Time for me to upgrade ??

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

just changed to 7-7-7-21 @ 1333 , 1.65v, qpi/vtt 1.21v........5 mins, no problems yet..........haha...........hmmm, not sure where i got the 1.21............probably in these forums............

that got me to thinking, 8-8-8-24 @ 1600, 1.65v, qpi/vtt 1.21 was certainly headed in the right direction, should i have tried higher qpi/vtt voltage ?

[Chike]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

The 2 volumes of i5-700 and i7-800 datasheet have different dates, vol. 1 is from July 2010 and vol 2 is from Spetember 2009 so maybe Intel changed some specs.
The guide linked from http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte...56-1366-a.html also suggest to keep VTT under 1.4v for every day use.

I guess you could try more VTT and see how that works.
But run memory benchmark and compare the low timing at 1333 against 1600 and see if it worth it.
If the memory has XMP I'd use that and just set the VTT manually.

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

7-7-7-21, 1333, qpi/vtt=1.21, dramv=1.65.......ran prime for 3.5 hours, ran FINE........ran maxmem to compare later

8-8-8-24, 1600, 1.21, 1.65 .......had issues from the start.........so, upped qpi to 1.23, good so far, ran maxmen.....very similar results to the 7-7-7-21, 1333 settings

gonna see how stable 8-8-8-24, 1600 settings are tonite, run prime, etc.......just for comparison

[wazza300]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

1.23v is fine,i think i use more than that on my h55 board id need to check,mem is at 1800mhz though

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

oh, thats good to know.... i hadn't read anything here about guys goin past 1.21.......i am kinda clueless on this stuff, but, got fed up with not knowing why i got random blue screen errors, so, am forcing myself to learn, thanks for all the help ! so, ur overclocking 1600 memory to 1800 ?

its been ok at 1.23 for a few hours now, but, haven't really stressed it with prime95 or pi or anything.

[Chike]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

Maybe you will get the appetite for some OC now to something you can live with till 4th core generation.

[wazza300]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

oh, thats good to know.... i hadn't read anything here about guys goin past 1.21.......i am kinda clueless on this stuff, but, got fed up with not knowing why i got random blue screen errors, so, am forcing myself to learn, thanks for all the help ! so, ur overclocking 1600 memory to 1800 ?

its been ok at 1.23 for a few hours now, but, haven't really stressed it with prime95 or pi or anything.

no its 4gb from a tri channel kit im using,its rated 1800mhz cpu is i3 540 not oc'd just set up to use memory at 1800mhz,i think it only uses 1v for 3.06ghz

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

yes chike, definitely, seems to be the road I've started on..........oh shucks ;)..hehe...............always been into computers, fixing em, etc, owned a retail store for 10 years, etc..........just never messed with bioses other than what i had to do to get the customer's computer built or fixed and get paid ;) and ya, was almost ready replace my motherboard, cpu and memory.....when, as you say, I should be learning to oc .........thanks for the help ! (scurries off to google "4th core generation") ;)

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

wazza, oh, i understand..(actually learning from u guys, cuz, i understood it all, haha) ....nice to have several rigs around to play with, eh ? ;) sweet looking 2600k system you got ;) so, you use your ssd as a caching drive eh....? i've heard that mentioned here and there, sounds intriguing....i will have to read up on that too ;)

[Chike]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

LOL there is no 4th generation yet, there's time.

Does you BIOS has the Dynamic Vcore(DVID) option, do you enable Hyper Threading?, and what is the max multiplier you can set for the CPU in BIOS?

[wazza300]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

wazza, oh, i understand..(actually learning from u guys, cuz, i understood it all, haha) ....nice to have several rigs around to play with, eh ? ;) sweet looking 2600k system you got ;) so, you use your ssd as a caching drive eh....? i've heard that mentioned here and there, sounds intriguing....i will have to read up on that too ;)

just bits and bobs ive picked up,damaged repairables ect,and yes caching,only z68 supports it atm though,you can buy an ocz synapse ssd which has the software built in to let you use caching on any mb

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

phew................... ;) ( and I was wondering why google came up empty on that one !) lol

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

dvore, no..........hp is on...........and max multiplier.......hmmmm, will have to reboot to answer that.............lemmie get back to you on that

[lotsip]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

awww wazza.........i see, I think i have seen those SSD's advertisize in the monthly Microcenter.com circular.....its great bathroom reading material ;)

[wazza300]

Re: Time for me to upgrade ??

dvid will only be unlocked for adjustment if you use auto or normal setting for cpu voltage,and yeah Microcenter.com circular certainly helps with the bowel movement haha