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Awesome! Can't wait until I get my 920! This'll be very handy! *sub'd*

 

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Originally Posted by nuclearjock but now I have to wait for Swiftech to supply an i7 hold down bracket for my GTZ..... I'll be watching and participating soon..

I hear ya, I'm waiting on the same thing

The bracket was supposed to be available at launch! :swearing:

I'm impatient! XD

 

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Originally Posted by {core2duo}werd maybe i should change this to just an i7 overclocking thread instead of i7 920?

Well is the overclocking process that much different amongst the 3? Because I kinda want to use this thread as reference once I get my 920 all set up :/

 

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Originally Posted by nuclearjock I talked to Michelle at Swiftech today and she was talking ~10 days...

Aw, lame!

Oh well, patience is a virtue...

 

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Originally Posted by {core2duo}werd i updated the OP with some overclocking articles.

You did? o.o I don't see 'em.

 

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Originally Posted by tibor28 How badly intel boards overclock?? Intel boards overclock wayyy better than nvidia boards. Especially the P45 and X48 chipsets are great for overclocking.

He means the Intel-made boards, not the Intel chipsets on the boards.

Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121361

 

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Originally Posted by Bhopx So the ASUS mobo you have doesn't let you turn off the wattage cap? Do any of the mobos out right now let you do it?

Is the wattage cap part of the overspeed protection? If so, there's a way to turn that off in the BIOS.

 

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Originally Posted by {core2duo}werd I talked to the people at asus and they said right now that feature is not available on the p6t-deluxe. I submitted a feature request, and it would be great if others would also.

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Originally Posted by Bhopx I'm talking about the setting called "CPU VR current override." I believe not all i7 mobos have this setting for you to turn off the wattage cap.

Ohh okay. Any idea if that setting is on the Rampage II Extreme?

 

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Hooray!

 

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Yeah, as much as I wanna get starting with the rig now, I'm just gonna not bother with the stock heatsink and wait for next week when the bracket for my waterblock comes out. I like to start fresh

 

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Are there any helpful guides on overclocking a Ci7 for a noob oc-er like me? All these guides I've been reading are like "how to clock it to 4Ghz zomg", and I really don't want to just jump right in like that haha, I wanna work my way up, y'know. What's the step-by-step?

 

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Originally Posted by Metroid First attempt, the easiest platform to overclock so far. It has never been so easy.

Really?

Think you could give us some tips?

 

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Originally Posted by Metroid What are the problems that you are facing?

Well, I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to the Core i7 setup XD

 

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Originally Posted by Metroid How much overclocking do you want to achieve? The CPU temperature at idle and load times?

Well, I'd like to at least reach 3.5Ghz, and obviously it's possible to reach 4Ghz with the 920s.

Currently my idle temps are between 30 and 36, and my 100% load temps are between 48 and 53. But my thermal compound is still undergoing it's burn-in time (200 hours, and I just mounted the block yesterday), so hopefully my temps will be lower once the burn-in time is done.

 

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Originally Posted by Metroid An advice, First: since you are using the same processor as me then will be no problems about my settings. The magic is simple leave all the setting auto in Bios. Second: leave you memory frequency at auto as well which will give you 1600Mhz CL8, that is exactly what you need. Third: Place 177 base clock and Vcore at 1.25, type it. The only changes that needs to be made are these 2 settings. no fancy tricks or alike. If the system does not boot then reset the Bios memory, up the CPU voltage to 1.30. Now you are good to go, first try it, second tell me later the updates.

Is it okay that I manually set my memory to 1600 and 8-8-8-24 (left the rest of the timing settings at Auto)? I had to because my mobo was setting it to 1333 with 9-9-9-24 timings.

Lemme know and then I'll try what you said. Thanks for the tip!

 

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Originally Posted by Metroid Right: 4 things to change as follow: First: Go into the Bios and change it to manual. Second: Base clock to 177 Third: memory to 1600 Fourth: Vcore to 1.30 If you find any problem then come back here and tell me.

When I set the base clock to 177, the only options for memory I have that are close to 1600 are 1419 and 1774. Which should I chose?

 

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Originally Posted by Metroid Yes, choose 1419Mhz and nothing else, make the test if the system boots.

Alright, system booted. Here's my CPU-Z readings.

So am I good to go? Should I run a stability test?

 

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Originally Posted by Monst3r Not a big fan of i7..

Then why bother reading/posting in this thread?

BTW Metroid thanks for the help, 3.7Ghz was stable! Will push further after work

 

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Metroid, if I want to do a couple more base clock increments to edge closer to 200, what should they be (currently 177, so something in the 180s and then 190s) Also, what voltages should I use for them? I know 200 needs about 1.35.

 

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I think I'm stuck at 3.81Ghz (182 base clock with 1.305 core voltage) with the current OC method I'm using (changing base clock, memory clock, and core voltage, and leaving everything else at auto). I tried 182 base clock with every tiny voltage bump between 1.305 and 1.350 but to no avail

It would boot into windows, but during OCCT stability test would either restart, BSOD, or stop the test due to temps getting too high. Any more tips, anyone? I know this thing can go further!