Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[dejanh]

Is it my impression or user "Kanasatake" is answering my "Dejanh" question? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=2789

Yes i am, XP 64Bits. If it does 4GHZ at 1.22v or even less (testing) maybe it can do less then 1.30v to 4.2GHZ, we never know ah?

Indeed, I'd be extremely impressed by that. I loaded up 19x222MHz today with 1.3V but it was not stable at all. No way I could run any stress test on it. You got some nice chip there. My chip does 3.8GHz (19x200MHz) at just 1.18V, about 1.26V for 4GHz using 19x211MHz, but if I go with the 20x or higher multipliers for say 4GHz, 4.2GHz, or higher then the voltages jump way up. At 20x200MHz I need about 1.3V to be stable, or rather that was before I set up my new cooling. I can expect that I can drop that now to about 1.26-1.28 probably but I have not tried. Running 4.2 at 1.36V using 21x200MHz on the i7 940.

@Kanasatake - LinX will push your temps higher still. The TRUE does not exactly hold it's own at 4.2GHz with or without HT. Without HT you can run it ok most likely but with HT on there is no way. Not unless you can get chance's 1.30V 4.2GHz I own the TRUE as well, same one as you, and it's sitting in the closet right now. I just had to ask about the temps because people get the wrong impression about what realistic clocks/temps are when reading this thread and then complain a lot about how they cannot get the same results. That's all. I did not mean to sound mean. If you do not do overly intense work that needs all 8 threads then your temps should be ok for day to day use and you should not be worries. Realistically, you got nothing to worry about until you are way up in the upper 80s or even low 90s.