The timings and voltage are set to the XMP profile by default through the auto bios settings. I've tried with both XMP and manual looser timings both fail the OCCT Large Data Set. Sometimes it takes 5 minutes to fail and sometimes 2 hours. I've also tried 1T and 2T commant rates doesn't make...
I built a budget PC for a friend to use casually and play WoW and Diablo 3 and this is the first time I've encountered something like this with all stock settings. I've overclocked my own computers successfully many times but I can't get this one stable no matter what, and this is all stock...
You aren't even able to get into the bios anymore? Or you just can't boot into windows? The only problems I ever had with my old A7N8X-Deluxe was the cmos battery needed to be replaced once, and my bios actually got corrupted somehow when saving and exiting out of bios. I had to remove the...
I have the XPower and it's an amazing board. Haven't had a single problem with it and it surpassed my expectations for overclocking. The only downside is EIST (Speedstep) doesn't lower the voltage if you use anything other than auto for the vcore. Other than that I really like this board, the...
After several days of messing with my new system I finally found stable settings which I think are quiet good and among some of the lowest voltages atleast for vcore yet my temps are still reaching those that use 1.3vcore or more? My specs are in my sig and here's the voltages I'm using:
CPU...
You were spot on with the qpi voltage. If the system isn't stable with speedstep it's most likely the qpi voltage. I found it easiest to find my stable overclock with it dissabled and then enable it after and see where I'm at. When I had to up my qpi to 1.3 to get it 12 hours stable that also...
Interesting. I'll try messing with the qpi voltages once I get this stable. I was sad to wake up this morning to the windows screen. According to the event log I was stable 6 hours but blue screened at 6 and a half. Probably just need one more notch of vcore?
seems like it, or perhaps it's the bus speed that speedstep doesn't like. For whatever reason I couldn't seem to find any combination of voltages to make 20x200 stable with all the power saving features enabled. It looks like 1.248vcore is going to get me stable now without speedstep. Perhaps...
errr I got excited and typo'd. see it's 1.19v:
http://home.comcast.net/~cc_silent/pwpimages/4ghz.1.19v.jpg
I think I'll shit my pants and then try for 4.2ghz if this is somehow stable o.O...
Sorry I would have fixed it faster but linpack slows down even an i7.
LOL! soooooooooooo.... Suddenly after a full night of prime95 stable I get a blue screen out of nowhere today and then windows won't even boot anymore. So I try to up the vcore to 1.3v and still can't boot into windows. So I thought of this post and dissabled speedstep... GUESS WHAT...
Nice results. I don't think you need to go any higher. I'm at 4ghz @ 1.256v(CPUz) right now and was able to pass 1 hour of occt and linx. I don't think I can push it any higher with my temps without dissabling hyperthreading. I don't think I should be hitting 81c with only 1.256vcore though...
It scares me too lol. I've worked with some intel systems for my friends but for my own system... My old computer that I just upgraded from was an AMD Athlon XP... It's like night and day going to this. I'm not used to things instantly loading like this haha. I'm using the MSI Big Bang...
Ah ok. I don't have a specific speedstep setting for my motherboard but there is an option to dissable eist. I'm starting over on all voltages now. I don't need 1.38v on the qpi. I lowered the multi and kept everything else the same and I was able to boot into windows with only 1.25v qpi but...
Same cooler as you but my temps are already getting high with this voltage. I'm hitting 79-80c on the hottest core with prime95 going. So you only dissabled the eist setting in the bios then? I believe that's the one for speedstep correct?
Thanks for the info. If I keep getting blue screens even after raising the vcore I'll try dissabling speedstep. I'm at 1.247vcore(CPUz) currently. Did you turn off c-states too?
hmmm I wonder if I should just dissable speedstep or not then. It will lower my idle temps but that's it. So far my 4.2ghz overclock likes lower vcore but it's pretty demanding on the qpi voltage. I'm only at 1.239v vcore under load but it won't even boot into windows with anything under...
What was your idle voltage with speedstep enabled? I'm working on getting my i7 930 stable at 4.2ghz as well and with speedstep enabled my multi drops to x12 but the vcore doesn't change? With my core 2 duo system the vcore drops quite a bit to save power, does the i7 not lower voltage and...
I only have experience with the Tuniq Tower from back when I built a Core 2 Duo system for my cousin. It cools quite well and should be enough to hit the overclock you are shooting for. It was a little tricky to install but just make sure you evenly tighten all four screws. You definitely...
I have an Asus A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe motherboard that I've been running since 2003. It's been running an overclocked AMD Athlon XP @ 1.76v for 7 years and is still running rock solid. I don't think I can stand it any longer so I'm going to upgrade now but in your case you at least have a Core 2 Duo...
Thanks guys I was originally looking into a Corsair 650 or 750tx but after reading this I started looking into the Seasonic and found the S12D 850w on newegg for $119.99. I think I'm going to go with this instead and it will go nice with my MSI Big Bang Xpower's dual 8pin cpu headers. Should...
I'd have to agree with Cerb atleast on DDR2. When I built my cousins pc I used some more expensive Mushkin ram that was good for overclocking and already had higher voltage than standard and it died within a year. The replacement from Mushkin died even faster so I ordered him some G.Skill...
Sounds like I would be ok then. If I were to go the sli route it wouldn't be a 480. I tend to go with something lower priced such as a 460 sli or even a single 460 gtx and upgrade every year or other year.
Would the 750w Corsair be enough to handle the Core i7 at 4ghz and still have enough room for any video card I choose? I'm still deciding on what video card to go with my new system I'm planning on ordering the parts around September. I usually don't spend the cash on two cards for SLI and go...
The $10 ram from newegg I linked should boot up right? So I can change the volts for 2.35 and see if the mushkin even works anymore. I guess if the supertalent boots and the mushkin still won't... gg gotta rma it.
My cousins pc is no longer booting. Everything has been running fine for atleast 3 months and suddenly when he went to turn it on it would hang on the Abit boot logo. First thing I did was clear cmos and try booting again. As soon as I cleared the cmos the Abit boot logo wouldn't even show up...
You can't just go by the numbers. A 2ms lcd could still have worse ghosting then a 5ms if the panel isn't well manufactured. There's 3 versions on the Samsung 226BW I think? If you get anything other then the "S" panel it's gonna respond slower and look worse then the HP w2207. Samsung's "S"...
I've been trying to decide on a WS LCD monitor as well and it seems like a hard choice. The two I'm looking at right now are the Samsung 226BW and the HP w2207. The HP seems like a better bet as there's no gamble between which panel you will get and from everything I've read it looks better...
So right now vcore is an actual 1.320v at load? Do you remember if that's what it has always been when it ran stable before? Just trying to make sure that the cpu is still getting the same volts and it's not that the motherboard/psu are not giving the same volts they used to under load. Also...
http://www.gamespot.com/featur...timodule;picks;title;3
Just scroll down to the texture test, there's settings 1-5 and only 1-3 actually work. Settings 4 and 5 do nothing and are using the same exact textures as setting 3. So the high quality textures for settings 4 and 5 are not in the demo...
I'm actually really surprised at how well the game runs. Even on my Athlon XP @ 2.3ghz with my AGP Radeon X800 XT Plat the game still holds 20-30fps at max settings 1024x768 rez no AF. I tried turning everything down but framerates mostly hover around the 30fps area so I just put it all high...
I've been using your same mobo for almost 4 years now and it's overclocked, still running strong. I'm not really sure what the problem is with yours, did you make any changes to the bios before this happened, do your case fans stay spinning when you turn it on? The only thing similir I had...
That's also only at 1280x1024. The card might outscore a gts at that rez but I'm sure at a higher rez like 1920x1200 the gtx will still smash it. No way will nvidia release a $250 card that can come close to the gtx unless they are planning on releasing a new high end card. And for all we...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/f...howthread.php?t=161904
I dunno if this is real but according to the pics a Core 2 Duo @ 3.6Ghz scores 19881 is 05 and 12072 in 06. That's pretty good then if the price stays $250. Definately = to the current GTS if not a litte faster.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817107246
That's the one I use and I went down to radio shack and baught an AC Adapter for it and it works perfect without a keyboard connected.
I just hope the prices don't go up anymore. Lets hope when the next high end video card finally comes out, and I mean one that strait up smashes the current 8800 gtx, it's not more then $500. Today without buying a monitor or video card you can get some really nice parts and overclock like...
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