Ready to start OC'ing

L1ght

L1ght

L1ght

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Hey guys I've had but new spec for abit now and since I've got it running quite stable I would like to actually start overclocking.I have no experience in overclocking but would like to get my system up to its best.

I have:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366)
Fitted with the standard i7 cooler.
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP A04

If anyone could let me know how I can go about Oc'ing my system, that would be cool. I've got easytune installed but wondered whether that would be the best way to go?
 
Ok before I start trying to OC the CPU, is it ok that I'm using my retail cooler that came with the cpu? Or would I need to install a new one?
 
Thanks for the replies guys. Ok I won't touch the CPU for the moment until I get a cooler.

Big Wayne, Yeah I built this system myself, and was quite unstable when I was running windows XP, but since I've installed XP I've had no issues at all with anything, runs very smoothly.

I actually have a Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler knock'n around somewhere as I couldn't figure out how to install it at the time I was building the machine. And since I was having problems with the system I never got round to having another shot at it. Since then I've found a few reviews with some more helpfull instructions rather than the one that actually came with the cooler.

Also my brother has just ordered basically the same spec as me, although he got the overclocked bundle, so all the work has already been done for him. So this has also kicked me into gear as his i7 is clocked at 4ghz and mine is in the 2.6ghz region!
 
Hey guys I just went into my bios and did a quick health check and saw my cpu was at 89degree's. This isn't good is it?
 
yep it seems to be running at around 70. You look like you have a similar speck to me paradisiac, what type of cpu cooler are you running? I'm just running the standard retail at the moment.
 
Hey paradisiac, is there any chance you could let me know how to get to the vcore settings? I can't seem to find them in the cmos. Cheers
 
Nah found it, but does not seem to of made much of a difference. I'm guessing I need to fit my cpu cooler, which I'll do friday night when I've got some time.
Still running idle at around the 70's
 
1.10000, I'm not sure about the number of 0's but you get the idea. Do you recommend I lower the voltage to anything else?
 
I'm not sure I haven't got round to installing OCCT yet. I've just got speed fan running and monitoring my temps. My graphics card seems to be quite high aswell at around the 60-65 mark. I used to use smart doctor which would cool the card whenever it got over 50, but win7 doesn't seem to like the application.
 
Ok cool, well i think I'll see what the temps read when I install my new cooler, and if the temps are still high at 2.67ghz then I know theres a more serious problem.
In the meantime I've got my side panel off and the temps are down to the mid 60's at running OS, 64bit Shiretoko, Wintv7 and speed fan.
 
Got my titan cooler fitted and windows standing idle is running at 28C-35C, under full load I'm getting 48C-50C. Not bad considering I've been running the system at 80C-99C with the retail cooler. Man I don't think I'll ever go with another retail again.
 
Here's some shots of my rig:

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