Which is the best X58 + Core i7 920 overclocking guide out there? Help a noob

[fzkl]

I am trying to OC a Gigabyte X58 mobo with Core i7 920 D0 and Corsair DDR3-1600 mem (6 X 2 GB) . With issues of CPUs frying out, I am looking for reliable articles that talk about what to do and what not to preferably for this specific CPU and gigabyte boards in general (not particular about this). What are the best guides you have found on the web? I am worried about increasing voltages but without increasing QPI and mem voltage I can't get all of memory to run at rated speeds and I am worried about doing the wrong thing and frying the CPU. Please advice.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

I'm not sure how specific it is, but the one on the evga forums is pretty good. Might not have enough options your bios has or different ones but it helped me a good deal.

 

[Axon]

Overclocking is not nearly as difficult as it initially seems. All the info in the guides is a touch excessive. My settings on the ASROCK Extreme X58:

Overclock Mode

BCLK Frequency (MHz) [180] (start out lower)
PCIE Frequency (MHz) [100]
Boot Failure Guard [Enabled]
Spread Spectrum [Disabled]

CPU Ratio [20]
QPI Frequency [6.480GT]
Uncore Frequency [2880MHz]
DRAM Freqency [720 MHz (DDR3 1440)]

▶DRAM Timing Control [8-8-8-24 CR-1T]

ASRock Vdrop Control [Without Vdrop]
CPU Voltage [Manual]
Voltage Value [1.20V]
DRAM Voltage [1.654V]
IOH Voltage [Auto]
VTT Voltage [1.340V]
ICH Voltage [Auto]
IOH CSI Voltage [Auto]
IOH/ICH PCIE Voltage [Auto]
CPU PLL Voltage [1.88V]


CPU Settings

CPU Ratio [20]
Enhanced Halt State [Disabled]
Intel Virutalization Tech[Disabled]
CPU Thermal Throttling [Disabled]
No-Exeute Memory Protection [Disabled]
Hyper Threading Technology [Disabled]
Active Processor Cores [ALL]
A20M [Disabled]



Here's a guide: http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/538439-guide-overclocking-core-i7-920-4-a.html

More Specific: http://my.ocworkbench.com/2008/gigabyte/corei7-overclocking-guide/Intel-Corei7-oc-guide-1.htm

Sorry to link to competition AA mods, but we need a 1366 OC guide stickied

Try to use google next time dude, this popped right up.

 

[fzkl]

Thanks. There were too many guides when I searched. Wasn't sure which one dealt with voltage details well enough.

 

[Axon]

Just keep your CPU below 1.35 amd RAM below 1.65 and you'll be fine - MoBos wont post when there is a CPU error...it's actually pretty hard to suicide a chip. Trust me, I know

 

[TJCS]

you can try this guide.

 

[Anubis]

I found this one useful

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-920-overclocking.html

 

[Gillbot]

there are so many guides and so manny different combinations, that a stickied one rarely works for everyone. If you want to OC, do it right and do the research, trial and error yourself.