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Default Need Help Overclocking i7 920 to 4.0 GHz
Hi Guys,

I'm kind of in need of some assistance. I currently have my cpu overclocked to 3.6 ghz. What I would like to do is overclock it to 4.0 + ghz without turbo mode on. I am doing a lot of media encoding (h.264) and could use the upped processor speed. The thing is, everytime I get my cpu overclocked to 4.0 ghz, my computer will load the bios and successfully update everything, but when it gets to starting windows, my system crashes. Any suggestions / bios settings I should use? Don't worry about temps because I'm using a water cooling system. Also, would having a SSD be a problem with the overclock? Anything would be helpful and greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Windows Boot Disk: Intel G2 SSD 80GB
Media : 2x2TB Hitachi @ 7200 rpms
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BFG Tech (Stock with card)		 OS
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SSD Wont affect your overclock. You need to use search within overclock.net cause what you looking for is here its been asked many times. You need to up your cpu voltage by tiny amounts and by tiny i mean tiny
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CPU Voltage and Uncore voltage both will need to be tweaked to get yourself stable.

This guide gives an excellent run down of how to get to 4ghz.
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9 times out of 10, an overclock fails due to not enough volts, increase and see how you do after that

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This guide might help:
http://www.bit-tech.net/custompc/han...-overclocking/
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fea...lem_its_limits

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I seem to be limited by my memory. My computer will boot and update successfully, but when it gets to loading windows, my system will do 1 of 3 things.

1. Quickly flash the blue screen of death and then reboot the computer
2. A gray bar will appear across the bottom with "Loading Windows Files" and then reboot.
3. Computer just reboots.

I've increased the voltage on the ram and cpu, changed ram timings and I still get the same error. Any ideas?
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System: Big Bertha - i7 Desktop
CPU
i7 920 @ 2.66 GHz, OCd ~ 3.61		 Motherboard
EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI		 Memory
CORSAIR XMS3 12GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) 		Graphics Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 (Hyrdro Block - BFG Tech)
Hard Drive
80GB Intel G2 SSD Boot Drive, 2x2TB Hitachi HDD		 Sound Card
On board		 Power Supply
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W Continuous Power		 Case
Antec 1200
CPU cooling
Swiftech Apogee GTZ		 GPU cooling
BFG Tech (Stock with card)		 OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64		 Monitor
2 x 22.1" ViewSonic Full HD Monitors
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