TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[Fitseries3]

Castiel sorry about this,

but it is just as expensive almost. Phenom II will be about $25 less than the o7 920, the board is about the same price, I got my EVGA for $298, a high end board will be $200 for a PII setup, and the RAM you can find some good and cheap DDR3 ram, dual channel of course. Perfectly fine for me so far.


It is only about $100-200 dollar difference between PII and i7, definitely worth the extra money to me.

yeah... and think if you bought a real AM3 board. they wont be that cheap at first.

 

[Chicken Patty]

CP... DONT run any p95 or orthos until you get better cooling.

you may want to turn your vcore up a good bit and run superPI 32m a few times. that will burn in the cpu and loosen it up a bit for better OCing.

damn dude is it that bad for real on the stock cooler? Holy cow, guess i'll do that then better for testing stability.

 

[Castiel]

yeah... and think if you bought a real AM3 board. they wont be that cheap at first.

I know that. That is why I am going to be waiting for a while till I even start purchasing stuff for that build. I think I am just going to be upgrading my current one.

 

[kid41212003]

Personally, the reason why I moved to Intel side is, I'm affair of another Phenom.

I rather choose an CPU with obvious performance, than an CPU that I know nothing about.

Beside, I like triple-channel memory, and Intel Matrix Storage raid.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I know that. That is why I am going to be waiting for a while till I even start purchasing stuff for that build. I think I am just going to be upgrading my current one.

Castiel, Phenoms are going to be cheap with the release of the PII. Why not grab a 9850 for cheap bro, and get a decent 790 GX board, like a biostart 790GX3, great board, supports socket AM2+!!!

if you know what I mean by that. Of course if you ahve the budget for a better build, why not go for it.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Castiel sorry about this,

but it is just as expensive almost. Phenom II will be about $25 less than the i7 920, the board is about the same price, I got my EVGA for $298, a high end board will be $200 for a PII setup, and the RAM you can find some good and cheap DDR3 ram, dual channel of course. Perfectly fine for me so far.


It is only about $100-200 dollar difference between PII and i7, definitely worth the extra money to me.

Just adding to your post CP:

You also have the added premium of going either crossfire or SLI with the X58 chipset.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Just adding to your post CP:

You also have the added premium of going either crossfire or SLI with the X58 chipset.

correct

 

[Fitseries3]

i found a DEAD WALL here. 218bclk is max

 

[Chicken Patty]

i found a DEAD WALL here. 218bclk is max

won't post at anything over 218bclk??

 

[Castiel]

Castiel, Phenoms are going to be cheap with the release of the PII. Why not grab a 9850 for cheap bro, and get a decent 790 GX board, like a biostart 790GX3, great board, supports socket AM2+!!!

if you know what I mean by that. Of course if you ahve the budget for a better build, why not go for it.

I see yeah now.Yeah, I have the right budget. Right now I have the case now for my next build(HAF 932) and I am just seeing what to do. I have talked about before getting a i7 for Christmas, but with seeing about the PII's I have been thinking about going towards them.

 

[Fitseries3]

nope. SOLID as a rock wall.

 

[Chicken Patty]

nope. SOLID as a rock wall.

so 218 works for you or not? Haha, sorry got me lost there bro.

 

[Fitseries3]

218 will not boot but i can get it to 218 in windows and bench fine. 219 is hardlock.

 

[JrRacinFan]

correct

I mean look at the cost of a GOOD 790i board or a 780a board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131274

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131292

IMO, if your looking into either of those options there is no reason not to go the extra mile for an i7.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I see yeah now.Yeah, I have the right budget. Right now I have the case now for my next build(HAF 932) and I am just seeing what to do. I have talked about before getting a i7 for Christmas, but with seeing about the PII's I have been thinking about going towards them.

either way I dont think you can go wrong. But intel is definitely the better choice here as far as performance. Now, one thing you gotta keep in mind is the upgrade path of a PII.

At least my M3A79-T board is socket AM3 ready so I can even pop in a PII am3 without having to get a new board. So that helps out AMD as well.

 

[Fitseries3]

 

[J-Man]

Hey. I would like to know how to overclock a Core i7 CPU before I plan on getting my Core i7 920. With my current setup, you just raise the FSB and it increases the CPU frequency and RAM (if it's linked) etc. I know how to overclock a setup like mine BUT Core i7 is what I don't understand. When overclocking, you'll need to fiddle with the QPI and Uncore? Anything else? Can someone run me through on how to overclock a Core i7 CPU? A Youtube video I watched a few days ago explained how to overclock a i7 and the guy set the QPI to like x38 or something and he did something to the Uncore then did something else but I didn't understand it.

 

[Chicken Patty]

does my clock for voltage seem right?

3.1 Ghz @ 1.18v????

 

[Chicken Patty]

so i'll take that as a yes

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hey. I would like to know how to overclock a Core i7 CPU before I plan on getting my Core i7 920. With my current setup, you just raise the FSB and it increases the CPU frequency and RAM (if it's linked) etc. I know how to overclock a setup like mine BUT Core i7 is what I don't understand. When overclocking, you'll need to fiddle with the QPI and Uncore? Anything else? Can someone run me through on how to overclock a Core i7 CPU? A Youtube video I watched a few days ago explained how to overclock a i7 and the guy set the QPI to like x38 or something and he did something to the Uncore then did something else but I didn't understand it.

i'm still learning myself, I just set the vcore and upped the BCLK, everything on auto so far.

 

[Fitseries3]

Hey. I would like to know how to overclock a Core i7 CPU before I plan on getting my Core i7 920. With my current setup, you just raise the FSB and it increases the CPU frequency and RAM (if it's linked) etc. I know how to overclock a setup like mine BUT Core i7 is what I don't understand. When overclocking, you'll need to fiddle with the QPI and Uncore? Anything else? Can someone run me through on how to overclock a Core i7 CPU? A Youtube video I watched a few days ago explained how to overclock a i7 and the guy set the QPI to like x38 or something and he did something to the Uncore then did something else but I didn't understand it.

all you have to do is manually set the vcore and crank the bclk up. everything else can stay on auto. the 920 wont clock to where you need to play with the other settings.

 

[Castiel]

either way I dont think you can go wrong. But intel is definitely the better choice here as far as performance. Now, one thing you gotta keep in mind is the upgrade path of a PII.

At least my M3A79-T board is socket AM3 ready so I can even pop in a PII am3 without having to get a new board. So that helps out AMD as well.

Ahh ok. I was looking at that board, is the blue lanes that run at 16x?

 

[Chicken Patty]

all you have to do is manually set the vcore and crank the bclk up. everything else can stay on auto. the 920 wont clock to where you need to play with the other settings.

after reading that, I feel soooo much better hahahaha.

 

[Chicken Patty]

haha, awesome, I just noticed that my board on the LCD Poster displays CPU temperatures while in windows

 

[Fitseries3]