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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Mikolino on May 03, 2011, 11:59:59 am

Title: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Mikolino on May 03, 2011, 11:59:59 am: Hi all!

Wants some help about maxing out my system very much!

Seems to be stuck at 4.2 and the temps"showing" there is much more to go ;)

System

X58 UD7 rev 2
Intel I7-950
Corsair GT Dominator 12Gb (DDR3 1866Mhz)
SSD Raid0 Intel G2

...

Temps @ 4.2

Idle: 27-30
Load: 55-60 (all temps in Celcius)

I´ve only been tampering with bus speed and memory multiplier so far..(everything else is on auto) want help to step it up

Bus speed: 183
Fsb/dram 2:10

Thanx in advance (if you reply, take it slooow ;) not an complete newbie but nearly)

pic on the system:
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7294/dsc01166jn.jpg)
By mikolino (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/mikolino) at 2011-05-03
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Aussie Allan on May 03, 2011, 12:18:05 pm: How many batteries are in your power supply.....(Photo)......only joking!..........what's the wattage?

Aussie Allan

Edit! to the best of my knowledge and feeds from several sources......Quote: "Only about 1 in 9 i7-950s have the ability of going beyond 4.2-4.3"

I too still have high hopes of better clocks .......My CPU shows similar idle/load temps as you but going beyond 4.2 stable is proving very time consuming.
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Mikolino on May 03, 2011, 12:24:22 pm: Quote from: Aussie Allan on May 03, 2011, 12:18:05 pm

How many batteries are in your power supply.....(Photo)......only joking!..........what's the wattage?

Aussie Allan

;D the Psu on the foto is just an spare to fill the pumps etc.

Using an Corsair modular (HX) 850W
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Dark Mantis on May 03, 2011, 12:40:30 pm: As has already been mentioned by Allan trying to get to 5.0 or even close is probably nearly impossible on water. You would need to use a subzero setup like LN2 or something really. The chances of your chip being special is not high and I wouldn't fancy your chances a lot. :-\
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Aussie Allan on May 03, 2011, 12:49:28 pm: Here's an excellent read to get you started that I used....really excellent reading at the very least.....You, like Myself will have to become complacent with taking some setting out of AUTO.......with two Video cards, PQI/VVT is one you'll read about in this article that helped me no end.

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

This is just one that's out there........Google is your best Friend!

cut and paste ....enjoy!

Aussie Allan
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Mikolino on May 06, 2011, 04:26:33 am: thanks for the reading.

been able to get it stable at 4.1 tested with IBT etc. topped it at 4.6 but get bsod´s when running IBT. thinking it must be the voltages.. sooo many different settings(to many) to play with..

one thing that bugs me is the memory controller. at 4.1 I´m obliged to use 2:8 multiplier on them, using app only 1550mhz on my 1866sticks... a bit ruff setting but dont know any other setting cause the 950 is locked att X23 multiplier..

any thoughts?

Seen many whos reporting stable klocks just below 5Ghz with simpler cooling than me, so with my temps (max 65 100% load with IBT at maximum 8 threads) it should be able to go record high, need help to finetune it ;D
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Dark Mantis on May 06, 2011, 08:04:12 am: What settings do you have for Uncore, QPI/Vtt, memory multiplier, dram voltage ?
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Mikolino on May 11, 2011, 08:46:01 am: sorry for the late reply and all. been working my ass of last week >:(

Posting this screenshot to you to check out.

(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1243/testjc.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/testjc.jpg/)

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Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Dark Mantis on May 11, 2011, 03:29:46 pm: Not a lot of help on its own I am afraid.
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Aussie Allan on May 11, 2011, 03:59:17 pm: If you truly want help from moderators down to newbies like myself , ... you have to supply requested information.......current BIOS page settings of your machine hold a wealth of information for people in the know on this forum..........type set or Jpeg,...your choice!

Aussie Allan
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Mikolino on May 11, 2011, 10:13:57 pm: ahh yep. that pic wasnt very helpful! at work for some days again... :'( will come back with all info,,

working sucks, but I dont find any other way to pay for all s*** I wanna buy :o
Title: Re: MAX out an X58 UD7 with I7-950 extreme watercooling... (going for 4.7-5.0)
Post by: Dark Mantis on May 11, 2011, 10:51:40 pm: Ah! The age old dilemma! ::)