Not too sure if I am going about this right but I just built a new build with the following parts;
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4
i5-2500k
2x4GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance RAM
Corsair H70 HSF
P190 Case
EVGA 560 Ti Video Card
Antec 1000W PSU
I since then took out my X-Fi Fatality card that was in the bottom PCI slot because it wouldn't POST with it.
I had a few hiccups with getting it to POST, via 2 shorts that wouldn't turn it on. I since then fixed them. Now I am having problems with overclocking. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. My last build I overclocked for my first time on my EVGA 680i and e6750 getting it to 3.8GHz before throttling back down to 3.4GHz where it was stable... with no problems. Sandy Bridge is kicking my butt though... I have read many guides and different guides say to turn off different stuff and enable other stuff. I used the guide on Toms and followed that through, matching the different options to my BIOS (using the BIOS, not the one in the OS of course). I can get up to 4.0 before it gives me bluescreens at 1.35v past 4.0. Then, I run Prime95 at 4.0 and its not stable, so I reboot and it starts power cycling. I clear CMOS and just left everything at stock speeds until I find out whats going on with my build heh.
Would my power supply be going bad? I've had it since 2008 but its prolly never been a load over 600w or so since I've used it since I wasn't running SLI.
Also, if you didn't notice, my H70 Radiator is kinda pressing agianst my 8pin power on the board. Its not a lot of pressure but maybe thats why its acting finicky? I don't know where else to put the Rad, since my top fans are 140mm not 120mm But the 8pin is connected and not loose.
Any ideas or does anyone have the Z68XP-UD4 and would like to share their BIOS settings?
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4
i5-2500k
2x4GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance RAM
Corsair H70 HSF
P190 Case
EVGA 560 Ti Video Card
Antec 1000W PSU
I since then took out my X-Fi Fatality card that was in the bottom PCI slot because it wouldn't POST with it.
I had a few hiccups with getting it to POST, via 2 shorts that wouldn't turn it on. I since then fixed them. Now I am having problems with overclocking. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. My last build I overclocked for my first time on my EVGA 680i and e6750 getting it to 3.8GHz before throttling back down to 3.4GHz where it was stable... with no problems. Sandy Bridge is kicking my butt though... I have read many guides and different guides say to turn off different stuff and enable other stuff. I used the guide on Toms and followed that through, matching the different options to my BIOS (using the BIOS, not the one in the OS of course). I can get up to 4.0 before it gives me bluescreens at 1.35v past 4.0. Then, I run Prime95 at 4.0 and its not stable, so I reboot and it starts power cycling. I clear CMOS and just left everything at stock speeds until I find out whats going on with my build heh.
Would my power supply be going bad? I've had it since 2008 but its prolly never been a load over 600w or so since I've used it since I wasn't running SLI.
Also, if you didn't notice, my H70 Radiator is kinda pressing agianst my 8pin power on the board. Its not a lot of pressure but maybe thats why its acting finicky? I don't know where else to put the Rad, since my top fans are 140mm not 120mm But the 8pin is connected and not loose.
Any ideas or does anyone have the Z68XP-UD4 and would like to share their BIOS settings?