First time Overclocker

python911

python911

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Hey guys.
Usually my best mate does all my overclocking for me but he's in Australia and here I am with a Asus P6TD with an i7 920 cooled by a H50-1. I'm running Windows 7 Pro 64, and have a 5970.

Sadly my mate isn't going to be back for a couple of months so I'd like to take a stab at overclocking this thing myself.

I've heard it's pretty common place for the 920 to be able to clock at 4.0GHz. I'd really like to reach that level since I've put this all in the Coolermaster COSMOS so it should be pretty cool.

I've read through the begginers guide but the moment I look at the BIOS I can't really match up a lot of things. I sadly don't know what to set what at etc.

There are three images on this page from Bit-Tech and I tried to follow their guide too but the Overclock failed and I've also heard its bad to just jump to high settings.

Anyway, I was hoping someone could hopfully guide me through overclocking this board so I can enjoy the sweetness of a 4.0GHz i7.
 
Hey guys, internet has been out all day. I've got CPU-Z, Prime95, and a few others I've noticed suggested on guides about the net. I'll list my components below.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5970
Asus P6TD Deluxe
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping 2.66Ghz (Nehalem)
Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
Coolermaster Cosmos PURE Black Silent Full Tower Case
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz PC3-16000C10
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler
 
Hey again. I know its bad form to double-post, when waiting for a reply but its been about 5 and a half hours so I thought that might be ok since usually this forum is buzzing.

So, just wondering if there is anyone there who can give me a hand with my issue?
 
@PeterTheGreat
I'm confused what to type in each of the options in the BIOS. If you view the following pages 1 2 3. That shows you what I see when I look at my BIOS (although the settings that are typed in are not mine, they are from another article).
Where do I type in those settings you have given me, as I cannot see anything for Multiplier etc?
 
Just a quick note, the above post is open for anyone to answer actually. If anyone can help me interpret PeterTheGreat's post into what I should enter on the BIOS (images in the post above) then please let me know. I'm totally confused by ASUS' BIOS menu.
 
Well CPU-Z is telling me I have a Core Speed of 4009.1MHz
Windows System (Control Panel) says I have 3.82GHz
I'm getting temperatures of around 76-80C with Prime95 running.

Whats an acceptable top temperature? Is there any way to get the temperature down but keep the core speed at 4GHz?
 
Yeah I'm tempted to get a better fan for the H50-1, its not so great. Any suggestions?

My vcore is at 1.3 I think.

Also does anyone have any knowledge with the Sapphire 5970 OC ? I got the Redline tool for it but it doesnt want to work on Windows 7 64. My next step is to overclock the graphics card. Then I'm going to be a very happy chap.
Stress test is up to 80 - 86 now (last test finally complete).
 
I've taken it down an increment. We'll see how this goes.

vCore is now at 1.29375

Will post results after Prime95 has had its fun. Anyone have any ideas about the 5970?
 
How to overclock it properly. The Sapphire 5970 OC (the model I have in this box) is meant to be able to be overclocked even more but the Redline tool (OC tool from Sapphire) that was meant to come with it doesnt work on Windows 7 Pro 64. I've tried the normal Overdrive thing but its a little bit rubbish. I've tried to use the MSI Afterburner tool too but that wont run either.

Got the same temps on the new vcore. Gunna drop it down again and see how it goes.
 
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