I'll try turning it off, but my main question was what is the normal default V-Core target in the Bios? Adding no mV my Bios reports my CPU Target Core at 1.2825...

I also noticed that manually setting my memory timings allowed me to overclock. Using the auto features or XMP would cause an automatic failure doing ANY amount of overclocking. So if you're having trouble, I'd try manually setting everything based on advertised RAM settings (the BR also put the volts at 1.7 for DRAM when it runs fine at 1.65).

Also, for those out there with systems set up for solely gaming, is Turbo worth it or should it just be shut off and leave HT on? The Turbo doesn't seem to add enough in terms of Mhz to make any real impact over having the extra cores, especially as the newer games begin to fully utilize the i7 architecture.


CPU Features
PPM ...............................: Enabled
EIST ..............................: Enabled
CxE................................: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit ...............: Disabled
Virtualization.....................: Disabled
Hyper Threading ...................: Enabled
Active Processor Cores ............: All
Memory Settings
Memory Controller Settings
IMC Configuration .................: Enabled
Channel Congifuration .............: Independant
Channel Interleaving ..............: 6 Way
Rank Interleaving .................: 4 Way
Memory Timings
Extreme Memory Profile XMP ........: Disabled
Memory Profile Select .............: Auto
DRAM Timing Control ...............: Manual
tCL (CAS Latency) .................: 6T
tRCG (RAS to CAS Delay) ...........: 7T
tRP (RAS Precharge) ...............:6T
tRAS (Precharge Delay) ............: 16T
CR (Command Rate) .................: 1T
tRFC (Refresh Cycle Time) .........: 59
tWR (Write Recovery Time) .........: Auto
tWTR (Write to Read Delay) ........: Auto
tRRD (RAS to RAS Delay) ...........: Auto
tRTP (Read to Precharge) ..........: Auto
All Voltage Settings
CPU Voltages
CPU Core Voltage ..................: DEFAULT
CPU Target Core Voltage ...........: 1.28250 (this is my default, seems higher than what other people are reporting...?
CPU Vdroop Compensation ...........: Enabled (going disabled at some point)
CPU VTT (UnCore) Voltage ..........: +220mv (will be dropping it to test)
1.8 PPL Voltage Setting ...........: 1.800v
CPU Clock Amplitude Ctrl ..........: 0.800v
Memory Voltages
DRAM Voltage ......................: 1.65
DIMM1 Vref CA (Addresses) .........: 0.500 Default
DIMM1 Vref DQ (Data) ..............: 0.500 Default
DIMM2 Vref CA (Addresses) .........: 0.500 Default
DIMM2 Vref DQ (Data) ..............: 0.500 Default
DIMM3 Vref CA (Addresses) .........: 0.500 Default
DIMM3 Vref DQ (Data) ..............: 0.500 Default
Chipset Voltages
X58 IOH Core Voltage .............: 1.3v
X58 IOH VCCA 1.1V ................: 1.134v
X58 IOH VCCA 1.5V ................: 1.506v
ICH10 SB Voltage .................: 1.518v
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CPU Turbo .........................: Off
System Turbo ......................: Enabled
Clock Speed Control Center
CPU Bclock (FSB) ................: 200
QPI Link Fast Mode ..............: Enabled
QPI Multiplier ..................: x18
QPI Target Speed ................: 3605mhz 7.2gt/s
CPU Core Multiplier .............: x20
CPU Core Target Speed ...........: 4006
CPU Uncore Multiplier ...........: x16
CPU Uncore Target Speed .........: 3208mhz
Memory Bus Multiplier ...........: x8
Memory Bus Target Speed .........: 1604mhz
CPU Clock Skew ..................: 0ps
IOH Clock Skew ..................: 0ps


I get 59-60C (calibrated RealTemp and CoreTemp) with Prime95 utilizing 99.9% of CPU.