Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[Xello]

I've seen Fugger himself remark how stable the new 'uncore' is (memory controller / L3 cache), especially at super high clocks, maybe it varies greatly between chips.

Mine is 3838A557, and it doesn't matter how much voltage I give it, it wont do 4GHz stable.

But it runs 3.8Ghz with 1.27V.

Not the first time i've seen that, there are many posts with people doing 3.2ghz - 3.8ghz with 1.1v-1.2v, but i wouldn't be surprised if half of them won't go much higher without tons of extra voltage, that seems to be the way with these chips and a better quality chip really means you have more room before you hit this wall / ultra-diminishing returns. I remember Anandtech stating in one of their pre-launch articles how it would be childsplay to take i7 to 4ghz but anything above that would be what 'seperates the men from the boys' so to speak, perhaps they were partly right but it may more come down to getting a chip that doesn't have that low ceiling.