TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[mudkip]

still cannot get 4.0ghz stable , this board has a bunch of tweaks but just not enough and the phase power is only 5+1. I can hit 4.0ghz and am stable at Prime blend and OCCT but not small ftt. The best I can do is 19x205, my hottest core hits 80c and the lowest 75c, frustrating I can taste 4.0ghz, but still hell of a value for 219.00

Maby it is because of your noctua

 

[trt740]

Maby it is because of your noctua

Your most likely right on water it would do 4.0ghz no problem but it would take 1.425v or so Just too much voltage needed for this air cooler.

 

[mudkip]

Your most likely right on water it would do 4.0ghz no problem but it would take 1.425v or so ( mudkip three posts member since Dec 2008, alter ego? but still true) Just too much voltage needed for this air cooler.

lol I was just kidding...

I couldn't get my i7 stable @ 4ghz... Then i just raised the voltage and ended with 1.43v

I started for the 4Ghz quest this morning...

First try: 1.45v on the core and QPI/VTT auto ,motherboard does what? 1.53v LOL
Then I tried lowering the v.core and the QPI/VTT voltage ,result : not stable..

Now I'm on 1.43v. core and QPI/VTT 1.53v , because of the auto setting. I'm going to adjust the QPI/VTT manually soon.

 

[trt740]

lol I was just kidding...

I couldn't get my i7 stable @ 4ghz... Then i just raised the voltage and ended with 1.43v

I started for the 4Ghz quest this morning...

First try: 1.45v on the core and QPI/VTT auto ,motherboard does what? 1.53v LOL
Then I tried lowering the v.core and the QPI/VTT voltage ,result : not stable..

Now I'm on 1.43v. core and QPI/VTT 1.53v , because of the auto setting. I'm going to adjust the QPI/VTT manually soon.

okay then good luck to ya

 

[kid41212003]

Running 1 hour AUTO of OCCP, medium data set (default) at 200x20 = 4GHz

Half way through the test, will report back if it passed, hopefully.

 

[trt740]

Running 1 hour AUTO of OCCP, medium data set (default) at 200x20 = 4GHz

Half way through the test, will report back if it passed, hopefully.

mine passes that test as well but fails prime small fft, try that

 

[kid41212003]

I'll do that after 30 mins (assume it passed OCCT).

 

[Chicken Patty]

I'll do that after 30 mins (assume it passed OCCT).

i've never ran any stess test on this setup. Been Crunching at 4GHz for over 2 months now, not one BSOD, not one restart.

 

[trt740]

i've never ran any stess test on this setup. Been Crunching at 4GHz for over 2 months now, not one BSOD, not one restart.

Mine would run fine 24/7 at 4.0ghz , because nothing uses 100 percent of the cores all the time , but it's not truly considered stable until at least 3 hours of prime small ftt and then blend. That doesn't mean that for everyday use it wouldn't be stable. Sometimes we go a bit over the top with stability testing.

 

[kid41212003]

Benching is a different story though, I think I saw most of us could bench at 4.2GHz (3dmark)

But I yet to find any setting that stable under prime or OCCT over 3.9GHz

 

[trt740]

Benching is a different story though, I think I saw most of us could bench at 4.2GHz (3dmark)

But I yet to find any setting that stable under prime or OCCT over 3.9GHz

read the guides I posted in my signature, your board is alot better than mine and should do over 4.0ghz no problem. Also read this thread and post on it it will help you.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=209013&highlight=gigabyte+extreme+x58

 

[Chicken Patty]

Mine would run fine 24/7 at 4.0ghz , because nothing uses 100 percent of the cores all the time , but it's not truly considered stable until at least 3 hours of prime small ftt and then blend. That doesn't mean that for everyday use it wouldn't be stable. Sometimes we go a bit over the top with stability testing.

I don't get what is the difference from a stress test stable system, to my system? Is mine unstable?

 

[Chicken Patty]

You won't know until you run prime95 fft, which puts 100 percent load on all 4 core 100 percent of the time for at least 3 hours.

i've crunched for 86 hours, and you are telling me this is not stable? Crunching puts out more heat even than prime, weird but it does. About a full 3-4º more.

I dont know, i used to be those that had an anal over not passing prime. I had lots of fun trying to pass prime when I did. Figured that while you restart 20 times because it fails and put the load you are putting on your rig, I can crunch away for the last 86 hours without having any stability issues. To each their own. I could care less about stress tests anymore.

 

[trt740]

Mine would run fine 24/7 at 4.0ghz , because nothing uses 100 percent of the cores all the time , but it's not truly considered stable until at least 3 hours of prime small ftt and then blend. That doesn't mean that for everyday use it wouldn't be stable. Sometimes we go a bit over the top with stability testing.

i've crunched for 86 hours, and you are telling me this is not stable? Crunching puts out more heat even than prime, weird but it does. About a full 3-4º more.

I dont know, i used to be those that had an anal over not passing prime. I had lots of fun trying to pass prime when I did. Figured that while you restart 20 times because it fails and put the load you are putting on your rig, I can crunch away for the last 86 hours without having any stability issues. To each their own. I could care less about stress tests anymore.

Nope not telling you anything just posting what most overclocker consider stable, if your happy I'm happy. I was just answering your question. Also you missed part of my post when I said we go overboard with testing stability some times.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Nope not telling you anything just posting what most overclocker consider stable, if your happy I'm happy. I was just answering your question. Also you missed part of my post when I said we go overboard with testing stability some times.

Well, you shouldn't go by what most people say, if it does not crash for me, while crunching, gaming, browsing, benchmarking, etc its stable. for a computer to be unstable it has to crash, mine hasnt. THe day it does, I just simply tweak it, just as anybody would if they fail a stress test.

I did see that part of your post and I was not referring to going overboard with stability, I was referring to stress tests in general. Pointless IMO.

 

[Fitseries3]

just start using the damn thing and move on. occt, p95, etc, are pointless in this thread. use the computer already.

have fun, play games, bench the fucker but damn... no one is interested in stress testing anymore. the past 6 pages are nothing but stress testing talk. geez

im not attacking you either.... its just getting boring having to check back every few mins to find more of the same old stress testing talk. post something different.

and remember my rule...


PICS ARE REQUIRED!!!

 

[trt740]

Well, you shouldn't go by what most people say, if it does not crash for me, while crunching, gaming, browsing, benchmarking, etc its stable. for a computer to be unstable it has to crash, mine hasnt. THe day it does, I just simply tweak it, just as anybody would if they fail a stress test.

I did see that part of your post and I was not referring to going overboard with stability, I was referring to stress tests in general. Pointless IMO.

Hey if it works for you then go with it and what I quoted you isn't what most people say, it's what every site including this one says is the method to finding a stable oced clock on a cpu, prime95, occt, intel burn in and several other testes are use. I'm not sure why your so bent out of shape you asked a question and I gave you the answer that 99.9 percent of over clockers would give you. There has to be a standard for everything and that is the general benchmark that is set. I didn't set it up that way but that's how it was explained to me. You asked a question and I answered it.

 

[kid41212003]

I just don't feel satisfy until it's stable under prime, lol.

I could run it just fine at 4.2GHz (passed all kind of benchmarks and games, except prime95).

It just like you're eating a hot and nice bowl of soup, and suddenly, you saw a bug in it.

I guess everyone has their own standard about stability, and since I couldn't pass prime, I couldn't tell myself it's 100% stable...

 

[SystemViper]

yea, i think it's a personal thing, i have never run any real stress tests, I never saw the need, i am more like CP,
if it's running good i am happy, if it starts failing then tune it and move on.

but i have done mem test to rule out the memory as issues. plus fdefrag.

But i couldn't see putting my computer thru a torture test for many hours, my preference is to jump into a game and start blasting people,
if it's running fine and my temps are cool, then so am i

 

[trt740]

I just don't feel satisfy until it's stable under prime, lol.

I could run it just fine at 4.2GHz (passed all kind of benchmarks and games, except prime95).

It just like you're eating a hot and nice bowl of soup, and suddenly, you saw a bug in it.

I guess everyone has their own standard about stability, and since I couldn't pass prime, I couldn't tell myself it's 100% stable...

did you read that thread and post on it to see if you can get some settings.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=209013&highlight=gigabyte+extreme+x58

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hey if it works for you then go with it and what I quoted you isn't what most people say, it's what every site including this one says is the method to finding a stable oced clock on a cpu, prime95, occt, intel burn in and several other testes are use. I'm not sure why your so bent out of shape you asked a question and I gave you the answer that 99.9 percent of over clockers would give you. There has to be a standard for everything and that is the general benchmark that is set. I didn't set it up that way but that's how it was explained to me. You asked a question and I answered it.

I'm not so bent out of shape, and it just pisses me off that people ask me if I pass prime, and when I say I havent ran it they just jump and say its not considered stable. I could care less what people think, but they just get so anal about it. What makes a computer unstable? Crashing, BSOD's etc.

If your computer doesn't come across it why is it considered "unstable" It might crash two months from now, but what if you wouldn't have stopped your stress test at 12 hours, it might fail at 20 hours. You get my point.

The solution is build a computer strictly for stress testing. First one to fail is not stable. Its just ridiculous how far stress testing has gotten up peoples ass.

Oh and TRT im not targeting this to you bro, I appreciate you answering, im speaking in general my opinion. Please nobody take this as a personal attack.

 

[Fitseries3]

did you read that thread and post on it to see if you can get some settings.

why does someone else need to tell you some settings?

you cant figure it out?

 

[kid41212003]

did you read that thread and post on it to see if you can get some settings.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=209013&highlight=gigabyte+extreme+x58

Already did, just not all.

I didn't see any of them in the last 15 pages of that link using the baseclock of 200 and 20x multi (included screenshot of stress testing).

Mostly are, <200 and 2x multi

I'm searching for solutions that do not need turbo mode to cross 4GHz barrier.

 

[trt740]

why does someone else need to tell you some settings?

you cant figure it out?

they don't need to but it's what called being helpful and sharing your success with other, generally most people like to help other and it can save a bit of frustration. I personnally remember helping certain people flash there maximus to rampages and helping them overclock there Qx9650's but hey thats just me. The other side of the coin is not helping and then letting someone suffer through to see if they can do it on their own, and if they can't well then you can feel like your better than they are or more successful. However, if they can struggle through on their own there might be a bit of satisfaction on their part I suppose.

 

[kid41212003]

I think read is enough.

Beside, I'm too lazy to create an account there.