Intel Core i5 & i7 Sandy Bridge Overclocking and Feedback

Darkleoco · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
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?

I would definitely not have the ram at 1066 I have mine at 1333 and simply havent clocked it back up but 1066 is too low even to try and stabilize your OC and I also would not exceed 1.4v for a 4.5 stabilization attempt.

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

OK after my last post I reset the bios to factory settings then just set the multi to 42 and nothing else. It was rock stable on testing doing 25 passes so the biggest challenge was to leave it idle to see if it would reboot or BSOD but after coming back from a long night its still stable and very peppy!

I think I will leave it here

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
OK after my last post I reset the bios to factory settings then just set the multi to 42 and nothing else. It was rock stable on testing doing 25 passes so the biggest challenge was to leave it idle to see if it would reboot or BSOD but after coming back from a long night its still stable and very peppy!

I think I will leave it here

Just leave it there till you get the new RAM and go from there. that's still a decent clock. :O

heky · Dec 11, 2011

You bsod because of the voltage being too low on idle, not on load, its a common problem with sandys. Are you overclocking with turbo, or just the standard multiplier? Also check what settings you have with c-states. Try palying with that also. Good luck.

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

This board is awkward! The Load Line Calibration is opposite of what older boards have been. instead of increasing voltage during load and lower voltage at idle, it has a higher voltage at idle and lower on full load?

Also this board doesn't have a option of turning turbo on and off, The only thing I have noticed is that you can turn speed step off and the turbo options disappear but I didn't think speed step had anything to do with turbo mode?

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
This board is awkward! The Load Line Calibration is opposite of what older boards have been. instead of increasing voltage during load and lower voltage at idle, it has a higher voltage at idle and lower on full load?

Also this board doesn't have a option of turning turbo on and off, The only thing I have noticed is that you can turn speed step off and the turbo options disappear but I didn't think speed step had anything to do with turbo mode?

I run with Speed step and Load Line Calibration off on mine. I get the same voltage on idle than I do under load. That's 1.364v to be exact. But I don't care if it's not lower on idle, it's never idle anyways.

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

Doesnt happen with this board, it is opposite of P55 and 1366 style LLC

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
Doesnt happen with this board, it is opposite of P55 and 1366 style LLC

I used to like the way it worked on my EVGA X58 board. Here it stays the same, I guess because of what I've disabled in the BIOS or what not.

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

I am currently thinking of a new board if my new ram does not fix this but I would have to change cases and that is a pain in the ass and more money involved.

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
I am currently thinking of a new board if my new ram does not fix this but I would have to change cases and that is a pain in the ass and more money involved.

a ATX board won't fit in the Vulcan? :confused:

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

Chicken Patty said:
a ATX board won't fit in the Vulcan?

Nope

Vulcan is a mATX board

If I wait, the open box prices of the asus maximus gene will come down and I can pick one of those up!

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
Nope Vulcan is a mATX board

If I wait, the open box prices of the asus maximus gene will come down and I can pick one of those up!

I still say with the new RAM things will be better as far as stability bro. I have ran mixed RAM before and it just didn't work for me. Had all sort of issues till I replaced it with the same RAM.

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

Yea this is temp for me right now, I did have 1 stick but it only ran single channel mode

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
Yea this is temp for me right now, I did have 1 stick but it only ran single channel mode

Meh, no good :laugh:

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

Ok I got some time today to do more OCing so I put in 44 multi and left everything default and it booted but BSOD after 1 pass of IBT but I lowered to 4.3ghz and its rock stable again. I know this chip is good cause its running 4.3Ghz full load at 1.279V and stays there through the whole stress test

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
Ok I got some time today to do more OCing so I put in 44 multi and left everything default and it booted but BSOD after 1 pass of IBT but I lowered to 4.3ghz and its rock stable again. I know this chip is good cause its running 4.3Ghz full load at 1.279V and stays there through the whole stress test

That's good, very good voltage.

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

Chicken Patty said:
That's good, very good voltage.

Its just amazes me how I can try to set all this stuff manually and it crashes but let the board take care of it and it runs fine?

Chicken Patty · Dec 11, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
Its just amazes me how I can try to set all this stuff manually and it crashes but let the board take care of it and it runs fine?

Someone's got some homework to do

I did the same, just changed what I needed to, upped the multi and BAM! Stable at 4.5 GHz. :laugh:

brandonwh64 · Dec 11, 2011

I need to check on others OCing with this board, I have a thread over at OC.net about the Pro3 so I will start reading up.

Grnfinger · Dec 18, 2011

Just got a 2600k and Asus MIV Gene....
whats a good vcore starting point for 48, just got some plumbing to do and hope to be powered up shortly

dj-electric · Dec 18, 2011

Is it the place to post SB-E OC feedback?

Grnfinger · Dec 18, 2011

nope wrong thread you want this one...

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154165

Frizz · Dec 20, 2011

How are these temps for a 24/7 5ghz oc? HT is off as this config is mainly for Skyrim, I am not sure whether my water loop is performing as it should.

5ghz 1.45vcore load

theJesus · Dec 20, 2011

I'd say those temps certainly aren't bad for that voltage.

Grnfinger · Dec 21, 2011

Hmmmm my gflops are terrible compared to everyone else, this is an old OS install from X58 but that big of a difference??

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Intel Core i5 & i7 Sandy Bridge Overclocking and Feedback

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