[joelmartinez]

What should i do for stress testing I want to lower my vcore for my 3.6ghz overclock and I don't know what I should stress-test with, I usually just do around 8hrs. prime 95 large ffts a couple hours of blends and a couple hours of small ffts how many runs should I do in IBT 20? or what

 

[Kevdog]

Intel burn test, on maximum for at least 20 passes http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBurnTest-v2.3-download-2047.html

 

[Vipr3]

Yeah, 20 passes is perfect. Unless you really want to run more, but you don't have too. Good luck!

 

[Juliancahillane]

make sure you use at least 2GB of ram in the test

 

[joelmartinez]

yeah I run at high because I never have 4gb of ram all free I always have small background tasks. So can i just do 20 passes of IBT and just skip Prime or what?

 

[joelmartinez]

damit just failed IBT on the 17th run maybe I'll enable LLC and try again what do you guys think?

 

[Jaromir]

nah u should run 24hr prime aswell

 

[Vipr3]

No don't use prime95. It's terrible. If you got 17/20 runs then you are close to a good OC. You may want to run more than 20 tests since it seems like it doesn't take very long to run 1 test on IBT. For me 1 run takes like 11 minutes, so 20 runs for me is a hell good OC.

 

[joelmartinez]

ah okay will do but what do you guys think about enabling LLC because my voltage goes to 1.2 EDIT 1.184 under load it is 1.216 on idle these are readings from CPU-Z

 

[Vipr3]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joelmartinez;12986209
ah okay will do but what do you guys think about enabling LLC because my voltage goes to 1.2 under load it is 1.216 on idle these are readings from CPU-Z

I'm not really familiar with LLC, to be honest... so I really can't help ya with that.

 

[joelmartinez]

btw ibt takes 1 minute 40 sec per run on high on my comp so I really like it compared to prime

 

[Vipr3]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joelmartinez;12986260
btw ibt takes 1 minute 40 sec per run on high on my comp so I really like it compared to prime

Yeah, I run mine on MAX. With 8GB of RAM it takes forever to run 1 test. Good Luck.

 

[joelmartinez]

okay gonna try enabling LLC and running it again my temps are also a bit high getting up to 68 C so I don't think I'll go higher than 3.6

 

[Vipr3]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joelmartinez;12986289
okay gonna try enabling LLC and running it again my temps are also a bit high getting up to 68 C so I don't think I'll go higher than 3.6

IBT will run your CPU hotter that it would get if you were gaming. So you could go a little higher on the OC if you wanted to.

 

[joelmartinez]

Just tried enabling LLC my vcore goes to 1.248 load and temps soar so I think I'll just lower my vcore a bit to keep it under 72 C

 

[trojan92]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vipr3;12986197
No don't use prime95. It's terrible. If you got 17/20 runs then you are close to a good OC. You may want to run more than 20 tests since it seems like it doesn't take very long to run 1 test on IBT. For me 1 run takes like 11 minutes, so 20 runs for me is a hell good OC.

isn't Prime95 essential in stability testing?

 

[Vipr3]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joelmartinez;12986414
Just tried enabling LLC my vcore goes to 1.248 load and temps soar so I think I'll just lower my vcore a bit to keep it under 72 C

Alright, Good Luck.

 

[Kevdog]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joelmartinez;12986209
ah okay will do but what do you guys think about enabling LLC because my voltage goes to 1.2 EDIT 1.184 under load it is 1.216 on idle these are readings from CPU-Z

I recommend enabling LLC its in this overclocking guide http://www.techreaction.net/2010/09/07/3-step-overclocking-guide-lynnfield/

 

[joelmartinez]

just lowered vcore so it's 1.2 exact under load LLC enabled 1.184 idle and 20 pass IBT stable (high) I'm going to edge it lower because max temps was 72 C I think I might need to reseat cooler

 

[Juliancahillane]

yea LLC is good when your trying to keep the voltage as low as possible so that it doesnt go any lower, I was able to run 3.8GHz at 1.31v, but needed LLC to ensure it doesnt drop below that through vdroop. LLC is fine for low voltages but intel doenst recommend it for higher voltages. Vdroop is there to prevent the chip from ever going higher than the setting, but if the settings low enough its fine