Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[dejanh]

Two new results with relatively low Vcore and overclocked Dominator 1600MHz sticks (6GB)...

First image is 22x180MHz (3960MHz), 1804MHz DRAM 8-8-7-20-1T, 1.30000V CPU, 1.35000V QPI/DRAM, 1.65681V DRAM (all BIOS settings). The configuration is both memtest and stress test stable.

The second image is 21x190 (3990MHz), 1904MHz DRAM 8-9-7-20-1T, 1.28750V CPU, 1.43750V QPI/DRAM, 1.65681V DRAM (all BIOS settings). The configuration is both memtest and stress test stable. This config I am not 100% comfortable with as the QPI is much lower and significantly lower than Uncore, but the memory OC is just insane.

Thoughts? Which one seems better? The second has a better memory OC, lower CPU volts, but much higher QPI/DRAM volts than the first. Maybe I should skip all of these and settle for 21x180 (3780MHz), 1804MHz DRAM 8-8-7-20-1T, with 1.21250V CPU, 1.35000V QPI/DRAM, 1.65681V DRAM (BIOS settings)...

Edit: I guess I forgot to mention that I am now striving for the best balance between OC and voltages for 24/7, as opposed to raw clockspeed. After I managed to do 3.8 with only 1.2V I just cannot bear to force this chip to run at 1.4V for only 400MHz more.