Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[JWMc]

if you set linx to use all available ram it creams prime for stability.

It does for finding vCore I agree. But I just passed LinX x 20 with 6 gigs with max memory used at 1.375 VTT and blue screened Prime blend after maybe 15-20 mins. I'm up to over an hour now on blend with 1.395 VTT.

http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?i...184v1ptpc9.jpg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=485169

[ReverendMaynard]

It does for finding vCore I agree. But I just passed LinX x 20 with 6 gigs with max memory used at 1.375 VTT and blue screened Prime blend after maybe 15-20 mins. I'm up to over an hour now on blend with 1.395 VTT.

http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?i...184v1ptpc9.jpg

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=485169

then ditch prime.

[Truckchase!]

then ditch prime.

I believe you're over-simplifying here, that system isn't stable.

[loonym]

I believe you're over-simplifying here, that system isn't stable.

I suppose you could call it unstable if you only want to play prime all day. My systems are tuned for Boinc WCG.

[Splave]

I suppose you could call it unstable if you only want to play prime all day. My systems are tuned for Boinc WCG.

Amen brother

[ReverendMaynard]

I believe you're over-simplifying here, that system isn't stable.

Prime stable = prime stable.

real world stability = real world stability.

How is that over-simplifying? Seems perfectly legitimate in theory and execution. If prime actually did something other than set off premature electro-migration then I'd be all for it.

I use Linx to shut people up and it's fast

[Truckchase!]

Prime stable = prime stable.

real world stability = real world stability.

How is that over-simplifying? Seems perfectly legitimate in theory and execution. If prime actually did something other than set off premature electro-migration then I'd be all for it.

I use Linx to shut people up and it's fast

You and a couple of the other guys are turning the term stable into something intangible that you can bend to your desires. Having no scientific standards doesn't make you more logical than those who insist upon them. Your standards are fine for you, but in a scientific community there is need to set a benchmark by which claims can be validated. Your comment of "to shut people up" is in itself quite revealing.

I don't want you to change your standards, I just want you to stop trying to lower others'. Thank you.

[ReverendMaynard]

You and you cohorts are turning the term stable into something intangible that you can bend to your desires. Having no scientific standards doesn't make you more logical than those who insist upon them. Your standards are fine for you, but in a scientific community there is need to set a benchmark by which claims can be validated. Your comment of "to shut people up" is in itself quite revealing.

I don't want you to change your standards, I just want you to stop trying to lower others'. Thank you.

Who said Prime is a standard or the holy grail of stability especially when 100 people will tell you 100 different time frames that they call it stable. Then you have small fft, large fft and blend. Which one is the right one for i7? In reality, your system needs to be stable enough to run the applications that you run. Making anything a standard is impossible because of the rapid advancement in technology is 100x faster than the advancement of these worthless stability programs.

For anyone to argue against real world stability, that is revealing.

My "cohorts" as you coin them are unfortunately few and far between.

[Truckchase!]

For anyone to argue against real world stability, that is revealing.

Define real world.

[jcool]

Which one is the right one for i7?

Blend, definitely
Forget about the rest on i7, just a waste of CPU cycles.

[JWMc]

I believe you're over-simplifying here, that system isn't stable.

Which was my point: a properly run LinX x 20 isn't enough to ensure 24/7 full load stability. I am still increasing VTT chasing stability with triple channel under Prime blend. I am up to 1.4350 VTT at the moment. The system made it past an hour at the previous two VTT voltage settings in the bios and blue screened.

I am happy that I am getting LinX x 20 and 11 hour Prime blend stability at only 1.2750 VTT when using just dual channel memory. So far my Prime blend max temps have not increased at all from increasing VTT or adding the third memory module.