OK,

 

So I totally underestimated the difficulty involved w/ OC'ing and have come to the realization that I just don't get it :blink:

I've read a couple of guides which make it sound easy but taking each guide step and mapping that to a bios option is not so easy (for me anyway).

What I'm in need of/looking for is a guide for idiots that will walk me through the bios and tell me what to set and what value to set it at.

(I realize this is cpu/chipset/mb manufacturer/dram/cooling sys specific)

 

Is anyone out there willing to walk me through this or am I left to my own devices...?

 

 

NOTE: see my profile MY PC for rig details

 

TIA

Update:

 

Google comes to the rescue as I was able to find a video produced by ASUS that walked through their BIOS on the P9X79 series of boards.

I have yet to test for stability but I got the 3.2 chip running at 4.8.

I also did a couple of FSMark11 runs and did see an improvement in the FRAPS FPS score but it was lower than what I expected.

Good work , now its up to you to tune the last.

What do you expected? 49-50 fps avg? and you get 43-44 <_<

 

Hasse

You could try this link I found in Word Not Allowed's article - http://www.overclock.net/t/910467/the-ultimate-sandy-bridge-oc-guide-p67a-ud7-performance-review

It's pretty well described

Good Luck!

Good work , now its up to you to tune the last.

What do you expected? 49-50 fps avg? and you get 43-44 <_<

 

Hasse

 

Thanks!

Well since I started out at 3.2ghz and benchmarked at 37fps I was hoping at 4.8ghz to get 45-50fps.

It looks like I might need to do some more tweaking but this OC'ing is all new to me so it doesn't come easily.

I just did the CPU so maybe I need to look at bumping up the DRAM or GPU or possibly both :huh:

Good idea, you are not alone having trouble getting all the different factors. Also a listing of what software is necessary, benchmarking, monitoring etc. would be nice

If you mean stability tests... I recommend Inel Burn Test IBT:

http://majorgeeks.com/IntelBurnTest_d5987.html

 

For temp monitoring Real Temp:

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1872/mirrors.php

 

CPUz for vcore readings and other misc readings:

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Great, thnx!

Some users also suggest Prime 95 as another stability test pkg

http://mersenne.org/freesoft/default.php

A question - how long should you run a stress test for at a particular multiplier before you can be happy that it is stable and temps are as high as they are going to get?

A question - how long should you run a stress test for at a particular multiplier before you can be happy that it is stable and temps are as high as they are going to get?

 

I recently read at xtremesystems.org (or one of the OC forums) that 20 iterations of the IBT is considered the "Gold Standard". Some years ago when IBT came on the scene, 5 iterations seemed "good" and 10 the standard. The recent version of IBT I have defaults at 10 iterations. Also you want to run as much memory as you can (from what I understand). For mem I select "maximum".

 

As far as temps... IBT will ramp up to with a few °C of max within the first few iterations.

 

I used to use Prime95 & OCCT... I don't mess with either now. Seems over the years the longer Prime has been out... the more # of hours you need to be considered "stable". I see 12... 24... who knows... J.J. Guerrero from ASUS (he's in ASUS OC vids) said because of Ivy Bridge's temp / voltage considerations, not to use non-validated stress applications (like Prime95 & OCCT) with Ivy Bridge. AIDA64 is a good one... also said max temps could be 85°C - 90°C at full load.

 

One thing I do know... just because your "Prime stable" or "IBT stable" does by no stretch of the imagination mean you are application stable. You can be IBT x10 stable and FSX crash. I have seen this w/ respect to other applications too. You start pushing hard an oc watch the app you are using carefully for aberrant behaviour. You are not stable until the app you are using is stable at the o.c. you are using. Period.

 

-Rob

Also, make sure you do offset voltage OC and do not disable any of the CPUs power saving features. Back in the days, OC meant running at the max OC even when the PC was idling. Nowadays with offset voltages and throttling, there is no need for that. Helps with stability, temperatures and longevity for the CPU.