Hey all, I'm trying to do a really soft overclock of my 965, but I've run into a few issues. I currently have the rig passing 1hr 6 mins of blend tests in Prime95 with the current settings;
3600mhz (CPU speed @ 18 ratio)
@manual 1.375 V
Ram @ 1600 (9,9,9,24 T1(T2 is stock)) I'll explain the loose timings later
@ stock 1.6 V (technically 1.65 is stock but that seems pretty high)
CPU/NB @2600mhz
CPU/NB @ 1.25 V
HT Link @2000mhz
The reason for the loose ram timings is simply because the chips don't seem to care for anything stricter, I have tried underclocking it to 1333 with stricter and equally loose timings and I have tried tighter timings @ it's stock 1600 and it either won't boot or doesn't make it past 10 minutes in prime 95... This is a moderately heavy use gaming rig and I definitely need more than 1 hour of stability XD but I'm out of ideas, at the 1 hour mark it doesn't seems likely that it's my ram anymore, but any more volts to CPU or CPU/NB causes exponentially more instability. Not to mention I'm on stock cooling, in Florida, and am quite pleased by my 4 cores staying at a uniform 56-57C and my CPU itself never reading out past 52C.
I really appreciate any advice I can get at the moment, as I am totally stumped, thanks again for your time guys!
3600mhz (CPU speed @ 18 ratio)
@manual 1.375 V
Ram @ 1600 (9,9,9,24 T1(T2 is stock)) I'll explain the loose timings later
@ stock 1.6 V (technically 1.65 is stock but that seems pretty high)
CPU/NB @2600mhz
CPU/NB @ 1.25 V
HT Link @2000mhz
The reason for the loose ram timings is simply because the chips don't seem to care for anything stricter, I have tried underclocking it to 1333 with stricter and equally loose timings and I have tried tighter timings @ it's stock 1600 and it either won't boot or doesn't make it past 10 minutes in prime 95... This is a moderately heavy use gaming rig and I definitely need more than 1 hour of stability XD but I'm out of ideas, at the 1 hour mark it doesn't seems likely that it's my ram anymore, but any more volts to CPU or CPU/NB causes exponentially more instability. Not to mention I'm on stock cooling, in Florida, and am quite pleased by my 4 cores staying at a uniform 56-57C and my CPU itself never reading out past 52C.
I really appreciate any advice I can get at the moment, as I am totally stumped, thanks again for your time guys!