This thread details my journey OCing my i7 950
Thanks,
Oni~~
Edited by onigiri - 11/20/10 at 9:01pm
Thanks,
Oni~~
Edited by onigiri - 11/20/10 at 9:01pm
Oni's
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-950 3.88 @ 1.23v Batch#3028A791 | GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R | EVGA 680 Superclocked 2GB | OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 @1666 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| WD Caviar Black 640GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner | Windows 7 64bit Ultimate | 2x Asus 23.6" 2ms |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech - G15 | ABS Majesty series MJ900 Continuous 900W@50°C ATX | Custom modded Cosmos S | Logitech - G500 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
| SteelSeries | |||
| View all | |||
Oni's
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-950 3.88 @ 1.23v Batch#3028A791 | GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R | EVGA 680 Superclocked 2GB | OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 @1666 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| WD Caviar Black 640GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner | Windows 7 64bit Ultimate | 2x Asus 23.6" 2ms |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech - G15 | ABS Majesty series MJ900 Continuous 900W@50°C ATX | Custom modded Cosmos S | Logitech - G500 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
| SteelSeries | |||
| View all | |||
Testing Bench
(13 items) |
| CPU | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3770K/3570K | on a Dimastech Bench table | ||
| View all | |||
Testing Bench
(13 items) |
| CPU | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3770K/3570K | on a Dimastech Bench table | ||
| View all | |||


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I watched tutorials, read like every post for 2 weeks here in anticipation of recieving my rig's components in the mail. I am looking for help getting to know what to do to the rig as I unpack it. I have built a computer before but not one of this performance level. And I have never tried to OC before. my rig's specs are below. Out of the box i plan on putting it together, loading windows onto the HD then start tinkering around. Is there any bios version for the UD3R that I should have, btw Im looking for 4.2GHz stable. I saw a few people in the 950OC club thread with a near setup as mine. I was hoping they could give me some guidelines with this CPU/MOBO/RAM combo.
Thanks, Oni~~ |
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [All]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [Disabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [Enabled]
Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x17]
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[Auto]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ................................[200]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [101]
Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [800mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [50]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [105]
Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8.0]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [expert]
Channel A + B + C
Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[8]
tRCD ..................................[8]
tRP ...................................[8]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[1]
Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [Level 2]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.355v]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.3750v]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.80v]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.56v]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.18v]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.18v]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.50v]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.20v]
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.66v]
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [Normal]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[Normal]
Strength!
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 4.6 HT 23x200 36x/16x | 8.0 | Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev 2 | XFX 7970 BE Ref | 12GB DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper Extreme |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 3 Way Raid 0 Crucial M4 | Swiftech H20-320 - 3 Panaflo 120x38mm @ 2000 rpm | Windows 7 Pro. | H233H |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Ducky DK9008-G2 Tiger Year Edition | TX750W | 800D | Logitech G5 |
| View all | |||
Strength!
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 4.6 HT 23x200 36x/16x | 8.0 | Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev 2 | XFX 7970 BE Ref | 12GB DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper Extreme |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 3 Way Raid 0 Crucial M4 | Swiftech H20-320 - 3 Panaflo 120x38mm @ 2000 rpm | Windows 7 Pro. | H233H |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Ducky DK9008-G2 Tiger Year Edition | TX750W | 800D | Logitech G5 |
| View all | |||


| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD A6-3650 8.32GHz so close | Gigabyte A75M-UD2H | sapphire HD3450 | 2x2GB DDR3-1600 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| western digital 320GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST DVD | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | ASUS LED 23.6" MS246H |
| Power | Case | ||
| Corsair 400W | cardboard box w/lots of holes for fans | ||
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD A6-3650 8.32GHz so close | Gigabyte A75M-UD2H | sapphire HD3450 | 2x2GB DDR3-1600 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| western digital 320GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST DVD | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | ASUS LED 23.6" MS246H |
| Power | Case | ||
| Corsair 400W | cardboard box w/lots of holes for fans | ||
| View all | |||


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is this a typo?the qpi pll and ioh at 1.84 and 1.82?
did you mean 1.14v qpi pll and 1.22v ioh? Advanced Voltage Control: CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping Load Line Calibration ................. [Level 2] CPU Vcore ..............................[1.355v] QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.3750v] CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.80v] PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.56v] QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.84v] - 1.14v IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.82v] - 1.22v ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.50v] ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.20v] DRAM DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.66v] DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [Normal] Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal] Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal] Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal] Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[Normal] |
Strength!
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 4.6 HT 23x200 36x/16x | 8.0 | Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev 2 | XFX 7970 BE Ref | 12GB DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper Extreme |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 3 Way Raid 0 Crucial M4 | Swiftech H20-320 - 3 Panaflo 120x38mm @ 2000 rpm | Windows 7 Pro. | H233H |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Ducky DK9008-G2 Tiger Year Edition | TX750W | 800D | Logitech G5 |
| View all | |||
Strength!
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 4.6 HT 23x200 36x/16x | 8.0 | Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev 2 | XFX 7970 BE Ref | 12GB DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper Extreme |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 3 Way Raid 0 Crucial M4 | Swiftech H20-320 - 3 Panaflo 120x38mm @ 2000 rpm | Windows 7 Pro. | H233H |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Ducky DK9008-G2 Tiger Year Edition | TX750W | 800D | Logitech G5 |
| View all | |||
Main Rig
(15 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3960X | GIGABYTE G1 Assassin 2 | SLI GTX 570 940/2200 | Kingston 16GB HyperX 2133MHz |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Keyboard |
| Samsung 64GB 830 | Antec H2O 920 | Windows 7 | GIGABYTE Aivia K8100 |
| Power | Case | Mouse | Audio |
| Corsair AX1200 | Lian-Li PC70 | GIGABYTE Ghost M8000X | Creative XF-I C20K2 built in. |
| View all | |||
Main Rig
(15 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3960X | GIGABYTE G1 Assassin 2 | SLI GTX 570 940/2200 | Kingston 16GB HyperX 2133MHz |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Keyboard |
| Samsung 64GB 830 | Antec H2O 920 | Windows 7 | GIGABYTE Aivia K8100 |
| Power | Case | Mouse | Audio |
| Corsair AX1200 | Lian-Li PC70 | GIGABYTE Ghost M8000X | Creative XF-I C20K2 built in. |
| View all | |||
Oni's
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-950 3.88 @ 1.23v Batch#3028A791 | GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R | EVGA 680 Superclocked 2GB | OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 @1666 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| WD Caviar Black 640GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner | Windows 7 64bit Ultimate | 2x Asus 23.6" 2ms |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech - G15 | ABS Majesty series MJ900 Continuous 900W@50°C ATX | Custom modded Cosmos S | Logitech - G500 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
| SteelSeries | |||
| View all | |||
Oni's
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-950 3.88 @ 1.23v Batch#3028A791 | GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R | EVGA 680 Superclocked 2GB | OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 @1666 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| WD Caviar Black 640GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner | Windows 7 64bit Ultimate | 2x Asus 23.6" 2ms |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech - G15 | ABS Majesty series MJ900 Continuous 900W@50°C ATX | Custom modded Cosmos S | Logitech - G500 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
| SteelSeries | |||
| View all | |||
Testing Bench
(13 items) |
| CPU | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3770K/3570K | on a Dimastech Bench table | ||
| View all | |||
Testing Bench
(13 items) |
| CPU | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3770K/3570K | on a Dimastech Bench table | ||
| View all | |||
Oni's
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-950 3.88 @ 1.23v Batch#3028A791 | GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R | EVGA 680 Superclocked 2GB | OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 @1666 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| WD Caviar Black 640GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner | Windows 7 64bit Ultimate | 2x Asus 23.6" 2ms |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech - G15 | ABS Majesty series MJ900 Continuous 900W@50°C ATX | Custom modded Cosmos S | Logitech - G500 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
| SteelSeries | |||
| View all | |||
Oni's
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-950 3.88 @ 1.23v Batch#3028A791 | GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R | EVGA 680 Superclocked 2GB | OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 @1666 |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | Monitor |
| WD Caviar Black 640GB | ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner | Windows 7 64bit Ultimate | 2x Asus 23.6" 2ms |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Logitech - G15 | ABS Majesty series MJ900 Continuous 900W@50°C ATX | Custom modded Cosmos S | Logitech - G500 |
| Mouse Pad | |||
| SteelSeries | |||
| View all | |||


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thanks for the tip roger, I will try a mild OC of 3.86 or so, then see how that goes, what are consequences( longevity wise ) to OCing the cpu to 4.2, or even 4.0, I would really like 4.2 just for epeen really. I might just stick with a lower clock. Would you possibly have a good template to OC as far as possible with the lowest Voltage?
Oni~~ |
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ...................... [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled .............................. [All]
CPU Multi Threading .............................[Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ........................ [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support ......................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ............................ [Disabled]
CPU EIST Function .............................. [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ...................... [Disabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ......................... [Enabled]
Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................[x36]
Uncore Frequency ............................[x17]
Isonchronous Frequency ......................[Auto]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control .......................... [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ................................[191]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [105]
Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [800mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [50]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........................ [105]
Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ........... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........... [8.0]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) ............. [expert]
Channel A + B + C
Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................[8]
tRCD ..................................[8]
tRP ...................................[8]
tRAS ..................................[24]
CR.....................................[1]
Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping
Load Line Calibration ................. [Level 2]
CPU Vcore ..............................[1.2750v]
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v .................[1.2437v]
CPU PLL 1.800v .........................[1.80v]
PCIE 1.500v ...........................[1.56v]
QPI PLL 1.100v ........................[1.18v]
IOH Core 1.100v .......................[1.18v]
ICH I/O 1.500v ........................[1.50v]
ICH Core 1.1v .........................[1.20v]
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. [1.66v]
DRAM Termination 0.750v.......... [Normal]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v ...........[Normal]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v ........[Normal]

Strength!
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 4.6 HT 23x200 36x/16x | 8.0 | Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev 2 | XFX 7970 BE Ref | 12GB DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper Extreme |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 3 Way Raid 0 Crucial M4 | Swiftech H20-320 - 3 Panaflo 120x38mm @ 2000 rpm | Windows 7 Pro. | H233H |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Ducky DK9008-G2 Tiger Year Edition | TX750W | 800D | Logitech G5 |
| View all | |||
Strength!
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-970 @ 4.6 HT 23x200 36x/16x | 8.0 | Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev 2 | XFX 7970 BE Ref | 12GB DDR3-1600 Patriot Viper Extreme |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 3 Way Raid 0 Crucial M4 | Swiftech H20-320 - 3 Panaflo 120x38mm @ 2000 rpm | Windows 7 Pro. | H233H |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | Mouse |
| Ducky DK9008-G2 Tiger Year Edition | TX750W | 800D | Logitech G5 |
| View all | |||