Overclock Core i7 860

[Musicalchairs]

Now that my OS's are the way I want them.

I thought I'd try researching and then attempting to Overclock my Core i7 860.

After reading the 3 STEP GUIDE on Overclockers.com

I gave it ago and then found this on youtube

Found this on YouTube

Now obviously this wouldnt be your 24/7 speed, but could you use this method from youtube and run constant 3.5ghz ?

If i try it I will be using PRIME95 or LINX as the 3 STEP GUIDE mentioned for testing.

UPDATE

Got home from work and tried the Youtube advice from the link above.

So..In BIOS..After loading DEFAULTS then resorting back to AHCI instead of IDE
I then made the following changes

-ADVANCED CPU CORE FEATURES-

INTEL(R) TURBO BOOST TECH. - DISABLED
CPU MULTITHREADING - DISABLED
CPU ENHANCED HALT (C1E) - DISABLED
C3, C6, C7 STATE SUPPORT - DISABLED
CPU THERMAL MONITOR - DISABLED
CPU EIST FUNCTION - DISABLED

-ADVANCED FREQUENCY SETTINGS-

BASE CLOCK (BCLK) CONTROL - ENABLED
BCLK FREQUENCY(MHZ) - 185
SYSTEM MEMORY MULTIPLIER (SPD) - 8.0

-ADVANCED MEMORY SETTINGS-

PERFORMANCE ENHANCE - STANDARD
DRAM TIMING SELECTABLE (SPD) - QUICK

-ADVANCED VOLTAGE SETTING-

LOAD-LINE CALIBRATION - ENABLED

ALL OTHER VOLTAGES AT AUTO

Saved settings and booted into WINDOWS successfully.

Once opened the following and ran linx with all available RAM for 20 runs.
See results below.

RealTemp (Monitoring Temp)
RealTempCapture.PNG

CPU-Z (Proving BIOS changes had taken effect)
CPU-Z.PNG

Linx (Stress Test - 20 runs - ALL AVAILABLE MEMORY)
LINX.PNG

 

[Musicalchairs]

Just ran MEMTEST86+ v4.00 x 1 PASS

No errors there either
See below
MEMTEST86.PNG

Anyone want to tell me how much of a douch bag I am, go right ahead.
After all I am obviously new to this whole OC thing & can take criticism.

Pay attention to my sig as I am not using stock FAN! Would not have attempted this if that was the case.

Now just a bit scared to turn on HYPER THREADING (MULTITHREADING), EIST, C STATES etc.

If anyone has any suggestions as to what I should do from here let me know.

 

[Jocelyn84]

That chip's running pretty hot! Either way, I'd reseat the cooler..
Are your DRAM and QPI/VTT set on auto? If not what are they set at?
What kind of case do you have?

 

[Musicalchairs]

Those settings are set to Auto.
Thermaltake Armor MX+
1 intake on front sucking air in.
1 intake on back sucking air out.
230mm fan on side of case that was blowing air in but I reversed it so it now draws air out.

 

[Jocelyn84]

Whats it put your DRAM and QPI/VTT at when set to auto? Use Everest

 

[Musicalchairs]

I went back into BIOS and enabled everything below

-ADVANCED CPU CORE FEATURES-

CPU MULTITHREADING - ENABLED
CPU ENHANCED HALT (C1E) - ENABLED
C3, C6, C7 STATE SUPPORT - ENABLED
CPU THERMAL MONITOR - ENABLED
CPU EIST FUNCTION - ENABLED

Kept Turbo off..

My temps idle at 30C now in WIN7(REALTEMP) & 36C in OSX (ISTAT)

RealTemp shows that BCLK idles at 185 x 9.0 1665.01mhz

UPDATE

Not sure where to look in Everest.
Just installed version 5.30.1900.

Is this it under COMPUTER/SENSOR ?

Temperatures

Motherboard 34 °C (93 °F)
CPU 18 °C (64 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 32 °C (90 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 32 °C (90 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #3 30 °C (86 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #4 30 °C (86 °F)
Aux 33 °C (91 °F)
GPU Diode 36 °C (97 °F)
WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 30 °C (86 °F)
WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 43 °C (109 °F)

Cooling Fans
GPU 17%

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.34 V
+2.5 V 1.57 V
+3.3 V 3.38 V
+5 V 4.89 V
+12 V 3.07 V
+5 V Standby 3.60 V
VBAT Battery 3.20 V

Current Values
CPU 18.87 A

Power Values
CPU 25.36 W

 

[Musicalchairs]

After speaking to a mate at work who has oc'd his 920, I'm thinkin of turning off EIST (SpeedStep) and MULTITHREADING.

Will reseat heatsink tonight though prior to switching those 2 features off and see if that lowers temps at all.

 

[thelostswede]

You don't want to turn off multithreading, it'll lower your performance in threaded applications.