• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

overclocking i7 920

P

parricc

n00b
Joined
Jan 27, 2006
Messages
7
I'm building a system for my brother, but never have really messed with overclocking before. Here's the parts I'm thinking about getting.. I already ordered the motherboard and harddrive, and will probably do the rest sunday:

Asus P6T WS Pro - (I got it for $299 at newegg)

Core i7 920

OCZ 6GB Triple Channel DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227375
I'm thinking 1333 because, if I read right, with anything faster, you can only use 3 slots. Correct me if I'm wrong..

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 32MB cache harddrive

I'm probably going to go with a GeForce 9800 GTX+, unless the price is a 260 GTX goes down a bit more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130420

Anyway, as far as overclocking the processor goes, would the stock fan do good enough? I have some Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound. I'm not really wanting to do anything too extreme, at least for the time being, but would like to at least break 3 GHz.
 
3Ghz??? Hehehe, I'm pretty sure you'd have to be VERY unlucky to not be able to reach that speed on the worst combo of hardware with a 920. And considering that I'm unsure there even IS a combo that can be considered "bad" for overclocking an i7, then I'm pretty sure you can safely assume you will hit 3Ghz without a problem ;)

Edit: For the record, stock cooling is fine for minor OC's. If you can keep your vcore settings close to or at stock, then you'll prolly get alot further then 3Ghz on the stock cooler. 3.6Ghz and sub-VID vcore are my comfortable 24/7 speeds on a stock cooler. Idle is lower to mid 40's and IBT load can hit 80C, but Prime95 load only hits 75C. Considering how hard it is to fully load 4+4ht cores, I rarely ever even see 60C coming out of the most intense multithreaded games I play, even if I had stuff running while I gamed. So my typical temp range is around 41C-60C. Very reasonable for my use.
 
all 6 slots filled with ram will not be a problem at 3ghz. also the stock cooler will be fine as you probably wont have to raise vcore to reach 3ghz. some guys dont have to raise vcore to reach 4ghz. buy this ram. the timings are a little looser than the ocz (doesnt count for much on this platform anyway) but its faster and cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225

this is pretty much the only socket 1366 hs/f less than $40 thats any good.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=450&products_id=24978

you will need this if your going to add any significant vcore.
 
vanilla_guerilla said:
all 6 slots filled with ram will not be a problem at 3ghz. also the stock cooler will be fine as you probably wont have to raise vcore to reach 3ghz. some guys dont have to raise vcore to reach 4ghz.
Click to expand...

Your totally correct. Mine makes it to 3.6Ghz with less vcore then stock VID. Vdrop causes my vcore to run well below VID detected settings. I run 3.6Ghz at 1.19 set in bios, 1.17 vdrop idle, and 1.15 vdrop load. 3Ghz is easy as pie. Or is that cake? I don't know pie or cake very well, I just know that they're easy :p
 
I would save money on the mobo and get the p6 (non dlx) I have it and it is still crossfire and triple sli enabled and oc's my 920 to 3.8 running my ddr at 1603 (corsair 1600).

Or even the gigabyte for under 200 - I mean why spend all the cash on a mobo and scrimp on a video card.
 
groebuck said:
crossfire two 4830's kicks a 280's butt for 179.00.
Click to expand...

Only when Crossfire is supported, and it's hardly a butt kicking even when it IS supported. I would never choose 2 lesser GPUs over one top GPU unless you know for sure everything you play and are going to play are supported by Crossfire.

Edit: Added point. When Crossfire ISN'T supported, the 280 stomps the 4830 into the dust with little to no mercy. When Crossfire is supported, the 4830 Crossfire beats the 280 by no more then around 20% average, and often less then that. Then there's multi-GPU microstuttering. That's another whole can of worms right there...
 
wow.. I wish I had waited a couple days longer, and saved $35 on the motherboard. It's funny how newegg always seems to make things cheaper right after their specials end. :rolleyes:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131357

This promo code is good until march 12th:
Additional $20.00 Off
(Enter Code EMCLNNP35) = $264.99

And the hard drive combo isn't bad either.

Anyway, definitely thanks for the memory and video card recommendations, as well as the overclocking advice. Also, I found this: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3652903&postcount=1 :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top