ASUS P9X79 w/ Intel SB 3930k How to Over Clock Need Assistance

[webdevii]

I have just built / upgraded my current system to a ASUS P9X79 Deluxe
Main Board, SandyBridge Intel 3930k Unlocked Processor, 8 x 8 GB DDR3 1600 Memory total 64GB, Custom Liquid CPU Cooling Loop, GTX 580 w/ 1.5 GB G-Ram.

I have seen many posts that say this hardware combination is very over clockable, and also heard that there can be some issues where the BIOS will not save the configuration thus being back at the stock speed of 3.2 Ghz.

I am looking to bump the clock up to somewhere around 4.5 - 4.8 or so. If anyone here can give me some settings (Voltage's & Clock Speeds) to try I would greatly appreciate it. I am very well adept building custom PC's but never got into the Over Clocking and Liquid Cooling for the simple reason of the complexity of it. I am now ready to dive in head first and see if I can handle this.

With that said if anyone has or wants to reply back to this post with the info I would really appreciate it.

Thank you all in Advance for your assistance.

Regards
Dev

 

[BrightCandle]

Actually you will find over clocking doesn't really require voltages now, the voltage is determined dynamically. Just set the turbo multiplier to be 4.2 with default offset and also increase the power limit for the CPU to 140% and odds are you will have 4200 MHz straight away.

Make sure to monitor the voltage to ensure it doesn't get crazy and stability test and all you likely need to do is keep increasing the multiplier until the machine isn't stable.

Getting beyond 4.5 involves getting lucky with silicon, these chips often don't go beyond that. You can tweak the offset voltage and add more system agent voltage etc etc but go read about sandy bridge over clocking if you want that detail, but you can get 90% of the way there by just turning up the multiplier!

 

[Bill Brasky]

Be careful with auto voltage! It's very easy to over volt. Keep vccsa under 1.2. C2 steppings don't like to go higher.

 

[moonbogg]

I have your exact setup and I leave voltage to offset and auto, then change multiplier to 43 and BOOM, instant 4.3ghz stable with less than 1.3v under load (I increased power limit to like 130% for the hell of it). The funny thing is though, that if I go any higher, then the auto voltage shoots through the roof and I can't be bothered with trying to tweak it to make it stable but cool at the same time etc, so 4.3 is the sweet spot for me. Super easy and i'm not missing much by not having that extra 200mhz or so.

 

[tweakboy]

Lol I certainly got a Gem. Also Im waiting for Ivy E 4930k to slap on my board.