Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[tonytiger]

Has anyone had any problems getting bclk 172+ to post correctly.I am having issues (see my posts in the Gigabyte x58 ud5/extreme thread).I can't seem to post correctly above bclk 172 i have tried different bios versions and many settings.(boards restarted a few times until the failed overclock message is displayed) I have the following tested with 2 hours of linx

20x bclk 170 with HT and Turbo on
qpi/vtt 1.18v i tried higher (1.34) anything over 1.18 makes no difference.
vcore v1.3125
power managment off
qpi/unicore/mem multipliers on auto (x36 x20 x8)

dram v1.66 8,8,8,24 2t manually set to match spec.

The above works fine but i was hoping for at least 3.6ghz.Temps seem good also.

I think i have a bad cpu and i am wondering if anyone else has had this problem before i sell it on.


Thanks.