TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

The Haunted · Apr 10, 2009

Look very neat and nice motherboard choice :toast:

You may want to update the bios to the latest official Bios (304)
http://www.lejabeach.com/Biostar/TPX58/
Great place for troubleshooting:
http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=49

Chicken Patty · Apr 10, 2009

t_ski said:
Just waiting for the brain (and one arm to start working)

looks very very nice indeed :toast:

Binge · Apr 10, 2009

t_ski said:
Just waiting for the brain (and one arm to start working)

So I guess it fell through with us? :confused:

Anyway... guys I'm going to a funeral tomorrow, but I am leaving for the service today. :toast:

mlee49 · Apr 10, 2009

Brand Spankin new i7

So my parts came in yesterday and I eagerly put together my new rig.
Currently running:

Evga board
1600 Corsair Dominators(I know I'm a fanboy)
i7 920
XFX 4830
2x 320GB AAKS's Raid 0

After much reading and throughly looking in my bios(and updating to latest version) I was able to do this on my first try:

3.7 on 1.36V isn't too bad. I'll probably try to back down the volts to cool the chip somewhat. After all it is running the stock heatsink until I get my watercooling setup rolling(just need a pump and tubing). I benched it last night at stock and was sub 10s in Wprime I'll be benching more after better cooling comes in.

Also I was extremely impressed with how fast it installed Vista! It took 10 minutes to install! No BS! It took nearly 3-4x longer with my last setup! :twitch:

I love this chip!

Fitseries3 · Apr 10, 2009

i need more of you guys to start crunching for team TPU. contact me if you need more info.

the i7's can crunch phenomenally well.

mlee49 · Apr 10, 2009

Fitseries3 said:
i need more of you guys to start crunching for team TPU. contact me if you need more info.

the i7's can crunch phenomenally well.

I'll crunch for one month solid if you change your avvy from a Texas Longhorn to a KU Jayhawk! Deal?

PaulieG · Apr 10, 2009

mlee49 said:
I'll crunch for one month solid if you change your avvy from a Texas Longhorn to a KU Jayhawk! Deal?

I'd say you'd have to crunch for at least 3 months for that.

Fitseries3 said:
i need more of you guys to start crunching for team TPU. contact me if you need more info.

the i7's can crunch phenomenally well.

Anyone interested can just click on the link in my sig. As easy as that.

mlee49 · Apr 10, 2009

I'm guessing longer than that, theres no way a real Texan fan would ever cross over to a Jayhawk. Either way I can't run my cpu at load for an extended period since I'm on a stock cooler atm.

trt740 · Apr 10, 2009

My new chip is a dud but look at how cool it runs at high voltage on air

it takes 1.425v to run 3.9ghz but man look at theses temps. My old chip would have been a bunch hotter

Fitseries3 · Apr 10, 2009

instead of priming why dont you do something helpfull and save a life?

help us crunch http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=85784

PaulieG · Apr 10, 2009

Fitseries3 said:
instead of priming why dont you do something helpfull and save a life?

help us crunch http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=85784

You'll help save lives AND stability test. Best of both worlds.

Fitseries3 · Apr 10, 2009

oh and TRT.....

weather is same here.... dont you love it?

i cant wait for the hotness to come back

trt740 · Apr 10, 2009

Fitseries3 said:
instead of priming why dont you do something helpfull and save a life?

help us crunch http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=85784

Hey Fits, I'm willing to bet I have done more than anyone on this forum to save lives with the exception of possibly Tatty but I understand what you mean.

I will start crunching when I find a decent chip.

N4cot1c · Apr 11, 2009

Just got my chip today off Craigslist. Brand new! Batch 3842A Running on stock cooler for now though.

Should my QPI link be that low though? I never messed with anything in the BIOS besides my memory.

Chicken Patty · Apr 11, 2009

N4cot1c said:
Just got my chip today off Craigslist. Brand new! Batch 3842A Running on stock cooler for now though.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb87/Mudkipz4life/cpu.png
Should my QPI link be that low though? I never messed with anything in the BIOS besides my memory.

congrats on the new CPU, yes that is correct. QPI is 18x locked. So that times the BCLK, equals 2394 MHz of QPI. Right on the ball

Chicken Patty · Apr 11, 2009

question

My i7 rig had a leak since last night. now its down. I tore apart the loop. now my question is, is it better to run which of the below configurations

1 - Res > Pump > Rad > CPU > RES

or

2 - Pump > Res > CPU > Rad > Pump

gottistar · Apr 11, 2009

i have
GA x58 extreme
i920 intel
1200psu
3870x2
6 gigs dominator ram
32 ssd HD
Watercooled

ive done alot of reading on OC,ing the i920 so far , im getting familar with the bios now, but still have a few probs on stable reboots..
i can OC no worries, but mostly the PC takes a few goes before it can properly boot up, the fans start to spin the die off , this happens a few times then it starts... can anyone shed some light or tell us on some stable voltages in your bios....

and another question, im still using the original bios, Will updating the bios make any difference in rebooting stability or is it purely a "voltage" thing?? , because i red in the manual ,basically it said "if it aint broke dont fix it" mayby not in those exact words, but u get the idea.

UPDATE: i have updated to the lastest bios, still with no solution !

thanks any input would be helpful .

PS:: i can get to desktop most times, but when i go to reboot that when im hit with the "rebooting" failure.

PaulieG · Apr 11, 2009

gottistar said:
i have
GA x58 extreme
i920 intel
1200psu
3870x2
6 gigs dominator ram
32 ssd HD
Watercooled

ive done alot of reading on OC,ing the i920 so far , im getting familar with the bios now, but still have a few probs on stable reboots..
i can OC no worries, but mostly the PC takes a few goes before it can properly boot up, the fans start to spin the die off , this happens a few times then it starts... can anyone shed some light or tell us on some stable voltages in your bios....

and another question, im still using the original bios, Will updating the bios make any difference in rebooting stability or is it purely a "voltage" thing?? , because i red in the manual ,basically it said "if it aint broke dont fix it" mayby not in those exact words, but u get the idea.

UPDATE: i have updated to the lastest bios, still with no solution !

thanks any input would be helpful .

PS:: i can get to desktop most times, but when i go to reboot that when im hit with the "rebooting" failure.

You need to be more specific. What OC are you trying to get stable? What voltages are you using for CPU/DRAM/QPI?

gottistar · Apr 11, 2009

Paulieg said:
You need to be more specific. What OC are you trying to get stable? What voltages are you using for CPU/DRAM/QPI?

im basically going for CPU overclock, anything close to solid 3.8 to 4.0

im leaving the ram stock..
these are my voltages i have when im tryn to OC
cpu 1.35
dram 1.600
qpi 1.160

im even having trouble rebooting with normal "default bios" settings , ive updated the bios to the "f6" version from memory, correct me if im wrong..

Chicken Patty · Apr 11, 2009

gottistar said:
im basically going for CPU overclock, anything close to solid 3.8 to 4.0

im leaving the ram stock..

cpu 1.35
dram 1.600
qpi 1.160

you are probably going to need a bit more vcore to do 3.8-4.0 ghz stable.

Dram, try 1.65v. your QPI has to be within .5 of your ram. so if you do 1.65v for RAM, I suggest doing 1.2-1.25v QPI. Or higher if needed.

Tatty_Two · Apr 11, 2009

This is the first boot of the new chip, just thought I would have a quick kamikaze, Hyperthredding on, havent got a clue what I am doing, kept the memory timings loose so it aint a factor, suppose I should see how low voltage I can get her now, have not checked stability yet, chips only been in 10 minutes.

Edit: The 2nd screenie is me playing around looking for low volts, everything here is on auto with no exceptions, 1.040V for 3.5gig!

gottistar · Apr 11, 2009

Tatty_One said:
This is the first boot of the new chip, just thought I would have a quick kamikaze, Hyperthredding on, havent got a clue what I am doing, kept the memory timings loose so it aint a factor, suppose I should see how low voltage I can get her now, have not checked stability yet, chips only been in 10 minutes.

Edit: The 2nd screenie is me playing around looking for low volts, everything here is on auto with no exceptions, 1.040V for 3.5gig!

Are u going up in small increments? or are doing big steps at a time?

Tatty_Two · Apr 11, 2009

gottistar said:
Are u going up in small increments? or are doing big steps at a time?

Biiiigggggggggggg, although small is the right way to do it, I am just impatient, I have a print of the BIOS settings another guy had set for 4gig on the same motherboard so I just copied them so I cheated...... now's the difficult time to find max on lowest volts/settings and tweak plus check for stability.

kid41212003 · Apr 11, 2009

gottistar said:
im basically going for CPU overclock, anything close to solid 3.8 to 4.0

im leaving the ram stock..
these are my voltages i have when im tryn to OC
cpu 1.35
dram 1.600
qpi 1.160

im even having trouble rebooting with normal "default bios" settings , ive updated the bios to the "f6" version from memory, correct me if im wrong..

I'm running f6h version.

First thing to do is,
Disable all energy saving features.
Load default optimized setting => Lock Uncore at x16, reduce your memory speed to 2:6 ratio, increase your baseclock from 133->150, booted into Windows? Try 10MHz more, keep going until it refuses to boot.

After it refused to boot:
Enable LLC.
Up your QPI/DDR voltage, and your vcore step by step up to 1.45v

Try to figure out the voltages needed for your cpu, every cpu requires different voltages.

All settings that I did not mention, you should leave them AUTO.

From my experiences, It's easier to get your cpu stable at 190x21 than 200x20
And, 190x20 should requires less voltage than 180x21

If you're running anything under 3.8GHz, don't use Turbo Mode.

t_ski · Apr 11, 2009

Binge said:
So I guess it fell through with us?

Anyway... guys I'm going to a funeral tomorrow, but I am leaving for the service today.

Nothing is done yet. I had bought a chip and sent the guy money, but he messed up the chip (or something :mad:

) and refunded my payment. However, he didn't have the money to cover it in his pp account, so it's pending back to me while the money transfers from his back account. :mad:

Sorry to hear about your loss. Hope it was a nice service :toast:

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TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

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