Finally got time...

The Dread Pirate · 8 Oct 2009 at 11:08

To Overclock my core i7 920 2.66Ghz is there anything different about the i7's i need to know or will it clock like my old X2 also what progs would you reccomend for testing and sich?

CK61938 · 8 Oct 2009 at 11:09

get ready for the onslaught Capn'

I will just say this:

what motherboard are you using?
what and how RAM do you have?
what GPU are you running?

then we can go from there

The Dread Pirate · 8 Oct 2009 at 11:29

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

OCZ Platinum 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 (1800MHz) Tri-Channel

Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler

GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI

BigBruiserAl · 8 Oct 2009 at 13:56

o/c info on i7 is avaible by the boat load using the search so i wont bore you to death with that but for testing you can try

OCCT
Prime 95
Real Temp (make sure TJ max is 100)
EVGA presition for GFX card

There are more but they will get you started.

The Dread Pirate · 8 Oct 2009 at 14:10

I'll get a hold of those tonight cheers