Time to OC my i7 920

[Guttzu]

Hello all!!! (Slaymate!) I have come to the conclusion that I wish to OC my rig. I bought this thing back in August and it has been awesome! I'm wanting to go for 24/7 use like around 3.2 to 3.4 on air which I'm sure I can do with my set up (In my Sig). I have done some minor reading and youtube watching but it still is a little fuzzy to me on what needs to be done. All help is much appreciated! Let me know if I need to post any screens shots before I begin the OC! Thanks!

 

[Slaymate]

I see no sig. Post a pic of HWMonitor with your present setup.
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Mother Board ( EVGA X58 SLI )
Drivers ( )
Bios ( )
CPU ( i7 920 )
CPU Cooler ( )
Memory ( )
PSU ( )
GPU ( )
Drivers ( )
Operating System ( )


Frequency Control
CPU Clock Ratio ( 20X )
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( )
MCH Strap ( )
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( Mhz { X } )
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps )
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled )
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 100 )
OC Recovery ( Enabled )

Memory Feature
Memory Speed ( )
Memory Control Setting ( )
Memory Frequency ( )
Channel Interleave Setting ( )
Rank Interleave Setting ( )
Memory Low Gap ( )
tCL Setting ( )
tRCD Setting ( )
tRP Setting ( )
tRAS Setting ( )
tRFC Setting ( )
Command Rate ( )


Voltage Control
EVGA VDroop Control ( Without VDroop )
CPU VCore ( )
CPU VTT Voltage ( )
CPU PLL VCore ( )
DIMM Voltage ( )
DIMM DQ Vref ( )
QPI PLL VCore ( )
IOH VCore ( )
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( )
ICH VCore ( )
PWM Frequency ( )


CPU Feature
Intel SpeedStep ( Disabled )
Turbo Mode Function ( Enabled )
CxE Function ( Disabled )
Execute Disable Bit ( Disabled )
Virtualization Technology ( Enabled )
Intel HT Technology ( Enabled )
Active Processor Cores ( All )

 

[Hefemeister]

His sig is white so you must be using the light theme.

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You should be able to do 3.2 to 3.4 without any voltage adjustments. If it is not prime stable a very small vcore bump should get you there.

 

[Guttzu]

Thanks guys... I'm busy today (**** girlfriends!) but I'll check my bios this evening and post that checklist Slaymate! I have one filled out from the last time you helped me with some crashing issues but it has run stable now for 2 months! What programs would you guys recommend I get for testing? I already have EVGA E-Leet that came with the MB and also CPUID HWMonitor.

 

[Nubbleet]

Yeah, with 3.2-3.4 all you really need to do is set the bclk to 161 and RAM 2:10 and you should be good to go.

 

[Burn]

For testing use Intel Burn Test or LinX

 

[Guttzu]

Ok here is my list Slamate!

Mother Board (EVGA E758-A1 3)
Drivers (Updated to most recent)
Bios (stock that came with the MB)
CPU (I7 920 DO) (with 920's please also add the stepping CO or DO)
CPU Cooler (Prolimatech Megahalems w/Kaze 3000)
Memory (OCZ Platinum 6gb DDR3)
PSU (Corsair 850HX)
GPU (EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB)
Drivers (Nvidia 8.16.11.9107)
Operating System (Vista Home Premium 64 bit)


Frequency Control
CPU Clock Ratio (20x)
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) (133)
MCH Strap (auto)
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) (auto)
CPU Clock Skew (0ps)
Spread Spectrum (Disabled)
OC Recovery (Disabled)
PCIE Frequency (100mhz)


Memory Feature
Memory Speed (standard)
Memory Control Setting (enabled)
Memory Frequency (1600mhz/2:12)
Channel Interleave Setting (6 way)
Rank Interleave Setting (4 way)
Memory Low Gap (auto)
tCL Setting (7)
tRCD Setting (7)
tRP Setting (7)
tRAS Setting (24)
tRFC Setting (54)
Command Rate (1T)


Voltage Control
EVGA VDroop Control (without Vdroop)
CPU VCore (1.27500V)
CPU VTT Voltage (+250mv)
CPU PLL VCore (1.800V)
DIMM Voltage (1.650)
DIMM DQ Vref (+0mv)
QPI PLL VCore (1.100V)
IOH VCore (1.100V)
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage (1.500V)
ICH VCore (1.050V)
PWM Frequency (800 khz)


CPU Feature
Intel SpeedStep (Disabled)
Turbo Mode Function (Enabled)
CxE Function (Disabled)
Execute Disable Bit (Enabled)
Virtualization Technology (Disabled)
Intel HT Technology (Enabled)
Active Processor Cores (ALL)
QPI Control Settings (Enabled)
QPI Link Fast Mode (Enabled)
QPI Frequency Selection (Auto)

Do you want me to post a screen shot of HWMonitor running?

 

[Nubbleet]

To hit the OC you want just change "CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) (133)" to 161. and "Memory Frequency (1600mhz/2:12)" to 2:10. You could also probably lower the voltage to like 1.2 or lower.

 

[Slaymate]

I'm off to work, I'll look it over this afternoon. Til then you should try Nubbleet's suggestion. Run LinX to test stability and post a screenshot of your idle and load temperatures

 

[Slaymate]

Have you adjusted anything yet? I would like to see a HWMonitor screenshot showing your volts and temps, as they presently are, before we change anything.