Overclocking Intel Core i7 870

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I am trying to overclock my Core i7 870 to somewhere near 3.75 - 4.0 GHz
I am using the Corsair H80 Liquid Cooler.
I have tried overclocking it, however, Windows 7 does not want to boot at these clocks.
Have the latest drivers for everything.
Any advice?
(The max clock that Windows will boot was around 3.65 GHz, I tried a little higher, but Windows won't boot)

System Specs:

Motherboard: Gigabyte P55A-UD3
RAM: 12 GB DDR3 Corsair XMS 3
Cooling: Corsair H80 Liquid Cooler
CPU: Core i7 870 @3.9 GHz
HDD: Seagate 7200 RPM 2TB
SSD: A-Data S596 64GB (Microcenter Rebrand)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6870
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W

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tiao101207 wrote :

I am trying to overclock my Core i7 870 to somewhere near 3.75 - 4.0 GHz

It is possible that your CPU won't run at that speed. You should start slower and work your way up. I don't know how this CPU compares to the i5-750 but I built 3 of them, 2 of which would run at 3.9 but the 3rd one would only run at 3.8. I would recommend that you start yours at 3.4 or 3.5, if it boots then test it for awhile, then move up by 0.05 or 0.1GHz and try again.

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Alright, will try that tomorrow. Thanks for the tip!

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