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So yeah.....

To fit in with all the other "WDYR" threads, here's mine.

Just upgraded to an i7-930 D0 due to a dude in the USA sending it over the pond for free. Nice chap, I hope i get to meet him one day.

Anyways, I plonked it into a Gigabyte x58a-ud3r joined by an Antec Kuhler Shelf along with 12Gb of Geil triple channel "Black Dragon" ram and a GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC.

Using the turbo feature in the bios and the gigabyte easytune 6 prog it is currently sitting pretty @ 3.08Ghz / 1.28v / BCLK 140Mhz.

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The temps I'm gonna need a bit of help with. Seeing the core temps peak at 67c during a wPrime long test is a bit confusing when the cpu temp shows 54c.
Whats up with that?
When should I start to worry with respect to the core temps?
Which should i pay more attention to?

Idle Temps on the left column.
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Half way though a long wPrime test (on the left column).
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Oh and the core 78c max values was from using the Intel Burn Test prog. I stopped it when i spotted those temps.

What say the veterans of OCUK?
How far can i push this?
Is it realistic to expect a stable 24/7 3.5Ghz machine from this?

Cheers.
 
i hope you didnt ditch a 920 do for that chip? use bios its much better to oc with,i could give you settings for 3.6ghz its fairly easy oc,plus you might fair better in using less voltage with a 21x cpu multi and disable intel turbo boost
 
Cheers Wazza.

The only thing i ditched was my trusty p4 2.8ghz HT + 2GB ram.

What temps can i expect with your awesome sauce settings?
 
ah thats ok then,and i dont know all depends on your chip and your cooler,will be hard with 12gb of ram but should be able to hit 3.6ghz
 
Gigabyte GS-X58A-UD3R rev2.0 Bios v. FG

Still using Easytune and the Turbo thing i get this @ idle with 3.3Ghz

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Ill start messing with the bios settings when i eventually peel myself of the sofa. RDP is great for those who just CBA.
 
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how are you clocked? did you set a fixed cpu voltage or set to normal and use dvid? if fixed set to normal and see what amount of cpu voltage is used
 
Im guessing that a setting in the bios right?

I think its set to auto as i havent set anything as manual or fixed.

But it is late and i must hit the sack.

Ill be back tomorrow to bug the hell out of you with my lack of understanding.

cheers dude
 
Temps seem a little high even though you have an Antec Kuhler, I'm sitting at 3.8Ghz and my temps don't go over 60
 
Lets **** off my airflow and lack of cable routing space in the Shinobi....
Which will be replaced soon. I was pondering on the P193 but after seeing the much sleeker Fractal Designs Define XL USB 3.0 Titanium Grey i think ill be getting that instead.

Bottom Right - Cold Intake
Bottom Middle - Cold Intake which i hope provides more air to the GFX
GFX Airflow - Bottom to left and right
CPU Cooler Airflow - Pushing into the fins > left and right
Back Fan - Hot Out

Ignore the IDE cable, its only there for the drives i use for backups.

Click for a huge hi-res pic.
 
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Your temps look very high at those speeds. First off, I would stop using Easytune and rely solely on BIOS. Easytune's overclocks are temporary and are not linked to BIOS. The other problem is that it can set your voltages too high which is why your temperatures also increase. 1.28V in that first screenshot is the kind of voltage you would use at 4GHz not 3. There are tons of guides on what settings to change in BIOS so it shouldn't be hard at all.

Secondly, the Kuhler shelf isn't a great cooler if you are planning to overclock further. Go for a better tower cooler is possible. I was also going to suggest switching those 80/92mm? fans for 120mm ones but seeing as how you will change case anyway, that's not an issue.
 
did you set cpu voltage to normal and see what voltage it uses? if so how much,set it in the bios under cpu voltage list
 
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right then m'laddio

with intel turbo thingy disabled and easytune removed.

cpu freq - 2.799ghz
Vcore 1.216V

the bios adv. voltage control only gives me either:-
1.21250
or
1.21875
 
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so 1.216V is what cpu uses when you set to normal?

for 3.6ghz im guessing you might need 1.2250v so keep cpu voltage on normal and enter +0.009v into dvid which is 1.216v add 0.009v = 1.2250,then cpu can throttle down when idle and ramp up to full 1.2250v/3.6ghz at load

this is only a guide you might need more or less cpu voltage so you will need to test and tweak ect,heres full settings list for 3.6ghz

CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. 4.8 Ghz
Uncore Frequency .......................... 17x
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Disabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... 170
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [Auto]
C.I.A.2 [couldn't find this]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) .........
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [manual 8x]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [manual and then click quick]

Channel A + B + CChannel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ...................... 8 type these in yourself in top 4 spaces
tRCD ....................................... 8
tRP ......................................... 8
tRAS ....................................... 24


Command Rate (CMD) ................ 1T


Advanced Voltage Control:CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Standard]
CPU Vcore ............................... 1.21600v [set to Normal]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............ 1.175v [set to 1.32v-1.35v you will need to test start with 1.34v]may need more with 12gb
CPU PLL 1.800v ....................... 1.800v [Auto]
Dynamic voltage control....(Dvid).....set to +0.009v

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ........................... 1.500v [Auto]
QPI PLL 1.100v ....................... 1.100v [Auto]
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... 1.200v [Auto]
ICH I/O 1.500v ....................... 1.500v [Auto]
ICH Core 1.1v ........................ 1.100v [Auto]

DRAMDRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. 1.500v [set to 1.66v]
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750v [AUTO]
 
i would start with qpi/vtt at 1.3750v just to be sure,1.35v might not be enough for 12gb,i know i needed that amount with 12gb,you can always lower later
 
hold on....
im getting 3 diff values for the vcore.

pc health status - 1.236
MIT screen 1 - 1.216
mit adv voltage - 1.24375

which one tells the truth?
 
mit screen 1 should be right,it wont matter anyway as +0.009v would make it 1.245v on the highest voltage out of those 3

so enter all the settings above and put 1.3750v for qpi/vtt,then download cpu-z and see what your voltages are or look in easytune/advanced/profile1 and see what cpu voltage is
 
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