TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

Chicken Patty · Apr 14, 2009

good looking baer, same case as me :toast:

, I have the black version though.

Baer · Apr 14, 2009

Thanks C P, I do like the look of the black case. I went with the Al case because of the weight, not easy to find in the USA. I like the size of the Tt Armor+.

Chicken Patty · Apr 14, 2009

Baer said:
Thanks C P, I do like the look of the black case. I went with the Al case because of the weight, not easy to find in the USA. I like the size of the Tt Armor+.

Yes, I just wanted a case badly, and they had this one locally and I picked it up. Love the case, not the greatest for an i7 because of the ridiculous water cooling setups that you need to cool one, but the case indeed is great. Did you see the link I posted a couple of posts back with some pics of mine?

kid41212003 · Apr 14, 2009

After switching gears, and taking it out just to look at it, my case stayed naked (both side and top are off) for months. I realized, I have no needs for a case... Maybe I will switch to a tech station later on... It looks alot more convenient for my taste.

PaulieG · Apr 14, 2009

kid41212003 said:
After switching gears, and taking it out just to look at it, my case stayed naked (both side and top are off) for months. I realized, I have no needs for a case... Maybe I will switch to a tech station later on... It looks alot more convenient for my taste.

That's what I did last month, and it was a great decision. So much easier to switch out components.

Baer · Apr 14, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
Yes, I just wanted a case badly, and they had this one locally and I picked it up. Love the case, not the greatest for an i7 because of the ridiculous water cooling setups that you need to cool one, but the case indeed is great. Did you see the link I posted a couple of posts back with some pics of mine?

I went back and looked. Lookin good and great photography :toast:

, it gives me confidence that I can also fit a neat looking liquid cool setup in this case when the time comes.

Jakethesnake011 · Apr 14, 2009

I myself have the same case as you too. I have the black one like Patty. I will have to take a pic to show you what it looks like so far. But I am going to wait until I get my thermalright hr-05 sli/ifx heatsinks for north and south bridges, and my ram cooler.

DanishDevil · Apr 14, 2009

I thought it was so lame that they made the black cases steel and the silver ones aluminum. I'm surprised that they're still pulling that BS.

trt740 · Apr 14, 2009

Binge said:
Do Not Get The Riie, Send It Back And Refrain From Urinating On The Motherboard

Binge you maybe be right but your experience was approx 10 bios ago. So we will see.

Chicken Patty · Apr 14, 2009

Baer said:
I went back and looked. Lookin good and great photography , it gives me confidence that I can also fit a neat looking liquid cool setup in this case when the time comes.

yeah case can fit multiple rads. You can put a single 120mm rad up top. One at the rear and a dual 120mm on the bottom or a triple of you remove the hard drive cage. However it can't fit my quad anywhere, i've already measure. If even thought about just laying it across on top of the components :roll:

Chicken Patty · Apr 14, 2009

why the hell have my temps dropped so much? I just cleaned the rad, removed my 90º fitting and shortened the tubing a bit since I relocated the pump. WTF

I used to get 75-70-74-69 most of the times

Baer · Apr 14, 2009

Hey DanishDevil, you are near me. I am in San Clemente. Did you get your BMW at Sterling? :toast:

(Sorry all, off topic I know. sorry, sorry) :respect:

But CP, is that not a good thing? Perhaps you removed some turbulent areas and got better flow?

Chicken Patty · Apr 14, 2009

Baer said:
Hey DanishDevil, you are near me. I am in San Clemente. Did you get your BMW at Sterling?
(Sorry all, off topic I know. sorry, sorry)

But CP, is that not a good thing? Perhaps you removed some turbulent areas and got better flow?

oh I know its a good thing :laugh:

Im just puzzled.

Tatty_Two · Apr 14, 2009

I am still trying to get to grips with the damn settings in this boards BIOS, I can get 4gig with HT on pretty low volts, about 1.30V and even on air she Primes pretty cool but for some reason I cannot go any higher, I know it must be a simple setting somewhere but it's really bugging me, I still have not got a clue about this QPI stuff and voltage and all these base clock doobreyfurkins :eek:

crazy pyro · Apr 14, 2009

What is a doobreyfurkin?

Tatty_Two · Apr 14, 2009

crazy pyro said:
What is a doobreyfurkin?

Lol, anything you want it to be but in this case it just means I aint got a clue!

Chicken Patty · Apr 14, 2009

tatty, what is your RAM divider at?

Tatty_Two · Apr 14, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
tatty, what is your RAM divider at?

8

Chicken Patty · Apr 14, 2009

Tatty_One said:
8

try 6, you'll remember me

. its been the cause of instability to just about anybody I have helped. I have the same issue 191x21 no issues with divider at 8. Anything over that, I need a divider of 6

trt740 · Apr 15, 2009

Tatty_One said:
8

read the guides in my signature, old friend

Chicken Patty · Apr 15, 2009

so did you try what I suggested tatty?

Tatty_Two · Apr 15, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
so did you try what I suggested tatty?

Am at work now, will try this evening thanks, one other thing, I cant seem to find any option to adjust QPI voltage in this BIOS, I assume therefore it's only an option on some boards.... or of course I am just a blind old git :laugh:

@ Tom, thanks, I will, I am one of those that never read the manual until I cant get it to work!

Jakethesnake011 · Apr 15, 2009

I also had the same problem with the memory divider. I had it at 8 and got no where. So now it is running at 6 and seems to be doing well. I can not get my base clock over 187 with a cpu mulitplier of 20 for some reason. But I can get my base clock all the way up to 212ish with a 19 multiplier. So far I am able to hit 4.0 with a 19 muliplier but when I try to run it at 20 it is a no go. I have tried upping the voltage to 1.45V but that seems high. Although can I go higher say 1.50V? I know that the QPI max is 1.5. Then what is the 1.375V max from intel, I think the VTT? I dont know I am confused since my BIOS uses:
Vcore voltage
QPI COltage
DRAM Voltage
DDRQ's ( I think that 6 to 7 settings tried into the RAM)
IOH Voltage
ICH Voltage

I do not have much control over the voltage it seems to me. Any input on what is what when comparing to Intel's spec sheet on the i7 or even what the max voltages are for these values. I want to make sure I am right. Also my Motherboard can not give me a current API reading, a design flaw per say. Now I am kind of guessing where the QPI voltage is. Now MSI said the default i7 920 QPI voltage is 1.12V, anyone confirm please? So if I add +.230V which would make 1.35V right? and that is the max recommended or can I go higher, since my DRAM is running at 1.63V? My Vcore was +.220V and it is stable at 3.9 so far, but to get to 4.0 and higher I need like 1.43ish and tha is using the 19 muliplier on the CPU

Binge · Apr 15, 2009

Tatty_One said:
Am at work now, will try this evening thanks, one other thing, I cant seem to find any option to adjust QPI voltage in this BIOS, I assume therefore it's only an option on some boards.... or of course I am just a blind old git

@ Tom, thanks, I will, I am one of those that never read the manual until I cant get it to work!

For your sake and jake's QPI voltage is labeled as CPU VTT in some bios.

Fitseries3 · Apr 15, 2009

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB // X12 Phanteks D30-120 D-RGB Fans
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MT/s CL30
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Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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Processor	i7 920 @ 3.64 Ghz (been up to 3.8)
Motherboard	Asus Rampage II Extreme
Cooling	Air, Zalman 9800
Memory	6 Gb Corsair Dominator GT
Video Card(s)	BFG GTX 285 OCE
Storage	2 V-Raptors in Raid 0 (Boot and Apps) , WD 1TB RE3 for data
Display(s)	2 Ea 24" Samsung 245T's
Case	Tt Armor+, Slightly Mod
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi
Power Supply	1 KW Corsair HX1000
Software	Win 7 RC 64, Various Apps

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB // X12 Phanteks D30-120 D-RGB Fans
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MT/s CL30
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Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
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Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
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Processor	i7 920 @ 3.64 Ghz (been up to 3.8)
Motherboard	Asus Rampage II Extreme
Cooling	Air, Zalman 9800
Memory	6 Gb Corsair Dominator GT
Video Card(s)	BFG GTX 285 OCE
Storage	2 V-Raptors in Raid 0 (Boot and Apps) , WD 1TB RE3 for data
Display(s)	2 Ea 24" Samsung 245T's
Case	Tt Armor+, Slightly Mod
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi
Power Supply	1 KW Corsair HX1000
Software	Win 7 RC 64, Various Apps

TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

Chicken Patty

Baer

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Chicken Patty

kid41212003

PaulieG

Baer

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Jakethesnake011

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DanishDevil

trt740

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Chicken Patty

Baer

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Tatty_Two

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crazy pyro

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Tatty_Two

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trt740

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Tatty_Two

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Jakethesnake011

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Binge

Overclocking Surrealism

Fitseries3

Eleet Hardware Junkie

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Processor	Intel Core i7 920 @4.2
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Cooling	[Lapped & Washer Modded] Thermalright Ultra-120 w/ 2 Ultra KAze 3000 RPM Fans
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 2000Mhz 8-9-8-21 1T
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 5870 Flashed with ASUS BIOS
Storage	Patroit Torqx 128gb SSD & 2-Samsung 1Tb 72k
Display(s)	ASUS VW266H 25.5" 1200p LCD
Case	Thermaltake Armor+ Full AtX
Audio Device(s)	EVGA onboard sound
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1200W ToughPower
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate Sig Edition
Benchmark Scores	Vantage 19492 3dmark06 23450 Super Pi: 9.906s for 1M

System Name	Big Devil
Processor	Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard	ECS P67H2-A2
Cooling	XSPC Rasa \| Black Ice GT Stealth 240 \| XSPC X2O 750 \| 2x ACF12PWM \| PrimoChill White 7/16"
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Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 780 ACX SC
Storage	Intel 520 Series 180GB + WD 1TB Blue
Display(s)	HP ZR30W 30" 2650x1600 IPS
Case	Corsair 600T SE
Audio Device(s)	Xonar Essence STX \| Sennheisser PC350 "Hero" Modded \| Corsair SP2500
Power Supply	ABS SL 1050W (Enermax Revolution Rebadge)
Software	Windows 8.1 x64 Pro w/ Media Center
Benchmark Scores	Ducky Year of the Snake w/ Cherry MX Browns & Year of the Tiger PBT Keycaps \| Razer Deathadder Black

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Processor	Intel I5
Motherboard	Apple
Memory	40gb of DDR 4 2700
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon 500
Storage	Fusion Drive 1 TB
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Cooling	DeepCool LS520SE Liquid + 3 Phanteks 140mm case fans
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Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC + 8% PL
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Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal
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Power Supply	Seasonic CORE GM650w Gold Semi modular
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Case	Coolermaster Elite 330
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