TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[Fitseries3]

water is

set it and forget it

unless you change parts alot.

 

[Binge]

I usually disassemble my loop and clean everything once every 2 weeks because it's fun D: It's not like I have to... I could just let it go for months or even a year, but it's just too damn fun.

 

[DarkEgo]

I would go water, but too much work for me to keep it clean. I think I've blown a can of air once inside that case. Not to clean things out but to clean off what I thought was dust on the V2...it wasn't.

Air cooling, because water is just too much work.

I disagrees. I use straight distilled water and I only have to clean it out once every 6 months to a year. I have never actually had it up that long but because LCing setups are closed loops they don't need to be cleaned often.

 

[mastrdrver]

Yea but there is the setup and testing thing I just can't get into. I work as an auto tech all day so the easier my pc is to cool, the more I like. No testing seals, just throw it on and go.

See, 6 months, a year, distilled water. Too much work.

 

[SystemViper]

To be a jerk... eventually all the cooling is left up to the air. Heat's gotta go somewhere (geothermal loops are excluded from this statement...)

Damn that is so down to the nitty gritty, man i miss that sence of humor, hope you had a great summer.

@CP, jsut saw your Wprime scores, very sweet, hard work does pay off...

 

[Chicken Patty]

Damn that is so down to the nitty gritty, man i miss that sence of humor, hope you had a great summer.

@CP, jsut saw your Wprime scores, very sweet, hard work does pay off...

Thanks dude, i stopped upon first reboot, If I stop being lazy and try more they'll get better I need to tweak it too. I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[Thrackan]

Water is a lot of fun, but I couldn't be arsed to fit water in a mATX case... I think I did more than enough stuffing when I had a full loop inside my CM 590 mid tower...

Also, a smaller case simply needs some airflow because the other components will run a lot hotter in cramped space. Hence, back to air.

 

[t_ski]

Sweet~
It should stay pretty cool down there.

What kind of temps are you getting with your i7 currently (oc?)

Yes, it is the coolest place in the whole house. Ambient temps usually run about 20-21 C.

My 965 is running at stock right now :shadedshu but idling about 30 C.

 

[johnnyfiive]

Gotta post my mess of a setup. Look closely at the tech station... anyone notice....the stock heatsink

There is good reason though, the Noctua cooler will be going on the i5 setup once the motherboard arrives. Everything else is ready to goooooooooo.

 

[mastrdrver]

I know were in the middle of posting pics, but I would like to add something I just ran across while working on 205bclk. I was trying to get 8x ram and 16x uncore to work. vvt was 1.3875 and vdram was 1.68+. I ran memtest and was throwing errors on every single test as soon as it started. I was only running 9-9-9-24 1T which were the auto settings. If I upped the vdimm it didn't help. I was confused as I run the GSkills 7-7-7-24 1T at 200x8 without a problem and will pass memtest all day. In a desprit attempt I dropped the voltage to 1.68 and suddenly almost all the errors went away. I upped uncore to 18x, let memory multi and timings on auto (9CLt) and dropped the voltage to 1.64 and now it is just about to complete 1 pass without any errors.

So, watch the voltage you give the memory. It might be too much and cause memory errors.

 

[Asylum]

I know were in the middle of posting pics, but I would like to add something I just ran across while working on 205bclk. I was trying to get 8x ram and 16x uncore to work. vvt was 1.3875 and vdram was 1.68+. I ran memtest and was throwing errors on every single test as soon as it started. I was only running 9-9-9-24 1T which were the auto settings. If I upped the vdimm it didn't help. I was confused as I run the GSkills 7-7-7-24 1T at 200x8 without a problem and will pass memtest all day. In a desprit attempt I dropped the voltage to 1.68 and suddenly almost all the errors went away. I upped uncore to 18x, let memory multi and timings on auto (9CLt) and dropped the voltage to 1.64 and now it is just about to complete 1 pass without any errors.

So, watch the voltage you give the memory. It might be too much and cause memory errors.

I have noticed that myself... I was tring a 210bclk and couldnt get it stable so i raised my memory voltage to 1.7 (stock @ 1.65) but still no luck.
So i set it back to my 4.2ghz Intel burn test stable settings and loaded windows.
Started doing some gaming and it crashed out on me.
I was like OMG WTF now.
I had forgot to set my memory voltage back to 1.65.

 

[Fitseries3]

I know were in the middle of posting pics, but I would like to add something I just ran across while working on 205bclk. I was trying to get 8x ram and 16x uncore to work. vvt was 1.3875 and vdram was 1.68+. I ran memtest and was throwing errors on every single test as soon as it started. I was only running 9-9-9-24 1T which were the auto settings. If I upped the vdimm it didn't help. I was confused as I run the GSkills 7-7-7-24 1T at 200x8 without a problem and will pass memtest all day. In a desprit attempt I dropped the voltage to 1.68 and suddenly almost all the errors went away. I upped uncore to 18x, let memory multi and timings on auto (9CLt) and dropped the voltage to 1.64 and now it is just about to complete 1 pass without any errors.

So, watch the voltage you give the memory. It might be too much and cause memory errors.

nah.... you just figured out that some ram hates higher voltages.

 

[extrasalty]

Yes, it is the coolest place in the whole house. Ambient temps usually run about 20-21 C.

My 965 is running at stock right now :shadedshu but idling about 30 C.

Your 965 idles?

 

[Binge]

+1 Fits, not all ram operates that way. It's luck of the draw.

 

[mafia97]

my i7 920 is failing in intel burn test max sttings without any overclock
why is it happeninh?

 

[PaulieG]

my i7 920 is failing in intel burn test max sttings without any overclock
why is it happeninh?

It could be that your motherboard's default voltage is too low. Go into the bios, and check what the actual vcore it.

 

[mafia97]

its 1.12v is that a problem?

 

[Binge]

its 1.12v is that a problem?

If you change it to a higher voltage does that fix you issue? If increasing the voltage fixes your problem than... well yeah 1.12V would be a problem if increasing the voltage fixes the issue.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Mafia try what binge suggested and post back dude.

 

[Asylum]

Got a 3dmark06 run today @ 4.3Ghz with a single 285.
Waiting for my other 295 to get back from RMA so i can run those.

 

[mastrdrver]

nah.... you just figured out that some ram hates higher voltages.

I think the Pi (blue) that I have are D9s. If not I'm sure they are Microns just not sure which ones.

 

[Fitseries3]

gskill stopped using micron chips a while ago.

last gskills to have micron chips was the HZ's.

its most likely samsung hfc0 or hfc8... both hate voltage.

 

[mastrdrver]

These are them

I got them back in March when newegg had that shellshocker with the P6T6 board.

 

[Fitseries3]

yup... i had BL PIs.

samsung chipped.

 

[Chicken Patty]

yup... i had BL PIs.

samsung chipped.

me too, what a coincidence