Rampage 3 extreme + Intel 990x extreme

[Ahmed_AD]

Hey,

I was viewing some videos on youtube.com about overclocking and i didnt find the information i needed. i am having difficulties overclocking my system in the right way. first of all you have to know that i am new in the overclocking thing and i wanted to start solid so i got my self some expensive stuff.

lets begin with my configuration

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Case: CoolerMaster HAF-X

MotherBoard: Asus Rampage3 Extreme

CPU: Intel 990x Extreme

RAM: 12GB Patriot Viber 2 2000Mhz

SSD: Crucial c300 128 GB

HDD: 2X Raptor 10000 RPM 300GB each

HDD: WD 7200RPM 1tb

GPU: Asus ATI 6990 HD

CPU Cooling: H70 corsair

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with this spec what can i do . can you please tell me the setting of stable overclock.

Thanks guys i hope this Topic will be interesting to others also.

 

[ruthless_villain]

depends on the chip if TTL see's another one of these he will prolly go a little more crazy

 

[hmmblah]

http://www.techreaction.net/2010/09/07/3-step-overclocking-guide-bloomfield-and-gulftown/

Read up. When you need specific help we can help you there, but you need to understand what you are doing first.

That link was found in this thread on here:

http://forum.overclock3d.net/index....overclocking++1366__fromsearch__1#entry409297

 

[critical]

Hey,

I was viewing some videos on youtube.com about overclocking and i didnt find the information i needed. i am having difficulties overclocking my system in the right way. first of all you have to know that i am new in the overclocking thing and i wanted to start solid so i got my self some expensive stuff.

lets begin with my configuration

..........................................................................................................

Case: CoolerMaster HAF-X

MotherBoard: Asus Rampage3 Extreme

CPU: Intel 990x Extreme

RAM: 12GB Patriot Viber 2 2000Mhz

SSD: Crucial c300 128 GB

HDD: 2X Raptor 10000 RPM 300GB each

HDD: WD 7200RPM 1tb

GPU: Asus ATI 6990 HD

CPU Cooling: H70 corsair

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with this spec what can i do . can you please tell me the setting of stable overclock.

Thanks guys i hope this Topic will be interesting to others also.

To be real hard and honest... you dont need to overclock this rig at all. Maybe 6 or so months down the line when you get used to the speed you might want to consider adjusting your clocks a little (or use a netbook for an hour and you will soon realise how fast your PC still is)

Please tell me something though.

What made you decide on this configuration?? Surely you must have some sort of idea what you are doing. Having a rig like that would give me a hard on, and I would know exactly what to do with that

 

[S_I_N]

What made you decide on this configuration?? Surely you must have some sort of idea what you are doing. Having a rig like that would give me a hard on, and I would know exactly what to do with that

man I almost fell out of my chair laughing but yeah its a nice rig no doubt and Crits suggestion is'nt a bad one at that get used to it as ur just getting into comps get a feel for the rig and then tweak da chit outta it and see what she'll do

 

[marsey99]

with a h70 i cant see you getting much higher than 4ghz out of it dude but as said you need to read and learn what your doing then we can help you later when you get stuck.

 

[Ahmed_AD]

with a h70 i cant see you getting much higher than 4ghz out of it dude but as said you need to read and learn what your doing then we can help you later when you get stuck.

I think you dont have an idea what you are talking about ... H70 can cool it man .. i tried to do something i raied the multiplier to 33x and i tested it with intel burn test for 30 minutes and it was fine it didnt go more that 60 digrees .... i wanted to know the best bios settings guys.

 

[SieB]

I think you dont have an idea what you are talking about ... H70 can cool it man .. i tried to do something i raied the multiplier to 33x and i tested it with intel burn test for 30 minutes and it was fine it didnt go more that 60 digrees .... i wanted to know the best bios settings guys.

The multiplier does not increase your temps the voltage does what Marsey meant was if you push the voltage higher to get more than 4ghz that the H70 won't cope, and it won't. H70 = Fail.

 

[Ahmed_AD]

To be real hard and honest... you dont need to overclock this rig at all. Maybe 6 or so months down the line when you get used to the speed you might want to consider adjusting your clocks a little (or use a netbook for an hour and you will soon realise how fast your PC still is)

Please tell me something though.

What made you decide on this configuration?? Surely you must have some sort of idea what you are doing. Having a rig like that would give me a hard on, and I would know exactly what to do with that

Thnx for the reply . For choosing these specs i just wanted to have the best specs in the market. and for that i want to know till what level i can push this BABY.... and Tom's video are awesome made me want to get scores in the benchmarking softwares.

i just wanted the best bios setting for a daily use purpose for the time being. thx guys

 

[ruthless_villain]

I think you dont have an idea what you are talking about ... H70 can cool it man .. i tried to do something i raied the multiplier to 33x and i tested it with intel burn test for 30 minutes and it was fine it didnt go more that 60 digrees .... i wanted to know the best bios settings guys.

this is what happens when you give noobs 3k to spend on hardware

(yes that is a bit of jealousy)

 

[Ahmed_AD]

The multiplier does not increase your temps the voltage does what Marsey meant was if you push the voltage higher to get more than 4ghz that the H70 won't cope, and it won't. H70 = Fail.

if a can raise the voltage .3 and the multiplier to 28x .. what difference does it make ?? .... I am still pretending that my cooling is 4/10 because i am not going to the high level .. i want to use this PC for games and video editing. thats why i asked for the setting... cheers

 

[Ahmed_AD]

this is what happens when you give noobs 3k to spend on hardware

(yes that is a bit of jealousy)

thanks man but i think being noob is not an issue .. every one was a noob one day and i am still learning.. cheers

and BTW being jealous wont help you getting a 3k PC

 

[SieB]

if a can raise the voltage .3 and the multiplier to 28x .. what difference does it make ?? .... I am still pretending that my cooling is 4/10 because i am not going to the high level .. i want to use this PC for games and video editing. thats why i asked for the setting... cheers

Because you need a certain amount of volts to achieve 4+ ghz which will make the CPU to hot for the H70 to keep cool. If you are going for a 4ghz or below you will be OK.

People could give you settings all day long but unless you know what you are doing it's unless because every CPU is different and you need to know what you are doing so you can tweak it. That is why people are saying learn how to do it then if you get stuck they can help you achieve a better overclock.

 

[Ahmed_AD]

man I almost fell out of my chair laughing but yeah its a nice rig no doubt and Crits suggestion is'nt a bad one at that get used to it as ur just getting into comps get a feel for the rig and then tweak da chit outta it and see what she'll do

nice suggestion buddy, btw can i ask you where did you get the driver for the sata3 raid 0 from???

 

[ruthless_villain]

thanks man but i think being noob is not an issue .. every one was a noob one day and i am still learning.. cheers

and BTW being jealous wont help you getting a 3k PC

ok but seriously the h70 is crap, get a d14 will help you get better clocks.

basically when you raise the clocks and not the volts = unstable

i would recommend starting of at 3.7 ghz running prime and seeing if it is stable, if it is then check the temps as well if its all good (after 1/2 hour of prime shouldnt be over 65ish especially with that cooler because it will continue to rise)

do not go over 1.375 Cpu voltage.

and btw admitting your a newb and then saying a respected forum member (marsey) doesnt know what he is talking about is a big no no

 

[S_I_N]

nice suggestion buddy, btw can i ask you where did you get the driver for the sata3 raid 0 from???

from my mobo's website normal controller raid drivers. its the devices that make it sata 3 not the raid drivers afaik all the sata ports on my mobo are sata 3

 

[Ahmed_AD]

from my mobo's website normal controller raid drivers. its the devices that make it sata 3 not the raid drivers afaik all the sata ports on my mobo are sata 3

i tried to do raid 0 on my crucial c300 ssd but windows wont detect it .. all the controllers are available..

 

[ruthless_villain]

i tried to do raid 0 on my crucial c300 ssd but windows wont detect it .. all the controllers are available..

you realise you have to have 2

 

[Ahmed_AD]

you realise you have to have 2

yes man i do

it should be 2 duuhhh ... i told you that i tried doing it but windows wont detect the raid drive...

 

[S_I_N]

do you mean while trying to install windows??? lol you have to give it the raid drivers prior to it detecting the raid on install I coppied the files to a flash drive and load it before win7