Need help overclocking

My advice to you NomNom would be to have a look at the steps in this guide: http://www.techreaction.net/2010/09/07/3-step-overclocking-guide-lynnfield/

Every single chip is different and needs different settings to achieve different results.

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@NomNom, set OC from CPU-Level up to manual or disabled. i.e. Disable all the Auto overclocking crap.

You didn't disable the spread spectrums and enabled LLC in your screenshots.

A lower PLL voltage gives stability in most cases and lowers the heat generated. Your board is quite sucky if it can't undervolt the PLL...Set it manually to 1.8v so it doesn't overvolt it.

The difference between 1333MHz RAM and 1600MHz is negligible, if your CPU and board can run 180 bclk stably then you can try 200 bclk and that'll put your RAM at 1600MHz. Lets concentrate on the CPU OC for now. Corsair Vengeance isn't overclocking friendly either.



Uhmm if he's allowed to set 500 bclk in BIOS that does not mean it can run at 500 bclk. Different 1156/1366 boards do achieve different bclks. Most of the P55/H55 and X58 boards should achieve 200 bclk quite easily however.


The voltages I've suggested above are conservative and won't kill anything, don't get your panties in a twist...

Obviously once everything is stable you should try lowering the vCore and IMC voltage till it's unstable then up it 1/2 notches.
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1.45 is apparently the maximum safe voltage (I thought it was 1.4v so I was mistaken). Many people manage 4.0ghz on around 1.3v and some chips do need around 1.4v, but it depends entirely on the individual chip. Mine is stable at 1.34v for instance.

Nomnom: Have a look here as a good example of some overclocks that guys have achieved. Its interesting to see the huge disparity in voltages. For instance, poyyiee achieved 4ghz on only 1.216v (lucky bastard has a great chip!) and dog5566 needed 1.328v

Some crazy people are using more than 1.5v in that thread, but I'm guessing it was just to achieve the high clocks and not to run 24/7
 
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NomNom said:
So confused now, must I give Silverlight's config a try or must I look at doing something else?
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Haha, don't stress! You can give Silverlight's config a try if you want to. I was just saying that since each chip is different, I prefer to do a from-the-ground-up overclock. That doesn't mean that you should not try other people's settings, I did that initially, and then I decided to do my own overclock using that guide.

That guide is totally idiot proof (even I managed to follow it :p ) and it is very informative too. But if you don't wanna hassle doing it manually (it does take a hell of a long time) then its up to you :)

I really am no expert at this, I have only ever done it once on my current chip using the guide I linked for you earlier.... So really, up to you mate :)

Disclaimer: Just always keep it in the back of your mind that overclocking can lead to damage if you are unlucky or if you make a mistake.

Edit: Silverlight does seem to be much more knowledgeable than me about overclocking in general. I've only ever done the one overclock by following that guide, so ja, I'm no expert at all :)
 
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Ok this is what has happened so far. I have been able to reach 3.6GHz with the config provided by Silverlight.

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These are the following settings I am using:

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I used IntelBurnTest 2.52 to stress test my Pc and after 10 times it passed. It is worth noting that while it was stress testing my CPU the temp went up to about 77 degrees.

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Now how can I improve from here? My aim would be to have the ram at 1600MHz and CPU to 3.8GHz if not 4.0GHz.
 
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Good stuff :)

You can try upping the multi to 21x to give you 3.8GHz or set the bclk to 200, CPU multi to 18 (3.6GHz)/19 (3.8GHz) and RAM to 1600 then test for stability (Just run 2 passes of IBT). I don't suggest going higher with that cooler though :P

Try 3.8 with 200 bclk 19x multi and see if it's stable, if it is start lowering vCore and IMC voltage that should bring the temps down a little.

If it's stable start lowering vCore 1-2 notches and test again with IBT (Just 2 passes is fine). When you reach instability put the vCore back up 1-2 notches and run 10 passes of IBT to check if it's fully stable.

Therafter, decrease the IMC voltage 1-2 notches, do the same thing you did with the vCore (Decrease voltage, test, decrease, test till you find the lowest voltage you can run while being stable). Once you've found the lowest vCore and IMC voltage you can run 10 passes of IBT again.

IBT puts an insane amount of stress on your CPU so if you're getting like 75'c while running IBT you'll probably get 65'c max with regular usage.
 
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I am now running at 3.8GHz with 1600MHz ram :D

These are the latest screenshots:

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I could probably achieve a much lower vCore and IMC voltage but after you have lowered it, restarted, tested, then repeat 10 times in a row.....I decided to stop. If you feel that I gave up too easily then please say so, otherwise I'm happy with what I have accomplished. I would like to thank Silverlight, Ono'rach, Archer and others without you I would probably be looking around for a new Pc right about now :o
 
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Awesome stuff, well done! :D

Can you save different configs in your bios btw? I have a 3.6, 3.8 and 4.0ghz configs saved for when I need them :)
 
Good work :)
Reminds me I should actually try push my chip and see where it can get to
 
This morning I returned my Bios to stock so now I'm running at 2.8GHz, why? I noticed running at 3.8GHz actually doesn't improve my Pc's speed fps wise on games. :( was hoping for at least a little improvement, I saved the config so I guess I'll overclock it back again when I need help to try and improve a games performance.
 
Thats very weird, what game did you test this in?
When I played black ops, going from stock to 4GHz I noticed like 15fps increase
 
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