Quote Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
Hi, is this ok? Just got my I7 980 today



Going to try it a tiny bit higher +1 BCLK at a time too.

Awwww, 181 BCLK and 4533 Mhz = crash

I dont think my Antec Kuhler H2O 620 is good enough for going over 1.4v, but for a cheapo midrange cooler its doing a damn fine job on a 4.5 Ghz I7 980.
Quote Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
At first my temps were <70 at stock volts with 4 ghz, and hitting 99-100 at 4.5 ghz

I fixed it by adding a third high CFM at the top case exhaust, but as an intake fan blowing onto the CPU area, and two more of the same fans were already set up as push pull exhausts on the h2o 620s radiator.

This dropped my temps to <60 at 4 ghz, and <90 at 4.5 ghz on a cheap cooler

The fans are silent too - 1500 RPM Xigmatek fans hat push 63 cfm

I should buy another two of them for my case intake fans.
You need to use more memory when you run linx to get real stress.
Also, you should boot diagnostic mode when running linx for best results/stress.
Start -> Run -> msconfig -> click the diagnostic mode radio button and click OK -> Restart
To undo it, follow the same steps and choose the normal mode radio button and restart.
For HT on and 12gb, test the 9216MB problem size. 5120MB at least...