Is there a VERY step by step i7 overclocking guide?

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Justin Horne

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Honestly, I looked, please don't kill me. I found a ton of i7 overclocking stuff, but people seem to be already kinda knowing what to do. Is there a "You have a 920 i7, here's the numbers to adjust to hit 3.00 ghz?" type of guide? I don't want to learn overclocking, but it seems that the i7 920 has so much potential, and I already ordered an upgraded cooler for overall system benefits, I might as well push it a little. Having said that, even the very basic step-by-step guides I have found seem to imply a knowledge I don't have. Any help would be much appreicated...

Or, if no such guide exists, here's what I've got if it helps:
Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103057
Retail i7 920 (new)

Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227365
Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130221

Thanks guys, as always.
 
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Zatharus

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If you don't know what you are doing, overclocking is not worth getting into. You will have even more trouble and frustration with things not working. There is more to it than what you seem to think.

The information you are asking for may exist for your particular hardware, but you will have to research within that constraint. Each system and set of components will overclock differently. There is no "one way" to do it. There are a set of guidelines, however, and it would be worth following them and reading up on it. It sounds like you found a few of those already. Otherwise, you really should just purchase the 3GHz i7 and not worry about overclocking.
 
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fmw

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Zatharus said:
Wait.... Overclocking is practical?? :p
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Sure, if you need to run an application that exhausts the power of the processor you are using. But overclocking the state of the art obviously isn't practical since there aren't any applications written that will overwhelm it.

But I agree, it usually is unnecessary and a bad idea. That isn't a very popular position around here is it?
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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fmw said:
There is no practical reason to overclock a state of the art processor.
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Id have to disagree, but if you dont know what you are doing i would suggest not overclocking, but there are some good reasons to overclock, faster running apps, bragging rights, higher scores in benches, etc. Its essentially impossible to know what cpu will run at what speed at what voltage, each chip is unique, id recommend reading:
http://www.computerforum.com/cpus-overclocking/announcements.html
 
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Zatharus

VIP Member
fmw said:
Sure, if you need to run an application that exhausts the power of the processor you are using. But overclocking the state of the art obviously isn't practical since there aren't any applications written that will overwhelm it.

But I agree, it usually is unnecessary and a bad idea. That isn't a very popular position around here is it?
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Perhaps I should re-state that: Who says overclocking has to be practical? Some do it for fun.

On that note, saving money - such as Omega pointed out - is very practical.

As for overclocking a state of the art processor, I would have to say that I use several applications on a regular basis that could clearly benefit from more processing power, be it from overclocking or a cluster. If it is possible to get that extra power now rather than wait for the "next best thing", why not? (/devil's advocate)
 
Bodaggit23

Bodaggit23

Active Member
Even if we had the same exact hardware, my overclock settings
would not be guaranteed stable on your system. Every chip is
different and acts as such when tweaking.
 
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DirtyD86

banned
check out the april issue of maximum PC. they wrote a fantastic article on overclocking the i7, with more detail than you could ever ask for.
 
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