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- Sep 12, 2010
Greetings all, I am new here and am new to overclocking. I have done a lot of research, watched videos, but now am in need of real people help. Here is what I am working with:
Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel core 2 quad q9300 2.5Ghz
nForce 790i Ultra
XFX Nvidea 9800 GTX 512mb sli X2
Mushkin Enhanced DDR3 2g X2
Koolance liquid cooling for CPU and GPUs.
Temp at all times even during testing does not rise above 45c according to koolance gauges.
What I was able to do is increase my FSB (unlinked) from 1333 to 1400 with Auto settings on voltages. This has given me:
1400/4 X 7.5 = 2.63 Ghz
Vcore = 1.3 (auto)
Memory was set to 1066
7
7
7
20
1T
Voltage= 1.5 (auto)
Here is my issue. I have tried the slow and steady way of increasing FSB after taking Vcore and memory off auto and making manual minor adjustments. I know the auto settings over calculate but it seems no matter what, even if i change the settings to 1.3v manual, my system becomes unstable. I can increase FSB by about 10 to 20 but my system begins to become unstable. I am a bit lost as to what to do now because I am fairly certain I can to at least 3.5 GHz but I cannot achieve anything higher. I was able to slowly get it up to about 2.8 ghz but the entire time I was able to get to desktop but none of my drivers worked for my gfx cards and things were buggy. I would need to get my paper from home to give you these settings. Thank you for taking time to help this noobsauce. =D
Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel core 2 quad q9300 2.5Ghz
nForce 790i Ultra
XFX Nvidea 9800 GTX 512mb sli X2
Mushkin Enhanced DDR3 2g X2
Koolance liquid cooling for CPU and GPUs.
Temp at all times even during testing does not rise above 45c according to koolance gauges.
What I was able to do is increase my FSB (unlinked) from 1333 to 1400 with Auto settings on voltages. This has given me:
1400/4 X 7.5 = 2.63 Ghz
Vcore = 1.3 (auto)
Memory was set to 1066
7
7
7
20
1T
Voltage= 1.5 (auto)
Here is my issue. I have tried the slow and steady way of increasing FSB after taking Vcore and memory off auto and making manual minor adjustments. I know the auto settings over calculate but it seems no matter what, even if i change the settings to 1.3v manual, my system becomes unstable. I can increase FSB by about 10 to 20 but my system begins to become unstable. I am a bit lost as to what to do now because I am fairly certain I can to at least 3.5 GHz but I cannot achieve anything higher. I was able to slowly get it up to about 2.8 ghz but the entire time I was able to get to desktop but none of my drivers worked for my gfx cards and things were buggy. I would need to get my paper from home to give you these settings. Thank you for taking time to help this noobsauce. =D
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