dirtbikeryzz
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I built it at work under supervision. I work at a pc repair shop.
Who's ready for overclock fail?
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I built it at work under supervision. I work at a pc repair shop.
just a noob
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not sure if anybody has said this or not, but you need better ram if you really want that processor to shine
Vampiric Rouge
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Well in that case I'm sure you didn't but it's worth asking.... You did you a thermal grease of some sort when you built it correct?
Also have you tried resetting the BOIS and seeing if you still have crazy temps?
dirtbikeryzz
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I disagree, patriot ram is great ram for its stock speed.
dirtbikeryzz
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Grease mean the thermal paste that comes with the cpu fan? And I havent reset bios, I've only changed one thing in it. I'm bringing my rig into work monday to get have my boss look at it. I might just keep overclocking and ignor prime95 because my temps are fine while gaming which is all I'm doing.
Vampiric Rouge
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You guys can fight about that when your system works...I think he is talking about buying ram that has a speed of 1066 to start with vs 1600 as you are trying to overclock the ram up...
Vampiric Rouge
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Are you using the default CPU cooler?
dirtbikeryzz
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My ram is 1066mhz stock....
dirtbikeryzz
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No its after market.
Vampiric Rouge
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dirtbikeryzz
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??? Well anyways lets stay on topic please.
just a noob
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The problem with your ram is, that it's stock speed is 1066mhz, the main reason this is bad, is that the QPI and the ram frequency are directly linked, like even though i have 1600mhz ram, I can't push my cpu beyond 4.6ghz, because of the ram, so i'm expecting you're going to have the same problems
dirtbikeryzz
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lol 4.6ghz, i only planned on going to 3.7ghz but apparently no overclock is going to happen.
ScottALot
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dirtbikeryzz
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What exactly is your cooler?
2000th Post FTW!!!
I don't have the box any more.
ScottALot
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So this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=zalman_heatsink-_-35-118-046-_-Product
You shouldn't have temps so high with this heatsink. Maybe try reapplying TIM?
Jet
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You'd be surprised. Zalman used to be a good cooler company, but it really isn't that great anymore--especially with the i7. The i7 puts out an enormous amount of heat. Having said that, it's max CPU temperature is 100C, so it can handle more, but still I'd try to keep it under 80-85C.
Try seeing how low you can get the Vcore voltage at something like 3.5Ghz. If you can get low voltage, you might be able to keep the temperatures in check.
dirtbikeryzz
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Yeah thats it. I'll probably have it reinstalled monday after my boss shits bricks at my temps. As for my overclock I tested a few games some for 2+hours and temps only reached 64c max, so I'm going to keep my overclock for now, and maybe go a little higher not sure. How high do you guys thing my RAM will overclock on stock volt?
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Another thing, you need to turn your CPU cooler to exhaust out the back case fan, instead of up and down. The front of the cooler needs to be pointed toward the front of the case, with the case back exhaust fan helping to pull the hot air out.
