Gigabyte x58 UD7 - i7 930 D0 Blast from the past help

[boss67]

Hi there.
I know my system specs are outdated but i would appreciate a bit of help in order to find out where i am making the mistake with my overclocking.
Goal is to achieve: 4GHz fully stable (Even 3.8GHz wouldnt hurt so as to enjoy latest titles such as crysis 3 , dead space 3).

System Specs:
Gigabyte x58 ud7 Rev 1.0 (F9a Bios)
i7 930 D0 2.8GHz CPU
Corsair Dominator 2000MHz Tripple Channel ddr3 Memory -8-8-8-24
Evga gtx480 GPU
Enermax Revolutoin 1250W PSU
SB Xfi titanium fatality pro sound card
Samsung 840 PRO SSD AHCI Mode - Win 7x64 SP1 Enterprise
Prolimatech Megashadow Push Pull config.

Bios Template:

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]


Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. (36)
Uncore Frequency .......................... (16)
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .................... 200
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]


Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [6]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [auto]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................7
tRCD .......................................7
tRP .........................................7
tRAS .......................................20
Command Rate CMD..................1

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Lv2]
CPU Vcore ...............................1.375
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............1.355
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................1.900v

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................1.560v
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................1.220v
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... 1.140v
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................1.560v
ICH Core 1.1v ........................1.140v

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............1.66v
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]

I have set the memory multiplier to 6.0 to check what stability i can achieve with memory at 1200MHz @ 7-7-7-20 and 1.66v.

Linx pack it will crash at around 150-200Times.
Unigine Heaven 3.0 at max settings will crash on the 4th run.
Conclusion Crysis3 , Deadspace3 etc will crash after 15mins approx of gaming.
Any thoughts ?
I'd appreciate you help.

Thanks all!

 

[Froger]

In my opinion, i dont know what exactly the problem is, but i would start by increasing the voltages of the Vcore to see if it helps, increase the voltages then test and keep doing it as it wont always fix the stability use on the first increase sometimes you need to keep increasing it, if that doesnt work, then i would say that it would have something to do with the memory as TTL talked about the ram causing crashes when overclocking in his overclocking guide, i will link you to it below so you can see what he has to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBEeXajbG2o
Just dont increase the voltages to far, personaly i wouldnt go past 1.4volts
Hope this helps

 

[Jaydu]

I am currently not at my house where I have a system stable similar to yours its a I7-920do running at 4g with a 200x20 @1.248core volts, but I would say your QPI/VTT should be around 1.40. and reset the timings to stock and the memory multi to 10x.
hope this helps you when I get home tonight I will pm you with my exacts. I have a very similar system I7-920Do on a gigabyte x58a-oc board.

hope this helps I am not the best at explaining things in type.
http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2366638_jaydu_superpi___32m_core_i7_920_9min_3sec_188ms

 

[Jaydu]

Bios Template:

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Disabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Disabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]


Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. (auto)
Uncore Frequency .......................... (20)4000
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .................... 200
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[700mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [700mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]


Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [10]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [auto]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................8
tRCD .......................................8
tRP .........................................8
tRAS .......................................20
Command Rate CMD..................1

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Lv2]
CPU Vcore ...............................1.25000
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............1.4000
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................auto

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................auto
QPI PLL 1.100v ......................auto
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... auto
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................auto
ICH Core 1.1v ........................auto

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............1.68v
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
all I have right now to show, I didnt have my prime95 screen shots