Difficulties overclocking i7 930 CPU with Gigabyte X58 UD3R Mobo

Jackrs113 · 06-18-2010, 10:27 PM

So I recently completed a PC Build (my very first) and I was very pleased with the results . I'm running a i7 930, with a Gigabyte X58 UD3R, 6gb of gskils DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800). However I have run into a problem. I bought the i7 with the intention of overclocking it but the system continued to fail to post above 2.95 GHz with all settings standard except BCLK frequency , EIST, and C1E turned off. Doing a further check on the system I found the BIOS temp reading for the CPU to be at 90*C while Furmark had the system reading at 45*C. It seems that the problem resides in the Mobo (based on the BIOS temp reading) though I am clueless as to what the problem might be. I am currently in contact with Gigabyte to determine the problem and a solution, however their customer support is absolute trash and has been a real pain to deal with. Has anyone on here experience this issue or something similar? help would be greatly appreciated. If you need any other info let me know and I will happily provide it.

shozzking · 06-18-2010, 10:35 PM

have you turned down your RAM's multiplier? i made the mistake of not doing that at first which caused the very same problem

Jackrs113 · 06-19-2010, 01:29 AM

yea unfortunately it did not seem to matter. I tried various combinations unfortunetly nothing seemed to work. All I managed to get was an increase to 2.95 GHz, but anything higher failed to post.

Remeniz · 06-19-2010, 02:10 AM

You should be able to overclock straight away to more than 4Ghz without any issues at all. If you can't then you need to learn a bit more about your motherboards BIOS and what it's features do.

Make sure you have control of the advanced settings and disable anything you don't need, like all the auto-overclocking features. Manually set the vCore to 1.2V, BCLK to 133, RAM to X12 for 1600Mhz. You'll notice ideal values next to the actual values so use these ideals as a start.

And use Real Temp to monitor temps.

tj107us · 10-10-2010, 07:25 AM

I have the same processor but i have the ASUS p6x58d-e and i have over clocked mine to 3.6Ghz air cooled. I cant get know higher because it will get above 65C at full load.

06-18-2010, 10:27 PM	#1
Jackrs113 Beta Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3	Difficulties overclocking i7 930 CPU with Gigabyte X58 UD3R Mobo So I recently completed a PC Build (my very first) and I was very pleased with the results . I'm running a i7 930, with a Gigabyte X58 UD3R, 6gb of gskils DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800). However I have run into a problem. I bought the i7 with the intention of overclocking it but the system continued to fail to post above 2.95 GHz with all settings standard except BCLK frequency , EIST, and C1E turned off. Doing a further check on the system I found the BIOS temp reading for the CPU to be at 90C while Furmark had the system reading at 45C. It seems that the problem resides in the Mobo (based on the BIOS temp reading) though I am clueless as to what the problem might be. I am currently in contact with Gigabyte to determine the problem and a solution, however their customer support is absolute trash and has been a real pain to deal with. Has anyone on here experience this issue or something similar? help would be greatly appreciated. If you need any other info let me know and I will happily provide it.

06-18-2010, 10:35 PM	#2
shozzking Daemon Poster Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 732	Re: Difficulties overclocking i7 930 CPU with Gigabyte X58 UD3R Mobo have you turned down your RAM's multiplier? i made the mistake of not doing that at first which caused the very same problem __________________ My Desktop: Intel Core i7-970@4.5GHz 1.39V Stable--ASUS P6X58D-E--6GB Supertalent Chrome (Elpida Hyper) 1800MHz 6-6-6-24--eVGA GTX 580--Intel 510 120GB--WD 2TB Caviar Black--Silverstone RV03-EK Supreme HF w/ Black Ice GTX 480--Koolance VID-NX580 My Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4GHz--4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM--NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT-320GB hard drive

06-19-2010, 01:29 AM	#3
Jackrs113 Beta Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3	Re: Difficulties overclocking i7 930 CPU with Gigabyte X58 UD3R Mobo yea unfortunately it did not seem to matter. I tried various combinations unfortunetly nothing seemed to work. All I managed to get was an increase to 2.95 GHz, but anything higher failed to post.

06-19-2010, 02:10 AM	#4
Remeniz Fully Optimized Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,388	Re: Difficulties overclocking i7 930 CPU with Gigabyte X58 UD3R Mobo You should be able to overclock straight away to more than 4Ghz without any issues at all. If you can't then you need to learn a bit more about your motherboards BIOS and what it's features do. Make sure you have control of the advanced settings and disable anything you don't need, like all the auto-overclocking features. Manually set the vCore to 1.2V, BCLK to 133, RAM to X12 for 1600Mhz. You'll notice ideal values next to the actual values so use these ideals as a start. And use Real Temp to monitor temps. __________________ REMENIZ Computers Lenovo T61 \| T7600 - 2GB RAM - 1440x900

10-10-2010, 07:25 AM	#5
tj107us In Runtime Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 242	Re: Difficulties overclocking i7 930 CPU with Gigabyte X58 UD3R Mobo I have the same processor but i have the ASUS p6x58d-e and i have over clocked mine to 3.6Ghz air cooled. I cant get know higher because it will get above 65C at full load.

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