Help on OC i7 920

[srgank]

Buenos dias!

Hi!
I would like to iniciate in the OC world because I have one of the first versions of i7 (i7 920 2,6). I read somewhere that I can safely get 3,6 or so. On the other hand, I read that it's possible to OC the graphics card as well.

That's my setup:

Intel Core i7 920
3x2GB RAM 1600
heat sink Katana3 (https://www.pccomponentes.com/scythe-katana-iii)
Asus P6T SE
ATI R9 270X Saphire 2GB VRAM

Could someone help me on this?

Thanks

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Gracias!!

 

[rush21hit]

I don't know much about how far you could stretch from this cooler, but assuming its anywhere as good as 212 Evo as I did a while back, you could get 3.0Ghz easy.
More often than not, people that goes beyond 3,4 are on water. Some variant of Corsair's Hydro series might up for the task, but never tried it myself. When I'm at LGA1366 back then, Hydro series were non existent.

Asus P6T SE is a good board as baseline. I have P6T Deluxe, myself, when I OC mine a few years back. My 920 was on 212 only at 3Ghz, since my main concern is durability.
It was not the CPU I'm worried of. It was the board.
Since the nature of LGA1366 OC is pushing BCLK, so the pressure are much heavier on the board's North Bridge. And there are so many stuff crammed on it. I've seen too many dead LGA1366 board. Hence the hesitation to push further. Even with a 550watt by Seasonic.

The thing still run today as my main server/operator rig at my netcafe. Now, running at stock.

 

[srgank]

I don't know much about how far you could stretch from this cooler, but assuming its anywhere as good as 212 Evo as I did a while back, you could get 3.0Ghz easy.
More often than not, people that goes beyond 3,4 are on water. Some variant of Corsair's Hydro series might up for the task, but never tried it myself. When I'm at LGA1366 back then, Hydro series were non existent.

Asus P6T SE is a good board as baseline. I have P6T Deluxe, myself, when I OC mine a few years back. My 920 was on 212 only at 3Ghz, since my main concern is durability.
It was not the CPU I'm worried of. It was the board.
Since the nature of LGA1366 OC is pushing BCLK, so the pressure are much heavier on the board's North Bridge. And there are so many stuff crammed on it. I've seen too many dead LGA1366 board. Hence the hesitation to push further. Even with a 550watt by Seasonic.

The thing still run today as my main server/operator rig at my netcafe. Now, running at stock.

My games have some lag sometimes. Maybe it's not about the core but for the craphics card? Should I better OC the graphic card?

 

[rush21hit]

Depends on the game and your display resolution. For modern titles, expect Medium settings near 60FPS down to near 30FPS at 1080p.
270X is decent card. But even 280X struggle to keep up with latest titles cranked to max.

 

[srgank]

Depends on the game and your display resolution. For modern titles, expect Medium settings near 60FPS down to near 30FPS at 1080p.
270X is decent card. But even 280X struggle to keep up with latest titles cranked to max.

even dough, If I put 8GB instead of my current 6GB the games will run smoother right?

Thanks

 

[rush21hit]

My 920 was at 6x2GB 1333. So I can't really tell if additional RAM would affect anything. Surely some games will, some won't.
In my experience with my second rig, at least so far, 2x4GB is plenty for any game I played.
Granted I only do it at 1366x768.