Overclocked i7 System, should it be this easy?

[goodl]

Hi I have an i7 920 (c0) on a V1 P6T Deluxe. To overclock it all i did was set the bclck to 166 (everything else at auto) and it worked. I have a TRUE 120 with a noctua fan. Should I be changing any other values to ensure its stable, Ive been doing all my usual stuff like reencoding etc and its handling the speed wonderfully. Whats the current burn in testing suite to ensure its a solid overclock these days and have i missed something, Ive always had to fiddle with voltages etc before. temps are low to mid 30s at idle mid/high 70s at full load with p95 over all 4 core. taskmgr shows all 4 and 4 virtual cores fully loaded.

 

[JonJ678]

It will be overvolting terribly, but otherwise fine. Overvolting is pretty bad though, 'auto' is not recommended.

166 may be a mild enough clock that you're still within safe limits, but I'm afraid it's only this easy if you do it badly

 

[goodl]

I havent changed the voltage, will it do that AUTOmatically?

 

[PaulyD]

it will but it usually adds on way more voltage than is actually needed

 

[DavyBoy]

Like Jon and Pauly have said, having voltages on auto will make the mobo overvolt the CPU, which really isn't a good idea tbh.

For 166Bclk, you should try manually setting Vcore to 1.20v, and QPI/Vtt to 1.250v, and then test for stability using Prime95, LinX, IBT or whatever stress testing software you prefer, if it is stable, you can keep lowering Vcore and QPI/Vtt one notch in the BIOS and then test again, keep doing this until it becomes unstable, once it becomes unstable, then just enter the BIOS and raise it up by one increment again to where it was last stable, and then keep it there.

The less voltage the better.

 

[FuryBlocks]

sorry Wrong

 

[goodl]

thanks guys, I will apply your suggestions