SOLVED Overclocking Estimate

Hi,

I signed up here, because I decided to start overclocking for fun. I just built this system out of parts I bought used on ebay:

Gigabyte GA-EX58Extreme
8 GB Corsair 1600 CL9 9-9-9-24
Core i7 930 (4x2.8)
Coolermaster V8 CPU Fan
Sapphire 5970 Toxic for 3x24" Eyefinity
Thermaltake Element G
Dual Caviar Blacks 1 TB that I wish to run in Raid 0
Corsair HX1000W PSU

I'd like to know how much I should be able to OC this without permanently damaging the hardware. I was hoping for at least 4 Ghz CPU, 1 Ghz GPU and 8-8-8-24 latencies on my RAM. Is that realistic?

Thanks in advance.

A 4.0GHz clock from a i7-930 is realistic and fairly straight forward, but tightening the RAM timings from 9-9-9 to 8-8-8 w/ 8GB installed is probably too much to ask.

redduc900 said:

A 4.0GHz clock from a i7-930 is realistic and fairly straight forward, but tightening the RAM timings from 9-9-9 to 8-8-8 w/ 8GB installed is probably too much to ask.

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Thanks for the quick reply.

How much of a difference do the 1-1-1 reductions make? Where do you feel the difference?

If that isn't possible how much would I realistically be able to do with my RAM? Or should I just leave these alone?

4Ghz fairly straight forward? How much more is doable w/o considerable voltage adjustment?

Tightening RAM timings isn't as much about "feeling the difference", but more about trying to achieve the highest possible bandwidth combined w/ the lowest latencies (clock cycles) primarily for benchmarking.

PeterPwned said:

How much would I realistically be able to do with my RAM? Or should I just leave these alone?

4Ghz fairly straight forward? How much more is doable w/o considerable voltage adjustment?

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Both questions are impossible to answer, as there are too many variables involved. And whether or not you want to experiment w/ RAM timings, DRAM frequencies, etc. is entirely up to you.

redduc900 said:

Tightening RAM timings isn't as much about "feeling the difference", but more about trying to achieve the highest possible bandwidth combined w/ the lowest latencies (clock cycles) primarily for benchmarking.

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Oh so it won't have much of an effect on actual gaming/working?

Btw can I use my old 9800gtx+ or my 8800 gtx ko acs3 for physx with the radeon? I also have a bfg tech ageia card lying around. Any point in installing these?

PeterPwned said:

Oh so it won't have much of an effect on actual gaming/working?

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The timings differences are measured in nanoseconds, so chances are you wouldn't notice the change from 9-9-9 to 8-8-8.