Well Mudkip. Glad to have you here but you have a LOT of research ahead of you. I know, you asked your question, but there is a problem all of us with i7 have faced. The problem is that each and every single chip behaves a little differently than the others. For now that is the case, but maybe in a revision or two it'll be more standardized.
One thing that is standard with all i7 processors is how the processor works. Vocabulary is key here:
BCLK- Base Clock, the very heart of your CPU. It is the
product of your
BCLK and
multiplier that creates your core clock. A stock i7 920 will be at 133 BCLK x20 or x21. My standard
4.2GHz clock is a
BCLK of 200 with a
multiplier of x21.
DRAM- Your memory's speed. The
DRAM speed is a product of your
BCLK and the
DRAM multiplier. Ram multipliers are fixed to x6 x8 x10 x12 etc by a factor of 2.
UnCore- The uncore is double your DRAM speed or higher. Always.
QPI- Quick Path Interface. A setting best left on AUTO or 3.6GHz unless you have an i7 965.
Now that you have an idea what can be tweaked to change the speed of your i7 you're left loose into the wild. You have to do the rest. There is about 50 pages of this thread that are all discussion about overclocking, and you would do yourself a service to skim through it until you saw something that matches up with the items I mentioned above. Voltages are a matter also entirely up to discovery. Since every i7 is different the voltages required to achieve a goal vary from chip to chip. These differences are not drastic, but are different enough that with my exact settings you could end up not even POSTing.
Places you should look for information:
- Motherboard Instruction Manual
- Manufacturer's Forums
- Threads in Overclocking forums dedicated to your specific motherboard.
- This thread's previous posts. Lots of potential gold.
If you have any more specific questions please do not hesitate to ask
Oh, and there are people who can get 3.7 on stock voltage with the i7 920.
