Help with Overclock

As mentioned in #13, drop back to 9 x 360, which will give you the same 3.2ghz that you were getting with 8 x 400. You can then raise the Host Freq from there. Keep the voltage at 1.4v for the time being. Run Prime95 for a bit, and try to keep load temps below ~70c if possible.

The fact you can boot into Windows at 3.6ghz and only 1.4v is a very good sign tho.
 
I apologise, I missed what you stated.

Do you think it would be worth running Prime95 as it is now or would that be to risky?

What I have noticed but may not be relevant is that in Resource Monitor I am getting 100 hard faults a second (seems to be from SVChost).

Whilst typing this it all seems to of settled right down to 0-1 /sec
 
The hard faults mean very little. Tho I very much doubt you will be able to pass more than a few minutes of Prime95 at your current settings. And temps would also be an issue.

Tho you can try it and see. The worst that can happen is your computer will reboot.


And I apologise if my last post appeared a little sharp :)
 
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Cob said:
Tho you can try it and see. The worst that can happen is your computer will reboot.
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Yup, System showed the BSoD and rebooted. Going back to 9x360, I'll keep you posted. Temps seems to be at 51 degrees/c @ idle. I'll stress test for a while and let you know the outcome.
 
Ran Prime95 for : 13mins 0 Errors 0 Warnings

9x 360 (3240)

TEMPS REACHED
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Core #0 86
Core #1 85
Core #2 82
Core #3 80

Temps have now settled at 52 on idle


Temps seem high, I also wanted to check if the System Memory Multiplier should be 2.00 or 2.50 (Current Setting) or shall we leave that for the moment.
 
That's waaaaaay too high for 3.2ghz and 1.4v.

How much paste did you apply to the CPU?

And set the Memory Multiplier to x2.0 til you've finished with the CPU.
 
I applied enough to cover the cpu, also speedfan seems to give very different results.

Speedfan shows 37 @ idle where as CoreTemp shows 50. I thought it was strange as my bios shows the same as Speedfan.
 
Both Speedfan and the BIOS take their reading from a different sensor than CoreTemp. CoreTemp is nearer the center of the die and is more reliable.

Tbh I would re-apply the paste if you can, using the instructions from here.
 
All of my case fans are set to low speed, do you think increasing this is worth while also?

The reason they are set to low is due to noise and the Antec Gamer Case has a few. The huge fane on the top seems very quiet whatever but it's mainly the 2 front fans which seem to get noisy. :(
 
I'll re-apply the paste tomorrow and increase the fans to full and keep you updated. My room is rather warm and I doubt that is helping matters. I will also see if I can move my rig as it is currently in a desk compartment with little room at rear and above so airflow could be an issue also.

I'll sort things out tomorrow and thanks again, you have been a great help.
 
I was wondering, should the cpu fan be drawing hot air away from the heatsink?

My fan is drawing hot air away directly onto a case fan which of course is sucking the air outside, I'm unsure ut is this correct?
 
shaneosborne said:
I was wondering, should the cpu fan be drawing hot air away from the heatsink?

My fan is drawing hot air away directly onto a case fan which of course is sucking the air outside, I'm unsure ut is this correct?
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After reading, it seems that the fan should draw hot air away from the heatsink. so, I will keep it as it is for now..
 
Ran Prime95 for : 17mins 0 Errors 0 Warnings

9x 360 (3240)

TEMPS REACHED
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Core #0 67
Core #1 65
Core #2 62
Core #3 59

Temps have now settled at 45 on idle

Seems better cooling but is it good enough?

I also had the CPU Fan on the wrong side of the heatsink and it was sucking air rather than drawing air. So, I was basicly drawing hot air from inside the case onto the cpu :(
Think all is okay now.
 
That's a damn sight better than

9x 360 (3240)

TEMPS REACHED
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Core #0 86
Core #1 85
Core #2 82
Core #3 80
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Prime95 load temps are about as high as your computer will ever get, so you've a little bit to play with still.
 
So should I now continue overclocking until I reach near 70 degrees on full load stress?

My CPU Fan doesn't seem to spin that fas compared to others I have had in the past, 1288RPM :CONFUSED:
 
Ok, I will do that this evening. What should I be looking out for in Prime95, is it just errors and of course the temps?

I must thankyou again for your patience and support. Thanks:)
 
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