Fitseries3
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i want to document what im finding so maybe it will help someone.
1. (on asus boards)QPI/DRAM voltage drives the bclk(voltage wise).
when you up the bclk you need to up the QPI/DRAM to "drive" the bclk for stability.
2. vcore is important but is much like woldale chips, low voltage is better. 4ghz can be attained at 1.38v easily once you find the rest of the settings in the right order.
3. Vdram is important 2nd to the QPI/DRAM voltage. i have found that Vdram needs to be set as close as .5v higher than QPI/DRAM at all times for stability. if you follow this rule finding stablilty is pretty easy.
4. auto setting is your best friend. if you dont know what to set something at, auto is your friend. trust me, it works. the board has its own brain and knows(almost) what it needs.
5. manually setting ram timings makes finding stability a PITA. dont do this until you know how everything else correlates.
6. good and i mean great ram is highly recommended. my gskill el cheapo's work fine but for OCing like i do they suck ass. i sent them back and ordered some gskill blk PI's 1600mhz with D9GTR chips. they are FAR better than the Elpida chips on the cheapo gskills(red tri channel kits).
7. 775 coolers suck ass for i7 chips. i seriously think someone needs to start from scratch and design a cooler made to dissipate 260+ watts of heat. i know it would be pretty big but thats what needs to be done. notice how the TRUE is the only cooler successfully cooling the i7's right now. it is very good and can dissipate a TON of heat very quickly. im sure many will argue but my question to you is... have you tried your cooler on an i7 yet? if you cant say yes then i dont want to hear from you telling me how great it is. test, measure, document and then prove me wrong if your that sure about it.
1. (on asus boards)QPI/DRAM voltage drives the bclk(voltage wise).
when you up the bclk you need to up the QPI/DRAM to "drive" the bclk for stability.
2. vcore is important but is much like woldale chips, low voltage is better. 4ghz can be attained at 1.38v easily once you find the rest of the settings in the right order.
3. Vdram is important 2nd to the QPI/DRAM voltage. i have found that Vdram needs to be set as close as .5v higher than QPI/DRAM at all times for stability. if you follow this rule finding stablilty is pretty easy.
4. auto setting is your best friend. if you dont know what to set something at, auto is your friend. trust me, it works. the board has its own brain and knows(almost) what it needs.
5. manually setting ram timings makes finding stability a PITA. dont do this until you know how everything else correlates.
6. good and i mean great ram is highly recommended. my gskill el cheapo's work fine but for OCing like i do they suck ass. i sent them back and ordered some gskill blk PI's 1600mhz with D9GTR chips. they are FAR better than the Elpida chips on the cheapo gskills(red tri channel kits).
7. 775 coolers suck ass for i7 chips. i seriously think someone needs to start from scratch and design a cooler made to dissipate 260+ watts of heat. i know it would be pretty big but thats what needs to be done. notice how the TRUE is the only cooler successfully cooling the i7's right now. it is very good and can dissipate a TON of heat very quickly. im sure many will argue but my question to you is... have you tried your cooler on an i7 yet? if you cant say yes then i dont want to hear from you telling me how great it is. test, measure, document and then prove me wrong if your that sure about it.
He's got it EASY
