I7 990x on Rampage 3 extreme

Undertoker

Undertoker

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Hi guys
I'm new to the overclocking scene, I've got a reasonable rig and want to clock to around 4.2 - 4.4 so as not to jeopardise the hardware by going too mad

I've had a tinker about in the bios but I'd like some experienced person to possibly give me some settings to put in that will achieve 4.2-4.4 without being to risky
Basically I don't want to go too over temp on the CPU or system and knacker it, but I would like to see how it perform but stable

Any help or advice directly related to doing this on my setup would be appreciated.

Please use laymen's terms as I'm not by any means an expert, but I can toggle thru a bios and put in settings recommended by others with the knowledge of the kit I've got.

I do have reasonable cooling and also a closed,loop CPU water cooler the Antec 920. While it isn't cutting edge, it is better than a stock air cooler.

I also have real temp and a few other temp measuring program's and prime 95/ cpu-z to test any setup
Thanks in advance for your help, this does look like the forum to get the info I'm after
John
 
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We can't tell you exact settings for overclocks. Every chip is different.

You need to read guides really - adjust the multiplier and then bring up the vcore to get it stable. That's about all the advice anyone can really give at this stage.
 
So I can just pump up the multiplier without adjusting the voltage or anything ?

That's handy ;)

Ok , I changed the multiplier to 31 which made it 4.1

It ran a few benchmarks without any problems and was peaking at about 50deg under load, it was reasonable and I did see a decent improvement in my benchmarks

Is that all there is to overclocking on this motherboard ? It did seem ridiculously easy
I also set the memory to 1600 and the "other bit" (lol) to double that as it suggested

Is there a guide for this specific board anywhere ?
 
''other bit''?

You need to stress test with something like Prime95 or Intel Burn test to properly check stability. Leave one of those on for like 12 hours.

What cooling are you using?

If that's the overclock you're aiming for, then fair enough. I dare say you could push further with core voltage increase and small adjustments in the base clock.

You need to properly check stability first though
 
Tbh I haven't set myself a target really, just to tinker about with it.

I have an Antec 1200V3

It's got 6x 120mm fans, 2x 80mm side wall fans (one directly over the n.bridge)
And a big 200mm fan in the top
The case has pretty good cooling

For the CPU I use an Antec 920 H2o water cooler, it's a closed loop and reasonable
 
What's the difference ?
Surely an over-clock to a certain frequency is the same performance what ever way you go to get it ?
 
Undertoker said:
What's the difference ?
Surely an over-clock to a certain frequency is the same performance what ever way you go to get it ?
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No mate, on that CPU a bus clock wins :p


thats why I told you to up it. You need to work on 200x20 and the up the multi from there.
 
Ok Tom
Have you got a link to a guide of just what to change to what anywhere on here mate?
I'm seeing stuff for 920s etc but nothin specific and nood friendly to the rampage 3 and a 990x
I'm awaiting the arrival of some new memory , hopefuly this week
 
Undertoker said:
Ok Tom
Have you got a link to a guide of just what to change to what anywhere on here mate?
I'm seeing stuff for 920s etc but nothin specific and nood friendly to the rampage 3 and a 990x
I'm awaiting the arrival of some new memory , hopefuly this week
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any 1366 is basically the same thing mate, keep your memory at 1600 for now (assuming it will run at that) and tbh you may have wanted to have bought different memory once you actually understand what all the settings are lol

You have to choose memory wisely atm for a 1366 socket because everything changes so dramatically where you can actually change the bus speed.

Your CPU will do 200 bclk x20 - thats where you start.
 
Ok
I've set these settings guys

BcLK freq 200
CPU ratio 20

Dram freq 1603
Uclk freq 3208

What should he pci freq be ? It at 100
 
OK
ive had a play about the last week or so, so far Ive settled on

just over 4GHz stable on the CPU

the multiplier is set to 20
the Bus speed to 200

the memory is set at just over 1600MHz
If i push it too hard the memory doesn't like it i think

I bought two 12GB sets of 2000Mhz memory, but they are not matched as a 24GB kit,
(tho they are identical kits), as such i was told id prolly have to run the 24GB together at 1600 or 1866, it seems it likes 1600 i think thus far. I had a couple of BSOD @ 1866, but its solid at 1600

the CPU is pulling 1.296v - 1.310v
its peaking at 65Deg C under prime95 under 100% load, that's with my Antec 920 cooling set to medium and not too loud as i don't want it deafening me.

does that seem a reasonable set of figures guys ?

If these are decent figures id be happy running it at this
i know i could run the CPU a bit faster
but i don't want it too hot that the life of it is reduced.

any feedback is appreciated as im very new to this
 
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Just ran prime95 overnight non stop
Peaked again at 66 deg. C

No bsod and everythig seems fine

Well chuffed

I anyone else can confirm the settings mentioned above are ok I'd appreciate it
Thanks in advance
John
 
You also could try running cinebench 11.5,sometimes i could run wprime,but cinebench wouldnt finish.
Linpack Linx with ALL RAM enabled is a hard one to finish if the system isnt calibrated properly.
 
Hi there,

This thread have been a bit usefull to me, because after 1 year of having my computer I decided to step up the OC a bit. Basically just try to learn a bit more a see if I can get a bit more performance out of it, although I dont really need it lol.

I have a intel 970 running at 200 x 20 for 4GHz with 6 sticks of 2GB of GSkill memory running at 1600Mhz and a vCore of 1.27v or something around those lines. I dont remember the exact value.

Well I know that GSkill isnt the best, but it was the most available option at the time, but next time I will go with Corsair.

All that running on the intel extreme cooler (the 1366 socket one with 4 heat pipes) in silent profile, so it only ramps up when he needs to and Ive been getting 70ºC tops with that.

My question is, my objective is 4.2GHz and maybe 4.4GHz if possible (but I really I cant get to 4.4GHz with this memory and cooler), what was your minimum voltage you had to put on vCore in order to achive 4.2GHz with a base clock of 200.

Thanks,
Ralms.

P.s.: I used this thread because is pretty much the same processor, same plataform being discused.
 
Well, I dont have a Rampage, because I felt that it had too much stuff I wouldnt need. At the time, and still, I beleive that the Rampage is really for those extreme overclocks/builds, something I wouldnt be doing. So I have a P6X58D-E.

And I dont really like to leave stuff on Auto because it exaggerates all the time. I rather have control over it and tweak it as best as I can. After all, this is kinda a hobbie for me so I enjoy it xD

Edit:
Undertoker, with that rig you have you dont own a SSD? really?
With all that you prob have money for it, go and grab one of thos new GTX SSDs, the New Neutron from Crosair and you will be amazed with the performance boost in general in the system XD
 
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To honest mate I'm planning on picking one up in the next two weeks ;0)
You read my mind
I would have had an SSD already but they only really recently become reasonably priced and it is the last piece in my rig I was planning on getting.

I've not Looked at the corsair ones, I was toying with a Samsung 830 512GB
I think the 840s are not only tough to get hold of, but like all new stuff they overpriced.
I'll certainly have a look at the corsair range
 
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