Gulftown Overclocks

[kirbyrj]

What are you guys seeing on the OC with the 6 cores? What settings are you using?

I'm at 4.2Ghz and am stable with Prime95, but I was reading on some websites that they were having a hard time getting to 4Ghz. I am totally new to the Core i series OCing and I've been trying to figure out all the terminology, but anyway, here's what I have:

Cooling: Corsair H50 (single fan since two fans didn't fit with the cooler on the motherboard)
CPU Voltage: 1.325V
Memory Voltage: 1.6V
Turbo Mode: Disabled
Hyperthreading: Enabled
Bclk: 175mhz
Multiplier: Stock x24
QPI: 6.3Ghz (CPU-Z reports 3.15Ghz, but Bios says 6.3...not sure what's going on here)
Memory Speed: 1400mhz (1600mhz sticks)

Some of the temps get a little high in Prime95...like in the 80C range. Is that normal? I came from a X6 1090T and temps above 60C were considered too high.

 

[drescherjm]

Some of the temps get a little high in Prime95...like in the 80C range. Is that normal? I came from a X6 1090T and temps above 60C were considered too high.

AMD has a max temp of about 65C while Intel has 100C max temp.

QPI: 6.3Ghz (CPU-Z reports 3.15Ghz, but Bios says 6.3...not sure what's going on here)

Both answers are technically correct. Depends on if you say MT/s or GHz.

 

[drescherjm]

I would run IntelBurnTest. That is more rigorous than Prime95.

 

[kirbyrj]

AMD has a max temp of about 65C while Intel has 100C max temp.



Both answers are technically correct. Depends on if you say MT/s or GHz.

Ok...that makes sense.

I've used the Intel Burn Test before. Just not on this machine yet. I'll try it when I get home.

What are the Gulftowns maxing out around in terms of speed? Any general consensus (obviously every chip is different)?