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I am a complete novice at overclocking. This is the first time I have ever attempted it. That being said, I'm also not a complete moron when it comes to computers. :-D
After lots and lots of reading and videos, even some specific to my cpu and mobo combo (Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz on ASUS Sabertooth X58 with a Cooler Master V6 120mm air cooler), I went ahead and gave it a shot.
I first went to 3.66Ghz (20x183) @ 1.25V. After a 4-hour stress test with Prime95, it yielded temps of 78 deg but remained stable.
I read that the D0 chip should be able to do better than that on the voltage. So, I tried this:
3.8Ghz (20x190) @ 1.225V. That crashed almost immediately after starting Prime95.
So, the last attempt was to up the voltage back to 1.25V and see what happens. I started Prime95 at 9:30 last night and as of 12:00am, it was still running. But, when I got up this morning and checked it, the PC had rebooted and I got the message saying Windows had recovered from an error. So, I assume it hit a BSOD at some point during the night. Not stable.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to what to tweak next?
Thanks!
Matt
Here are screen shots of my BIOS settings:


After lots and lots of reading and videos, even some specific to my cpu and mobo combo (Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz on ASUS Sabertooth X58 with a Cooler Master V6 120mm air cooler), I went ahead and gave it a shot.
I first went to 3.66Ghz (20x183) @ 1.25V. After a 4-hour stress test with Prime95, it yielded temps of 78 deg but remained stable.
I read that the D0 chip should be able to do better than that on the voltage. So, I tried this:
3.8Ghz (20x190) @ 1.225V. That crashed almost immediately after starting Prime95.
So, the last attempt was to up the voltage back to 1.25V and see what happens. I started Prime95 at 9:30 last night and as of 12:00am, it was still running. But, when I got up this morning and checked it, the PC had rebooted and I got the message saying Windows had recovered from an error. So, I assume it hit a BSOD at some point during the night. Not stable.
Can anyone make any suggestions as to what to tweak next?
Thanks!
Matt
Here are screen shots of my BIOS settings: