i7 920 oc'd

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   Had my rig for 2 1/2 months now and running great.  The only thing I was disappointed with was that the o/c was only to 3 GHz.  My assumption is that since I ordered about a week after the i7 came out DS's oc'ing process was still being refined.  Since receiving I've done some reading on oc'ing the 920 and have slowly pushed it to 3.6 (and 3.78 if include turbo) and runs quite stable.  Very happy with this. 

Specs: i7 920, V8 Cooler Master, 6GB Corsair 1333MHz RAM, Asus R2E x58, 2 x GTX260 

I've upped the BCLK to 180, the CPU voltage to 1.275 and QPI/DRAM voltage to 1.35.  RAM running overclocked at 1440 (BCLK*8 multiplier) - which was what the AUTO setting in the BIOS picked.  Ran two passes of memtest86+ successfully and have run prime95 a couple of times for 9+ hours.  I've kept SpeedStep and Turbo enabled.

This image is from the TurboV app that comes with the R2E showing the BCLK and key voltage.

Here's the temps after running prime95 and 3DMarkVantage (score is 20613):

SB and NB temps (not shown) where 46 and 50 degress C during prime95.  And yes, that's Gringo's wallpaper in that last image.

Any comments?

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DL13 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 110	Quote Reply Topic: i7 920 oc'd Posted: 06 Mar 2009 at 7:59pm
	Had my rig for 2 1/2 months now and running great. The only thing I was disappointed with was that the o/c was only to 3 GHz. My assumption is that since I ordered about a week after the i7 came out DS's oc'ing process was still being refined. Since receiving I've done some reading on oc'ing the 920 and have slowly pushed it to 3.6 (and 3.78 if include turbo) and runs quite stable. Very happy with this. Specs: i7 920, V8 Cooler Master, 6GB Corsair 1333MHz RAM, Asus R2E x58, 2 x GTX260 I've upped the BCLK to 180, the CPU voltage to 1.275 and QPI/DRAM voltage to 1.35. RAM running overclocked at 1440 (BCLK*8 multiplier) - which was what the AUTO setting in the BIOS picked. Ran two passes of memtest86+ successfully and have run prime95 a couple of times for 9+ hours. I've kept SpeedStep and Turbo enabled. This image is from the TurboV app that comes with the R2E showing the BCLK and key voltage. Here's the temps after running prime95 and 3DMarkVantage (score is 20613): SB and NB temps (not shown) where 46 and 50 degress C during prime95. And yes, that's Gringo's wallpaper in that last image. Any comments?

DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 2009 at 8:17pm
	looks good, DS's oces are moderate mostimes, there is always room to push, if its not crashing on you when you are using it, I say you are good
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Dsnewb210 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 972	Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 2009 at 8:32pm
	What case did you go with?

DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 2009 at 8:41pm
	from the looks of it, he got the haf Edited by DST4ME - 06 Mar 2009 at 8:41pm
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DL13 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 110	Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 2009 at 8:47pm
	Yep - the HAF. http://digitalstormonline.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4993 (added the 2nd GPU a couple of weeks ago)

Onkel_Ken Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 17 Dec 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2961	Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 2009 at 8:50pm
	Looks great! You have a nice overclock now also! I think you must have been one of the first with the i7. Glad to see that they can be pushed even further!!! I love my i7 920 also. DS OCed at 3.59 which I am very pleased with considering it is on air V8. Edited by Onkel_Ken - 06 Mar 2009 at 8:51pm
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JamesAstro Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 624	Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 2009 at 1:46am
	You mentioned that it runs "quite stable". Does that mean it has never crashed? Just curious.
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DL13 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 110	Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 2009 at 8:39am
	By quite stable I mean that temps look okay (at least to me and according to my research), no lock-ups, no blue screens, no issues when running prime95 or memtest and games run smooth. During my efforts I did encounter some issues where I would get a blue screen on prime95 or not POST. I had decided to move from the original DSO o/c slowly at first - then got greedy and tried for 3.8 with BCLK of 190 (with no SpeedStep or Turbo). Couldn't get it so I went back and raised the BLCK from 160 to 170 to 175 and then 180 (all with SpeedStep and Turbo) and settled where I am now. Only issue I have now is that it does not come back from sleep, but from what I've read that is a common problem in the R2E with no fix as of yet. I solve that by not using sleep

yungerkid Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 99	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2009 at 7:49pm
	edit: did some more research, found out about it. how do i access TurboV from my desktop? Edited by yungerkid - 16 Mar 2009 at 8:06pm

tman5890 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 282	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2009 at 8:05pm
	TurboV does look nice, I would want it too. That's a nice OC btw!

Mezzeron Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 212	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2009 at 8:53pm
	Was curious to what, if any, it changed your RAM timings to?

DL13 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 17 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 110	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2009 at 11:26pm
	TurboV is on the Asus R2E disk that I got with the package (I believe under Utilities). You can also download from Asus website. I only used TurboV a couple of times to make small adjustments just to try it. I'd rather do the work in the BIOS. It is a nice way to show some of the settings without taking having to take a pic of the BIOS. For the RAM - here's what CPU-z is showing. The BCLK increase in the overclock got the RAM from 1333 to 1440 (BCLK8) - and no issues with memtest86 - otherwise I would have to try it at 1066 (BLCK6). I have not touched the timings at this point. Need to do more research before I go there. FYI - RAM is Corsair XMS3. It actually fun doing the research and oc'ing this. This is the first time I've attempted an o/c. Pretty scary the first time I could not get it to post! But then more research, more tweaking, more tests (memtest86, 3DMarkVantage, prime95, IntelBurn), watching the temps, seeing how low can get the voltage and keep stable. Quite happy right now.

i7 920 oc'd

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