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    Questions about OC concepts for i7 920

    Thanks for the reply jdof. After digging deeper into the settings I had found previously, and finding info on the OCZ forum I figured out the issue. It was in fact the Uncore holding me back. I remember seeing that it needed to be set at x2 the RAM speed. I looked at it and it was defaulted at...
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    Questions about OC concepts for i7 920

    Forgive me for my inexperience but I am curious why you are multiplying the RAM frequency x2? All the forum posts I have found and guides are not doing this. For example: The defaults are 133x21=2.8 then RAM at 133x8=1066, POST shows 1066 as the RAM frequency. Other settings I have found for the...
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    Questions about OC concepts for i7 920

    I don't quite understand 4nic. The default settings for my board, are 21x133=2.8 for the CPU and 8x133=1066 for the memory, with turbo enabled of course. My memory multiplier increases in multiples of 2, 6x being the lowest then the next setting is 8x. Does that makes sense? So if the BCLK is...
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    Questions about OC concepts for i7 920

    Thanks for the reply jdof. Until I get the aftermarket cooler and things are stable, I want to shoot for 3.0GHz. I know it's not much. But I am just confused with the memory settings. With my BCLK at 150 and multiplier at 12x (3.0GHz) what can I do to get the RAM to run at 1066 or close to it? I...
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    Questions about OC concepts for i7 920

    My system: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard w/ F12 BIOS Core i7 920 D0 Bloomfield CPU 6GB OCZ Gold DDR3-1600 RAM, triple channel Ultra X3 850-Watt modular PSU w/ 64A on the 12V rail I have decided that I want to OC my processor to get some better performance and unlock it's full...
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