Going to need some help with this!

Sparky · 29 Nov 2011 at 11:37

Ok the new gear has arrived [Thanks ToxicTBag]

MSI Big Bang Marshall
i7 2600k
8GB XMS Ram
Coolermaster V6GT cooler

I have no idea at all on this new [well new to me ] socket so will be a pain in your **** for a few days i imagine.

How does this stuff clock, bare inmind the last cpu i bought was a Q6600 3 or 4 years ago!

pgi947 · 29 Nov 2011 at 11:42

By multiplier increases, what speed are you aiming for?

If its sort of 4.5ghz and below then its really very simple, any higher you 'might' want something a little better than the V6 for cooling, and also the higher you go the more settings come into play and the more complex it gets.

Sparky · 29 Nov 2011 at 11:50

4.5 would be great. I may end up with a water block on it h50 etc

pgi947 · 29 Nov 2011 at 12:01

Ok essential tools your going to need:

cpuz - Will show your true vcore, along with bus and MP
Coretemp - Will show your VID as well as temps
Realtemp or cpuid HWmonitor - for monitoring temps also
Prime95 - Stress testing
Intel Burn Test - Stress testing

to start with I would say just hop into the bios and change the MP for stock upto 40, to give 4.0ghz, give it a little stress and see what voltages and temps auto settings are giving you.

Sparky · 29 Nov 2011 at 12:11

Got most of that on the Q6600 rig so should be sorted there. Will have a look around the bios and see what i can find with regards to multipliers etc.

You think i should leave the voltages for everything stock to begin with then?

pgi947 · 29 Nov 2011 at 12:14

Yes, usually on P67/Z68 boards the voltages are all left as default as 'auto' This is usually enough heading towards 4.4-4.5ghz. As auto voltages usually over compensate, but later in the game it will give you a good place to start finding a low manual voltage.

EDIT: This might also help: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18340310 not the same board but more than likely the same bios layout.

Sparky · 29 Nov 2011 at 12:36

Nice one thankyou.

Sparky · 30 Nov 2011 at 21:28

Broke the back of my BR drive so cant install Intel ME driver, anyone got a link to it?

Ignore, found it .

elmuzzy66. · 30 Nov 2011 at 22:35

Already spending the bouns sparky

Sparky · 30 Nov 2011 at 22:53

Just a bit

Sparky · 1 Dec 2011 at 15:45

What do i need to start changing to go higher? does everything look ok so far?

Davefran · 1 Dec 2011 at 15:51

Sparky-F1 said:
What do i need to start changing to go higher? does everything look ok so far?

The way you post pics, so we can see them.
They need cropping, not got a magnifying glass to hand here

Sparky · 1 Dec 2011 at 16:01

better?

Davefran · 1 Dec 2011 at 16:23

Much better, try running IBT on max ram 8 threads 20 times to see what your max load temps are.

pgi947 · 1 Dec 2011 at 17:25

Temps and voltages look good! do what davefran suggested, give it some heavy IBT runs. IBT will usually give higher spikes of stress than Prime95 so expect the temps to be higher too.

Hint: Hold alt then press prt scrn, this will then only capture the active window

Sparky · 1 Dec 2011 at 18:50

Prime crashed after about 1 hour grrr 4.5 needs more volts or something else?

pgi947 · 1 Dec 2011 at 19:17

More than likely, however it could be down to other settings, though I'm not familiar with MSI settings, I know options like LLC, phase, duty, compat are all key with asus overclocks.

Sparky · 1 Dec 2011 at 22:53

4.4ghz 1.25v BF3 for 2 hours hit no more than 47c. Happy days.

Sparky · 2 Dec 2011 at 17:39

What is a acceptable temp at 100% load? At 4.6 im getting 77c with prime.

Sparky · 3 Dec 2011 at 18:05

Whats the best RAM to get, looking at a 16GB kit but which one?