I7 920 oc'd temps - ok?

doggles · 7 Jan 2010 at 16:17

Hello,

I've had a go at overclocking my I7 920 - I started using the Asus Turbo app that came with my P6T M/b however it seemed to be pretty useless.

Used BIOS in the end, I read some guides from here and toms hardware and half the options on there i couldn't find on my BIOS -

So to cut a long story short, sorry I have a tendancy to ramble on. I've changed the clock speed to 162mhz x 21 - I have left all the rest of the settings for memory and voltage on auto and it i have a clocked speed of about 3.4.

The voltage seems to sit around 1.240 - is this ok?

also the temps seem to max out at around 75-80oc when under stresss tests using prime95 - This is cooled by air, althogh my cpu cooler fan has a max rpm of 880 so i can change this to a new one which should help a bit.

Cheers!

Tythus · 7 Jan 2010 at 17:26

What cooler are you using? Is it stock? if so you won't get much higher than that

doggles · 7 Jan 2010 at 17:36

i've got a scyth typhoon on a Prolimatech Megahalems -

setter · 7 Jan 2010 at 17:43

Id also try lowering your cpu voltage a bit as well, a lot of i7's will run 3.4ghz-3.6ghz on 1.2 vcore or maybe less, (1.18 here for 3.6ghz), auto voltage will be feeding the cpu more than it needs therefore raising temps, a slightly better fan may also help to improve temps.

doggles · 7 Jan 2010 at 18:06

ok cheers - thanks for your help - any suggestions of fans? the one I have is limited to 880rpm however it's also knackered the bearings are gone i think - was going to get the same make with a 1850rpm limit

vwgolfman · 8 Jan 2010 at 17:18

Hi doggles,
I have an i7-920 and P6T SE.

I have a Noctua NH-U12P cooler so I am ready to clock (or should that be rock

)

Please can you help me with BIOS settings?

I would be happy with 3.2GHz or maybe even 3.4GHz.
I would also like to get my RAM running faster as it's 1600MHz RAM but currently running at 1066MHz or something.

Kind thanks

doggles · 8 Jan 2010 at 18:07

vwgolfman said:
Hi doggles,
I have an i7-920 and P6T SE.

I have a Noctua NH-U12P cooler so I am ready to clock (or should that be rock )

Please can you help me with BIOS settings?

I would be happy with 3.2GHz or maybe even 3.4GHz.
I would also like to get my RAM running faster as it's 1600MHz RAM but currently running at 1066MHz or something.

Kind thanks

i'm a real novice at this kinda thing, theres a good guide on toms hardware site i don't know if i;m allowed to post a link on this board to it so pm me -

i don't really know how to oc ram -

for the cpu all i did was set everything to auto except the vcore which i have a 1.16 and the clock is set to 180mhz - which gives me an oc of about 3.78 -

I believe with the p6t se bios the oc'ing settings are easier? not sure really i've just bimbled my way through it regulary worrying that my cpu was gonna pop

although it seems stable and runs at about 65 heat on full load.

you have to change the Mhz setting from somthing like 127 which is what mine was before i started to what ever cpu oc u'd like -divided by 21

i.e. 3.4ghz oc = 3400 divided 21 = 161mhz

from what ive been told and understand the lower the voltage running through the chip the better - mines ok at 1.16 hope this helps a little -

although there are many people on here with a vast knowledge of oc'ing - i'm the equivalent of a infant school child in the first year who can't spell very well today.