Are my OverClocking settings Ok? Please Help!

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Hey All,

Please take your time in reading and assisting me if you can please as I am new to OverClocking and want to make sure I get the most out of my system..

Below you will see some screen shots of my bios settings. Please guide and advise me if I have done anything wrong or if anything is dangerous (ie voltage etc.. and may cause harm to my hardware)

My Hardware :


Antec P183 Case

2 x 40GB Kingston SSD for Main C Drive in Raid0 Array.

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz

Corsair H50-1

Corsair XMS3 6GB PC3-12800C9 DDR3

Sapphire 5770 1GB New Edition

Corsair 1000W Power Supply

4 x 1.5 TB seagate 7200 RPM 32mb cache for storage

Please see screens for my bios and let me know if I have overdone something or not done something correctly.. It seems to be working with these settings and I did an hour of prime 95 with no errors..

I however wonder if I can get more out of my 6GBS of RAM . Can I run it at 1600 mhz ? at what voltage please see screens below and advise.. Many Thanks :)

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Now this last screen shot I did not disable most of the settings before and my windows was taking a long time to boot up .. As soon as I Disabled most features as seen below I got very fast boot times with my 2 x 40GB SSD :) Is this ok to Disable these settings?

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I truly appreciate all your help and support. Also on a quick note If I wanted to overclock to 4.2 what would I need to do other than changing the setting to 21 multiplier? or is it not worth the extra stress caused on the cpu? Thanks ..
 
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is that vcore reading at 1.4 and qpi at 1.515 not sure on the gigabyte bios settings tbh, majority of DO's will run this in the 1.26-1.3 vcore region, qpi at 1.3 ono. Also id suggest resizing the pics down a bit.:)

EDIT:May have misread your post.
 
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Probably wouldnt need as high as 1.35 on qpi, definitely get those voltages down, will also help with load temps as well.
 
Thanks for replies guys I resized the images to make it easier to view. So I will change the qpi to 1.35 anything else I need to change? Also what can I do to increas the Ram freq or is it better to leave it as it is? Is there any benefit of upping to 4.2 ghz?
 
Also try dropping the cpu voltage, start at 1.300, then test for stability, then lower the voltage again, test. Ideally you want to have your vcore as low as possible yet maintain stability. Regarding your ram, set the system memory mutiplier from 6 to 8, youll also have to increase the ram votage to 1.64v and set the timings properly, first four only, your ram specs will list the timings you need.
 
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setter said:
Also try dropping the cpu voltage, start at 1.300, then test for stability, then lower the voltage again, test. Ideally you want to have your vcore as low as possible yet maintain stability. Regarding your ram, set the system memory mutiplier from 6 to 8, youll also have to increase the ram votage to 1.64v and set the timings properly, first four only, your ram specs will list the timings you need.
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I think my Ram timings are 9 9 9 24 I think .. I may try this setting at voltage of 1.64

Is it worth changing my multiplier to 21 to get 4.2GHZ? Would I need to change anything else if I were to do this?
 
Im not getting any luck with the timings on the RAM settings will I notice a big difference in changing to 1600 mhz or shall I just leave at 1200?
 
setter said:
Id try and get your 4ghz settings sorted and stabilised first tbh.
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Bro , I have tried lowering these setting and in some of the settings I manage to goot into windows but after testing with prime 95 in the first 15-20 mins computer restarts and seems unstable

I tried different settings none seem to keep it stable so I went back to my original settings which I have shown you on the bios screen shots.. I did another 2 hrs of Prime 95.. No errors no faults.. The temps in Prime 95 were between 60-75 degrees. and in idle they are between 35-45 degrees.. is this too risky or dangerous or shall I just keep using these settings? please advise me .. the computer seems stable at these setting but I don't want to cause any damage or have it running at dangerous voltages..

Many Thanks..
 
Please can anyone help me out here :( Shall I up the multiplier to 21 and drop the blck to 191 to get 4.00 ghz? Apparently it may be more stable this way than 19 or 20 multiplier? According to the above screen shots I posted can someone please run through this and tell me what I need to change with lower voltages please.. Thank you...
 
After spending hours of tweaking the QPI Voltage and the V Core Voltages I thought I was successfull but after 1 hrs of prime 95 computer restarts.. unable to get this baby stable so I decided to stick with stock settings :( I had a go and seems to be running very stable and cool 20-30 degrees maximum .. which is very good with 3 x Noctua 120mm fans 1 as exhaust and 2 x intakes (one for my h50 Rad and one at front of case) everything opens in an instance thanks to the Raid0 2 x kingstons SSD.. so I think I am just going to be happy with stock clock of 2.66 GHZ.. mind you I don't play games anyway .. the most I do is use photoshop and lightroom so I think my specs are better off being as stock .. this way my gear will run a lot cooler and smooter..

I have tried to do the OC thing but couldn't get it stable.. The only way I got it stable was with the settings as shown in the above screen shots which everyone here told me they were far to high .. :(
 
Why not try for a lower OC? maybe try and get to 3.5Ghz clock speed. You don't *have* to get it running at 4, and it's pretty much against the geek rules to have one of those and not overclock it at least a bit.
 
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Why not try for a lower OC? maybe try and get to 3.5Ghz clock speed. You don't *have* to get it running at 4, and it's pretty much against the geek rules to have one of those and not overclock it at least a bit.
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lol true.. :) I would really like that .. but I have been asking for help .. what setting would you reccomend I change? I mean you can see all my setting in the above screen shot of my bios.. shall I change the multiplier to 21 or leave at 20? what should my bclck be? also which voltages should I change? Please would appreciate any guidance.. otherwise will have to stick with stock as this has been a nightmare and I have wasted hours trying :( sorry but this was my first ever attempt.. I am new to all this..

Also will I actuall notice any performance differnece if I clock it to 3.5? thanks :)
 
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