I7 920@3.4 stability issue

[thanoulis34]

Hi, I have this system:

i7 920
asus p6t deluxe
corsair 3x2 1600mhz
true black thermalright
cosmos s

I o.ced it at 3.4 only by changing the bclk to 160 and leaving rest to auto as I read here in forums. Here are some tests I ve made. Tell me ur observations cause I dont know much about o.c. and I dont know if it will be stable for 24/7 work on 3d applications which stress the pc the most.

Also I would like to know which test to use for like 24 hours straight to check systems stability

thank u

http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=testsvb2.jpg

 

[halcyon]

Prime95 is a popular test. Google Prime95 for download. There are some other more estoteric tests as well, but Prime95 is one of the most common.

 

[justaguest]

Is there a problem with it? What is the issue?

It should OC to 3.4 very easily for you.

 

[Dmerc]

I also have the i7 920. Mine is currently running stable at 3.2GHZ on the stock cooler. I overclock it in stages of 100MHZ and then run it for a few days and then I increase the MHZ a bit more once it is stable enough for me.
Rather do it in small steps than one big step.

 

[benningt]

I found 3.4MHz to be the most stable so far. I've been using it for over a month with very heavy CPU utilization from HD-video editing. I haven't had too much success over 3.4MHz, but that maybe a lack of effort too.

 

[thanoulis34]

there is no problem with it but I havent started working yet thats y I m posting those pics to hear opinions of how it looks on numbers at the moment.
Do u think it will be stable enough?
I ll post my new settings when I ll be back from work cause I did some things manually.

 

[HEG]

Carful with overclocking it with the voltages set on auto.. the auto settings and over volt it, causing it to fail, overheat, etc..

this link can explain some of the settings to look at when oc'ing an i7 it's written for an i7 920 and a gigabyte board but the concept should work on any i7 system.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/10827/gigabyte_shows_how_to_overclock_i7_920_cpu_to_4ghz/index.html

 

[justaguest]

When I first started, the auto settings had my vcore at 1.55 and I was only at 3.4 at the time. If I were to make any recommendation, it would be to not use the auto feature, and enter the voltages manually.