KK_ Posted April 23, 2010 Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) So , i got bored and have spent the last 3-5 hours trying to push my clock up , just for fun. The Tools... CPU-z Everest Intel Burn Test My Rig... Tempest NZXT case Q8400 2.66Ghz Asus P5Q SE PLUS 3x1GB G.skill 800Mhz 4870 1GB 750w Themaltake Evo Blue The Goal... Reach the highest most stable clock on air. So i started this off going from my previous overclock of 3.2Ghz since i knew that was solid as a rock. I had to look up a few things again because it has slipped my mind since the last time i clocked was about 4-6 months ago, i still have not learned everything id like to know so im still kinda wandering in the dark hoping i dont break something. After spending about 20 minutes refreshing my mind of all the basics i was ready to go... i fire up and go into my Bios , disable the password and move into the area where the magic happens. (Note: only as a display) I instantly decide to just try raising the FSB by 5Mhz. ---------------------------- IntelBurnTest v2.4 Created by AgentGOD ---------------------------- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz Clock Speed: 3.25 GHz Active Physical Cores: 4 Total System Memory: 3071 MB Stress Level: Standard (1024 MB) Testing started on 24/04/2010 12:05:50 a.m. Time (s) Speed (GFlops) Result [00:06:22] 24.840 35.9859 3.068952e-002 [00:06:53] 24.733 36.1415 3.068952e-002 [00:07:24] 24.588 36.3538 3.068952e-002 [00:07:55] 24.514 36.4639 3.068952e-002 [00:08:26] 24.455 36.5517 3.068952e-002 [00:08:57] 24.409 36.6213 3.068952e-002 [00:09:28] 24.435 36.5824 3.068952e-002 [00:09:59] 24.687 36.2086 3.068952e-002 Testing ended on 24/04/2010 12:09:59 a.m. Test Result: Success. ---------------------------- (1.35000v) It Passed the quick test i preformed , im already getting excited about this mission already. So i quickly Reboot and Raise the FSB by another 5Mhz This quickly fails and i was forced to raise the voltage some more At this point here i look at this GLT Reference and i was reading how it gives people with Quad cores abit more Omphh in there overclocking endeavors. I have no idea what it does or what i should set it too , so i take it off auto and put it on the number below auto what happens to be 0.667x The others below this where 0.65x 0.63x 0.61x (i cant remember this last one perfectly, i should of wrote these down.) ---------------------------- IntelBurnTest v2.4 Created by AgentGOD ---------------------------- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz Clock Speed: 3.29 GHz Active Physical Cores: 4 Total System Memory: 3071 MB Stress Level: Standard (1024 MB) Testing started on 24/04/2010 12:29:31 a.m. Time (s) Speed (GFlops) Result [00:30:04] 26.322 33.9599 3.068952e-002 [00:30:37] 26.148 34.1852 3.068952e-002 [00:31:10] 26.186 34.1357 3.068952e-002 [00:31:42] 25.905 34.5069 3.068952e-002 [00:32:14] 25.748 34.7166 3.068952e-002 [00:32:47] 25.855 34.5735 3.068952e-002 [00:33:19] 25.760 34.7006 3.068952e-002 [00:33:51] 25.851 34.5777 3.068952e-002 Testing ended on 24/04/2010 12:33:51 a.m. Test Result: Success. ---------------------------- (1.36875v) Sweet , Temps are still maxing at about 55-60 thats still cool , got heaps of room there. after trying a couple more raises and a couple of crashes and bluescreens i stumble apon a odd trend of every 10Mhz i must raise my Vcore by x.x1875 At this point i realise that the VTT (Volt Termination) causes my Bios to somewhat Crash making the only option to reboot/shutdown. (need help on this) ---------------------------- IntelBurnTest v2.4 Created by AgentGOD ---------------------------- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz Clock Speed: 3.36 GHz Active Physical Cores: 4 Total System Memory: 3071 MB Stress Level: Standard (1024 MB) Testing started on 24/04/2010 12:42:05 a.m. Time (s) Speed (GFlops) Result [00:42:36] 24.210 36.9216 3.068952e-002 [00:43:07] 24.494 36.4942 3.068952e-002 [00:43:37] 24.085 37.1131 3.068952e-002 [00:44:08] 24.036 37.1894 3.068952e-002 [00:44:38] 24.181 36.9656 3.068952e-002 [00:45:08] 24.009 37.2307 3.068952e-002 [00:45:39] 24.132 37.0412 3.068952e-002 [00:46:09] 23.992 37.2573 3.068952e-002 Testing ended on 24/04/2010 12:46:09 a.m. Test Result: Success. ---------------------------- (1.38750v) Everything seems to be working out just fine with my Meathod upto this point where my testing starts to get alittle funky, I try for 425Mhz on the bus. (1.40000v) looking good so far , windows loads up without a hitch , i open up my txt doc so i can type more of my log out and i get a Bluescreen, a little confused as to why i got a Bluescreen i restarted and found on the last visit to Bios while disabling a Auto downclock setting i disabled somthing called TM2 , Save, back onto windows , this time without the Bluescreen , i start up the monitering programs along with IBT . 2 passes then it fails. at this point im not sure what to do , do i push my Vcore higher , or try with some other settings in hopes for that stability for a extra 5Mhz. And here i am now posting all this for you fellow OCC'ers and anyone else willing to read all this. Thanks for reading , i might be posting pictures and screenshots and more info if im able to clock higher To Be Continued... Edited April 25, 2010 by KK_ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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