help me to oc my i7 860

rick fowler · 11-06-09, 05:52 AM

hello all i am new here found this site looking for help on overclocking my gaming pc to the best it can go within its limits.

my set up as follows

Samsung SM2433BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

corsair 800d

corsair h50

Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156)

Asus Maximus III Formula Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard

ASUS ROG OC Station

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card x2

Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1tb SATA-II 32MB Cache x1

Crucial M225 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive x1

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter x1

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel

120mm Enermax UCMA12 Magma TWISTER Fan (M.B.T.) Batwing Blades 1.5k RPM x5

140mm Xigmatek XLF-F1453 LED 1000 RPM and 63.6 CFM and 16 dBA x2

been running on stock for the last two weeks or so playing arma 2 fairly well without any problems all on full settings,so i know it can run ok but as always its nice to see how far it will go before it either gets unstable or it hits the temps to high.

i have read and read so many ideas of oc'ing this chip its all gone over my head and to be honest i rather have that personal touch of a real person helping me,i understand that two chips are never the same for volts ect but a starting block would be a great help that i would only need to increase or decrease the volts if needed.

sorry if this is a long post just thought i try and explain it all

cheers and looked forward to your help.

rick fowler · 11-06-09, 11:28 AM

no one home then seems a bit quite,i hope i get some hlep soon.

rick fowler · 11-07-09, 06:17 AM

o well seems yet again i cant get help lol,not to worry i leave then.

zangler · 11-07-09, 09:11 PM

first: welcome to the forums!

i think the lack of response would be because this is an Intel CPU question in the General CPU sub-forum. Read the sticky 'This is not a catch-all'.

if you re-posted this exact thread in the Intel section of the CPU forum you would most certainly get a response.

also check out the stickies for general overclocking principles in the intel forum...will give you a good base.

rick fowler · 11-08-09, 07:27 AM

o right ooops i try again there i have read a fair amount but still baffles me abit so thats why i ask for a starting block to work from so i can get the idea better im more a do it than a reader person if you know what i mean.

Blazing fire · 11-08-09, 09:21 AM

Do contact a moderator to move the thread. This time, i've done it for you.

11-06-09, 05:52 AM	#1
rick fowler New Member Join Date: Nov 2009	help me to oc my i7 860 hello all i am new here found this site looking for help on overclocking my gaming pc to the best it can go within its limits. my set up as follows Samsung SM2433BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor corsair 800d corsair h50 Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) Asus Maximus III Formula Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard ASUS ROG OC Station XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card x2 Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply Samsung SpinPoint F3 1tb SATA-II 32MB Cache x1 Crucial M225 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive x1 LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter x1 G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel 120mm Enermax UCMA12 Magma TWISTER Fan (M.B.T.) Batwing Blades 1.5k RPM x5 140mm Xigmatek XLF-F1453 LED 1000 RPM and 63.6 CFM and 16 dBA x2 been running on stock for the last two weeks or so playing arma 2 fairly well without any problems all on full settings,so i know it can run ok but as always its nice to see how far it will go before it either gets unstable or it hits the temps to high. i have read and read so many ideas of oc'ing this chip its all gone over my head and to be honest i rather have that personal touch of a real person helping me,i understand that two chips are never the same for volts ect but a starting block would be a great help that i would only need to increase or decrease the volts if needed. sorry if this is a long post just thought i try and explain it all cheers and looked forward to your help.

11-07-09, 09:11 PM	#4
zangler Nvidia Content Editor SETI Team Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston, TX	first: welcome to the forums! i think the lack of response would be because this is an Intel CPU question in the General CPU sub-forum. Read the sticky 'This is not a catch-all'. if you re-posted this exact thread in the Intel section of the CPU forum you would most certainly get a response. also check out the stickies for general overclocking principles in the intel forum...will give you a good base. __________________ New rig: O/C in progress, 4.0ghz HT so far... CPU: Intel i860 Mobo: Gigabyte p55-ud4p RAM: G.SKILL Trident 4GB 2000mhz HSF: Cogage TRUE GPU: Radeon 5850 eyfinity 3 22" samsungs PSU: Corsair hx 850w Case: HAF 932 Storage: 4xWD640gb blacks in a 0 and 10 OS: Win 7 64bit

11-08-09, 09:21 AM	#6
Blazing fire Member Join Date: Sep 2007	Do contact a moderator to move the thread. This time, i've done it for you. __________________ 1) Impact of tubing size --- 2) How to overclock an Intel CPU --- 3) Quad or Dual core? --- 4) P45 vs X48 using 2 4870 --- 5) 4Gb vs 2Gb --- 6) Advance RAM timing explained --- 7) DDR2 vs DDR3 --- 8) 1:1 vs 4:5 RAM strap --- 9) Using Rivatuner to overclock --- 10) Is Vista all that bad? --- 11) Favourite defragmenter --- 12) Single/Multi rail PSU --- 13) HDD compared --- 14) SDD explained --- 15) Threadings explained --- 16) How to choose a radiator --- 17) BIOS mumbo jumbo explained --- 18) How to attain best image quality in games (includes explanation of AA) Oc materials: realtemp, linpack & OCCT, memtest86, CPU-Z, 3dmark06, furmark, rivatuner, GPU-Z, Everest, memset. Welcome to the forums. Please read all of the forum rules. Thank you =) (courtesy to JoT)

11-06-09, 11:28 AM	#2
rick fowler New Member Join Date: Nov 2009	no one home then seems a bit quite,i hope i get some hlep soon.

11-07-09, 06:17 AM	#3
rick fowler New Member Join Date: Nov 2009	o well seems yet again i cant get help lol,not to worry i leave then.

11-08-09, 07:27 AM	#5
rick fowler New Member Join Date: Nov 2009	o right ooops i try again there i have read a fair amount but still baffles me abit so thats why i ask for a starting block to work from so i can get the idea better im more a do it than a reader person if you know what i mean.