Suitable overclock?

Zeebedy · 16 Mar 2011 at 23:37

Hey guys,

With everything up and running now, I decided to put in for an overclock...

I had a few issues manually and was like "screw it, will try auto tune"...

And so far I have these stats, the ASUS OC'er took the clock to 4.4GHz!!!

Here is the stats:

Does the OC, Voltage and temps all seem OK, if so im gonna stick at this for my 24/7 setup as im not out to get 4.8-5.0GHz etc..

RTJ

Zeebedy · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:19

Hmm, after running prime for around an hour the first core had an error and reduced workload to 50-60%...

I ran intel burn test on maximum and it was fine...

What is causing this? is it too high a clock or voltage etc?

RTJ

Br4d · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:23

The Base Clock has been increased to 103 Mhz. Overclocking in this manner could shorten the life of your CPU. That could be why your seeing Errors.

EDIT: Made a Mistake

Zeebedy · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:25

The Base Clock has been increased to 103 Mhz. Overclocking in this manner will servely shorten the life of your CPU. That could be why your seeing Errors.

OK, so should I reset the BIOS settings and then do a manual OC?

RTJ

Br4d · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:34

Here is a link to overclocking Guidelines for the Sandy Bridge CPU's from OcUK themselves.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18227651

Gibbo said:
BCLK Base Clock - This is strictly a NO, anyone using base clock overclocking could/will cause damange to CPU/Mainboard. (Set manually to 100)

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Zeebedy · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:37

Ahh, cheers buddy!!

RTJ

Br4d · 17 Mar 2011 at 00:38

rip-the-jacker said:
Ahh, cheers buddy!!

RTJ

No Problem mate

metbandit1 · 17 Mar 2011 at 08:32

ive clocked mine to 4.4 but manually, just make sure that you keep your bus speed to 100MHz and change your multiplier.

Manually put your RAM timings in and then change the CPU voltage to about 1.26/1.27.

thats what seemed to work for me

thunderflash · 17 Mar 2011 at 10:45

Bit-tech seem to have my MSI board stable, I went to 4.6ghz instead of their 4.5ghz you can get ASUS Settings here try 46 first if it doesnt work go down to 45, worth a try at 46 though.

Zeebedy · 17 Mar 2011 at 23:05

Im having a problem with Turbo Boost...

When I change the multiplier and boot to windows it remains at whatever is set and doesnt turn off to the standard 1.6GHz, when I reset the BIOS to standard clock the Turbo Boost seems to work again? What the deuce?

RTJ

cjgardens · 18 Mar 2011 at 00:26

Not bad for auto tune

Zeebedy · 18 Mar 2011 at 17:31

Im having a problem with Turbo Boost...

When I change the multiplier and boot to windows it remains at whatever is set and doesnt turn off to the standard 1.6GHz, when I reset the BIOS to standard clock the Turbo Boost seems to work again? What the deuce?

Can someone shead some light on this?

Also I heard that the BUS speed is damaging for the CPU , but as standard it is at 100.3MHz, is that an ok speed as its not EXACTLY on 100MHz?

RTJ

Zeebedy · 18 Mar 2011 at 22:20

Anyone, Bump.