Overclock???

[choker41]

Is this a true overclock??? 




Submitted by JARED-PC | Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:19:26 +0100 | Validated by CPU-Z 1.53.1
Intel Core i3 530
Windows 7 (6.1) Home Premium Edition (Build 7600)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 2 Cores - 4 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz
CPU EXT : MMX, SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2), EM64T, VT-x
CPUID : 6.5.2 / Extended : 6.25
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 32 / 2 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 256 KB
CPU Cache : L3 : 4096 KB
Core : Clarkdale (32 nm) / Stepping : ???
Freq : 4114.63 MHz (187.03 * 22)
MB Brand : Gigabyte
MB Model : H55M-UD2H
NB : Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge re
SB : Intel H55 rev 06
GPU Type : Radeon HD 4350
GPU Clocks : Core 110 MHz / RAM 250 MHz
DirectX Version : 11.0
RAM : 4096 MB DDR3 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 748.1 MHz (4:16) @ 10-9-9-24
Slot 1 : 2048MB (10700)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : A-Data Technology
Slot 2 : 2048MB (10700)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : A-Data Technology

[38ruk]

Naw .... only 1200 mhz  baaaa thats nothing now adays lol.....   


Hell yeah thats a good overclock !   Question is ....how stable is it? and how much Vcore are you throwing at it ?

[choker41]

1.4v on vcore and it is stable using full fft on prime95. Is there something else I should run?  Temps got up to 60C. Is that too much?  I have a liqiud cooler and not a lot of air moving through the case (2 fans).

[38ruk]

60C seems hot to me but I've always ran AMD stuff ..... intel has it rated for a MAX temp of 72.6C  .  If it's stable....... and youdont expect  it to live for 5 or 6 years...... then I would run .

[choker41]

Thanks for your input ruk. I'll back it down a bit. I just wasn't sure if I was correctly overclocking my cpu. See ya in the skies.

[Boozeman]

Try to lower the Vcore, some review site got a 530 to a stable 4,5 Ghz at 1,35V...and it wasn't even a press sample. I think you should have some room for a lower Vcore without reducing clockspeed.

[38ruk]

Being unfimilure with Intel CPU's I'm not up on the Vcore ranges of their chips but........ as a rule I always use as little Vcore as possible.  Vcore (heat)  is what sucks the life out of CPU's . 

[38ruk]

unfamiliar ..... jezzzeeeee   my spell checker must have been set to moron

[4deck]

Choker, that is a fantastic overclock, and with liquid cooling you should be fine. I saw your new case looks kewl. I would add additional heat disapators though. Your system really is screaming there. Nice job bro.
Max temp is 73c. So you have room. Your running warm no doubt. But I would say your fine. If you have a problem with any of cooling though, you may lose your chip. So pull the plug immediatley, and worry about corruption later.

[BaldEagl]

1.4v on vcore and it is stable using full fft on prime95. Is there something else I should run?  Temps got up to 60C. Is that too much?  I have a liqiud cooler and not a lot of air moving through the case (2 fans).

If you're only reaching 60 and not exceeding it that's not too bad.  If it was running much over that on an extended Prime test I'd back it down but at 60 I'd run it like it is.  It's well within the operating specs.

[choker41]

I just lowered my vcore to 1.35v and raised my bus speed to 205.  Now I'm running at 4.5ghz and 57C is highest core temp.  Thanks Boozeman for the voltage tip.



CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 2 Cores - 4 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz
CPU EXT : MMX, SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2), EM64T, VT-x
CPUID : 6.5.2 / Extended : 6.25
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 32 / 2 x 32 KB - L2 : 2 x 256 KB
CPU Cache : L3 : 4096 KB
Core : Clarkdale (32 nm) / Stepping : ???
Freq : 4510.57 MHz (205.03 * 22)
MB Brand : Gigabyte
MB Model : H55M-UD2H
NB : Intel Havendale/Clarkdale Host Bridge re
SB : Intel H55 rev 06
GPU Type : Radeon HD 4350
GPU Clocks : Core 110 MHz / RAM 250 MHz
DirectX Version : 11.0
RAM : 4096 MB DDR3 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 820.1 MHz (4:16) @ 10-9-9-24
Slot 1 : 2048MB (10700)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : A-Data Technology
Slot 2 : 2048MB (10700)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : A-Data Technology

[Boozeman]

No problem, glad to see you having some really nice results. As you can see, core voltage in the main heat source. Maybe your CPU could take even less Vcore with this clockspeed, but really, I dont see a reason to tweak it further, those numbers are just fine.