Noob at overclocking and want to see what i can get? Any help

geordie56 · 3 May 2009 at 12:34

Hi guys, this might take a while if you can be patient i have listed my spec and posted some pics. The pc is stable at all the settings shown and i want to know what i could do to gain more? One thing aswell though is that cpuz shows 3.667ghz which is correct at x 11 linked and on 1.38125v on the CPU core and 1,350v on the Cpu fsb. The memory is 1066. However if you look in the pics you will notice core temp says 4481.56Ghz and VID is 1.4750? Any ideas on this and what should i do next as ive not done this before. Thanks and theres some pics of my setup to.

EVGA 790I SLI F T W DIGITAL M/B / Q6850 EXTREME CPU / X3 BFG 260GTX MAXCORE H2O/OC / 4GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000 2000MHz Platinum (9-9-9-28) Dual Channel kit / X2 SAMSUNG 1TB SPINPOINTS / BITSPOWER MOSFET AND NORTH-SOUTHBRIDGE BLOCKS ON EHEIM PUMP WITH 5/8" HOSE AND AQUACOMPUTER 360 RAD / D-TEK FUSION 2 WITH QUAD CORE INSERT ON CPU WITH THERMOCHILL 360 RAD/ LAING DDC 1T (18W) XSPC TOP / TFC 360 RAD AND LAING DDC 1T (18W) XSPC TOP 3/4" TYGON HOSE ON GPUS / ALL CONTROLLED VIA AQUAERO+AQUASTREAM/ TH2GO ON X3 SAMSUNG T260HD'S

satriani1412 · 3 May 2009 at 12:49

No help whatsoever but, i really like your screen setup

Cristian · 3 May 2009 at 13:15

probably core temp says the voltage you have set in bios while cpu-z measures the voltage after the vdrop (it's normal, all mainboards have it) however, that is quite a bit of a difference you've got there.
have you tried a bios update?

btw you must have pretty good eyesight.

geordie56 · 3 May 2009 at 13:27

to be honest i can see the screens no proclem so my eyes must be ok lol. There isnt a bios update available for this board, as its quite new and the only bios update is for better raid driver compatability. Core temp cant be the volt i have set in bios as i have set it to 1.38125 manually. So would you say cpuz is giving me the right reading then? Anyone else any ideas on this and can help me o/c further as i want to push it a little, it doesnt even break a sweat at the minute lol, as the 3 triple rads have proved to be excellent.

geordie56 · 3 May 2009 at 13:29

Heres a photo with the side panel off.

Cristian · 3 May 2009 at 14:05

well then core temp is wrong, cpu-z is more trustworthy.
what happens is that when you set a certain voltage in bios, there is a vdrop effect that makes less than that reach the cpu in full load.
although this happens with absolutely all mainboards, some consider the "true" voltage to be the one in bios, others consider the one on cpu-z.

if you want to push it further do it in small increments, after all at the end of the day it is entirely up to you to consider if it's worth the risk.

geordie56 · 3 May 2009 at 14:32

thanks for your reply, what would you reccomend to tweak next, as the way im doin it is just from the x9 on the multiplier to x10 then x11 which its on now. however if i go to 12 this is a bit far, how can i do it gradually rather than big steps like this? Do i do it from the linked and unlinked part of the bios and if so how? thanks again.

MarkW7 · 3 May 2009 at 15:27

I can't help but nice setup

And a roomy case :rolleyes:

dekez · 3 May 2009 at 15:30

Sweet setup

geordie56 · 3 May 2009 at 15:43

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments, does anyone else have any ideas what i can do next to increase the performance further as i have never o/c before? Thanks.

Silenced · 3 May 2009 at 16:00

Holy hell, thats a nice setup.....

dekez · 3 May 2009 at 16:15

Increase the FSB rather than the multiplier to get smaller steps (this will probably overclock your mem as well though depending on your mobo)

The sticky guide "Beginners Guide to Overclocking" at the start of the Overclocking & Cooling forum has got loads of info, I've only just started overclocking and found it really useful.