfiive said:
I've got some testing to do this weekend (finally have some free time this weekend). 4.2 here I come GDI!

Good luck Johnny :rockout:

mastrdrver · Aug 29, 2009

HammerON said:
Thanks CP for your help!

I changed settings to what you suggested and raised core speed to 4.02 GHz.
Also downloaded and ran LinX:

You might try raising a voltage setting a notch or two if you get the same variations from one pass to the next. In my experience, when you have the right voltages, your variance should be very, very small. In the other of less than .05 GFlops when doing runs using roughly 4700 - 4800mb of memory.

Fitseries3 · Aug 30, 2009

stock

Wile E · Aug 30, 2009

t_ski said:
We all know you're crazy, but you're still welcome to drop by and tweak sometime

Bad part is I have been waiting about 3 hours for my 1TB eSATA drive to format so I can ghost my stuff over to it before I install Win7 x64 Ultimate on the 2 SSD's...

Why would you have to wait 3 hours for a format? Quick format, ftw!!!! The only time I've ever had to do a full format, is when I changed from HFS+ to NTFS.

t_ski · Aug 30, 2009

Quick format doesn't get rid of the files, it only deletes the tables' entries of where the files are. I've seen a few instances where it created some problems.

The problem was the drive was not configured for SATA 2 and was in the external enclosure. Should have gone much faster

mastrdrver · Aug 30, 2009

When is everyone giving the PCIe voltage a bump off the IOH?

I was having problems with reboots with BClk over 200. I upped the PCIe to 103 but only partly solved the problem. I started trying to bump other voltages slightly one at a time and bumping the IOH PCIe to 1.54v seems to have fixed my problem. I've noticed a couple other things that it seems to have helped too hence the question.

At 211 BClk without a problem. Trying to shoot for 19x211 since that multi seems to require less volts to get stable. Only time will tell.

mudkip · Aug 30, 2009

Flashed my Gigabyte X58 UD5 to ''Extreme''

Pretty awesome

Wetbehindtheears · Aug 30, 2009

mudkip said:
..... Flashed my Gigabyte X58 UD5 to ''Extreme''

Pretty awesome

How did you manage that? more details please..... looks f"£$king awesome to me...!!!!!

kid41212003 · Aug 31, 2009

Lol, I think the only different between the UD5 and the Extreme is its heatsink.

Wile E · Aug 31, 2009

kid41212003 said:
Lol, I think the only different between the UD5 and the Extreme is its heatsink.

Kinda like the difference between the Maximus Formula and the Rampage Formula was just the name silk screened on the board. lol.

mudkip · Aug 31, 2009

kid41212003 said:
Lol, I think the only different between the UD5 and the Extreme is its heatsink.

Correct.

Instructions for flashing Gigabyte X58 UD5 to Extreme:

1. Create a bootable USBstick
2. Download Extreme bios and SPIFLASH.
3. Extract the bios and SPIFLASH on the usbstick.
4. Boot from your USB stick and type this: SPIFFLASH.EXE ex58ex.f9a , and then hit enter (could be any bios but in this case f9a).
5 Spiflash will ask you if you really want to flash it , just press y and let it flash , after finishing the flash spiflash will ask you to reboot.
6. Boot your pc and check your motherboard in cpu-z

Wetbehindtheears · Aug 31, 2009

Can you flash back to ud5 if it fails/is worse?

Just checking...

mudkip · Aug 31, 2009

Wetbehindtheears said:
Can you flash back to ud5 if it fails/is worse?

Just checking...

Yes you can , via Q-flash

HammerON · Sep 4, 2009

Okay ~ tired of air-cooled and decided to buy this cpu wb:

Anybody use this block?

Binge · Sep 4, 2009

Nope. it's not that great for the i7.

Thrackan · Sep 4, 2009

Get a Heatkiller!

Deleted member 74752 · Sep 4, 2009

HammerON said:
Okay ~ tired of air-cooled and decided to buy this cpu wb:
http://img.techpowerup.org/090904/sidewindercomputers_2069_172138.jpg

Anybody use this block?

Yes, I have used this one and it works just fine.

dcf-joe · Sep 4, 2009

So, after months of trying to get 4 GHz stable, I have finally arrived at it

All I had to do was to update my bios :confused:

I do have some questions. Would you guys consider it worth it if my temps reached 87.2 C (1.45V) during five runs of IntelBurnTest, and if I have to have my DRAM voltage at 1.66V?

Thrackan · Sep 4, 2009

dude, 51 is nothing! fricking ninja edits

dcf-joe · Sep 4, 2009

I am sorry, it was 87.2 C

Chicken Patty · Sep 4, 2009

HammerON said:
Okay ~ tired of air-cooled and decided to buy this cpu wb:
http://img.techpowerup.org/090904/sidewindercomputers_2069_172138.jpg

Anybody use this block?

I have the gtz the regular one, not great on i7, but if you got the rest of the components to back it up, you are fine

HammerON · Sep 4, 2009

I notice that the Northbridge gets hot and was wondering if it would be worth getting a water block for it as well. Any advice? Is it worth it?
By the way I am using the motherboard in the System Specs: EVGA X58 SLI LE
Thanks~

Chicken Patty · Sep 5, 2009

HammerON said:
I notice that the Northbridge gets hot and was wondering if it would be worth getting a water block for it as well. Any advice? Is it worth it?
By the way I am using the motherboard in the System Specs: EVGA X58 SLI LE
Thanks~

how hot does yours get?

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TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

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Wile E

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t_ski

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Wile E

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Wetbehindtheears

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mudkip

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