Help Overclocking my i7 920 and Asus P6T Deluxe pls

[AcidR3ign]

Hey guys, im new to these forums and love the site, so pls be gentle with me

Im looking to maybe get some help and pointers about oc my new i7 rig.

Im a pure noobie at this oc thing 'but thats why im writing this' so any tips guides would be most appreciated ty.

Ac!d.

 

[kazeus]

first of all what do you want to achieve.
list all of your specs with all the details

 

[AcidR3ign]

I would like to achieve a good understanding about overclocking, i read alot of pc mags and find it all very interesting idd.

plus my games would run quicker on an overclocked rig

My specs.

I7 920 @2.67 with Asus Triton 81 Quiet CPU Cooler.

Asus P6T Deluxe.

Corsair 3GB DDR3 XMS.

HIS HD4870 1gig.

1TB Drive.

Coolmaster 700w PSU.

And its all in an Antec 900 case.

ty Ac!d.

 

[kazeus]

plus my games would run quicker on an overclocked rig

 

[kazeus]

I would not hold my breath over performance improvement in games. For that you need another of yours hd4780.

So for understanding read trough this:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Overclocking-Intels-Core-i7-920-Processor/?page=4

For overclocking on your board just get in to the bios (pressing del button on post)
Go to ai tweaker menu and change overclocking option from auto to manual. Then just raise your bclk from def 133 to 166 and leave the rest on auto. This way you will get to 3.32ghz and when turbo kicks in 3.48ghz.

Hope this helps

 

[AcidR3ign]

Thx for help and that link Kazeus

got it running at 3.4.

 

[kazeus]

No problem.

Try to confirm stability by running prime for few hours and watch your temps as well. I personally dont want to see anything higher than 80.
http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/ for prime
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/...alTempBeta.zip for realtemp

 

[AcidR3ign]

All cores idle at around 20 thats after a long CD Burn test.

Thanks again.

Ac!d.

 

[AcidR3ign]

40* sorry.

Ac!d

 

[kazeus]

Thats good. mine at 3.8 goes up to high 70`s but I need a lot of juice to get there. Run prime for at least 6-8 hours (blend test) to confirm that its stable. Other than that just enjoy

 

[kazeus]

what cooler r u using by the way?

 

[AcidR3ign]

Asus Triton 81 Quiet CPU Cooler.

its idle in the 20's now the max ive had is about 5o odd.

Ac!d

 

[Akebono 98]

I know that's a mild OC and you are unlikely to have problems, but note that the accepted standard for OC stability is 24 hours stable on Prime 95 torture test with Small FFTs.

 

[kazeus]

Not bad cooler and temps. Keep it going that way! I managed to reduce my temps by 8-10 degrees just by reducing ambient temp. Have you tried the links I gave you ie. the prime one? Also what temp software are you using?
Realtemp is the one to use and newest version here:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/3/1794507/RealTempBeta.zip