After a month of getting Windows Event Viewer problems outta the way, my son wants to get to OC'ing his rig (R2E MoBo, i7-920, 6-7-6-18 RAM, Prolimatech Megashadow). Not looking for anything extreme, his goal was to hit a BCLK of 183. Currently using the R2E's windows based tools to adjust BCLK, CPU Voltage, DRAM Bus Voltage and QPI/DRAM Core Voltage with Prime95(small FFT's) running so as to immediately see effects on temperature w/o continually rebooting. Wanted to open Computonic Temp Guide while doing so but my bookmark no longer works . Where'd it go ?
Interestingly enough, the various utilities available all show different readings (BCLK = 183 / CPU Voltage = 1.30 / DRAM Voltage = 1.64356 / QPI/DRAM Core Voltage = 1.300):
Asus Probe - CPU = 58C
HW Monitor - CPU = 58C / Core 0 = 71C / Core 1 = 68C / Core 2 = 67C / Core 3 = 67C
Real Temp - Core 0 = 74C / Core 1 = 71C / Core 2 = 70C / Core 3 = 69C
Core Temp - Core 0 = 74C / Core 1 = 71C / Core 2 = 69C / Core 3 = 66C
Speed Fan - CPU = 58C / Core 0 = 60C / Core 1 = 59C / Core 2 = 56C / Core 3 = can't find 4th core apparently
Anyway, what i wanted to ask is, I remember from originally reading the guide was that Core Voltage was supposed to be about 5C above CPU voltages. I also remember that if it was wider, the cores should be assumed to be wrong because of BIOS issues. If that's the case, why even look at Core Voltages ? Anyway, that's the answer I was hoping to find in the guide.
Interestingly enough, the various utilities available all show different readings (BCLK = 183 / CPU Voltage = 1.30 / DRAM Voltage = 1.64356 / QPI/DRAM Core Voltage = 1.300):
Asus Probe - CPU = 58C
HW Monitor - CPU = 58C / Core 0 = 71C / Core 1 = 68C / Core 2 = 67C / Core 3 = 67C
Real Temp - Core 0 = 74C / Core 1 = 71C / Core 2 = 70C / Core 3 = 69C
Core Temp - Core 0 = 74C / Core 1 = 71C / Core 2 = 69C / Core 3 = 66C
Speed Fan - CPU = 58C / Core 0 = 60C / Core 1 = 59C / Core 2 = 56C / Core 3 = can't find 4th core apparently
Anyway, what i wanted to ask is, I remember from originally reading the guide was that Core Voltage was supposed to be about 5C above CPU voltages. I also remember that if it was wider, the cores should be assumed to be wrong because of BIOS issues. If that's the case, why even look at Core Voltages ? Anyway, that's the answer I was hoping to find in the guide.