i3 Overclocking... first thoughts @ 4200mhz

[Cashman]

Ok...

I got this little CPU from OcUK last week as my old PSU died and it encouraged me to buy a whole new system.

I went for:

i3 530
Gigabyte H55 UD3H
Corsair 2x2gb XMS3 Cas9
Corsair 650 Modular PSU
Arctic Cooler 7
Asus 5770

THis was a relatively inexpensive upgrade and so far, it's loads better than the A64 X2 4800+ it replaces.

Anyway, on to overclocking.

I have always used water cooling or Mach II Gt etc but this time I wanted silence and that's what I have... not a sound from my system so far.

Anyway, I started with a few bits of tweaking and need to push the RAM harder I'm sure but 4.2ghz with 1.3v on the CPU.

I'm still not sure of this QPI lark and not sure if the QPI needs any extra voltage but at 4.2ghz on 1.3v the CPU is stable after 5 hours of Prime95. I'll be trying more later but if any of you have any advice or tips for this CPU, I'd love to hear from you

 

[Cashman]

I'm really chuffed with this so far... full load temps (Prime95 on both cores) on silent air cooling are only 53.c seems pretty good!

What clocks have you other guys seen so far?

I know I am underclocking my RAM at the mo... would I be better placed trying to get an overclock on the RAM too... therefore getting more bandwidth?

 

[Cashman]

Great, thanks for your help!

I've been trying 4.4ghz tonight and it's not super stable at 1.295vCore... either of the QPI was too high.

I'm not sure I fancy more than 1.3vCore in my CPU for 24/7 so I think I'll now try and work with my memory a little more.

Really great little CPU for the money