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adventuringguy8

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Hey, first off, great site, I have been learning a lot from the posts I have been reading and it finally gave me the courage to start overclocking.

My current set-up is:
Intel i7-930
Gigabyte GA-x58A-UD3R
Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3
Diamond ATI Radeon HD5870 PCIE 1024 MB GDDR5 Video Card 5870PE51G
Antec Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case
Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850-Watt TX Series 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache
Western Digital 750 GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache

I haven't invested in any significant cooling besides the 5 fans that came with the computer which is why I do not want an aggressive overclock, but I was hoping to stay around the 3.8 or 3.6 OC area. With this current set up at a 3.8 mhz, the comp generally idles at 59 55 57 55 degrees Celsius. I haven't really benched the computer on these settings yet, but I wanted to know what you guys thought. Much appreciated!


Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [19 ]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ................. [Disable]
CPU Cores Enabled .......................... [All]
CPU Multi Threading ..........................[Enable]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................. [Disable]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ................... [Disable]
CPU Thermal Monitor ........................ [Enable]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disable]
Virtualization Technology ................. [Disable]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT .................... [Enable]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36] 7.2GHz
Uncore Frequency ..........................[x16] 3200MHz
Isonchronous Frequency ...............[Enable]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .................. [Enable]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .........................[200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ............. [100]
C.I.A.2........................................... ....... [-]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................ [900]
CPU Clock Skew ............................ [0]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0]

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance .......................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disable]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [ 8]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [Quick]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ..................[8]
tRCD ......................................[8]
tRP ........................................[8]
tRAS ......................................[24]
CR..........................................[2]
B2B........................................[-]


Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration .................... [Level 1]
CPU Vcore ......................................[1.275]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.295]
CPU PLL 1.800v ..............................[1.80]
PCIE 1.500v ...................................[Normal]
QPI PLL 1.100v ..............................[Normal]
IOH Core 1.100v ............................[Normal]
ICH I/O 1.500v ...............................[Normal]
ICH Core 1.1v ................................[Normal]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.64]
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v ........[AUTO]
 
You can't really tell if your system will be stable by looking at the settings, you need to run some tests. A favorite amoung most overclockers is Prime95, depending on the test run you can test specific areas like cpu only or memory or everything together. It will really torture your system and periodically perform a check to see if the cpu is still calculating everything properly. This is also a good way to check to see if your cooling solution is sufficient because it will generate a lot of heat.
 
+1. Seeing your settings wont be able to tell you if its stable. Though I can say I dont see anything horribly high or low so....

Time to test!!
 
if it were me, and no more than you are wanting to oc. I would turn the powersaving features back on. the mid high 50's for idle seem pretty high to me, and when you get under any load at all they will only go up, I know that the chips are tjmax rated for 100'. and the powersaving features should put you back in the 40's any way. I would look to invest in some kind of aftermarket cooling too. you can find the coolermaster hyper212+ at microcenter for 20 american dollars and they are a pretty good cooler, that will do miracles for your temps. with that cooler you should be in the low 40's at 4.0-4.2 oc with the powersaving features off.
 
Dejo, thanks for the advice, what setting do I change to turn power saving back on? I'm still super new to this, but I am taking a look at the coolers over at newegg so I can hopefully to get something shipped out to me soon.
 
Hey, first off, great site, I have been learning a lot from the posts I have been reading and it finally gave me the courage to start overclocking.

My current set-up is:
Intel i7-930
Gigabyte GA-x58A-UD3R
Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3
Diamond ATI Radeon HD5870 PCIE 1024 MB GDDR5 Video Card 5870PE51G
Antec Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case
Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850-Watt TX Series 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache
Western Digital 750 GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache

I haven't invested in any significant cooling besides the 5 fans that came with the computer which is why I do not want an aggressive overclock, but I was hoping to stay around the 3.8 or 3.6 OC area. With this current set up at a 3.8 mhz, the comp generally idles at 59 55 57 55 degrees Celsius. I haven't really benched the computer on these settings yet, but I wanted to know what you guys thought. Much appreciated!


Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [19 ]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ................. [Disable]
CPU Cores Enabled .......................... [All]
CPU Multi Threading ..........................[Enable]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................. [Disable]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ................... [Disable]
CPU Thermal Monitor ........................ [Enable]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disable]
Virtualization Technology ................. [Disable]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT .................... [Enable]

you should be able to re-enable the turbo function. the powersavings are the cpu enhanced halt, c3/c6/c7 can set to auto, and the cpu eist fuction. what those will do is to let the processor drop to a lower multi when not needed-when they are needed it will ramp back up to your set speed on the fly. and the temps savings will be wonderous.
 
Ok, I've installed the Dark Knight cooler. I used the arctic 5 compound and finished the install yesterday. It has been running for about a day and I have noticed the temps have dropped to about 48-44-46-44 at idle while at a 3.8 OC. Load temps are about 82-81-77-76 while running prime 95. Other people who bought this cooler were reporting temps around mid 30s, so I'm wondering if I am doing anything wrong. I attached some photos incase you guys have some helpful advice. Thanks!

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looks to me like speedstep is still disabled and that will make a big difference in your idle temps
 
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