JogaBonito1502
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Remember my old hype about overclocking? Came back last week. I joined OC Forums and I've been getting some help there. The people there are very knowledgeable (no offense to any of you here). They do OC'ing with all parts to bring the best in all...something I didn't do.
I'm very close to breaking the 3400MHz mark. I know I was 14MHz off before, but this time I still have some more room.
My last successful OC were under the following settings:
BIOS VCore: 1.575V
Idle VCore: 1.520V
Full Load VCore: 1.44V0 *Notice the big VDroop here*
CPU Max Frequency: 260Mhz
CPU Frequency: 226MHz
Multiplier: 15x
DRAM: 333MHz *down stepped just so I can get max OC for now*
vDIMM: 1.95V
BIOS HT Link Volt: 1.30V
HT Link: 3x *cheating a bit, but...can't help it*
HT Bandwidth: 16-bit
NB Volt: 1.15V
Full Load CPU Temp: 48C *here you see just barely enough room to break the 3400MHz mark*
Full Load Core#0: 32C [max]
Full Load Core#1: 42C [max]
I tested the same settings but with the 227 CPU Frequency (3405Mhz) and it failed after 12 minutes of P95. It was unfortunate because this post was supposed to be about breaking the mark and as I was typing it, it failed. There are a couple things that I want to buy to help me OC when I get the money and I think they'll give me some more room. First of all, I'm going to see if I can get a hold of a 16cm x 1cm MOFSET heatsink. If this gives me room on the VCore I'll get a better HSF to push it further without damaging the CPU. I think 3.5GHz may be achievable if I can get the VCore to max out at 1.65V (BIOS). My biggest problem right now is that the VDroop increases the higher my VCore is. In fact, I think the step from 1.550V to 1.575V amounted to only an increase of 0.015V under full load.
News: I upped the VCore to 1.6V @ BIOS and I changed the HT Bandwidth to 16-bit and I wasn't able to get 227 x 15 stable. I'm going to down the VCore by .05V and lower the CPU Frequency back to 226. Basically, I'm going to go to my last successful OC and check if the change to 16-bit bandwidth is causing the problem.
I'm very close to breaking the 3400MHz mark. I know I was 14MHz off before, but this time I still have some more room.
My last successful OC were under the following settings:
BIOS VCore: 1.575V
Idle VCore: 1.520V
Full Load VCore: 1.44V0 *Notice the big VDroop here*
CPU Max Frequency: 260Mhz
CPU Frequency: 226MHz
Multiplier: 15x
DRAM: 333MHz *down stepped just so I can get max OC for now*
vDIMM: 1.95V
BIOS HT Link Volt: 1.30V
HT Link: 3x *cheating a bit, but...can't help it*
HT Bandwidth: 16-bit
NB Volt: 1.15V
Full Load CPU Temp: 48C *here you see just barely enough room to break the 3400MHz mark*
Full Load Core#0: 32C [max]
Full Load Core#1: 42C [max]
I tested the same settings but with the 227 CPU Frequency (3405Mhz) and it failed after 12 minutes of P95. It was unfortunate because this post was supposed to be about breaking the mark and as I was typing it, it failed. There are a couple things that I want to buy to help me OC when I get the money and I think they'll give me some more room. First of all, I'm going to see if I can get a hold of a 16cm x 1cm MOFSET heatsink. If this gives me room on the VCore I'll get a better HSF to push it further without damaging the CPU. I think 3.5GHz may be achievable if I can get the VCore to max out at 1.65V (BIOS). My biggest problem right now is that the VDroop increases the higher my VCore is. In fact, I think the step from 1.550V to 1.575V amounted to only an increase of 0.015V under full load.
News: I upped the VCore to 1.6V @ BIOS and I changed the HT Bandwidth to 16-bit and I wasn't able to get 227 x 15 stable. I'm going to down the VCore by .05V and lower the CPU Frequency back to 226. Basically, I'm going to go to my last successful OC and check if the change to 16-bit bandwidth is causing the problem.