X6 overclocking help please
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I'm not sure how to get further than where it is right now. Its not stable trying to get it over 3.5 and I'm not sure what voltages to up to try and keep it stable.
I'm currently looking at buying another couple of fans to help cooling, and maybe replacing the smaller hard drives with larger ones so there's less, meaning more cooling for the heatsinks.
I'm currently looking at buying another couple of fans to help cooling, and maybe replacing the smaller hard drives with larger ones so there's less, meaning more cooling for the heatsinks.
Those are all the settings I have. I'm pretty certain that's how I have it at the moment. I think I did manage 3.55Ghz stable, but it needed a fairly large voltage push, and the temps were getting rather high, so the 0.05Ghz boost didn't seem worth it. That said, it was a couple of weeks ago now, hopefully the thermal paste has settled in and will give me a little extra room as well
I assume the nb temp you're talking about relates to the NB voltage control in my bios, and not the CPU NB VID control.
The annoying thing is, I don't have a clue what a lot of those voltages are, so don't have a clue how far I can raise them :x
As for the multiplier, its x14, the max I can set it to. Also, my memories heavily underclocked (Its rated at 1600Mhz) because it wasn't happy with being raised higher either, it wasn't stable.
The annoying thing is, I don't have a clue what a lot of those voltages are, so don't have a clue how far I can raise them :x
As for the multiplier, its x14, the max I can set it to. Also, my memories heavily underclocked (Its rated at 1600Mhz) because it wasn't happy with being raised higher either, it wasn't stable.
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i am talking about cpu nb vid. im the same with the voltages i keep on having to use google to find out what they are. my 1600mhz ram is at 1500
1500Mhz isn't too bad, mine's at 800!
And you VID is at 1.325? Interesting. I should be able to whack that up a fair ammount then, as my actual NB voltage control is about where you were.
You say you have exactly the same mobo, any chance you could take some snaps of your bios settings? Or type them out if its not too much hassle?
And you VID is at 1.325? Interesting. I should be able to whack that up a fair ammount then, as my actual NB voltage control is about where you were.
You say you have exactly the same mobo, any chance you could take some snaps of your bios settings? Or type them out if its not too much hassle?
1500Mhz isn't too bad, mine's at 800!
And you VID is at 1.325? Interesting. I should be able to whack that up a fair ammount then, as my actual NB voltage control is about where you were.
You say you have exactly the same mobo, any chance you could take some snaps of your bios settings? Or type them out if its not too much hassle?
of course not too much hassle. im going to pray and then ill post up the links
10 minutes max
here you go mate
note my NB voltage maybe be a little to high (1.36) i was going for 4.2 but didnt lower it back when i settled for 3.8
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8731/dsc00277g.jpg
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/2450/dsc00278.jpg
just noticed my mem is at 1449 if i change the multi to 6 then it goes way over 1600 mhz
note my NB voltage maybe be a little to high (1.36) i was going for 4.2 but didnt lower it back when i settled for 3.8
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8731/dsc00277g.jpg
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/2450/dsc00278.jpg
just noticed my mem is at 1449 if i change the multi to 6 then it goes way over 1600 mhz
Thanks for that, should be a great help!
Looking at the CPu voltage values, yours seems even higher than mine at base! (1.45-0.125 =1.325v for me, compared with 1.475-0.05 = 1.425v).
Also, just checked on Corsair's website and it seems that my memory has been tested up to 1.8v, so I should be able to crank that up a little as well to get it stable at higher clocks, I was just a little worried by the bios number being such a warning colour XD
Only problem can see now is heat, but once my plans for a cooler case are put into action, it should be great. Cheers
Looking at the CPu voltage values, yours seems even higher than mine at base! (1.45-0.125 =1.325v for me, compared with 1.475-0.05 = 1.425v).
Also, just checked on Corsair's website and it seems that my memory has been tested up to 1.8v, so I should be able to crank that up a little as well to get it stable at higher clocks, I was just a little worried by the bios number being such a warning colour XD
Only problem can see now is heat, but once my plans for a cooler case are put into action, it should be great. Cheers
hello iviv
the reason why cpu vcore is high is becuase was going for 4.2 but when i settled for 3.8 i havnt put them back down again.
orginally the bios set my mem at 1.5 so i put it up to 1.65 and its been. my memory has been tested to 1.9 i think but the bios will not allow you to go that high i dont think
maybe try taking it out of the case and ocing. if you go to the 'case central' board you will see my post at the nd of 'show the inside of your case post' i have mine ocd outside for the time being
when the the mem voltage turns red that means not recomended. on some board it changed to yellow frist meaning 'higer performance' then on some it turns to red and they call it 'extreme performance'
the reason why cpu vcore is high is becuase was going for 4.2 but when i settled for 3.8 i havnt put them back down again.
orginally the bios set my mem at 1.5 so i put it up to 1.65 and its been. my memory has been tested to 1.9 i think but the bios will not allow you to go that high i dont think
maybe try taking it out of the case and ocing. if you go to the 'case central' board you will see my post at the nd of 'show the inside of your case post' i have mine ocd outside for the time being
when the the mem voltage turns red that means not recomended. on some board it changed to yellow frist meaning 'higer performance' then on some it turns to red and they call it 'extreme performance'
Actually, I mean the initial vcore. Yours is only increased by +0.05V and is running at 1.475V. Mine has been increased by +0.125V yet is only running at 1.450V. Meaning that your CPU's taking a lot more voltage at stock than mine.
Also, OCing outside of the case seems rather counter-productive, because a speed that's stable outside of it won't nescecerily be fine inside because of the increased temperatures. Seems easier just to find the max inside the case.
Anyway, just increased the ram voltage to 1.695V, NB voltage control to 1.340V and NB VID control to 1.2250V. Frequece to 255 making 3.57Ghz, off to test it now.
5 mins of prime95 stable, and intel burn test 5 runs (max memory) stable. 63 GFlops
TMPIN1 hit 54C while TMPIN2 hit 61, so its getting close to the temp limit.
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Bah, headache time again. Got the CPU freq up to 265Mhz stable, resulting in 3.71Ghz. But I've now been aiming at getting the ram up to more reasonable speeds. Setting the memory clock up to x5.33 (1412Mhz) which is the next one up from x4, but just can't get it to boot.
DRam voltage: 1.755
NB voltage control: 1.360V
CPU NB VID: 1.275V
CPU voltage: 1.450V
DRam voltage: 1.755
NB voltage control: 1.360V
CPU NB VID: 1.275V
CPU voltage: 1.450V
*forum used as personal notepad*
Just managed to get into windows by:
Disabling internal graphics mode (Not using it anyway)
Dropping northbrifge and HT link freq multis ddown to x8 each
DRAM voltage 1.770V
NB voltage: 1.360V
Sideport mem voltage: 1.450 (Was sitting on normal at something like 1.7V)
NB VID: 1.275V
CPU voltage: 1.475V
Though didn't stress test like that, as I just saw your post. Will try getting the ram voltage down and nb up a bit
Edit: DRAM voltage down to 1.665V and NB VID up to 1.300V. Got into windows fine but froze as soon as I started running the prime blend test. Now trying 1.680V and 1.325V. Won't even get to the login screen now. Goes through all the 'starting windows' then restarts. More ram volts needed, I guess.
Just managed to get into windows by:
Disabling internal graphics mode (Not using it anyway)
Dropping northbrifge and HT link freq multis ddown to x8 each
DRAM voltage 1.770V
NB voltage: 1.360V
Sideport mem voltage: 1.450 (Was sitting on normal at something like 1.7V)
NB VID: 1.275V
CPU voltage: 1.475V
Though didn't stress test like that, as I just saw your post. Will try getting the ram voltage down and nb up a bit
Edit: DRAM voltage down to 1.665V and NB VID up to 1.300V. Got into windows fine but froze as soon as I started running the prime blend test. Now trying 1.680V and 1.325V. Won't even get to the login screen now. Goes through all the 'starting windows' then restarts. More ram volts needed, I guess.
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