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Compn00b101

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well, with your guys help. I ending up building the rig in the sig.

I got it to 4.1 stable. I'm pretty happy with that but I would like to get the Ram back up to 800. (Its at 760).

Voltage is at 1.4. should I increase that? I dont want to fry it. But its running pretty cool at around 40c under full load. cpu-nb is at 1.150. Fsb is at 228. muiltiplier is x18.

If I increase the FSB, one of the core's will stop after about 10mins in prime95.

Like I said, just looking to get the FSB up a lil more so Ram is at 800. any help would be sweet.


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I wouldn't be too concerned w/ the current DRAM frequency, since it's only ~40MHz (1600-1520=80; 80MHz effective/2 = 40MHz) lower than what the modules are rated at. Instead concentrate on your overclock, something along the lines of 259MHz HTT x 16 = 4.15GHz at ~1.425V Vcore, vNB at ~1.15V, NB=3106MHz; ~1.36875V CPU/NB, and HT at 2071MHz. Stay under 1.475V on the Vcore and 1.40V on the CPU/NB.
 
You have a black edition cpu. Why are you overclocking with the FSB?
 
I tried to OC it right after I put it together but coulden't get the muiltiplier past 18 with out random reboots and freezes. i tried to really bump up the Vcore up but didnt help, so I left it at 3.6Ghz. and lowered the Vcore to 1.375

I recently got a Video Card that vents outside the case and a 200mm fan for exaust. So decided to try again. Except this time I lowerd the ram to 1333 and used the FSB. Getting a stable 4.1Ghz.

Should I try the other way?
 
when i get some time, maybe tonight...I'll try those numbers redduc900. thank you
 
I tried to OC it right after I put it together but coulden't get the muiltiplier past 18 with out random reboots and freezes. i tried to really bump up the Vcore up but didnt help, so I left it at 3.6Ghz. and lowered the Vcore to 1.375

That may be because along with the CPU muliplier and voltage increases you need some NB (or "CPUNB") frequency and voltage increase and some HT Link frequency increase (but no voltage increase).

I recently got a Video Card that vents outside the case and a 200mm fan for exaust. So decided to try again. Except this time I lowerd the ram to 1333 and used the FSB. Getting a stable 4.1Ghz.

Should I try the other way?
 
ok, got it stable at 4.2 using the muiliplier x21 (thanks Trents!)

Voltage is at 1.4125
nb muiltiplier is at 10x 2000mhz
nb voltage is 1.750
Ram back to (800)
temp is around 45c under full load

It looks like it will do more if I keep uping the Vcore...

what do you think? should I keep going higher?
 
Are you testing for stability after making changes in the bios? Use prime 95 and run it for atleast a hour to see of the settings are stable as it easy getting a high clock but getting a stable high clock is a whole different ball game.
 
Are you testing for stability after making changes in the bios? Use prime 95 and run it for atleast a hour to see of the settings are stable as it easy getting a high clock but getting a stable high clock is a whole different ball game.

I do run Prime95 for an hour or so. Then run 3dmark11. Then I run prime95 before i go to bed.

I might try for 4.5GHz. I'll keep ya posted
 
ok, got it stable at 4.2 using the muiliplier x21 (thanks Trents!)

Voltage is at 1.4125
nb muiltiplier is at 10x 2000mhz
nb voltage is 1.750
Ram back to (800)
temp is around 45c under full load

It looks like it will do more if I keep uping the Vcore...

what do you think? should I keep going higher?

"Say it ain't so, Joe." (Line from an old movie). I find it hard to believe you have the CPUNB set to 1.75v. That's toast range. Are you sure you meant to type that? Or, are you confusing the CPUNB with the chiset NB?
 
"Say it ain't so, Joe." (Line from an old movie). I find it hard to believe you have the CPUNB set to 1.75v. That's toast range. Are you sure you meant to type that? Or, are you confusing the CPUNB with the chiset NB?

typo sorry. 1.175 is the correct voltage.
 
If you'll give the NB about 1.25 you should be able to get that component to about 2600 mhz which will improve your memory performance.

ok. I bumbed up the nb voltage up to 1.20 and it seems to be running the nb muiliplier (13x 2600) fine. Is their anyway to check? other then prime95 and 3dmark11?

My HT BUS speed is still at 2000Mhz. Would i get a performance increase by raising that some?

Thx Trents
 
There is no performance advantage to increasing the ht link speed above the stock 2000 but it may help with stability. Make sure you run the prime95 blend test for at least two hours to confirm stability.
 
There is no performance advantage to increasing the ht link speed above the stock 2000 but it may help with stability. Make sure you run the prime95 blend test for at least two hours to confirm stability.

The last core stoped working about the 2 hour mark. Should I raise the ht link speed? to 2200mhz?

I put the NB-cpu voltage to 1.25 and still no dice. Worker stoped in Prime95.

temp in CUPID Hardware Monitor got to 59c for CPUTIN
 
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