- Dec 1, 2009
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Hellooooo...
I finally got my Coolermaster V8 back from Newegg's RMA so I attempted my overclock following overshocked's guide. My system consists of:
EVGA X58 SLI LE Mobo
Core i7 920
Cooler Master V8 Cooler
2x EVGA GTX 260 in SLI
Corsair 750TX PSU
6GB G.Skill RAM 1600Mhz
So far I have reached...
Reference Clock: 182.5 Mhz
Core Speed: 3833.5 Mhz
VCore: 1.247 V
Other info:
RAM currently running at 1464 Mhz but is rated at 1600
Turbo boost is OFF
Hyper-threading is ON
My issue is, I can't seem to get passed this. When I raise my reference clock to 185Mhz, I start crashing. So I raise the VCore. However, as much as I raise it (almost +0.05V keeping constant 185 ref clock), it always fails Prime95 test within 5 minutes.
It has to be a setting that I must be missing because I have plenty of room before my thermal threshold hits. I am currently at 63°C on full load at 3.83GHz. Can someone help me pick out what I'm doing wrong here? I have followed overshocked's instructions step by step.
The only step I did not follow was "Change the QPI link speed to the lowest possible setting" because I could not find a BIOS setting that seemed to correctly correspond to his instructions. CPU-Z currently reads 3285.7 MHz as the QPI Link frequency.
Any help would greatly be appreciated. My goal is to hit 4.0 GHz. I think I can do it since I'm still at 63°C full load and have plenty room until I hit 75°C on full load (which will be my max). Thank you guys in advance.
P.S. - if you haven't noticed, i'm totally a noob. This is my first computer build and my first overclocking attempt. But i am an engineer so feel free to lay it on me.
I finally got my Coolermaster V8 back from Newegg's RMA so I attempted my overclock following overshocked's guide. My system consists of:
EVGA X58 SLI LE Mobo
Core i7 920
Cooler Master V8 Cooler
2x EVGA GTX 260 in SLI
Corsair 750TX PSU
6GB G.Skill RAM 1600Mhz
So far I have reached...
Reference Clock: 182.5 Mhz
Core Speed: 3833.5 Mhz
VCore: 1.247 V
Other info:
RAM currently running at 1464 Mhz but is rated at 1600
Turbo boost is OFF
Hyper-threading is ON
My issue is, I can't seem to get passed this. When I raise my reference clock to 185Mhz, I start crashing. So I raise the VCore. However, as much as I raise it (almost +0.05V keeping constant 185 ref clock), it always fails Prime95 test within 5 minutes.
It has to be a setting that I must be missing because I have plenty of room before my thermal threshold hits. I am currently at 63°C on full load at 3.83GHz. Can someone help me pick out what I'm doing wrong here? I have followed overshocked's instructions step by step.
The only step I did not follow was "Change the QPI link speed to the lowest possible setting" because I could not find a BIOS setting that seemed to correctly correspond to his instructions. CPU-Z currently reads 3285.7 MHz as the QPI Link frequency.
Any help would greatly be appreciated. My goal is to hit 4.0 GHz. I think I can do it since I'm still at 63°C full load and have plenty room until I hit 75°C on full load (which will be my max). Thank you guys in advance.
P.S. - if you haven't noticed, i'm totally a noob. This is my first computer build and my first overclocking attempt. But i am an engineer so feel free to lay it on me.
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