[Hoops]

I just upped my multiplier to 19.5 and got to 3.9GHz. Running Prime now...think I'll get stable?

 

[Devilmaypoop]

Depends what the board has put your stock Vcore as. It will propably crash though, but if it's a bit higher than normally it might not.

 

[Hoops]

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Originally Posted by Devilmaypoop Depends what the board has put your stock Vcore as. It will propably crash though, but if it's a bit higher than normally it might not.

1.35V, and BSOD in 10 minutes. :[

What settings should I change to get 4.0? How much higher should I up the voltage?

 

[Devilmaypoop]

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Originally Posted by Hoops 1.35V, and BSOD in 10 minutes. :[ What settings should I change to get 4.0? How much higher should I up the voltage?

Propably around 1.4v - 1.45v, or more. You're fine upto 1.55v, wich is the max Vcore, as long as your temperatures stay under 62c.

 

[Hoops]

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Originally Posted by Devilmaypoop Propably around 1.4v - 1.45v, or more. You're fine upto 1.55v, wich is the max Vcore, as long as your temperatures stay under 62c.

I'm a noob at this so...I should change vcore to 1.4 and up multiplier to 20? Any other settings?

 

[Devilmaypoop]

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Originally Posted by Hoops I'm a noob at this so...I should change vcore to 1.4 and up multiplier to 20? Any other settings?

Yeah, try that first. Later after you get 4ghz stable, you should overclock the Northbridge frequency, wich increases overall performance more than core frequency.

 

[1337LutZ]

Indeed 20x multi > 1.45v if stable, you can lower

Run LinX btw, it can test your cpu in 20mins, where prime needs a 8-24hour run.

 

[Hoops]

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Originally Posted by 1337LutZ Indeed 20x multi > 1.45v if stable, you can lower Run LinX btw, it can test your cpu in 20mins, where prime needs a 8-24hour run.

You don't think 1.4v is sufficient for 20x multiplier?

 

[venomblade]

I couldn't get 3.9ghz stable on stock volts which for me is 1.4v. However 3.8ghz runs great on stock. I had to dumb down my 4ghz OC because i didn't like the temps but when it was at 4ghz i had it at 1.45v and all was stable for me.

 

[Hoops]

OK, got an error here. 2 hours and 7 minutes in, the 4th core had an error "Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4"

What does that mean?

 

[Devilmaypoop]

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Originally Posted by Hoops;13068954
OK, got an error here. 2 hours and 7 minutes in, the 4th core had an error "Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4"

What does that mean?

That it needs more voltage, but only very slightly. Bumb vcore by 0.013v or 0.025v.

 

[Hoops]

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Originally Posted by Devilmaypoop;13068997
That it needs more voltage, but only very slightly. Bumb vcore by 0.013v or 0.025v.

Alright....bumped it up .0125v. Gonna put it to test while I go to sleep. If there's no error by the time I wake up then I just gotta assume it's stable.

 

[pc-illiterate]

what ive heard is errors are ram or nb volts.
ram overclocked with insufficient voltage or to tight of timings. nb undervolted for ram's speed.
just what i comprehend from my readings.

 

[GanjaSMK]

If you're using Prime 95 to stress test, you should really be running manually set tests (custom) instead of Blend.

By running a custom test you can more or less target just the CPU, or RAM, or both, or the NB, etc. To test your CPU without much RAM you would use a test that fits into the CPU cache and no larger.

There is a good P95 thread found right here. I recommend you read that to fully understand how to use Prime 95 to stress test!