- Joined
- Jan 12, 2005
- Location
- Cardiff, UK
Hi all,
Been a very long time since I last logged on here as I have been out of the scene for a pretty long time now, but im back!
Just built a moderate mini-ITX gaming rig which includes:
Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition 3.2ghz @ 4.2ghz (1.25v)
MSI Z97I AC mini-ITX Motherboard
16GB DDR3 1600 Corsair XMS (2x8GB) @ 1600
Seagate 2TB HDD
Sapphire NITRO R9-380 4GB GDDR5 OC @ 1000/1500mem
EVGA 600W PSU
Cooler Master Elite 130 MINI-ITX Case
Im having trouble stabilising any clock speed higher than 4.2ghz under load (even with increased voltages) which seems to be due to excessive heat causing instability, im not very happy with the idle and load temperatures with the stock cooler as they are pretty high especially since its crammed in the mini-ITX case.
Current settings:
Clock ratio - 42
Ring Ratio - 38 (tried matching this to clock ratio however does not seem stable)
Core Voltage - 1.250
Ring Voltage - 1.200
Any ideas/links (UK) of aftermarket coolers that will fit inside my built without problems? Never built a mini-ITX rig before, only ATX and MidATX, so not sure what I am restricted to with this build...
Im hoping to hit 4.5-4.6ghz...
Look forwad to hearing from you guys.
Thanks
Ed
Been a very long time since I last logged on here as I have been out of the scene for a pretty long time now, but im back!
Just built a moderate mini-ITX gaming rig which includes:
Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition 3.2ghz @ 4.2ghz (1.25v)
MSI Z97I AC mini-ITX Motherboard
16GB DDR3 1600 Corsair XMS (2x8GB) @ 1600
Seagate 2TB HDD
Sapphire NITRO R9-380 4GB GDDR5 OC @ 1000/1500mem
EVGA 600W PSU
Cooler Master Elite 130 MINI-ITX Case
Im having trouble stabilising any clock speed higher than 4.2ghz under load (even with increased voltages) which seems to be due to excessive heat causing instability, im not very happy with the idle and load temperatures with the stock cooler as they are pretty high especially since its crammed in the mini-ITX case.
Current settings:
Clock ratio - 42
Ring Ratio - 38 (tried matching this to clock ratio however does not seem stable)
Core Voltage - 1.250
Ring Voltage - 1.200
Any ideas/links (UK) of aftermarket coolers that will fit inside my built without problems? Never built a mini-ITX rig before, only ATX and MidATX, so not sure what I am restricted to with this build...
Im hoping to hit 4.5-4.6ghz...
Look forwad to hearing from you guys.
Thanks
Ed