Titan Goliath - not OC'd!!

cattz · 11 Jan 2010 at 10:49

Bought this set up recently with a few extras but having run CPUID I've discovered that the i7 920 has not beeen overclocked (should be 3.4GHz) and is still at 2.66 GHz. Should I contact customer support or can I do this easily myself?

Danny_75 · 11 Jan 2010 at 10:54

If its a custom build i would give them a call, If you start playing about you will prob invalidate any warranty it has.

syborg · 11 Jan 2010 at 10:55

try running a stress test m8 like prime 95 or something im pretty sure when the cores are not being needed they run at stock speed but when you start something demanding your overclock should kick in if not im sure they save a overclock profile in the bios

mrtynewhale · 11 Jan 2010 at 10:56

I think you might find that the processor will only display the overclocked speed when it is under load - try running prime95 or other CPU sressing software whilst CPUID is up and running and you should see the difference.

*Bah beaten to it by seconds!*

cattz · 11 Jan 2010 at 10:56

That's what I was concerned about. In the end how much difference will the OC make? Main use for the rig is FSX.

Danny_75 · 11 Jan 2010 at 11:00

I would say very little, Not sure on FSX but i get a few extra FPS on Dirt and Crysis stuff like that. But as they say more is better.

wardster · 11 Jan 2010 at 11:29

Use the Intel Processor ID, I have the same system and had the same result then used this and it says it was running at 3.40 and gave a warning at running in overclocked state.

Yewen · 11 Jan 2010 at 12:26

Post a thread up in the customer support forum and we will be able to get your overclock up and running in no time.

Could just be speedstep but we have a couple of guides you can follow that cover most things.

Mul · 11 Jan 2010 at 12:41

Unless the BIOS configuration of the Goliath has changed recently, the system's parameters are a BCLK of 170, a Multiplier of 20x and Turbo Disabled. If I remember right, speedstep was enabled. No speedstep influenced clockspeed with a 170 BCLK should result in a clock speed of 2.66GHz so I would assume that the overclock hasn't been set. It's part of what you paid for and the difference between 2.66GHz and 3.40GHz in FSX is often noticeable, so I would call OcUK.

cattz · 11 Jan 2010 at 13:53

Yewen said:
Post a thread up in the customer support forum and we will be able to get your overclock up and running in no time.

Could just be speedstep but we have a couple of guides you can follow that cover most things.

As soon as I get more time I will do. Thanks

Scuzzy · 11 Jan 2010 at 17:40

even an overclocked cpu will show its speed in windows. just right click on my computer and you will see the rating there.

happy_2008 · 11 Jan 2010 at 17:47

I remember checking my brothers computer and it also showed up as not overclocked! Will check again and webnote overclockers if that is the case, i originally assumed that Stepspeed was enabled hence the 2.66 but i will double check this weekend

cattz · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:10

Just an update.
I used the customer support forum ( as suggested) to find the answer and I'm still none the wiser. The directions I was given were not too straight forward (staff able to view that thread may wish to do so) eventually I was asked to change a couple of settings in the BIOS ie: the memory multiplier and the CPU Vcore. Having done so and then read the CPU-Z reading ( unchanged) was informed that it should be read with PRIME95 at the same time. Why I should need to run a benchmark/comparison test to determine if the CPU is OC'd baffles me.
So, am I now to believe that CPU-Z and system info will not give a speed reading of an OC'd CPU?
(No offence intended to the forum/ staff member who responded to my post on the Customer services forum)

capriboy1978 · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:15

they were likely telling you to run prime as speedstep will downclock your cpu when not under load. It's perfectly normal and ok.