anybody use CIA2 on gigabyte motherboards to overclock their CPU?

[hclarkjr]

what was your results with it? is it worth using?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

I would rather manually overclock... Sorry, Gigabyte, but 19%? On your proc, thats a measly 2.66GHz overclock. You can do better than that at lower voltage, most likely.

 

[Gomeler]

Just manually overclock. With an E6600 you can get a 40-50% overclock with ease. Just spend an hour or two playing around in the BIOS, the DS3 BIOS is tiny, and get an idea for how your system responds. Even on a stock cooler you should be able to hit 3.2-3.4GHz and anything better 3.6GHz should be a piece of cake.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

another vote for manual overclocking.

 

[hclarkjr]

ok, i tried manual overclocking using the following settings. i set the system voltage control to auto, set the FSB to 320 and left the multiplier at 9 for 2.88GHZ and i set the memory multiplier at 2.5 for 800mhz memory. i use everest ultimate to check temps and voltages -

Field Value
Sensor Properties
Sensor Type ITE IT8718F (ISA 290h)
GPU Sensor Type National LM64, Volterra VT1165 (ATI-I2C 18h, 70h)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte G33 / P31 / P35 / X38 Series
Chassis Intrusion Detected Yes

Temperatures
Motherboard 34 °C (93 °F)
CPU 25 °C (77 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 35 °C (95 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 33 °C (91 °F)
GPU 46 °C (115 °F)
GPU Ambient 40 °C (104 °F)
GPU VRM 43 °C (109 °F)
WDC WD5000KS-00MNB0 27 °C (81 °F)
WDC WD5000YS-01MPB1 29 °C (84 °F)

Cooling Fans
CPU 1696 RPM
Fan #4 1389 RPM
GPU 1997 RPM (31%)

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.41 V
+3.3 V 3.31 V
+12 V 12.19 V
+5 V Standby 5.24 V
VBAT Battery 3.23 V
DIMM 2.11 V
GPU VRM 1.00 V

Current Values
GPU VRM 25.74 A

i do have a couple of questions though, i see that my CPU core voltage is 1.41 and i also checked with CPU-Z and it reports 1.40 is that a good voltage? also my memory is at 2.11 and i know the default is 1.8, will that hurt the memory? thank you in advance to all that reply

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Hmm... What voltage does your memory say to use? Also, that is a very high voltage for your overclock, don't let it set to auto. Test it yourself, less power is less heat. That kind of overclock should be possible with near-stock voltage.

Also check cable management and airflow to push down temperatures.