TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

Chicken Patty · May 3, 2009

good job n3cot1c :toast:

How you liking it so far with the water setup?

t_ski · May 3, 2009

Binge said:
T-Ski have you tried to do x21 with a lower BCLK? What were the results of that approach?

Testing that now. I actually had a stable OCCT run at 3.8 GHz, but for some reason I forgot about it (and forgot to write down the settings :banghead:

).

N4cot1c said:
My worst fear.I found a small bit of water under one of the pci slots. What should I do now? It's a very very small amount.

An easy way to clean it up (if you ever have it again) is to poor some rubbing alcohol on it and blow it out with a can of spray duster (or an air compressor if you have one). Repeat a few times until you don't see any more water.

t_ski · May 3, 2009

Fitseries3 said:
940 is a POS.

wont do over 200bclk.

Maybe that's why it was free? :nutkick:

Fitseries3 · May 3, 2009

nah.... i borrowed it. not many ppl have friends like me now do they?
its ok...

i stumbled upon a large check today...

Jakethesnake011 · May 3, 2009

Hey looking for some more help. MSI says my motherboard is okay and there is nothing wrong with it. I will be getting it back in a few days. Now my question is, how easy is it to kill one of these i7s? I never went past 1.43 core voltage and I always ran my Dram and qpi within .5v MSI is telling me my hardware is the problem... I am so very pissed with them. I was told by MSI that my CPU INI. Cpu initiate failure was due to my motherboard, since I at the time was trying to change my IOH and ICH heatsink and I think I shorted either one out when trying to change the heatsink.

Binge · May 3, 2009

It's "hard" to kill any chip except the bad ones. You see what I mean Jake?

Jakethesnake011 · May 3, 2009

Yes something could of happened when I was changing my heatsink. I dont think it is the chip, I had read in a PC maganize that the Core i7 worked after being shocked with jumper cables. A website did an Core i7 O.C guide and they had the pic of the CPU being shocked with jumper cables, well that CPU worked after that... WOW. I will wait and see when I get my motherboard back and see what I get, since I did get new RAM and I did RMA my 4870 x2 also so both RAM and VGA will be brand new.

t_ski · May 3, 2009

4.01GHz stable at 1.39v, 21 x 191

Binge · May 3, 2009

Jakethesnake011 said:
Yes something could of happened when I was changing my heatsink. I dont think it is the chip, I had read in a PC maganize that the Core i7 worked after being shocked with jumper cables. A website did an Core i7 O.C guide and they had the pic of the CPU being shocked with jumper cables, well that CPU worked after that... WOW. I will wait and see when I get my motherboard back and see what I get, since I did get new RAM and I did RMA my 4870 x2 also so both RAM and VGA will be brand new.

That's a bogus claim. There's no way in hell a i7 hooked up to a car battery can survive since I've seen people kill them with less

t_ski said:
4.01GHz stable at 1.39v, 21 x 191

That's why that C0 is good. It's the easy x21 multi. Very little extra voltage required.

t_ski · May 3, 2009

Tried to bump it down one notch (.02v in the BIOS) and it wouldn't boot. Had to bump it back up two notches to get it to boot again. On a side note, overclocking the CPU from stock to 4.01 GHz only gave me a boost of 1700 points in 3DMV. WTF?

I got the 1366 bracket and backplate for my EK Supreme. I need to swap out the cases and the waterblock parts to do it though.

Binge · May 3, 2009

3DMV has always been a GPU intensive test. If your GPU score outweighs your CPU score by a good margin and your CPU score is over 24K then you won't see that much of a change from the CPU score.

t_ski · May 3, 2009

nTune isn't stable on this setup for some reason. Every time I try to run it I get a blue screen.

N4cot1c · May 3, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
good job n3cot1c

How you liking it so far with the water setup?

Thanks mang. I'm loving it. Keeps everything cool and looks cool too!

Still working on trying to find a 24/7 stable OC before I start benching and stuffs.

Thrackan · May 3, 2009

Fitseries3 said:
940 is a POS.

wont do over 200bclk.

Sounds like my 920

mudkip · May 3, 2009

Thrackan said:
Sounds like my 920

Are you going to buy a D0? Mine comes next week if everything goes well.

Thrackan · May 3, 2009

mudkip said:
Are you going to buy a D0? Mine comes next week if everything goes well.

Thinking about it, though I want to unravel the full mysteries of my current chip before that.

Chicken Patty · May 3, 2009

N4cot1c said:
Thanks mang. I'm loving it. Keeps everything cool and looks cool too!

Still working on trying to find a 24/7 stable OC before I start benching and stuffs.

COOL, yeah man when I made the switch to water on my i7, it made a world of a difference. Got any pics of the rig yet? We gotta see what it looks like

.

What you at now as far as stable overclock and post your settings if you can.

N4cot1c · May 3, 2009

I have to buy a memory stick for my camera. The one I had got corrupted. As soon as I get one i'll post pics.

t_ski · May 3, 2009

Did you try formatting the stick from the camera?

N4cot1c · May 4, 2009

Yeah. Nothing I tried works. I'l, get one at wallys world for like 15$. No biggie.

I drained my loop becuase I realized I had the inlet and outlet mixed up and I found a more efficient way to mount my radiator and reduce to amount of tubing.

Fitseries3 · May 4, 2009

im loosing the patience for these shitty problems....

wtf is up with this shit?

Binge · May 4, 2009

That score resembles a card that can perform a little under the scope of a GTX280. Honestly I'm sorry to see something like that. Maybe one of your GPU has died?

Fitseries3 · May 4, 2009

swapped cards and got this....

Binge · May 4, 2009

That's wacky. Reinstall vantage?

Fitseries3 · May 4, 2009

did that and vista too. and drivers.

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
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO
Storage	Samsung Pro 980 2TB NVMe (OS and Games) // WD Black 10TB HDD (Storage)
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 34-Inch Ultrawide 75Hz (Desk Games) // SAMSUNG 49-Inch Ultrawide 144Hz (Sim Racing Rig)
Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	My i7 Build
Processor	Intel Core i7 920 @4.2
Motherboard	EVGA CLassified E760
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	Molly
Processor	i5 3570K
Motherboard	Z77 ASRock
Cooling	CooliT Eco
Memory	2x4GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 680
Case	Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced
Power Supply	Corsair HX-1000

System Name	IDK
Processor	Core i7 920
Motherboard	Gigabyte X58 UD5
Cooling	HeatKiller LC, XSPC 360 (3 88CFM Yates), Laing 3.2 w/ DD Top, Enzotech Fittings
Memory	G-Skill Pi 1600mhz 8-8-8-21
Video Card(s)	Nvidia BFG 7950 GT (For now)
Storage	250GB Hitatchi Desktar
Display(s)	Dell 2407WFP (S-PVA)
Case	X-Clio 1000 Super Tower (ROOMY!)
Audio Device(s)	Integrated Realtek Supreme
Power Supply	Aerocool Horsepower 1020 Watt Modular
Software	Windows 7 Build 7100
Benchmark Scores	I'm working on it =/

System Name	Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii
Processor	Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz)
Memory	8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Video Card(s)	Geforce GT650M
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Software	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)

System Name	Silent allround
Processor	i5 750 @ 3,0Ghz 1.04v / 3.4Ghz 1.11v/ 3,6Ghz 1.15v
Motherboard	Gigabyte P55-USB3
Cooling	Thermalright IFX-14 + Scythe Slip Stream 140mm @ 600RPM
Memory	2 x 4GB Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 @ 2000 MHz 9-10-10-27 T1
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X @ 940/1270
Storage	Intel Postville 80GB SSD & Western Digital Green 2TB
Display(s)	Dell Ultrasharp U2412M
Case	Bitfenix Merc Alpha
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D2 with Unified Drivers
Power Supply	Nexus NX-5000 R3 530W
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Benchmark Scores	Super pi 1M : 8,549s @ 4,7Ghz (Core i7 920)

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