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emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
April 17 2010 19:25 GMT
#1
I have i7 920 and ATI 5770, could my PC handle it if I would overclock my CPU to 3.8GHZ and GPU to 900mhz/1330mhz?

My PSU is: Corsair 550W

My RAM is corsair XMS3 1x3gb

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Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
April 17 2010 19:28 GMT
#2
Just look at the temperatures and use Prime 95 to test for CPU stability. Enable Error checking in the menu. If your cpu survives a 1-2 hour test without errors and if the load temperature isn't too high then it's fine.
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xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
April 17 2010 19:30 GMT
#3
Yes, but not on the stock heatsink for your cpu.
Make sure you have good cooling in your case too.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 19:32:30
April 17 2010 19:31 GMT
#4
Yeah, I just did the test, passed with no errors but my CPU was about 80 degrees.. is that normal?

without prime95, my CPU is about 45C
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
April 17 2010 19:32 GMT
#5
you need to error check for much longer. i would say at least 5 hours.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
April 17 2010 19:33 GMT
#6
On April 18 2010 04:32 mahnini wrote:
you need to error check for much longer. i would say at least 5 hours.

Ok, thanks
I have only 3 hours till sleep.
I will do it tommorrow I guess
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 19:40:05
April 17 2010 19:38 GMT
#7
80C sounds high. i think the tjmax for intel processors is usually 100C but i would definitely try to keep it lower than 80C but i'm not sure it will actually cause problems.

P.S. just leave it on while you sleep so you dont have to wait for it :D
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
April 17 2010 19:41 GMT
#8
On April 18 2010 04:38 mahnini wrote:
80C sounds high. i think the tjmax for intel processors is usually 100C but i would definitely try to keep it lower than 80C but i'm not sure it will actually cause problems.

P.S. just leave it on while you sleep so you dont have to wait for it :D

lol what if it burns my house = =
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
April 17 2010 19:49 GMT
#9
the processor will stop itself if it reaches a certain temperature !
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 19:58:31
April 17 2010 19:57 GMT
#10
On April 18 2010 04:49 mahnini wrote:
the processor will stop itself if it reaches a certain temperature !

are you sure? = =

edit. ok.....but I dont wanna take any risk
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11565 Posts
April 17 2010 20:00 GMT
#11
yeah it'll stop itself at around 105C

make sure you run Prime95 for at least 6-8 hours imo. 80C is fine, but a bit on the high side imo. What are your volts?
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KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14911 Posts
April 17 2010 20:02 GMT
#12
Your processors will probably have errors before then anyways, and prime95 stops running on those cpu's when they have errors
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
April 17 2010 20:05 GMT
#13
On April 18 2010 05:00 FragKrag wrote:
yeah it'll stop itself at around 105C

make sure you run Prime95 for at least 6-8 hours imo. 80C is fine, but a bit on the high side imo. What are your volts?

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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11565 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 20:25:03
April 17 2010 20:19 GMT
#14
I suggest turning off Turbo Mode because it could cause stability issues later on in tasks that are not multithreaded.

Your voltage looks fine. Not sure why your temps are high.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
April 17 2010 20:38 GMT
#15
On April 18 2010 05:19 FragKrag wrote:
I suggest turning off Turbo Mode because it could cause stability issues later on in tasks that are not multithreaded.

Your voltage looks fine. Not sure why your temps are high.

Yeah, maybe it because I have turned my fans to silent-mode on my bios settings...
I hate noises >.<
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 20:54:09
April 17 2010 20:51 GMT
#16
On April 18 2010 05:19 FragKrag wrote:
I suggest turning off Turbo Mode because it could cause stability issues later on in tasks that are not multithreaded.

Your voltage looks fine. Not sure why your temps are high.

ionno what his cooler is but turbo mode should be off for an oc.

About ocing your 5770 i suggest using msi afterburner in conjunction with kombuster run kombuster and find the max of your memory first then bring up your core till stable s memory is the main issue with the 5770.

That's or evga precision will do.

most times you can push that memory to about 1400 usually a bit less then that. but i like kombuster it's good to see hz on the core and memory becuase it goes down to the 10th place.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
April 17 2010 21:00 GMT
#17
My cooler is Noctua NH-D14 btw, should be pretty cool imho...
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 21:03:08
April 17 2010 21:02 GMT
#18
Really you have a noctua and getting those temps esp that cooler i suggest you may want to take a look at if you're cooler is properly set and if you have to much thermal paste.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 22:00:55
April 17 2010 21:51 GMT
#19
my cooler is fine... just checked..after running an hour idle is 40C
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-17 22:04:57
April 17 2010 22:04 GMT
#20
Hum yeah that idle seems fine i just guess the case or you set your fans very low
intrudor
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada446 Posts
April 18 2010 06:21 GMT
#21
im gonna be overclocking my i7-920 soon on my ASUS motherboard..but ive never overclocked before. ive done a bit of reading and found out about the ASUS turboV software..and the ROG connect... it looks a bit complicated..

would it be easier to go with the old BIOS settings method instead?
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11565 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-18 06:41:29
April 18 2010 06:41 GMT
#22
TurboV is an easy 3.6ish ghz overclock, but it will ramp up the voltages to the CPU far past the required amount (and therefore generate more heat)
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
intrudor
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada446 Posts
April 18 2010 06:55 GMT
#23
fuck it...i'll go bios.. i wanna get to 3.9//4.0
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Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1484 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-04-18 07:35:28
April 18 2010 07:28 GMT
#24
Never use software to overclock your CPU, simply retarded.

Bios is the way to go, and is VERY simple. First set your multiplier to either 21x or 19x, since the i7's favor odd multipliers when overclocking. Then, just increase BCLK in increments of 10 until you blue screen or crash. After about 160 BCLK run at least 10 minutes of prime95 to make sure you won't crash, before you do another increase. Once you do crash, increase your VCORE by 0.25 until you can boot into windows again.

If VCORE alone is not giving you stability, set your ioh and ich to 1.2, your vdimm to 1.65, your cpu pll to 1.88, and your qpi/uncore to 1.35.

^Those settings are 100% safe. Your qpi/uncore might need a little adjusting up or down if you are getting the blue screen code 124. These settings will probably guarantee a 4.0 if you have a d0 stepping, and your VCORE should not be going past 1.35 if even that.


@OP, GPU overclocking is the easiest out their, but really depends on the card itself. Just download MSI afterburner. 900mhz on a 5770 is a joke for an overclock, all reference models should be able to hit 950/1350 on 1250 voltage(100% safe up to 1350 where it locks). My MSI R5770 Hawks can run at 1050/1400 @ 1300 volts, and pass 20 minutes of furmark(gpu stability program).
Aurabolt
Profile Joined April 2010
United States21 Posts
May 10 2010 15:03 GMT
#25
Thanks @superbabosheki.. My i7 920 c0 is currently at 3.4ghz maxing out at 70C with prime95 and no voltage changes.. how high do you think I could get my 920 if I change my voltage as per your suggestions?
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-10 15:42:39
May 10 2010 15:41 GMT
#26
On April 18 2010 16:28 superbabosheki wrote:
Never use software to overclock your CPU, simply retarded.

Bios is the way to go, and is VERY simple. First set your multiplier to either 21x or 19x, since the i7's favor odd multipliers when overclocking. Then, just increase BCLK in increments of 10 until you blue screen or crash. After about 160 BCLK run at least 10 minutes of prime95 to make sure you won't crash, before you do another increase. Once you do crash, increase your VCORE by 0.25 until you can boot into windows again.

If VCORE alone is not giving you stability, set your ioh and ich to 1.2, your vdimm to 1.65, your cpu pll to 1.88, and your qpi/uncore to 1.35.

^Those settings are 100% safe. Your qpi/uncore might need a little adjusting up or down if you are getting the blue screen code 124. These settings will probably guarantee a 4.0 if you have a d0 stepping, and your VCORE should not be going past 1.35 if even that.


@OP, GPU overclocking is the easiest out their, but really depends on the card itself. Just download MSI afterburner. 900mhz on a 5770 is a joke for an overclock, all reference models should be able to hit 950/1350 on 1250 voltage(100% safe up to 1350 where it locks). My MSI R5770 Hawks can run at 1050/1400 @ 1300 volts, and pass 20 minutes of furmark(gpu stability program).

Really 1400 on the memory? did you add headsinks to the memory located on the back as i think that would be the first to go, it's what i enviably had to do for my friends 5770 hawk as he couldn't get it past 1345 stable after that it would randomly produce an error like an hour in was good enough for a benchmark or suicide run but not for everyday use.
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
May 10 2010 15:43 GMT
#27
On May 11 2010 00:03 Aurabolt wrote:
Thanks @superbabosheki.. My i7 920 c0 is currently at 3.4ghz maxing out at 70C with prime95 and no voltage changes.. how high do you think I could get my 920 if I change my voltage as per your suggestions?

Depends on the 920 and your motherboard, the 920 it's not a super consistent chip in terms of overclocking performance it's why they got out the 930 which is one.
AyeH
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States534 Posts
May 10 2010 19:20 GMT
#28
On May 11 2010 00:43 semantics wrote:
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On May 11 2010 00:03 Aurabolt wrote:
Thanks @superbabosheki.. My i7 920 c0 is currently at 3.4ghz maxing out at 70C with prime95 and no voltage changes.. how high do you think I could get my 920 if I change my voltage as per your suggestions?

Depends on the 920 and your motherboard, the 920 it's not a super consistent chip in terms of overclocking performance it's why they got out the 930 which is one.


the 920 may not be super consistent in the temp ranges between the cores but it is one of the best chips on the market due to it's ability to OC so well. you can clock safely up to 4.1 ghz on AIR. with a WC rig, you can push it WAY past that. also, if you want real help, post in forums like www.xtremesystems.org or www.overclockers.com... you won't get much help with overclocking here. watercooling makes a ginormous difference in cooling potential btw.
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Exteray
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1094 Posts
May 11 2010 01:23 GMT
#29
5/5 Your PSU is named Corsair.
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