amitash
Intel OCer
Re: The Official Core i7 (Intel's nehalem) Thread
Finished AC, bioshock, crysis (both), cod4, cnc series, FC2, nfs Undercover and the witcher like ages ago...Now playing Burnout and GRiD (cus it came free with the card), Will start FEAR 2 and HAWX....
1.I get every game thats released if i like it based on reviews and stuff...
2.The water cooling is cooler master aquagate s1..costs 4.8k
3.Im using the Antec900 and NO the cooler will NOT fit on your cabbinet or any other cabbinet..The evga mobo has a big Vreg heatsink so its impossible to fit the cooler at the back of the case...I had to remove the drive bays of my case and mod the entire case to fit it there..It took like 8hrs....The cooler also will NOT fit on lga1366 socket...I had a stainless steel custom bracket made in a factory for it....And dont go water cooling unless your a serious OCer ad since this is your first time, get a TRUE or sth.
4.The MAX temp ive reached at 3.8Ghz is 71C...and that was after 6hrs of prime...Realistically you will get less than 65C as no game ever uses all 8 threads.
5.I will post a guide here below.
6.Please update fast.
Heres my OC guide...Mostly thanks to the folks at Overclock.net and evga forums:
1.Update to latest BIOS
2.Load default settings, and ONLY change RAM voltage under the voltage tab to your rated RAM voltage, then change RAM mulltiplier to 2:6 for 1333Mhz ram and 2:8 for 1600Mhz. Now change the uncore multiplier located under BCLK to twice your mem multiplier..ie if mem multiplier is 2:6, change Uncore freq to 12x..If 2:8 change to 16x
3.Boot into windows and load default settings
4.Install and Run ELEET
5.Go to the "monitoring tab" and copy down your cpu and vreg voltages there.
6.Run Prime95
7.Go to the overclocking tab in ELEET and increase QPI by 5 and hit "apply"
8.Keep increasing QPI by 5 untill you get a blue screen or system freezes.
9.Now reboot into the BIOS and enter the last stable QPI freq in the BCLK...Eg: If your system crashes at 160QPI, then go to BIOS and change bclk under overclocking tab to 155QPI, DONT change anything else...Now boot.
10.repeat steps 5-9 untill you cannot increase bclk anymore...This is your max speed with auto settings.
11.Now get into the BIOS and increase Vcore to 1.35v and increase cpu vtt to +200mv
12.Now boot into windows and increase QPI with ELEET untill you crash...This will be your max stable overclock without too much over-volting...You should reach anywhere between 3.8-4.2Ghz...I dont think it will be stable though...I had to decrease cpu multiplier to 19x and give 1.35v to get stable 3.95Ghz...Currently running at 3.6Ghz 24x7.
WARNING: "DO NOT OVERCLOCK ON STOCK COOLING", "DO NOT OVERVOLT YOUR PROCESSOR OVER 1.34 OR 1.35V","DO NOT PUSH YOUR RAM PAST 1.65V", "ALWAYS MAINTAIN UNCORE FREQUENCY TO TWICE YOUR MEMORY FREQUENCY"
IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BLOW YOUR PROCESSOR UP FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE. (Althought there is only a 1% chance that you will actually fry your processor...still its better to be safe than sorry"
Finished AC, bioshock, crysis (both), cod4, cnc series, FC2, nfs Undercover and the witcher like ages ago...Now playing Burnout and GRiD (cus it came free with the card), Will start FEAR 2 and HAWX....
1.I get every game thats released if i like it based on reviews and stuff...
2.The water cooling is cooler master aquagate s1..costs 4.8k
3.Im using the Antec900 and NO the cooler will NOT fit on your cabbinet or any other cabbinet..The evga mobo has a big Vreg heatsink so its impossible to fit the cooler at the back of the case...I had to remove the drive bays of my case and mod the entire case to fit it there..It took like 8hrs....The cooler also will NOT fit on lga1366 socket...I had a stainless steel custom bracket made in a factory for it....And dont go water cooling unless your a serious OCer ad since this is your first time, get a TRUE or sth.
4.The MAX temp ive reached at 3.8Ghz is 71C...and that was after 6hrs of prime...Realistically you will get less than 65C as no game ever uses all 8 threads.
5.I will post a guide here below.
6.Please update fast.
Heres my OC guide...Mostly thanks to the folks at Overclock.net and evga forums:
1.Update to latest BIOS
2.Load default settings, and ONLY change RAM voltage under the voltage tab to your rated RAM voltage, then change RAM mulltiplier to 2:6 for 1333Mhz ram and 2:8 for 1600Mhz. Now change the uncore multiplier located under BCLK to twice your mem multiplier..ie if mem multiplier is 2:6, change Uncore freq to 12x..If 2:8 change to 16x
3.Boot into windows and load default settings
4.Install and Run ELEET
5.Go to the "monitoring tab" and copy down your cpu and vreg voltages there.
6.Run Prime95
7.Go to the overclocking tab in ELEET and increase QPI by 5 and hit "apply"
8.Keep increasing QPI by 5 untill you get a blue screen or system freezes.
9.Now reboot into the BIOS and enter the last stable QPI freq in the BCLK...Eg: If your system crashes at 160QPI, then go to BIOS and change bclk under overclocking tab to 155QPI, DONT change anything else...Now boot.
10.repeat steps 5-9 untill you cannot increase bclk anymore...This is your max speed with auto settings.
11.Now get into the BIOS and increase Vcore to 1.35v and increase cpu vtt to +200mv
12.Now boot into windows and increase QPI with ELEET untill you crash...This will be your max stable overclock without too much over-volting...You should reach anywhere between 3.8-4.2Ghz...I dont think it will be stable though...I had to decrease cpu multiplier to 19x and give 1.35v to get stable 3.95Ghz...Currently running at 3.6Ghz 24x7.
WARNING: "DO NOT OVERCLOCK ON STOCK COOLING", "DO NOT OVERVOLT YOUR PROCESSOR OVER 1.34 OR 1.35V","DO NOT PUSH YOUR RAM PAST 1.65V", "ALWAYS MAINTAIN UNCORE FREQUENCY TO TWICE YOUR MEMORY FREQUENCY"
IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BLOW YOUR PROCESSOR UP FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE. (Althought there is only a 1% chance that you will actually fry your processor...still its better to be safe than sorry"
appreciate it.. 
its really nice of u all to share you knowledge and expertise wid novices like ME.... even i am planning to get one for me soon. Currently I am using the below config;
coz gtx295 here in INDIA still costs a bomb and not many ppl get these components from the US.. 
(so, wat happens in case ur card goes bad) ?..well i dnt wish for this misfortune but jus asking, coz even i';ll get i from the US (thru my friend) 