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[chrisjames61]

I am hardly an overclocking expert and am learning a lot here. I would like any input and advice on these screenshots.

 

[RGone]

Looks okay from here and if you like it is even better.
RGone...

 

[chrisjames61]

Looks okay from here and if you like it is even better.
RGone...

RGone, any suggestions on getting a higher cpu frequency? Or would you need to see bios screenshots?

 

[Mr.Scott]

Better cooling, more vcore will get you a better overclock. It's pretty much that simple.
Couldn't get that 6th core going eh.
4 cores will increase the OC and lessen the heat.

 

[chrisjames61]

Better cooling, more vcore will get you a better overclock. It's pretty much that simple.
Couldn't get that 6th core going eh.
4 cores will increase the OC and lessen the heat.

I couldn't boot with the sixth core no matter what I did.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

I couldn't boot with the sixth core no matter what I did.

That's pretty normal. Mine wouldn't post the 4th core. Had to use 0,1,2,3 and 5th cores, otherwise it would just hang at the splash screen.

 

[chrisjames61]

That's pretty normal. Mine wouldn't post the 4th core. Had to use 0,1,2,3 and 5th cores, otherwise it would just hang at the splash screen.

Same with me. I was too dumb to write down which core was bad so when I moved it from an Asus board to the Gigabyte I had to identify and eliminate the bad core again.

 

[trents]

Chris, my only suggestion would be to work on getting the CPU/NB frequency into the 2400-2600 range to improve memory performance. To do that you would need to bump the voltage to that component up to around 1.25-1.25 probably. Try getting the HT Link as close to the CPU/NB frequency as you can or at least not too much slower. Those CPUs don't like too much separation between the HT Link and the CPU/NB.

 

[chrisjames61]

Thank you very much trents. I will give it a whirl today.

 

[chrisjames61]

Better cooling, more vcore will get you a better overclock. It's pretty much that simple.
Couldn't get that 6th core going eh.
4 cores will increase the OC and lessen the heat.

I need warp speed Mr. Scott! lol!

 

[Mr.Scott]

Aye. I can give you warp speed, but she'll not take it for long without better cooling for the Dylithium crystals.

 

[chrisjames61]

Aye. I can give you warp speed, but she'll not take it for long without better cooling for the Dylithium crystals.

Old James Doohan. Brings back memories from a simpler time for me..............

 

[Khan]

What kind of cooler do you have on that thing anyway? I have mine sitting at 3.84 but I run 1.43v on it which equates to 1.5v when LLC kicks in, I could run it higher but trying to keep that cpu socket temp below 60.

 

[chrisjames61]

What kind of cooler do you have on that thing anyway? I have mine sitting at 3.84 but I run 1.43v on it which equates to 1.5v when LLC kicks in, I could run it higher but trying to keep that cpu socket temp below 60.

Just a Hyper 212 Evo.