Xeon and EVGA 758 over clock

[jaggerwild]

Hello All!

it has been a while but figured I'd post up!

I'm looking for a little over clocking help, If you need a bios template let me know. after I got running, I noticed a lot of instability and was trying to just brute force the over clock on this board(water cooled NB/SB V-Regs). So I finally broke down and flashed it to the SZ7F or the latest witch opened up all the options(that i did not see before). Right now I am on stock everything except I up the dimm voltage to the spec ram 1.65.My cpu v is stock at 1.27v gets me to about 3.3, QPI set to 4.8, HT turned off, everything else set on auto.

Just looking for some good settings to take me higher, my cpu is a DO stepping. My OS is one I had been using(vista 64), I just laid windows 7 over it. I think it is waked from too much over clocking already and I have two free hard drives I want to raid 0 with. Need more info let me know,

Thank you all in advance!!

 

[tinytomlogan]

Any over clocking guides will help, but Id try first to get what you have stable. 1.25vcore then 1.275 then 1.3, only increase again if still unstable. Just make a point on watching your temps as these will be heading upwards with voltage increases.

 

[jaggerwild]

Thanks Tiny!

I just install the raid this morning, so I need to plug it in online soon to update it and what not. It was running on stock voltage @3320 but much more makes it unstable, I had laid windows 7 over the vista 64 install I had so I was not sure if the OS made instability or not as I had over clocked it pretty good before. And I know you can make them very unstable doing that as well.

Keep the ideas coming again thanks!!!

 

[tinytomlogan]

7 puts a lot more stress on a system at start up dude thats why. Just read i7 clocking guides and you'll be fine but you will deffo have to get your hands dirty in the bios.

You cant just 'get settings' as each system is different.

 

[jaggerwild]

I know it is a whole new over clocking world with this, at first the bios did not have options that everybody at the "E"vga forums were talking about. I was like OK they may have a classy or what not. But I finally flashed the bios, and wow it opened up the XMP option for the memory. Just a ton of stuff to learn right, so I have as you said just going in baby steps. As I hear 7 is less heavy then vista and better scores in three D apps is why I went this way. Right now gonna update 7 then install everything else, as the machine is in the other room and not hooked up to the internet.

I have to say that with this board water is not really needed if you can get a good air cooler for the CPU, though my temps are great so far. I ran Intel burn test (latest version) at the 3320 for a test and max temps were about 50c under full load.

Great stuff man, keep it coming!