GA-EX58-UD3R Motherboard OC Settings Help

paradisiac · 22 Jan 2010 at 19:22

had a quick go at doing an OC, but didnt have time so didnt have too much of a play.
as i know there are a few people on here that use this board, before i delve too deep into it, there are a couple of quick questions.
1. is there any way of locking the ram speed to 1866MHz or will it always adjust with the cpu fsb?
2. what speeds have people got with aircooling?
3. are there any settings i should be aware of that help things

cheers, think thats it.

paradisiac · 22 Jan 2010 at 21:28

oh another thing, is it possible to change the multiplier to 21x, and if so, does that mean turbo stops working, or does that then go to 22x?

paradisiac · 23 Jan 2010 at 09:07

anyone?

paradisiac · 23 Jan 2010 at 11:32

the_electrician said:
the multiplier only goes up to 21x. most people use a multiplier between 19-21x.
you have to disable the turbo manually in bios. This is done to help stability when overclocking. The ram speed can also be manually adjusted.
You should be able to get 4ghz easilly on air.
Try these for starters
CPU Vcore 1.325V
QPI/VTT coltage 1.295v
IOH Core 1.16V
DRAM Voltage 1.640v

and what fsb/multiplier combo?

paradisiac · 23 Jan 2010 at 12:25

my ram is 1866, so should i try to run it at that?

paradisiac · 23 Jan 2010 at 12:44

ok, off all day tomorrow so might have a play. got a new case coming next week, with 6 12cm fans so hopefully temps wont be an issue.

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 08:34

well with those settings the pc posted and loaded into windows, will do a quick temp check.

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 08:35

right im hitting 80 so OCCT fails

will try lowering the vcore?

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 08:47

had 15mins of OCCT with vcore 1.25 and hitting 79 deg.
will see if i can go lower.

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 08:49

is there any way of saving the bios as a profile on this board so i can save different setups for quick reload?

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 09:00

right will i have it running @ 3.7GHz (19x195) vcore 1.20 and its averaging 72 deg under load, peaking at 76 deg, so that will do until i get my new case next week as airflow is very poor in my current one.
cheers for the help

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 10:33

got it stable at 3.99GHz but the temps are far too high for my liking (88deg) tried to lower the vcore but stability went, so until i get a new case i will settle for 3.7GHz.

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 18:04

dmxdex2020 said:
a lot volts for 3.8. my core i7 920 which is not a DO does 1.25 for 3.8

i dropped it down to 1.2 and it was stable, just wasnt happy with temps so dropped to 3.7GHz and its ok, so will wait til the new case comes next week

is there much difference between 3.7-4GHz?

paradisiac · 24 Jan 2010 at 18:35

dont want to wc as we have 2 kids that like to pull/push things they aint supposed to, and the pc is in the front room, so aircooling is only option. is 4-4.2GHz achievable?

paradisiac · 25 Jan 2010 at 16:17

dmxdex2020 said:
Is your cooler good enough mate? i bought a AC 7 pro for 20 quid and it took me 3 times to mount it right as temps were all over the place. Make sure you have a decent air cooler as the chips get hot.

cooler is fine, and is mounted ok, just the case is tiny and has really bad airflow, and the cable management in it is, well poor at best.

paradisiac · 25 Jan 2010 at 16:18

now i have it stable at 3.7GHz, with the ram underclocked, whats the best way to get the ram to work at its proper speed, i tried enabling the XMP profile and it didnt like it, so do i need to put it all in manually?

paradisiac · 25 Jan 2010 at 17:33

the_electrician said:
This was just a suggested starting point that was posted elsewhere in the forum.

and whithout your help my clock would still be 2.66GHz so im very greatfull.
just need the new case to turn up so i can see if 4GHz is achievable

paradisiac · 25 Jan 2010 at 17:42

any ideas how i can speed my ram up to nearer its 1866MHz?

paradisiac · 25 Jan 2010 at 19:56

the_electrician said:
Increase the memory multiplier, that inturn will increase the memory frequency.
You will also need to increase the Uncore freq to 2xmem freq +1
eg mem @1600hz
uncore 3400hz

ah right, so if i was to get it to 1866MHz that would be uncore 3800hz?

paradisiac · 25 Jan 2010 at 20:21

ok kool, will any voltages need changing?