Overclocking the Ultima Black Ops

t.chrisuk · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:46

Hi I bought the Ultima Black Ops from Overclockers recently, received it and absolutely love it. However, I found that it wasn't overclocked as advertised, as disappointing as this is I am willing to just give it a shot myself. The specs on OcUK's website are exactly what I have. Was just wondering if I could perhaps get a little tutorial/guidance.

Cheers in advance.

goodl · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:48

Whats the cpu/mobo models?

ReaVerUK · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:22

I'd go into the bios and check for a saved profile with the overclock setting. I believe this is usually how they work it.

Rab · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:34

are you sure it's not speedtest thats kicked in, when pc idle, your o/c will lower a lot.
my rig is at 4ghz, but when speedtest kicks in when idle or litle usage, the cpu sits at 2.2GHZ. just a thought, or do as above, check & load the overclock bios profile. g/l

t.chrisuk · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:38

All the profiles in the BIOS are blank. I'm at 3.2GHz.

Specs:
System Specification
- Case: Coolermaster HAF 912 PLUS - Black
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 750W
- CPU: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X58 TUF (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems CPU Cooler w/ Akasa Apache Black 120mm
- RAM: Corsair Dominator (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Seagate Baracuda 7200.12 500GB 16MB Cache
- Graphics Card: Choice of Nvidia DX 11 Graphics cards
- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

MooMoo444 · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:50

Make a post in the customer service forum, near the bottom, and they will happily provide the settings you need for the overclock it should have.

t.chrisuk · 17 Dec 2010 at 17:56

Where do I find CPU VCore and full phase power in Sabertooth X58 BIOS?

Tomcat825 · 17 Dec 2010 at 19:54

You should put a post in or ring OCuk. They'll give you everything you need to know and exactly where to find everything as it's part of the waranty on overclocked products.

t.chrisuk · 18 Dec 2010 at 13:28

Hey I'm currently in contact with OcUK, they are being incredibly helpful so far. I applied the settings the sent me, which bumps it from stock to 4.02GHz and I ran Prime95 blend test and seem to have got a blue screen error. Was just posting here to see if I could perhaps get multiple opinions because when I did get this blue screen error I found that I forgot to set load line calibration to 'enabled'.

Chris