How to OC a Xeon x5460 in a MSI G41-P25 and ram compatibility

Blanned · Jan 4, 2017

Hey guys, so i just bought a new cooler (hyper 212x) to start ocing my x5460 so it doesnt bottleneck that much my gtx 770. I could only reach 3.25ghz, any higher than that pc would shut down and beep until a message appeared in the screen (previous overclock failed...). I purchased too 8GB of DRR3 1333mhz (http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-1333c9s-8gis) and i couldnt make it to boot with that ram. It would do 3 long beeps and then black screeen .. I would like to get any help fast so i can know if i need to refund my ram and get a propper working one...
My pc specs:
X5460 3.25GHZ
Hyper 212x
4gb ddr3 1066mhz samsung (old one)
8gb (4x2) ddr3 1333mhz g skill aegis (new one that i couldnt use)
Gigabyte gtx 770 windforce 3x oc
2x160gb hdd
Im attaching some pics of my bios:
http://imgur.com/sOrmQ8G http://imgur.com/tpKPZlX http://imgur.com/QNRVPGA http://imgur.com/qWWaaD3 http://imgur.com/hzxD0MZ
Thanks!

Blanned · Jan 5, 2017

Can anyone help pls... :c

lordmogul · Jan 11, 2017

You've most likely ran into the FSB wall on that motherboard.
increasing the PCIe frequency to around 106 MHz helps on some G41 boards to increase this limitation to around 365 MHz FSB which would enable you to clock further to around 3.46 GHz on the assumption that you are running wht the default 9.5x multiplier. (I've seen you're already running it on 103 MHz, which already helps pushing the boundry)

Your RAM should not be an issue as you are running modules certified for 1066 MHz. To reduce the points of failure you might want to run it synchronous for the time of testing until you found your maximum stable clock.

Also you might want to increase your Vcore. 1.35-1.4v should be rather save to go for. Some even suggest up to 1.45v, but your limit should be up to your judgement in the end.

I've running a X5460 myself, stable on 4.1 GHz (9x multiplier, 456 FSB, 1.45625v in BIOS which results in 1.424v in idle and 1.392v under full load in Windows. +0.2v on the Northbridge (which roughly corresponds to 1.45v))

To reach FSB 400 and more you woud like to change to a board with an nForce 650i, 680i, 780i or Intel 965P, 975X, P35, P43, P45, X38, X48 chipset.

Blanned · Mar 12, 2017

lordmogul :

You've most likely ran into the FSB wall on that motherboard.
increasing the PCIe frequency to around 106 MHz helps on some G41 boards to increase this limitation to around 365 MHz FSB which would enable you to clock further to around 3.46 GHz on the assumption that you are running wht the default 9.5x multiplier. (I've seen you're already running it on 103 MHz, which already helps pushing the boundry)

Your RAM should not be an issue as you are running modules certified for 1066 MHz. To reduce the points of failure you might want to run it synchronous for the time of testing until you found your maximum stable clock.

Also you might want to increase your Vcore. 1.35-1.4v should be rather save to go for. Some even suggest up to 1.45v, but your limit should be up to your judgement in the end.

I've running a X5460 myself, stable on 4.1 GHz (9x multiplier, 456 FSB, 1.45625v in BIOS which results in 1.424v in idle and 1.392v under full load in Windows. +0.2v on the Northbridge (which roughly corresponds to 1.45v))

To reach FSB 400 and more you woud like to change to a board with an nForce 650i, 680i, 780i or Intel 965P, 975X, P35, P43, P45, X38, X48 chipset.

Hey, i cant change the voltage or at least i dont know how. I cant even select it..

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