Official MSI P7N Diamond (780i) Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide/BIOS Thread

[JohnNYNJ]

Stable at 3GHZ: no sweat .

8 GB OCZ (2x 4GB kits) DDR 2-1000 @ 5-5-5-18.1T @ 2.1v

I'm running 1:1 (1333 and 666), slightly bumped up vNB to 1.375 (still in MSI's "white" zone of values) and the minimum step-up on CPU (didn't try AUTO, I just bumped it up by .0125), FSB GTL 65, GSB Term 25 and all others on Auto. I'm reading around 48-50C under load with my microtemp infrared thermometer pointed at the NB. I'm running around 49.5-51.5C on the SB which seems a little high for this board - thoughts?

The hottest core is < 35C idle and hovers around 57C under load (65C max scared me a bit but I think OCCT at 94&#37;+ usage is torture) on the stock Intel retail box cooler: * for Intel*.

I can't wait to put this system on water; I'm having a great time with this set-up.

Many thanks to silent-circuit, theYipster, x-built-Stan, loonym, AaronYuri and Pchas01 on the MSI forum.




Watercooling/Case Modding thread on [H]

P.S. WTB: 1 long SLI cable!