Hi guys,After much help from others I have finally achieved a stable overclock of my i7-920 processor to 4.0 GHZ. It took a lot of tweaking but so far so good. I am about to install FSX after being away from it for a year while I built this new system. To do it right, is there anything I need to know before installing it so that I will get the best performance? For example, I remember having to install FSX, start up the default flight, and only then are you to install any patches or Acceleration if I remember correctly. Thanks. Tom

I have the same CPU as you do, and have yet to oc it, do you have any advice regarding how best to get a stable over clock?Regarding the FSX install, Nick_N has a great guide. I'm away from my PC right now, so don't have the link to it, but if no-one else provides it I can get it tomorrow late.Thanks, Bruce.

In my experience FSX stresses more than any 'burn-in' test for over-clocking stability. If you manage to hold your over-clock with FSX running, you have a fine chip and congratulations on your over-clock.Good luck with it.

According to NickN installing software on an overclocked machine is the worst thing you can do. I agree with what was said above, if you can run FSX without crashing then your overclock looks good.Bryan

I have the same CPU as you do, and have yet to oc it, do you have any advice regarding how best to get a stable over clock?Regarding the FSX install, Nick_N has a great guide. I'm away from my PC right now, so don't have the link to it, but if no-one else provides it I can get it tomorrow late.Thanks, Bruce.

Go here, Bruce: start with the first page and read all the way to the last. It's not so difficult. The highest I got was 4.38 gig on the i7-950, but basically the same proc. The Guru's are Deton and Dr Death.

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