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Overclocking a i7 920 (Beginner OC'er)

Post Date: 2010-05-15

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    Posted: 15 May 2010 at 4:33pm
Aight, so I just swapped out the cruddy Intel Stock heatsink in my rig to a muchhh more versatile Venomous X, and I'm looking to pump up my overclock. Before, it was stable at 3.33Ghz using the intel stock, temps hit 65C idle though and 90 on load, but that was before. Now, the idle temp is ~45C and the load temp nearly touches 60C.

I've no experience at all with overclocking, the BIOS i'm familiar with though. Anyone mind explaining how this all works? (I'm literally clueless on the procedures for overclocking...)
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Core i7 920 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus Sabertooth X58
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  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 May 2010 at 6:04pm

go into the bios and put you numbers in the bios template

 
Frequency Control
CPU Clock Ratio ( 31X )                                                                                         
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( 142 )                                                                      
MCH Strap ( Auto )
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( 4156Mhz { 29X } )                                                
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps )
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled )
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 102 )  


Memory Feature        
Memory Speed ( Standard )
Memory Control Setting ( Enabled )
Memory Frequency1866Mhz / 2:14 )                                                                
Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way )
Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way )
Memory Low Gap ( 2.5 )
tCL Setting ( 8 )
tRCD Setting ( 8 )
tRP Setting ( 8 )
tRAS Setting ( 24 )
tRFC Setting ( 88 )
Command Rate ( 1t )


Voltage Control
EVGA VDroop Control ( Without VDroop )
CPU VCore ( 1.40 )                                                                                                
CPU VTT Voltage ( +275 )
CPU PLL VCore ( 1.350 )
**IOH PLL VCore ( 1.350
DIMM Voltage ( 1.65 )
DIMM DQ Vref ( +0mV )
QPI PLL VCore ( 1.275 ) Raising this will help you lower your VTT
IOH VCore ( Auto ) Set to 1.2 if you are using more then 1 video card 
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( Auto )
**BR04 ( NF200) Voltage ( 1.40 ) (only on E-759)
**VTT PWM Frequency ( 610 KHZ )
**CPU PWM Frequency ( 1333 KHZ )
**CPU Impedance ( Less )
**QPI Signal Compensation ( Less )
ICH VCore ( Auto )
*PWM Frequency (  )


CPU Feature
Intel SpeedStep ( Disabled )
Turbo Mode Function ( Enabled )
CxE Function ( Disabled )
Execute Disable Bit ( Disabled )
Virtualization Technology ( Disabled )
Intel HT Technology ( Enabled )
Active Processor Cores ( All )
QPI Control Settings ( Enabled )
QPI Link Fast Mode ( Enabled )
QPI Frequency Selection ( 6.400 GT/s )
OC Recovery ( Disabled )
Turbo Performance ( Disabled ) used with 980X only 

PnP/PCI     PCI Express
Maximum Payload Size ( 4096 )
 
Power Management Setup
ACPI Suspend Type ( S3 )   
HPET Support ( Enabled )     
HPET Mode ( 64-bit ) 
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  Quote ablahblah Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 May 2010 at 6:24pm
...aghhhh crap, you know what, I'm gonna let this wait a bit...
i have a crappy, XFX board, that now wants to murder my 9600GTs and my i7 920
my motherboard's freaking out, I will NEVER buy from XFX ever again. CPU is magically running idle at 55C now, and maxes out at 85C on prime95. 9600 GTs have unresponsive automatic fan controls in the topmost PCI-E slot, and considerably overheat whenever I stress them. it just magically happened....I'll try OC'ing when I swap out for a decent EVGA board...


Edited by ablahblah - 15 May 2010 at 7:34pm
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Core i7 920 @ 3.9Ghz
Asus Sabertooth X58
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