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***The Official Core i5 Overclocking Thread***

I did upgrade to every single bios which has shown since I bought the mobo. Didn't notice any difference though but my guess is that better compatibility with different memories as well as results of oc should be noticeable.
 
Two quick basic questions -

Can you overclock with speedstep enabled?
If you do, will it still scale the speed back when not needed?

I'm planning to go to town on my new i5 on an ASUS P7P55D PRO with CM Hyper 212+ for cooling. Max temp at stock fully loaded is 40C so there's a lot of room.
 
G-M said:
Two quick basic questions -

Can you overclock with speedstep enabled?
If you do, will it still scale the speed back when not needed?

I'm planning to go to town on my new i5 on an ASUS P7P55D PRO with CM Hyper 212+ for cooling. Max temp at stock fully loaded is 40C so there's a lot of room.
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yes you can, i have it enabled

yes it does, mine idle is about 1.8Ghz and load is 4.2GHz
 
Sorry no Prime/CPU-Z but haven't got around to that just yet but I did have a bit of a fiddle and this has been stable for the night so far. (including a few hours of L4D2)

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That's with the Geil 2133MHz ram running at around 1940MHz. (4GB) Motherboard is an ASUS P7P55D LE. :)

I'm amazed at the difference my two 120MM fans at the front of the case have made, I had them the wrong way around and before when they were sucking air out of the case the temps of my CPU were around 60+. :/ Got them set as intakes now.
 
Looks like there will be more i5 chips coming soon. My Asus P7P55D had a new BIOS out last week which supports new chips but doesn't list them yet.
 
Anyone seen the "LGA 1366 vs. LGA 1156 comparison tests " on Fudzilla? I had to lol...

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Conclusion

Let's keep it simple: the Socket 1366 platform is obsolete. The turbo modes are very limiting and the three channel memory setup gives only a slight advantage. Of course, Socket 1366 CPUs don't come cheap either. The quite new i5 CPU is much easier to overclock and it's not that hard to achieve higher memory speeds.
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Mines currently running at 3.9Ghz but I will try for 4.0Ghz tonight.

I've got my cpu @ 1.3v, is that regarded as 'ok' or is it quite high?

Temps are not too bad so I am not too worried about it tbh. I am currently still trying to find the ideal/safe/stable volts and cpu speed.

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Just tried 4.0Ghz and after half hr of use, so far so good. All on the H50 Cooler. :)
 
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e36Adz said:
Mines currently running at 3.9Ghz but I will try for 4.0Ghz tonight.

I've got my cpu @ 1.3v, is that regarded as 'ok' or is it quite high?

Temps are not too bad so I am not too worried about it tbh. I am currently still trying to find the ideal/safe/stable volts and cpu speed.

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Just tried 4.0Ghz and after half hr of use, so far so good. All on the H50 Cooler. :)
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Sounds about right :) they all seem to need around that. Nice to see the Corsair H50 finally being spread out with 1156 now that the socket adapters are available
 
Tom|Nbk said:
Seem to have a problem getting core 3 stable craps out after about 20 mins more jiggawatts required? at 1.35v atm actual load
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Coincidence core 3 on mine also gave up at 20 mins :p

Just installed an NH-D14 and can't get that 4ghz stable at lowish volts although the temperatures are fine.
Was looking over the thread and noticed we had practically the same problem at the start, mind telling me what your settings are now?

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Hi guys, all your overclocks look pretty impressive, hoping i can do the same when i get my i5 but a quick question.

If money was no object which is the best 1156 socket board for ease / best results when overclocking? Thanks
 
I don't know if the MSI GD-80 is the best (i doubt it) but its been great, one clock OC Genie button over-clock, although I prefer over-clocking the old fashioned way
 
MSI have just launched a new board, the Big Bang Trinergy which has very superior compentry and pretty much every feature possible, including an NF200 chip so you get two 16x PCIe slots for the graphics cards rather than two 8x slots. The main alternative to that would be something like the EVGA P55 Classified.
 
Nice, but there is no differences between an OEM chip and a Retail? Looking only at the chip I mean.
 
OEM is a bit cheaper thats all.
As i didn't want the useless standard heatsink i decided to save a few quid.

Tradeoff is a shorter warranty.
 
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