I7 930 and ASUS P6X58D - First time OC'er

[Davor7]

First of, my rig -

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core
ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58
G.SKILL Trident+ Turbulence II 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
GIGABYTE GV-N480D5-15I-B GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1000MA1S 1000W
LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk SATA
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

I have the ASUS TurboV OC tool but still not sure how to use it. I am not a total notice on setting the BIOS for certain things (DRAM timings, etc.) but when it comes to OCing Intel, not sure. So, being its my first time on this and I don't want to go exteme, just a bump to 3.2Ghz. Maybe 3.5Ghz but just 3.2Ghz will be great. This is the cooling I have for the CPU right now -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-

SO, would some nice person guide me on how to just bump it to 3.2Ghz or 3.5Ghz please? I already have my DRAM set to the factory settings (DDR3-1600) and works very nice.

 

[redduc900]

With a jump from 2.8-3.2GHz being only a 400MHz overclock, you can get away with not having to change any voltages. Change Ai Overclock Tuner to Manual, CPU Ratio Setting to 21, BCLK Frequency to 152, and DRAM Frequency to DDR3-1520MHz. Leave all of the DRAM timings on Auto. Or you can select DOCP Profile from the Ai Overclock Tuner options, then select DDR3-1600MHz from the DRAM OC Profile options. This will set the BCLK to 160 (160 x 21 = 3.36GHz), and the DRAM Frequency to DDR3-1600MHz (10x DRAM multiplier).

 

[Davor7]

With a jump from 2.8-3.2GHz being only a 400MHz overclock, you can get away with not having to change any voltages. Change Ai Overclock Tuner to Manual, CPU Ratio Setting to 21, BCLK Frequency to 152, and DRAM Frequency to DDR3-1520MHz. Leave all of the DRAM timings on Auto. Or you can select DOCP Profile from the Ai Overclock Tuner options, then select DDR3-1600MHz from the DRAM OC Profile options. This will set the BCLK to 160 (160 x 21 = 3.36GHz), and the DRAM Frequency to DDR3-1600MHz (10x DRAM multiplier).

Ah very nice. Ok I will have to try that on when I get a chance. Thank you for the response and lets see what happens. I am trying to learn about this. Don't have the extra money to experiment like I would want.

 

[Davor7]

Ok, did the manual changes and got it up to 3.1 but no real noticeable change. The DOCP one scares me a bit. The only choices I have for the DRAM OC profiles are DDR3-1806 or DDR3-2000. Didn't want to try it because that seemed a bit higher plus it showed it wouldn't change the CPU speed. Don't know why that one has only those 2 choices.

So I guess I will not see much change in actually speed unless I go 3.5Ghz or higher, right? Can I hit those with the heat-sink I linked on the first post?

EDIT: Also, I used Arctic Ceramic, not Arctic Silver 5. Are both really good and not much difference in heat transfer?

 

[redduc900]

Yes, that HSF will work fine for a moderate overclock. Give these settings a try for 3.36GHz, DRAM frequency at DDR3-1600 (10x DRAM multiplier), HT enabled, and the 4 primary RAM timings at 7-8-7-24 (all sub-timings on Auto) and 1.65V...

Ai Overclock Tuner.....................[Manual]
CPU Ratio Setting......................[21.0]
Intel(r) SpeedStep(tm) Tech............[Disabled]
Xtreme Phase Full Power Mode...........[Enabled]
BCLK Frequency.........................[160]
PCIE Frequency.........................[100]
DRAM Frequency.........................[DDR3-1603MHz]
UCLK Frequency.........................[3208MHz]
QPI Link Data Rate.....................[Auto]

CPU Voltage Control....................[Manual]
CPU Voltage............................[1.11875]
CPU PLL Voltage........................[1.80]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage..................[1.20625]
IOH Voltage............................[1.14]
IOH PCIE Voltage.......................[1.50]
ICH Voltage............................[1.20]
ICH PCIE Voltage.......................[1.50]
DRAM Bus Voltage.......................[1.65]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA...........[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA...........[Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB...........[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB...........[Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC...........[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC...........[Auto]

Load-Line Calibration..................[Enabled]
CPU Differential Amplitude.............[800mV]
CPU Clock Skew.........................[Delay 300ps]
CPU Spread Spectrum....................[Disabled]
IOH Clock Skew.........................[Auto]
PCIE Spread Spectrum...................[Disabled]

C1E Support............................[Disabled]
Hardware Prefetcher....................[Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch...........[Enabled]
Intel(r) Virtualization Tech...........[Disabled]
CPU TM Function........................[Enabled]
Execute Disable Bit....................[Enabled]
Intel(r) HT Technology.................[Enabled]
Active Processor Cores.................[All]
A20M...................................[Disabled]
Intel(r) SpeedStep(tm) Tech............[Disabled]
Intel(r) C-STATE Tech..................[Disabled]

 

[Tyreally]

Food for thought -- I'm new to Oc'ing as well, but I found that my i7-930 could do some great things. You don't need to under estimate it for safety reasons (i.e. only 3.2 overclock). I have no clue about your heatsink, but with my noctua (not the top of line) I easily get stable 3.8 - 70c. I can do 4.2, but my temps get too high for folding (or for my liking) - 80c.

You can see my 3.8 settings at the bottom of this thread:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=652776

 

[Davor7]

Yes, that HSF will work fine for a moderate overclock. Give these settings a try for 3.36GHz, DRAM frequency at DDR3-1600 (10x DRAM multiplier), HT enabled, and the 4 primary RAM timings at 7-8-7-24 (all sub-timings on Auto) and 1.65V...

Ai Overclock Tuner.....................[Manual]
CPU Ratio Setting......................[21.0]
Intel(r) SpeedStep(tm) Tech............[Disabled]
Xtreme Phase Full Power Mode...........[Enabled]
BCLK Frequency.........................[160]
PCIE Frequency.........................[100]
DRAM Frequency.........................[DDR3-1603MHz]
UCLK Frequency.........................[3208MHz]
QPI Link Data Rate.....................[Auto]

CPU Voltage Control....................[Manual]
CPU Voltage............................[1.11875]
CPU PLL Voltage........................[1.80]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage..................[1.20625]
IOH Voltage............................[1.14]
IOH PCIE Voltage.......................[1.50]
ICH Voltage............................[1.20]
ICH PCIE Voltage.......................[1.50]
DRAM Bus Voltage.......................[1.65]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA...........[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA...........[Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB...........[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB...........[Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC...........[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC...........[Auto]

Load-Line Calibration..................[Enabled]
CPU Differential Amplitude.............[800mV]
CPU Clock Skew.........................[Delay 300ps]
CPU Spread Spectrum....................[Disabled]
IOH Clock Skew.........................[Auto]
PCIE Spread Spectrum...................[Disabled]

C1E Support............................[Disabled]
Hardware Prefetcher....................[Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch...........[Enabled]
Intel(r) Virtualization Tech...........[Disabled]
CPU TM Function........................[Enabled]
Execute Disable Bit....................[Enabled]
Intel(r) HT Technology.................[Enabled]
Active Processor Cores.................[All]
A20M...................................[Disabled]
Intel(r) SpeedStep(tm) Tech............[Disabled]
Intel(r) C-STATE Tech..................[Disabled]

Ok, I would love to know how you can print those! lol
I am at 3.21Ghz now. DRAM at 1533 and CPU Ratio at 153, the rest on Auto. I tried one that had the CPU Volt at 1.8125 (bumped 3 times) and QPI/DRAM at 1.22500 (bumped 3 times) and still was getting BSoD without the temps getting close to 60C. SO I don't know what is going on. I feel like such a newbie at this! I was thinking I should be able to hit 3.6Ghz but after reading the posts/guides, I am confused if I should or shouldn't have to mess with the voltages or if it will be over my head and should stick with just 3.2Ghz.

UPDATE: I used your settings and so far, temps are not bad (about 63-65C with 100% CPU load using OCCT for just about one hour) and no BSoD at 3.361Ghz.