OC BIOS Settings Review

kiyama

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Jan 6, 2012
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I have been playing around with my BIOS settings, not much specific info on the specific BIOS I have so I had to do some research and make adjustments. I wanted some of the OC veterans to review my settings to see if there are any settings that could be harmful, needs to be adjusted, or any recommendation/feedback.


Gigabyte BIOS F11

Vcore = 1.320 (My BIOS does not let me manually set the Vcore, it seems that as I raise the multiplier the CPU voltage increases accordingly. Under default settings I noticed the Vcore to be at 1.296V, so I tried to lower the 1.320V, closer to 1.296V via the DVID, hence the -0.030V. This seemed to lower the temps a bit, as before some of my highs were 78-79c.

MIT Settings
CPU Clock - 45
PLL - Auto
Real-time ratio in OS - Disabled
C1E - Auto
C3/C6 - Auto
EIST - Auto

Memory Settings
DRAM Timing - Quick
Channel Timming - set to 9, 9, 9, 24

Voltage Settings
LLC - Standard (Follow Intel Specs)
DVID - (-.030V)

I included the settings that I've seen are most utilized to OC, but if I do not have in here it is set at default.

Under these settings my idle CPU voltage is around .8V (1600Mhz) with core temps around 31-32c. Prim95 8 hour test no errors with core temps (68c, 70c, 75c, 69c).

Again I just want to make sure that these settings would be appropriate 24/7.

Thank you.

Kiyamon
CPU: Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard And BIOS Version: GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3; F11 BIOS
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC
Graphics: EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB
Case And Cooling: Rozwell Challenger midtower, COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+
O/S And Misc Stuff: Windows 7 - Pro 64
 

Diogenes2

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I think you need to check your vcore under load with something like CPUZ..

I don't think it will be .8 ...

If you left vcore on auto in the BIOS, it is probably going higher than it needs to under load at 4.5g.
 

kiyama

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Jan 6, 2012
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I think you need to check your vcore under load with something like CPUZ..

I don't think it will be .8 ...

If you left vcore on auto in the BIOS, it is probably going higher than it needs to under load at 4.5g.

.8V is only when idle... at X45 the Vcore under 100% load is 1.32V, so I used DVID to lower it to 1.296V.

CPUZ does not read Gigabyte boards correctly so I use either TouchBios or Easy Tuner (both Gigabyte software) to get the correct voltage.