Specs:
I7 920
EVG SLI LE
3x2 Corsair XMS 1600
when i first built the system 6m ago, I was still on the stock HS. In a "lets just see" moment, I set the BCLK to 166 and everything else to auto/stock. ran at 3.4 with no issues. I picked up a corsair A70 recently and figured it was time to see how far I could go. Pushed BCLK to 176, booted fine and burntest ran fine. BCLK to 186 started to cause some issue. After toying with the vcore and ram voltage, I find out the vdrop option is the issue and turn it off. vcore around 1.32 and ram at 1.65
Push BCLK to 196 and end up setting vcore to 1.35 to get through the first pass of burntest, fails on the second pass. Quick test at 1.36 doesn't make it stable so I decide to settle on the BCLK @ 186 for 3.8.
Start to back down the voltages and it keeps going lower and lower. Currently at 1.27 for vcore and 1.5 for ram. Pretty sure I can go lower on the vcore, but I stopped to see if something else may have been stopping me from a higher over clock. So am I missing something or should that much more voltage not get me over 4ghz?
I7 920
EVG SLI LE
3x2 Corsair XMS 1600
when i first built the system 6m ago, I was still on the stock HS. In a "lets just see" moment, I set the BCLK to 166 and everything else to auto/stock. ran at 3.4 with no issues. I picked up a corsair A70 recently and figured it was time to see how far I could go. Pushed BCLK to 176, booted fine and burntest ran fine. BCLK to 186 started to cause some issue. After toying with the vcore and ram voltage, I find out the vdrop option is the issue and turn it off. vcore around 1.32 and ram at 1.65
Push BCLK to 196 and end up setting vcore to 1.35 to get through the first pass of burntest, fails on the second pass. Quick test at 1.36 doesn't make it stable so I decide to settle on the BCLK @ 186 for 3.8.
Start to back down the voltages and it keeps going lower and lower. Currently at 1.27 for vcore and 1.5 for ram. Pretty sure I can go lower on the vcore, but I stopped to see if something else may have been stopping me from a higher over clock. So am I missing something or should that much more voltage not get me over 4ghz?
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