I just built this system:
Intel core i7-920
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink/fan
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600mhz RAM
Sapphire Radeon 5770
75GB WD Raptor hard drive 10,000rpm
250GB Seagate hard drive
Antec Earthwatts 500 Watt Power supply
Antec 300 case
5 case fans
I am running Win 7 Ult
So when I go into the bios and try to overclock, I set the multiplier to x20 and the BsClk to 150Mhz (up from 133), for an overall speed of 3.0Ghz
Also when I do this, the speed on my RAM automatically increases from 1600 to 1800 Mhz. All of the other settings are default (HT enabled, turboboost enabled, ect). I save my settings and reboot.... nothing. the computer then reboots a second time, reverting back to default settings saying that there was a problem overclocking.
So my question is... what is going wrong? Ive read about people easily hitting 4ghz on air with this cpu, and i cant even do a 10% overclock. Ive run prime95 overnight at default speeds and my cpu temp stays around 33C. Memtest86 returns no errors at 1600mhz. Is there something in my bios that i need to disable or something? Could use a little help. Thank you!!!!
Intel core i7-920
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink/fan
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600mhz RAM
Sapphire Radeon 5770
75GB WD Raptor hard drive 10,000rpm
250GB Seagate hard drive
Antec Earthwatts 500 Watt Power supply
Antec 300 case
5 case fans
I am running Win 7 Ult
So when I go into the bios and try to overclock, I set the multiplier to x20 and the BsClk to 150Mhz (up from 133), for an overall speed of 3.0Ghz
Also when I do this, the speed on my RAM automatically increases from 1600 to 1800 Mhz. All of the other settings are default (HT enabled, turboboost enabled, ect). I save my settings and reboot.... nothing. the computer then reboots a second time, reverting back to default settings saying that there was a problem overclocking.
So my question is... what is going wrong? Ive read about people easily hitting 4ghz on air with this cpu, and i cant even do a 10% overclock. Ive run prime95 overnight at default speeds and my cpu temp stays around 33C. Memtest86 returns no errors at 1600mhz. Is there something in my bios that i need to disable or something? Could use a little help. Thank you!!!!