overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

[bluexselvedge]

This is my first time overclocking and i want to make sure if these temps are safe. ive read that i7's runs more stable with odd multipliers. i didnt read about that until after i was done with a 20x multiplier. Everything seems to be runnning fine. It ran Linx (100runs/max stress) , Prime95 (24 hours), and i just did a short Intel Burn test (30 runs/max settings) with zero errors.

What i would like to know is, are my temps safe? is there anything that i can do to lower my temps?

my setup
HAF 932 case
i7 930
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Corsair 1600mhz 3x2GB (9-9-9-24)
Noctua NH-D14 cpu cooler

[wazza300]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

looks ok to me,80c is acceptable and its only on one core? if its stable then dont worry about odd/even multis just some cpu's like one or the other,you need to post your bios settings/voltages ect

[bluexselvedge]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

thanks for the quick response. here are pictures of my bios. how do i copy the info from bios? is there an option for that or do i have to write it down manually?

[wazza300]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

ahh sorry you can copy this to notepad and replace settings with yours if you want

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ............................. [21x]
DP Frequency ................................ 3.80GHz (180x21)
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech ................... [Enabled] disabled if you have 930 chip
CPU Cores Enabled ........................... [All]
CPU Multi Threading ......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ..................... [Disabled] use balanced profile in win7 power saving options
C3/C6/C7 State Support ...................... [enabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ........................... [enabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ...................... [Enabled]

Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Ratio .............................. [x36]
QPI Link Speed .............................. 7.xxGHz
Uncore Frequency ............................ [x17]
Isonchronous Frequency ...................... [Enabled]

Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... [180]
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) .............. [100]


Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ............................ [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive .................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]

Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance .................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled] --> Disable XMP and manually adjust your ram latencies
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [8.0]set to this to give you 1600mhz ram speed
Memory Frequency (Mhz) ................ 1600 will set it to 1440mhz due to 180bclk
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Quick]
Profile DDR Voltage ................... xxxxV
Profile QPI Voltage ................... xxxxV
Channel Interleaving .................. [Auto]
Rank Interleaving ..................... [Auto]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ........................... 8 [8]
tRCD ....................................... 8 [8]
tRP ........................................ 8 [8]
tRAS ....................................... 24 [24]set according to ram



##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................ [Auto]
tRRD ....................................... [Auto]
tWTR ....................................... [Auto]
tWR ........................................ [Auto]
tWTP ....................................... [Auto]
tWL ........................................ [Auto]
tRFC ....................................... [Auto]
tRTP ....................................... [Auto]
tFAW ....................................... [Auto]
Command Rate (CMD) ......................... [Auto]

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
B2B CAS Delay .............................. [Auto]
Round Trip Latency ......................... [Auto]

Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ...................... [disabled]
CPU Vcore .......................... 1.2375V [normal] also look for dvid in bios and set to normal
QPI/VTT Voltage .................... 1.175V [1.315V] or 1.3000v may need more if unstable
CPU PLL ............................ 1.800V [auto]

MCH/ICH
PCIE .............................. 1.500v [auto]
QPI PLL ........................... 1.100v [auto]
IOH Core ........................... 1.100v [auto]
ICH I/O ............................ 1.500v [auto]
ICH Core ........................... 1.100v [auto]

DRAM
DRAM Voltage ....................... 1.500V [1.660V]
DRAM Termination ................... 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. .................... 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. .................... 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. .................... 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. ................. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. ................. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. ................. 0.750v [AUTO]

are you using power saving? you can knock off idle temps if you enable all c-states and eist in advanced cpu features,dont enable c1e though,instead look in win7 power saving profile and use balanced it does the same job as c1e

settings look ok to me,you can try and lower dvid a little?? maybe lower ioh core to around 1.16v?

[bluexselvedge]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

if i "enable all c-states and eist", would it affect my overclock in anyway? i endabled those, but didnt know where win7 power savings was so i saved and exited bios, and it errored and reset everything in bios. i panicked and restarted the computer so i couldnt catch what kind of error it was.

i ended up having to re-enter the bios settings for the 4.0ghz. is there anyway for me to save the current 4.0ghz settings in bios and have it loaded up without me re-rentering each setting?

[wazza300]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

it shouldnt affect your oc,if it fails just go back in the bios and you will see a red warning msg,you need to save and exit after that msg appears to bring back your settings again

you can save upto 8 bios profiles by pressing f11 from within the bios to save and f12 to load them

im only goin off my own settings i dont get any instablility when c-states are enabled,but youve set up your oc without them so now there enabled you may need to tweak voltages slightly,lookin at your bios id increase qpi/vtt to 1.3000v and up your dram voltage to ram spec on the module

set these to CPU Clock Drive ............................ [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive .................... [900mV]

again if its still not stable and you dont wanna mess tweaking go back to what you used before as your temps were ok

[bluexselvedge]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

thank you so much for your help. those settings works now.

[Psycho101]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

set these to CPU Clock Drive ............................ [800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive .................... [900mV]

If clock drives are set to 700, then you should NOT set them correctly manually. 700mv clock drive means the whole BIOS is running Failsafe Default settings. This is a BAD idea. It's not just clock drives that are effected but lots of small hidden settings and latencies, the behaviour of the board and how it deals with "Auto" settings etc.

If your clock drives are at 700mv then you need to record your OC settings on a piece of paper, then go to the main menu and choose "Load Optimized Defaults", save and exit, then re enter the BIOS and set your OC settings again. You will need to also replace all current saved BIOS profiles as they will be constructed on Failsafe Defaults too.

Fail Safe settings are used automatically after a BIOS flash, which may be why they are in use.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

If clock drives are set to 700, then you should NOT set them correctly manually. 700mv clock drive means the whole BIOS is running Failsafe Default settings. This is a BAD idea. It's not just clock drives that are effected but lots of small hidden settings and latencies, the behaviour of the board and how it deals with "Auto" settings etc.

If your clock drives are at 700mv then you need to record your OC settings on a piece of paper, then go to the main menu and choose "Load Optimized Defaults", save and exit, then re enter the BIOS and set your OC settings again. You will need to also replace all current saved BIOS profiles as they will be constructed on Failsafe Defaults too.

Fail Safe settings are used automatically after a BIOS flash, which may be why they are in use.

+10

[bluexselvedge]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

If clock drives are set to 700, then you should NOT set them correctly manually. 700mv clock drive means the whole BIOS is running Failsafe Default settings. This is a BAD idea. It's not just clock drives that are effected but lots of small hidden settings and latencies, the behaviour of the board and how it deals with "Auto" settings etc.

If your clock drives are at 700mv then you need to record your OC settings on a piece of paper, then go to the main menu and choose "Load Optimized Defaults", save and exit, then re enter the BIOS and set your OC settings again. You will need to also replace all current saved BIOS profiles as they will be constructed on Failsafe Defaults too.

Fail Safe settings are used automatically after a BIOS flash, which may be why they are in use.

i ran the listed setup for about a week. how bad is it if i was in failsafe mode.

so just to confirm.. i am suppose to set "load optimized defaults"... manually enter my oveclock settings and then change the "cpu clock speed to 800" and "pcie clock speed to 900?"

[flyfisher]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

When you load optimized defaults, those settings will be 800/900, so there is no need to set them manually. They only default to 700/700 when fail safe settings are loaded.

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

You will be fine, it's just not good for stability is all.

1. Load optimized
2. Save/apply/reboot F10 (Reboot back to BIOS)
3. Set all SATA/Disk settings you need to, then adjust anything else you need.

Very important to reboot right back to the BIOS, especially if you are using RAID, because you must set the SATA/Disk settings back to RAID otherwise you will corrupt your array.

If you are not using RAID and skip that step or windows accidentally loads you will be OK, it will just fail to boot to windows until you correct the settings is all.

[bluexselvedge]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

thank you. i will change the settings later after work

[faust1200]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

If clock drives are set to 700, then you should NOT set them correctly manually. 700mv clock drive means the whole BIOS is running Failsafe Default settings. This is a BAD idea. It's not just clock drives that are effected but lots of small hidden settings and latencies, the behaviour of the board and how it deals with "Auto" settings etc.

If your clock drives are at 700mv then you need to record your OC settings on a piece of paper, then go to the main menu and choose "Load Optimized Defaults", save and exit, then re enter the BIOS and set your OC settings again. You will need to also replace all current saved BIOS profiles as they will be constructed on Failsafe Defaults too.

Fail Safe settings are used automatically after a BIOS flash, which may be why they are in use.

Thanks for this info. I had no idea about this. I THOUGHT I had gone to optimized defaults the last time I flashed but I had the same "fail safe" readings. I didn't have any system issues though. Sorted now though. Thanks again.

[Acebmxer]

Re: overclocked my i7 930 w/ X58A-UD3R... are my temps safe?

Always "Load Optimized Defaults"... When ever you clear CMOS or you update the bios always Load optimized defaults press f10 renter bios set your voltages for ram / O.C settings and Raid/AHCI mode press F10

Good to hear everything is good.