TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[mudkip]

Just made a bid on a D0, kinda fed up with my "crappy" C0 chip.

that one on tweakers.net?

seriously don't buy it. you can buy a D0 new for 252 euro's .
The chip he sells isn't a good overclocker in my opinion.

 

[t_ski]

FYI - going with three sticks of ram versus six sticks made little difference in my temps. OCCT ran for just a few minutes longer

I have the parts to watercool it, but I just need the time to throw it all together

 

[Wetbehindtheears]

Hope it's not the same D0 I'm after mudkip!!!

 

[Thrackan]

that one on tweakers.net?

seriously don't buy it. you can buy a D0 new for 252 euro's .
The chip he sells isn't a good overclocker in my opinion.

Well it's better than my C0 either way. We'll just see what I can do with this baby.

And yes, it's already miiine

 

[Assassin48]

Now that I have most of the i7 setup what are the settings and temps I need to check when trying to overclock it?

 

[Thrackan]

Now that I have most of the i7 setup what are the settings and temps I need to check when trying to overclock it?

Well tempwise: These chips run as hot, if not hotter, than the high speed P4's did.
On air, I'd say don't be scared if you hit 75C once in a while.
I wouldn't use settings that get me those temps though, but that's a personal choice. The chip can take these temps.

For settings, I suggest reading some of the first pages in this thread.

 

[King Wookie]

A suggestion.

Between all you experts, could you guys not put together a simple straight forward i7 overclocking guide?

I don't own one at this time, but I'm sure there are plenty who would benefit from it.

 

[crazy pyro]

There's one large obstacle for that idea King Wookie, EVERY i7 is different, you get ones that need higher QPIs (or voltage on the QPI, can't remember) or ones that simply refuse to boot over a certain QPI voltage, there are D0s and C0s/ C1s, simply too many different variables.
I'm pretty sure that has been asked for before.

 

[Binge]

A suggestion.

Between all you experts, could you guys not put together a simple straight forward i7 overclocking guide?

I don't own one at this time, but I'm sure there are plenty who would benefit from it.

Since we haven't put together a guide already we've done what you're asking but why the heck would you ask that when you know there are plenty who would benefit?

 

[n-ster]

I guess it is possible to put all differences of voltages max, and make a thread with some of the people's BIOS templates with bench stable OCs or something... Anyone could do it really, since all they have to do is go through ONLY 187 pages of this thread

IMO safe temps on air that you should be comfortable with are up to low 80's... something like 85 max...

 

[King Wookie]

Since we haven't put together a guide already we've done what you're asking but why the heck would you ask that when you know there are plenty who would benefit?

Sorry. Regional expressions coming to the fore.
I was trying to say it would be good to put one together.

As for specific voltages etc, I'm thinking more along the lines of a basic guide to what you should be tweaking and what to leave alone.

Ideally it would be a quick refer to for when someone asks how to. It is a tad off putting to trawl through 187 pages.

 

[Jakethesnake011]

Finally got all my parts back in and put the computer back last night. Running great these Ultra Kaze's 300's are a little loud, but waiting on a fan controller. So far the CPU is overclocking well, it is a B batch so I hear they OC a little better. Been able to keep the temps below 70 so far with the new fans

 

[Binge]

Sorry. Regional expressions coming to the fore.
I was trying to say it would be good to put one together.

As for specific voltages etc, I'm thinking more along the lines of a basic guide to what you should be tweaking and what to leave alone.

Ideally it would be a quick refer to for when someone asks how to. It is a tad off putting to trawl through 187 pages.

I was just playing around with the grammar thing. It's not like we don't feel like writing up a piece on the i7 but the chips are all too damn different. When people start to OC, depending on their motherboard, the rules change, and then depending on their chip the rules change. I RMAed my DFI mobo a couple times before I got one that lasted for more than a month with strong use, and each time I had to use different settings for the SAME cpu. When I changed my PSU ages ago... same story. When I put in a GTX295 instead of a GTX280 I also had to change my settings around. Not trying to be a total killjoy but now with the D0 overclocking is different yet again. It's not that it's hard either. These are things anyone can figure out without looking at guides. Heck there were NO GUIDES when I started OCing the 920 C0 back in early December.

You want some common sense sh*t? If you are going to change any voltage first change the voltage of the parts you are trying to overclock. With any bit of research someone would gain the understanding that the i7 does not rely on the x58 north bridge for overclocking. All of the overclocking happens between the cpu and memory. Just take a look at the flow chart of the i7 and you'll see that what caused stress with the 775 north bridges no longer exists. There you have it. That's all you need to know to get started.

 

[Jaffakeik]

hi i just bought my *OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz / Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard / OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz DDR3 Bundle.
Hope it will perform better than my previous PC

 

[Thrackan]

Wait, what?

You bought it overclocked?

 

[Jaffakeik]

yes

 

[Thrackan]

So the CPU is already installed on the board and it's been booted and tweaked in the BIOS and settings have been saved.

Hope you didn't pay extra for the OC... Doing that is 90% of the fun of owning an i7.

 

[lem92]

Why would you pay for an overclock.....

Guys I have two boards, A Biostar and an EVGA (Regular) Which one should I keep and why. I tired both, but from my experience, the Biostar netted me a bit better OC, but I could do 4ghz on very low volts on the EVGA.

 

[Binge]

Why would you pay for an overclock.....

Don't hate. I'm sure he won't be unhappy with his machine if it works.

 

[Jaffakeik]

i just bought weekend deal it costed me only 450£

 

[Jaffakeik]

i could overclock it my self but i would never get it to 4GHZ anyway so i bought ready installed motherboard 3in1

 

[lem92]

You know you could have got a lot of your stuff cheaper.

 

[Thrackan]

Hmk, well at least you get an i7 that's sure to do 4Ghz.

 

[Jaffakeik]

yes i know but i better get proffesional overclock than burn my CPU

 

[lem92]

well it takes like 2v to fry your cpu.