Quote Originally Posted by Isepick View Post
sorry, uncore is 13x, ram is 6x, the 18 i posted above was when i was playing with memory stuff to see if it was stable at 175 with better timings....when i was on my way up to 175 bclck, 12x uncore would be unstable, 13x just fine (with 6x memory)

I do believe I AM taking the wrong approach, thx Rev...my temps are ok tho, and I'm not near the max Vcore yet, but I really didnt want to run so high on the voltages...I'm on air, hitting 83C on load, 40 on idle...I'm getting 4 GHZ now, I'm trying for 4.2 and I'll be happy

Edit: having issues with my dvd player at the moment, so I am NOT on a clean install...running vista x64, could that be the cause?
Sometimes you just gotta scrap everything you're doing and "reset" lol. Glad you didn't take my comment as a knock

This is subjective, but I'd say 1.4v is the max limit for i7's on air 24/7. I say that because of the high load temps. high Volts + high temps = damage, and the higher the load temps, the lower your vcore ceiling is going to be. If you're not worried about ditching your cpu, then by all means...pump it to it lol.

Right now, with HT off I'm trying to dial in 4ghz.

20x200
QPI=36
uncore=16
9-9-9-24 (depends on your ram of course)
LLC=Enabled
Vcore=1.375
QPI/VTT = 1.325
CpuPLL=1.84
QPIpll= 1.24
IOH Core=1.1
ICH I/O =1.58
ICH Core=1.14
Dram=1.66v (depends on your ram of course)

So far, this has netted me 4ghz 1hr prime small/large and blend stable. I refuse to push it beyond an hour at 82C (I'm on air as well) until I can drop it by switching to water (modding my Apogess GT today)

Those settings might not work for your Ise, but they are a bit more realistic to what it should take to get 4ghz.