Current settings http://valid.canardpc.com/qy49tt
Using an i7 3770 MSi Z77A G43
850W PSU
500gb HDD
1 Terabyte HDD
DVD Optical Drive+Blu Ray Drive
Sapphire 7870
G.Skill Ripjaws X 4x4 GB RAM Rated at 1600mhz, currently at 2000mhz 10-11-11-30 2t. Subtimings are the same as at 1600.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231429
I believe it is this set, but when I bought it, was advertised as dual channel. Not sure if anything was changed for the two sets.
Can bump up the FSB for higher speeds, can't break 2100 stable though, unless of course, I let my room drop to outside temps.
Looking to drop latency, or find a stable higher frequency. Kicking my self for getting a non k, and cheap mobo, my options are limited. So instead of watching my computer blue screen, and waiting for bootloops to settle down and hopefully boot into windows, was wondering if anyone had any idea how high this set can go and at what timings?
Tried Raising DIMM Voltage at 1.8 for a short time, no go. Adding volts to the cpu helps a little bit, temps can get scary though if I don't watch it. Gets close to 90C if FSB is at ~103.
Voltages are always ~.1-.2 lower then what I set in bios. With my new PSU, they don't fluctuate as much. No idea what kind of chips are on RAM. If I can hit 2100 I will be happy.
Said the same thing before I hit 2000 stable, but I think this set is capable enough lol.
How much can I loosen timings before latency kills any performance gained? The extra bandwidth is completely unnecessary, but I still want that as well.
Basically there is zero practical reason for me to overclock, but I am going to keep trying anyways.
Everything is on air cooling, one of these days I might attach a fan to RAM DIMMS, heard once those go above 85C for ddr3, performance drops at any settings. This would only be an issue if I try to pump 1.8 V into them again I would think.
To get my current timings I had to start off at 12-12-12-32. Was a process of trial and error after that. Did mess with subtimings as well. Those don't change unless I change them. That really got messy lol. Probably the biggest reason for the bootloops.
Anyways, time for more coffee while I mull this over some more.
Thanks in advance,
jon666
P.S.
Cable management is terrible, but as far as I can tell it doesn't affect airflow. Table fan pointed at my case might be helping with this. Both side panels are off.
Using an i7 3770 MSi Z77A G43
850W PSU
500gb HDD
1 Terabyte HDD
DVD Optical Drive+Blu Ray Drive
Sapphire 7870
G.Skill Ripjaws X 4x4 GB RAM Rated at 1600mhz, currently at 2000mhz 10-11-11-30 2t. Subtimings are the same as at 1600.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231429
I believe it is this set, but when I bought it, was advertised as dual channel. Not sure if anything was changed for the two sets.
Can bump up the FSB for higher speeds, can't break 2100 stable though, unless of course, I let my room drop to outside temps.
Looking to drop latency, or find a stable higher frequency. Kicking my self for getting a non k, and cheap mobo, my options are limited. So instead of watching my computer blue screen, and waiting for bootloops to settle down and hopefully boot into windows, was wondering if anyone had any idea how high this set can go and at what timings?
Tried Raising DIMM Voltage at 1.8 for a short time, no go. Adding volts to the cpu helps a little bit, temps can get scary though if I don't watch it. Gets close to 90C if FSB is at ~103.
Voltages are always ~.1-.2 lower then what I set in bios. With my new PSU, they don't fluctuate as much. No idea what kind of chips are on RAM. If I can hit 2100 I will be happy.
Said the same thing before I hit 2000 stable, but I think this set is capable enough lol.
How much can I loosen timings before latency kills any performance gained? The extra bandwidth is completely unnecessary, but I still want that as well.
Basically there is zero practical reason for me to overclock, but I am going to keep trying anyways.
Everything is on air cooling, one of these days I might attach a fan to RAM DIMMS, heard once those go above 85C for ddr3, performance drops at any settings. This would only be an issue if I try to pump 1.8 V into them again I would think.
To get my current timings I had to start off at 12-12-12-32. Was a process of trial and error after that. Did mess with subtimings as well. Those don't change unless I change them. That really got messy lol. Probably the biggest reason for the bootloops.
Anyways, time for more coffee while I mull this over some more.
Thanks in advance,
jon666
P.S.
Cable management is terrible, but as far as I can tell it doesn't affect airflow. Table fan pointed at my case might be helping with this. Both side panels are off.
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