Asus striker 11 790i overclock

TK421 · 16 Feb 2010 at 19:03

Hi guys... just changed to this board as i have been with msi for a few years now... to be honest i am a bit lost with this board!! had my e8400 at 4ghz with 6400 ram 1:1 stable with msi and can't even get beyond 3.6ghz with this! any pointers please? using:-
E8400
2x2gb 1600 ripjaws 8's DDR3

:confused:

coupe69 · 16 Feb 2010 at 20:19

TK421 said:
any pointers please

Yes, buy an Intel P35/P45/X38/X48 chipset based mainboard

You've learnt the hard way but Nfarce chipsets are utter pants for overclocking.

TK421 · 16 Feb 2010 at 20:57

coupe69 said:
Yes, buy an Intel P35/P45/X38/X48 chipset based mainboard

You've learnt the hard way but Nfarce chipsets are utter pants for overclocking.

helpful pointers appreciated please!! :rolleyes:

Tiamat21 · 16 Feb 2010 at 21:02

haha, that's a harsh way to find out the truth.

coupe69 · 16 Feb 2010 at 21:07

TK421 said:
helpful pointers appreciated please!!

That's probably as helpfull as you're going to get. Like I mentioned the Nforce chipset based boards were simply horrendous at overclocking. If you really want to get the best out of your chip purchase a decent P45 mainboard.

Having said that the real world difference between 3.6GHz and 4GHz will be minimal, in fact if you had two systems sat side by side, one @3.6 and one @4, I think you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference in speed.

I've managed to get 4.3GHz out of my core i5, but for daily use it sits at a comfortable 3.6GHz.

teknokid · 16 Feb 2010 at 21:07

Overclocking a dual core should be ok on the 790i...

It may sound odd, but try it with lower CPU volts.. For me it worked strangely well with an original striker.

If that doesnt work, have a google, see what other people have done, that's where I found my answers.

TK421 · 17 Feb 2010 at 10:05

Over 3.6 it cuts the speed of my processor after reboot to 1.8 :confused:

cpu-z backs this up to!

TK421 · 23 Feb 2010 at 21:08

coupe69 said:
Yes, buy an Intel P35/P45/X38/X48 chipset based mainboard

You've learnt the hard way but Nfarce chipsets are utter pants for overclocking.

not a bad start imo after i found the setting holding me back!!

coupe69 · 23 Feb 2010 at 21:20

TK421 said:
not a bad start imo after i found the setting holding me back!!

Fair play, that's a cracking oc

Must just be quads that the 790's aint too great with.

TK421 · 23 Feb 2010 at 21:23

coupe69 said:
Fair play, that's a cracking oc Must just be quads that the 790's aint too great with.

Cheers mate! my p1 + p2 settings was set to to auto instead of enabled!

gurusan · 23 Feb 2010 at 21:23

The 790 wasn't all that bad, I swear I've even seen some 4.2+GHz Yorkfield clocks on them somewhere.