Ronsanut Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Okay here is my current setup/build. I am new to this , only have tried using the manufacturer quick and easy OC utilities. For this I have tried to use the MT6 Turbo Utility, but I can only get it to not get it to 3.6. I would like to get it to 4.0. I am ready to read, study to get the basics and then ask questions. I have looked at some links (you tube) others had done to their 950's on the same motherboard but I could not get it stable at 4.0 but I may not have caught everything they did. Also I have different memory and video card so would expect results certainly to vary. I only ever messed with the Base Clock QPI and one or two other settings. So where should I start ? System i7-950 GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL CORSAIR 120GB SSD (Boot Disk) Seagate 2TB XT ZOTAC AMP! ZT-40403-10P GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 CORSAIR 600T Case Hauppauge 2250 TV Tuner Card CORSAIR HX650W PS Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Displays - Viewsonic VSX2235 & Samsung SyncMaster P2770FH Also will OC'ing my CPU mess up my TV tuner card and Video Card for dipsly or playback ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Welcome to OCC my friend! Here is a great i7 overclocking guide which will allow to you get the basics of what goes on while you overclock and how you can overclock your chip to it's full potential. OCing your BCLK will affect a host of settings and may affect the speed of your hardware in any PCI/PCIe slots. Hope that was helpful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronsanut Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Welcome to OCC my friend! Here is a great i7 overclocking guide which will allow to you get the basics of what goes on while you overclock and how you can overclock your chip to it's full potential. OCing your BCLK will affect a host of settings and may affect the speed of your hardware in any PCI/PCIe slots. Hope that was helpful Thanks. Going to check it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronsanut Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Thanks. Going to check it out. Plenty of info. excellent. That was nicely done. Going to read on the both the 870 nand 950 OC's. Thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Plenty of info. excellent. That was nicely done. Going to read on the both the 870 nand 950 OC's. Thanks again. Glad to be of help my friend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I just read through that guide and now want to go start OC'n my 920 when I get home :3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I just read through that guide and now want to go start OC'n my 920 when I get home :3 Haha how good is it? I love it! It almost made me OC my i7 930... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Haha how good is it? I love it! It almost made me OC my i7 930... You better overclock or I'll second guess my nomination of you being "Most Helpful Member" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) You better overclock or I'll second guess my nomination of you being "Most Helpful Member" What has that got to do with being helpful? Ahh peer pressure - got to love it Btw I can remove you from my "Funniest member" nomination too - so you watch yourself there mate Edited February 24, 2011 by Alexandre Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 What has that got to do with being helpful? Ahh peer pressure - got to love it Btw I can remove you from my "Funniest member" nomination too - so you watch yourself there mate Nah my selections I've made so far are pretty set in stone, aka I was joking, aka LOL, aka still the Funniest Membuh We should have a competition, see if the underdog (920) can smash the more attractive middle brother (930) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Nah my selections I've made so far are pretty set in stone, aka I was joking, aka LOL, aka still the Funniest Membuh We should have a competition, see if the underdog (920) can smash the more attractive middle brother (930) Haha that is true about being funny Hmm that would be an interesting competition - but not now my friend - though it is tempting... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronsanut Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Over the past few nights I have been reading and began following the guide to overclock my 870. I have been cautious and followed it closely. It definitely takes patience and I have been tempted to skip a few increments on the bclk , but did not and follwed the guide. I have the i7-870 OC's to 3.6 on Air with a CoolerMaster Hyper 212+. It is stable at a bclk of 180, cpu ratio at 20, the memory multiplier is at 8x. I did have to up the Vcore at 1.24 and the Ram voltage at 1.64 Is this a decent OC for a first timer ? I would like to get it to 4.0, but I think I will study some more and check out what some others have done. By the way under Intel Burnin Test for 1 hours at 100% load the processor maxed out at 69c. At idle she is at 31c. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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