Intel Core i5 & i7 Sandy Bridge Overclocking and Feedback

[brandonwh64]

I just did another ITB and used the newest realtemp that shows wattage usage and it shows im only using 84W until the 3rd pass and then it drops to 72W??? This cannot be right?

 

[cadaveca]

Wattage readings by software might be inaccurate. But yeah, that indicates that it is throttling, to me. Try updating BIOS if there is a newer one.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Does that board have the latest BIOS already? I know it's a different platform but my buddy bought a ASROCK 990FX Extreme 3 and the BIOS it came with was horrible, glitchy, wrong readings. He didn't have a thorrtling issue but just the BIOS was crap. Since then he has flashed to the latest one and although I still think it could be better, I will say it is WAYYYYY better. So perhaps that's something you may try.

I will say, 4.5 GHz stable does sometimes take some vcore. I just ended up leaving mine at 4.4 GHz. 4.5 GHz was stable for me when running my RAM at 1600 MHz, but now that I have it at 1866 MHz, I just backed it down to 4.4 GHz.

 

[Angryfuture]

Have you triend increaseing "Long Duration Maintained" time?

People had the same issue at OCF on the Msi Z68 boards, so did hard ocp until a later bios update.

 

[PaulieG]

I just did another ITB and used the newest realtemp that shows wattage usage and it shows im only using 84W until the 3rd pass and then it drops to 72W??? This cannot be right?

Wattage readings by software might be inaccurate. But yeah, that indicates that it is throttling, to me. Try updating BIOS if there is a newer one.

I think Dave is right here. It is indicative of throttling. Definately update the bios, but first make sure to set bios to optimal defaults.

 

[Chicken Patty]

cadaveca's name is Dave too?

 

[N-Gen]

cadaveca's name is Dave too?

It's in his user name

 

[cadaveca]

Yes.

ca_dave_ca

ca= Canada

dave= well, dave

ca = Canada

As I've said before, both my name and general global location are part of my UID.

BTW, "Dave" is the second most common name in the world, next to Mohammed.

 

[brandonwh64]

I have messed with every single thing in this bios and it still throttles down on the third pass (ALWAYS THIRD PASS).

I may start looking for another board in the mean time.

*Edit* while typing this message the damn thing decided to freeze after a full run on ITB passed? Thankfully firefox kept my message in the box when I rebooted.

This board is so spotty when it comes to stability! It will seem fine while testing (beside the throttle) then freeze while browsing the web or looking through files.

Have you triend increaseing "Long Duration Maintained" time?

People had the same issue at OCF on the Msi Z68 boards, so did hard ocp until a later bios update.

This is something I have yet to try, What is a good setting, its now on 1 sec

Does that board have the latest BIOS already? I know it's a different platform but my buddy bought a ASROCK 990FX Extreme 3 and the BIOS it came with was horrible, glitchy, wrong readings. He didn't have a thorrtling issue but just the BIOS was crap. Since then he has flashed to the latest one and although I still think it could be better, I will say it is WAYYYYY better. So perhaps that's something you may try.

I will say, 4.5 GHz stable does sometimes take some vcore. I just ended up leaving mine at 4.4 GHz. 4.5 GHz was stable for me when running my RAM at 1600 MHz, but now that I have it at 1866 MHz, I just backed it down to 4.4 GHz.

I think Dave is right here. It is indicative of throttling. Definately update the bios, but first make sure to set bios to optimal defaults.

Its got the latest bios that is released.

 

[brandonwh64]

See guys this is what im talking about!

*EDIT*

CRAP! I thought I hit edit on my last post!

 

[cadaveca]

Yeah, it has to be OCP throttle, as your temps are good. BIOS update will be the only way to fix, unless there's some obscure setting in the BIOS.

 

[brandonwh64]

Someone said VTT may help but really?

 

[cadaveca]

Might be worth trying. You shouldn't need more than 1.15v though. Don't think that's realyl the issue though ,but stanger things can happen, I guess.

 

[brandonwh64]

Might be worth trying. You shouldn't need more than 1.15v though. Don't think that's realyl the issue though ,but stanger things can happen, I guess.

I upped VTT to 1.15V and it made one pass then BSOD stop code 124

This has been the worst OCing experience I have had since my 965BE

 

[cadaveca]

LuLz. Personally, I'd say blame the board and BIOS for your troubles. Like I was telling you last night on TS, upping VTT too high is just as bad is it being too low.

BIOS working right, and doing as you expect, is CRITICAL when it comes to clocking.

 

[brandonwh64]

LuLz. Personally, I'd say blame the board and BIOS for your troubles. Like I was telling you last night on TS, upping VTT too high is just as bad is it being too low.

BIOS working right, and doing as you expect, is CRITICAL when it comes to clocking.

Yea, maybe I can do some bios flashing to find one that doesn't throttle

Im hoping a newer bios will come out soon.

 

[cadaveca]

In situations like this, I've always had the best luck with the very first BIOS. Sometimes as BIOS is updated, things are adjusted or turned off for compatibility reasons, and initial BIOSes are typically more functional as they are used to test the board prior to release.

 

[Darkleoco]

I upped VTT to 1.15V and it made one pass then BSOD stop code 124

This has been the worst OCing experience I have had since my 965BE

0x124 = increase/decrease QPI/VTT first, if not increase/decrease vcore...have to test to see which one it is

 

[brandonwh64]

How does this look guys? I downgraded bios to 1.00 (launch bios). It still throttles but its more responsive and more stable.

 

[Chicken Patty]

It's in his user name

Yes.

ca_dave_ca

ca= Canada

dave= well, dave

ca = Canada

As I've said before, both my name and general global location are part of my UID.

BTW, "Dave" is the second most common name in the world, next to Mohammed.

Scary that's the worlds most common name .... and I totally missed that about your UID.

 

[cadaveca]

How does this look guys? I downgraded bios to 1.00 (launch bios). It still throttles but its more responsive and more stable.

If you can't fix the throttle, then you might as well back the clock and voltage down. Will probably land you @ 3.9 GHz-4.2 GHz.

Scary that's the worlds most common name .... and I totally missed that about your UID.

Meh. Just some "factoid" I read somewhere some time ago. Who knows if it's still true, or ever was.

 

[brandonwh64]

This keeps pissing me off so bad. I really hope its the current ram im using but I found the 4.4ghz sweet spot and ran 25 passes of IBT on max threads and mem then played some BF3 but when I leave to goto the kitchen to get something to drink then I return im greeted with a BSOD stop code 124 WTF! Im thinking I have a garbage board.

As of now I went back to defaults with just the multi set to 42 so I will let it decide what voltages and junk to give the cpu cause it doesnt like what I do to it.

I seriously want to do this

 

[Darkleoco]

Try upping voltage or testing ram at 1333

 

[brandonwh64]

Try upping voltage or testing ram at 1333

I have upped the voltage well over 1.4V and still same result. i have the ram set at 1066 but I dont know if 1333mhz will make a difference?

 

[Chicken Patty]

If your voltage was over 1.400v and it still wasn't stable then I'm willing to be it's the mix matched RAM you have going on. Just take a break, once you get the new RAM give it another go dude.