Core i7 Overclocking thread - Page 15

**musman** · 06-02-09, 07:43 AM

Can someone tell me if my RAM is running at it's rates speed? I'm a noob and have no idea how to check this.

My RAM is OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

hemmy · 06-02-09, 07:52 AM

Its running @ 1066 not 1600, because you have to manually set it to those speeds

wysiwyg · 06-02-09, 08:48 AM

iv been too nervous to overclock my 920 again after having to replace it

**musman** · 06-02-09, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hemmy

Its running @ 1066 not 1600, because you have to manually set it to those speeds

How can you tell it's running at 1066? Can you tell me how to change it? I have tried to change it a little but it never changes. I must half to unlock something for it to hold.

My RAM is also rated at 1.65V and it's running at 1.5 right now, another setting I have ben unable to change.

Thank You

**lee63** · 06-02-09, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by musman

How can you tell it's running at 1066? Can you tell me how to change it? I have tried to change it a little but it never changes. I must half to unlock something for it to hold.

My RAM is also rated at 1.65V and it's running at 1.5 right now, another setting I have ben unable to change.

Thank You

Are you using f10 save and exit after you set your settings ? did you clear cmos?

Please don't be offended buy this but the board that you have is not for someone that is new to Overclocking.

You'll probably have more success looking here http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/index.php

I remember having a DFI board... it took me months to figure out all the settings.

If you could post pics of the bios screens it would be a lot easier to help you

Blacklash · 06-13-09, 07:56 AM

i7 920 on an EVGA Classified with just air cooling. Not my work and I'd thought some would find it interesting-

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=4886

Xion X2 · 06-13-09, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blacklash

i7 920 on an EVGA Classified with just air cooling. Not my work and I'd thought some would find it interesting-

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=4886

Bah, real men stress-test w/ Prime.

Just picked up an i7 platform w/ a 950. Have a Cooler Master V10 TEC on the way which is supposed to work well with these, THEN you'll see some real benches w/ 8-thread Prime for 8+ hours.

Thunderbolt56 · 06-15-09, 12:59 PM

I took my 2-day-old new i7 920 rig up to 3.8ghz and ran 8 instances of Prime95 for 9.5 hours (overnight) with not one hiccup. I installed a polished Thermalright TRUE copper with dual (push/pull) 120mm fans on an ASUS P6T Deluxe v2.

Turn off speedstep and turbo, set the Vcore to 1.35, set the DRAM frequency to 1.66 and set the Bclk to 190 and voila!

Initially, I went in and set my RAM to 1600mhz and ran the CPU at stock 2.66. When I decided to go ahead and OC, I forgot to reset my RAM back to Auto or, specifically, 1066 and as a result of raising the Bclk the RAM was trying to boot at 1900+...which it obviously wouldn't do. Resetting the RAM back allowed everything to boot and run without a hitch and my 1600mhz RAM was running at 1523mhz.

It took Prime about an hour to get the temps above 70c and once it peaked at 76c but came back down to 73c and stayed there for 5+ hours.

After 2 days running everything I could at 3.8ghz, I decided to drop it back down to 3.6ghz as there really isn't any visual difference between 156fps and 194fps in the games I play and the RAM is still above 1400mhz

I couldn't be happier with the way things are running right now.

TB

wysiwyg · 06-15-09, 01:23 PM

non D0 stepping?

**fasedww** · 06-17-09, 12:03 PM

Good job'

Thunderbolt56 · 06-23-09, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wysiwyg

non D0 stepping?

Yup. Mine is C0

wysiwyg · 06-23-09, 09:59 AM

cool, mine is C0/C1

06-02-09, 07:43 AM	#169
musman I Derail Threads Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 976	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread Can someone tell me if my RAM is running at it's rates speed? I'm a noob and have no idea how to check this. My RAM is OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 __________________ Antec Nine Hundred case. Core I-7 920 @ 3.56GHz, Noctua NH-U12P Cooler, EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX-285 1GB, EVGA GT-240 Superclocked 512Mb used as a Physx card, DFI LANPARTY JR X58-T3H6, OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1600 7-7-7-18, Intel X25-V SSD, used as a boot drive, 2X Seagate 500Gig 32MB Cache 7200RPM in RAID 0, Logitec G-15 keyboard, Logitech MX-518 Mouse, CH Combatstick 568, Xboc Controller, LG L227WTG-PF 22" LCD Monitor 1680x1050. Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit. Speakers: KRK Rokit8 studio monitors. http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/media/customer.jpg

06-02-09, 07:52 AM	#170
hemmy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 760	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread Its running @ 1066 not 1600, because you have to manually set it to those speeds __________________ P6T Deluxe V2 \|\|\| Core i7 920 D0 4.0Ghz\|\|\| 3x2Gb DDR3-1800 \|\|\| 2x EVGA GTX 260 SLI \|\|\| Corsair HX850w \|\|\| 2x640gb HD

06-02-09, 08:48 AM	#171
wysiwyg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 2,987	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread iv been too nervous to overclock my 920 again after having to replace it

06-13-09, 07:56 AM	#174
Blacklash 8^9^3 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 3,679	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread i7 920 on an EVGA Classified with just air cooling. Not my work and I'd thought some would find it interesting- http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=4886 __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.96GHz (1.36v)\|Mushkin 998681 XP3-12800 (3x2GB) ASUS TUF Sabertooth (X58)\|ASUS GTX 580 DirectCU II (980\|4604)\|ASUS PA246Q WD VelociRaptor 150GB HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch PM20 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Thermalright U-120 Extreme\|Win 7 HP x64

06-15-09, 12:59 PM	#176
Thunderbolt56 Gladiusdoctori Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Daytona Beach Posts: 198	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread I took my 2-day-old new i7 920 rig up to 3.8ghz and ran 8 instances of Prime95 for 9.5 hours (overnight) with not one hiccup. I installed a polished Thermalright TRUE copper with dual (push/pull) 120mm fans on an ASUS P6T Deluxe v2. Turn off speedstep and turbo, set the Vcore to 1.35, set the DRAM frequency to 1.66 and set the Bclk to 190 and voila! Initially, I went in and set my RAM to 1600mhz and ran the CPU at stock 2.66. When I decided to go ahead and OC, I forgot to reset my RAM back to Auto or, specifically, 1066 and as a result of raising the Bclk the RAM was trying to boot at 1900+...which it obviously wouldn't do. Resetting the RAM back allowed everything to boot and run without a hitch and my 1600mhz RAM was running at 1523mhz. It took Prime about an hour to get the temps above 70c and once it peaked at 76c but came back down to 73c and stayed there for 5+ hours. After 2 days running everything I could at 3.8ghz, I decided to drop it back down to 3.6ghz as there really isn't any visual difference between 156fps and 194fps in the games I play and the RAM is still above 1400mhz I couldn't be happier with the way things are running right now. TB

06-15-09, 01:23 PM	#177
wysiwyg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 2,987	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread non D0 stepping?

06-17-09, 12:03 PM	#178
fasedww Pc Gamer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,575	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread Good job' __________________ Asus X79 rampage extreme 4, i7 3930K, 47X100, 4.70 GHZ, ,16 gigs, corsair, 1600mhz, 2 Evga GTX Titans SLI, gtx 470 phyisics, Prolimatech Genesis, 2 140mm fan heastsink, Lian Li PC 80 ArmorSuit case, PCPC 1200 watt, window side panel with 120mm blowhole, SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD , Asus Blueray sata dvdrw,SSD 256GB Plextor Pro,SSD Patriot Pyro 240gig,SSD Agility 4 256 , 1 300 gig raptor, 1 600 gig raptor, segate 1 gig ,Total Airhead amp, Denon AH-D2000 headphones, Dell Ultra3011, Acer HN274H 120 Hz Lcd, , Win 7 HomePrem. Rig #2 i7 3930k 4.7GHZ. 16 gig corsair Platinum 2400MHZ, Asus P9X79 DELUXE, 2 7970's Watercooled, Koolance blocks, on 1080 nova rad. 9 fan. 655 swiftech. Cpu heatkiller block, coolgate 240mm rad, 2 fan sycthe 108cfm 655 pump,OCZ 256Gb Vertex 4 ssd, C300 256Gb ssd, Patriot pyro 240Gb ssd, 2 wd 640gig Hd, Lian Li 343 modular case. Asus BD drive, Corsair AX1200 watt, X-FI Titanium HD on Fiio , Shure SRH840 Head phones, Dell Ultra3011, Razer Black Widow Ult. BF3 Edition keyboard, Corsair Vengence M60 Mouse, 3dmark 11 17,383, win 7 homePrem.

06-23-09, 09:59 AM	#180
wysiwyg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 2,987	Re: Core i7 Overclocking thread cool, mine is C0/C1

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