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- Apr 24, 2012
Hello all,
Currently I’m running a custom build watercooled PC with the following hardware inside it:
Intel i7 [email protected], Watercooled
EVGA X58 Classified 3, Watercooled
3x2GB Corsair Dominator GT 1866Mhz@9-9-9-24
OCZ Revodrive 3 X2 240GB
Creative Titanium HD
2xHD6970 in Crossfire@1020/1400
Enermax Revo85+ 1250Watt
The water first runs trough the 2 GPU’s, then cools the X58 and then the CPU, before going into a big XSPC 360 Rad, followed by a big XSPC 240 Rad, and then the reservoir and pump.
I’ve pushed the PC as hard as I could and been running it at those speeds for quite a while now, but it keeps itching to push even further so I wanna learn/know where I could gain more performance, if possible
It’s running on these settings right now:
And the advice is seek is the following:
1. How much would I gain if I could push my NB towards ~4000Mhz? Alot or won’t it make a huge difference? Also, in order to clock the NB higher, which setting(s) do I need to tweak, because as soon as I go beyond 1,5x Memory clocks it won’t boot atm. Or is it wiser to have a slow NB and fast memory.
2. PCI-E is running at 102Mhz, would I gain something by going another 1~2Mhz faster or is that waisted time/effort?
3. How much would I gain by having memory with higher speeds and/or lower latencies? For example, +2100Mhz @8-8-8-20 orso.
4. How much would I gain if I would increase my BClock any further? Right now the limit seems to be around 166Mhz, but I’m guessing that’s the the chip going beyond 4.75GHz without enough volts. So maybe higher BClock, but same speed on the CPU(Around 4.7Ghz)
5. Is it a good idea to lower my multi towards 28 or lower and start pushing my BClock more, while also pushing the QPI/NB higher, with the memory staying around 950Mhz? Would I gain alot there?
6. It seems that in order ot push the chip beyond 4.7Ghz I need alot of extra volts. Can that be true, or is that because I’m doing something wrong elsewhere and the extra volts are needed to make up for that?
Some questions are a bit basic, I realize that, but I’m really keen on finding out where I possible could gain a bit more of performance(if possible) or if there have been area’s where I’ve been lacking/underperforming in terms of pushing things towards the max.
Thanks in advance for helping me out
Currently I’m running a custom build watercooled PC with the following hardware inside it:
Intel i7 [email protected], Watercooled
EVGA X58 Classified 3, Watercooled
3x2GB Corsair Dominator GT 1866Mhz@9-9-9-24
OCZ Revodrive 3 X2 240GB
Creative Titanium HD
2xHD6970 in Crossfire@1020/1400
Enermax Revo85+ 1250Watt
The water first runs trough the 2 GPU’s, then cools the X58 and then the CPU, before going into a big XSPC 360 Rad, followed by a big XSPC 240 Rad, and then the reservoir and pump.
I’ve pushed the PC as hard as I could and been running it at those speeds for quite a while now, but it keeps itching to push even further so I wanna learn/know where I could gain more performance, if possible
It’s running on these settings right now:
And the advice is seek is the following:
1. How much would I gain if I could push my NB towards ~4000Mhz? Alot or won’t it make a huge difference? Also, in order to clock the NB higher, which setting(s) do I need to tweak, because as soon as I go beyond 1,5x Memory clocks it won’t boot atm. Or is it wiser to have a slow NB and fast memory.
2. PCI-E is running at 102Mhz, would I gain something by going another 1~2Mhz faster or is that waisted time/effort?
3. How much would I gain by having memory with higher speeds and/or lower latencies? For example, +2100Mhz @8-8-8-20 orso.
4. How much would I gain if I would increase my BClock any further? Right now the limit seems to be around 166Mhz, but I’m guessing that’s the the chip going beyond 4.75GHz without enough volts. So maybe higher BClock, but same speed on the CPU(Around 4.7Ghz)
5. Is it a good idea to lower my multi towards 28 or lower and start pushing my BClock more, while also pushing the QPI/NB higher, with the memory staying around 950Mhz? Would I gain alot there?
6. It seems that in order ot push the chip beyond 4.7Ghz I need alot of extra volts. Can that be true, or is that because I’m doing something wrong elsewhere and the extra volts are needed to make up for that?
Some questions are a bit basic, I realize that, but I’m really keen on finding out where I possible could gain a bit more of performance(if possible) or if there have been area’s where I’ve been lacking/underperforming in terms of pushing things towards the max.
Thanks in advance for helping me out
