Overclocking the ASUS P6X58D

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Hi all,

looking for advice on your overclocking experience with this board.
If you check out my sig, you'll see i've got the 930 up at 3.85GHz with a core volatge of 1.25v. Thats about the only change i've made. I've left everything else on auto as there are too many settings that i'm not familiar with.

Could someone advise please? Or even post a screenie of their bios OC'ing page to show what settings you have (if you have the same chip of course).

Ram is Corsair 6Gb XMS3 (will post exact spec later).

Would like to hit 4GHz as most people seem to do it effortlessly.

My 930 is cooled by a Thermalright IFX-14 and its a fantastic and quiet cooler. Temps on prime95 load don't go above 68°C, on idle they are mid 30s.

Thanks for any advice.
 
Just curious...what do you need the i7 930 at higher than 3.85GHz for...do you do encoding or uses heavy threaded applications for work...or just higher for higher sake? Cause for gaming, the current speed is already way faster than needed to run your 4870 512MB, or even a single 5850/5870 at 100%. I mean if you were using a 5850 or 5870 in crossfire I can understand you would want to clock the CPU to even higher, but I think your i7 930 at 3.85GHz with no overvolting is good and fast enough for 24/7 use. Not only it would run cooler, it will save you money on energy bill too.
 
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...or just higher for higher sake?
:D Doesn't everyobdy?

Heh...actually i do use it for video editing/encoding/dvd/blue-ray ripping.

It's also an interest to see how far i can push it.
I'm not a oc'ing noob, but there are some settings in the boards bios that i'm not familiar with, hence this thread tbh.
 
Fair enough if you use it for video editing and encoding :D

Cause if you only use it for gaming, it would be GPU bounded by the 4870 and you'd probably be blowing extra money on energy bill for nothing; well, the PC will help warm up the room more, but don't think that's would be a useful feature for the summer time coming...would be nice for winter though :p
 
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