Hi,
New to OC'ing, I am searching for help on getting a stable OC on a config consisiting of...
■Gigabyte 3D Aurora chassis
■Corsair HX520W PSU
■ASUS Rampage Formula (bios v.0403)
■Core 2 Duo E8400
■CPU cooler: ThermalRight IFX-14 & 2x Nanoxia 120mm fans (FX12-1250) & 1 Nanoxia 80mm fan (FX08-1600) for the IFX-10 backside cooler
■2x 2GB OZC Reaper DDR2 800MHz (OCZ2RPX800EB4GK)
■2x 750GB Samsung SpinPoint F1
■ASUS 8800GTS 512MB (G92) mounted in PCIE2 port with cooler/fan pointing upward
■GPU Cooler: ThermalRight HR03-GT cooler & Nanoxia 92mm fan (FX09-1400)
■Fans are controlled with an mCube T-balancer big-NG
■OS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit w/ SP1
Can anybody help me with some more or less complete bios settings that take full advantage of my cooling setup without blowing anything up (hence an aggressiv OC but not crazy ;-) )?
Reading threads on various sites I've played around a bit, but I notice that the NB seems to be getting really hot (above 50 degrees) even when running close to idle. Current OC setup is...
■Ai OC tuner -> Manual
■OC from CPU Level Up -> Auto
■CPU Ratio Setting -> 8.5
■FSB strap to NB -> 400Mhz
■FSB Frequency -> 450
■DRAM Frequency -> DDR2-900Mhz
■DRAM Static Read Control -> Disabled
■Ai Clock Twister -> Light
Voltages:
■CPU -> 1.4v
■PLL -> 1.6v
■NB -> 1.45v
■DRAM -> 2.0v
■FSB -> 1.4v
■SB -> 1.1v
Current temp readouts from bios after running PC for a couple of hours (no heavy use - just Outlook and Internet Explorer):
■CPU: 49 degrees
■MB: 35 degrees
■NB: 49.5 degrees
■SB: 48.5 degrees
Apart from help on getting the optimum OC, can anybody recommend tools for temp read outs? The T-balancer seems great (I'm still new to it), but cooling blocks the size of small houses makes somewhat difficult to place sensors in places where temp read outs are accurate.
New to OC'ing, I am searching for help on getting a stable OC on a config consisiting of...
■Gigabyte 3D Aurora chassis
■Corsair HX520W PSU
■ASUS Rampage Formula (bios v.0403)
■Core 2 Duo E8400
■CPU cooler: ThermalRight IFX-14 & 2x Nanoxia 120mm fans (FX12-1250) & 1 Nanoxia 80mm fan (FX08-1600) for the IFX-10 backside cooler
■2x 2GB OZC Reaper DDR2 800MHz (OCZ2RPX800EB4GK)
■2x 750GB Samsung SpinPoint F1
■ASUS 8800GTS 512MB (G92) mounted in PCIE2 port with cooler/fan pointing upward
■GPU Cooler: ThermalRight HR03-GT cooler & Nanoxia 92mm fan (FX09-1400)
■Fans are controlled with an mCube T-balancer big-NG
■OS: Vista Home Premium 64-bit w/ SP1
Can anybody help me with some more or less complete bios settings that take full advantage of my cooling setup without blowing anything up (hence an aggressiv OC but not crazy ;-) )?
Reading threads on various sites I've played around a bit, but I notice that the NB seems to be getting really hot (above 50 degrees) even when running close to idle. Current OC setup is...
■Ai OC tuner -> Manual
■OC from CPU Level Up -> Auto
■CPU Ratio Setting -> 8.5
■FSB strap to NB -> 400Mhz
■FSB Frequency -> 450
■DRAM Frequency -> DDR2-900Mhz
■DRAM Static Read Control -> Disabled
■Ai Clock Twister -> Light
Voltages:
■CPU -> 1.4v
■PLL -> 1.6v
■NB -> 1.45v
■DRAM -> 2.0v
■FSB -> 1.4v
■SB -> 1.1v
Current temp readouts from bios after running PC for a couple of hours (no heavy use - just Outlook and Internet Explorer):
■CPU: 49 degrees
■MB: 35 degrees
■NB: 49.5 degrees
■SB: 48.5 degrees
Apart from help on getting the optimum OC, can anybody recommend tools for temp read outs? The T-balancer seems great (I'm still new to it), but cooling blocks the size of small houses makes somewhat difficult to place sensors in places where temp read outs are accurate.