EVGA X58 TRI SLI Discussion thread

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So my goal here is 4GHZ, and upon entering the BIOS I was a little lost to say the least. ALOT different then the Q6600 that i'm upgrading from.

I've done some reading about various things like QPI etc, but I am still a bit lost. So if anyone that has the board in question could help me out here it would be mucho appreciated.

I'm on water so temps are not an issue.

I'd like to focus on the CPU first and leave the RAM till later.

[Juggalo23451]

This might help you out http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...ng-thread.html

[NCspecV81]

if you are going for 200bclk you must use the 2:6 divider for this board.

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Originally Posted by NCspecV81

if you are going for 200bclk you must use the 2:6 divider for this board.

Thanks I'll try that setting. I tried the settings in this thread http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=642527 and got an instant power off and restart.

This board annoys me. If you enter a setting it doesn't like, even a cmos reset won't allow a reboot. I've had to shut the power off manually a number of times.

I have no idea what voltages or other settings to use. I know it differs between setups. The dummy OC works like a charm though.

[amitashr]

set ur vcore to 1.35v, keep your mem divider to 2:6, disable intel speedstep and turbo boost... Gradually increse the bclk untill u get no post... You should find a limit at around 200 bclk

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Originally Posted by amitashr

set ur vcore to 1.35v, keep your mem divider to 2:6, disable intel speedstep and turbo boost... Gradually increse the bclk untill u get no post... You should find a limit at around 200 bclk

I can't get past 170bclk on those settings.

This thing hates voltage. I tried 1.4v vcore and it just shut's down. Latest bios has been flashed.

[jdswine]

I used Jacob's guide & it got me to 4.0 stable with a vcore of 1.30.

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Originally Posted by jdswine

I used Jacob's guide & it got me to 4.0 stable with a vcore of 1.30.

That's great. But like I already mentioned in a previous post....

[NCspecV81]

with the dominators you best friend for high bclk will be the 2:8 ram divider

[jdswine]

Maybe try 190 x 19 ( 3.6GHz)with a 1.30 vcore to start with, I've heard these boards like odd numbers & leave the ram @ 2:8.