Go higher than 4ghz?

Voltage · 20 Jan 2011 at 14:51

After some recent difficulties i now have my sandybridge and memory actively cooled and my system now appears to once again be stable.....touchwood.

however im wondering if it will see any further performance increases if i say try to go for 4.2ghz?

Im watercooled on my CPU and temps currently dont go over 60oC after hours of gaming.

1Day · 20 Jan 2011 at 15:32

Could you post your full system details as well as the settings you are using currently.

Nocky24 · 20 Jan 2011 at 15:56

is this the 2600k presumably?

Voltage · 20 Jan 2011 at 17:02

cpu in sig an i7 950

Asus Gene III
Corsair 1866mhz RAM

i dont think my memory is running at its rated timings.........its all set to auto.....would that get some performance?

SeeknDestroy · 20 Jan 2011 at 17:40

i7 950 is not a sandy bridge lol.
Anyway, what voltage are you running on the cpu? Heat is not the only problem when overclocking but also voltage (no pun intended)

Voltage · 20 Jan 2011 at 22:23

1.35v on the cpu

got my memory at the timings its meant to be running, good so far and found performance increase.

Too Tall · 20 Jan 2011 at 22:47

What cooler do you have?

What are your overclocking settings, 1.35v seems rather high for 4.ghz!

I have mine at 1.28 and its fine.

Voltage · 21 Jan 2011 at 00:32

corsair h70 cooling it

shadow_boxer · 21 Jan 2011 at 00:39

What temps do you get with prime95?

As above, 1.35v is quite high. My 920 does [email protected]. If temps are ok bump up fsb by 5 and prime for a couple of hours.

Have you got 2 fans on your h70?

Voltage · 21 Jan 2011 at 09:21

isnt stable at anything below 1.31v @ 4ghz

got both fans on H70.

Temps never go above 60oC, my case has poor ventilation, its one of those silent Lian Li jobbies.

Possibly problems with my voltage settings elsewhere?