Overclocking an i7 930 on UD3R

[siravarice]

Any help? Would love to reach the 4GHz barrier, but I hear it can go even further on air than the 920. What settings and what not would I need?

Never OC'd on a Gigabyte board, and never messed around really with voltages and stuff.

 

[killablade]

It's trial and error, but from what I've seen it should be able to do 4+ Ghz on air

 

[tinytomlogan]

200BCLK is about the limit from the versions Ive had, but you do have the multis to play. i7 clocking is a doddle tbh

 

[siravarice]

Do I have to mention I'm a total noob?

 

[Runebeard]

Ooh ooh! It seems Gigabyte themselves have invented a guide, althought it is for i7 920 on the slightly older GA-EX58 as opposed to the GA-X58A model you (and soon to be I) have I can't really see it being massively different.

You can find the tutorial here.

Hope it works dude, as I'll likely use that myself when I'm home again.

 

[siravarice]

Cheers dude! That will save me a lot of time!

 

[Slayeristight]

I have the same MB and CPU and I run my rig at these settings below when I want to bench, but for standard use I just run at stock.

21x200, vcore at 1.35V, QPI at 1.30V, Ram at 1.65V, Uncore frequency 3200Mhz, QPI frequency 3600Mhz, PCI-E at 101Mhz, ICH at 1.20V, Ram at 1600Mhz =4.2ghz

 

[Dutt1113]

what stepping 920 do you have? If it's a d0, then it will most likely reach close to 4ghz, if not go over that

 

[Br1t1shB33f]

My 920 is running solid at 4.01Ghz at 21x191mhz and a voltage 1.33 appox. i know the 930 is very similar in its clocking but its down the the chip u have u may have a shite or amazingclocker or a stadard 4.2ghz reachable 930. hear is a screeny for anyone interested.

**Hint right click picture and click "view image"**

 

[tinytomlogan]

Does your 930 not do 200bclk plus dude?

 

[siravarice]

Yeah it does. I had it at 4GHz for a while but I've throttled it back to 3GHz now because when I went through all my games with Fraps the framerates were the same. I don't really do anything else on here at the moment so I have no need to put it back up. It's more for future reference.

 

[KapteinFruit]

Four gigahertz on air is not difficult. I'd recommend to google for a tutorial and just set all the voltages as the maker of the tutorial does and if that fails at let's say four gigahertz then up the voltages for the CPU and try again. Keep trying until you find something stable. But don't go insane on the voltages. Know when to stop.

 

[thestepster]

Yeah it does. I had it at 4GHz for a while but I've throttled it back to 3GHz now because when I went through all my games with Fraps the framerates were the same. I don't really do anything else on here at the moment so I have no need to put it back up. It's more for future reference.

get folding mate

 

[kup]

lol @ Stepy!

 

[thestepster]

lol @ Stepy!

well since i got the whining might aswell pass it on to an i7 dude

 

[kup]

Damn straight! :yumyum:

 

[siravarice]

I used to fold but I use my computer a lot so I kept having to stop to play games...

 

[thestepster]

i know the feeling mate im chompin at the bit to play SFIV but cant cause of it

 

[AMDFTW]

Sfiv?

 

[kup]

Street Fighter 4.