06-23-2010, 08:12 AM
When I have time, jeeze it's only been a day, your lucky you got so many posts in that amount of time. I'll be back in a few hours, I might have time to write it then.
06-23-2010, 08:12 AM
06-23-2010, 01:37 PM
thanks
06-24-2010, 03:05 AM
Alright, let's start with the basics. Keep in mind this is a work in progress and I will keep adding more every couple of hours until it is finished. The hardware you will need.
Power supply
-Overclocking massively increases power demands. You need to have sufficient overhead from your power supply.
Temperature
-Case (has a small/medium impact)
-Cooling Unit(has a very high impact)
-Ambient temperature (meaning the temperature of the room, has a small impact)
-Thermal grease (has a small impact)
-Temperature is one of the most important factors in overclocking. With a modern intel cpu like the one you have you want to keep your full load temperature at about 65 Celsius or lower in order to keep the system running 24/7 with a long lifespan. Increasing clock rates increases temperature and power consumption but not nearly as much as increasing voltage does.
Motherboard
-If your cpu doesn't have an unlocked core multiplier than the only way to raise your core clock is by raising your bus clock. This increases stress on the NB.
Memory
-Both higher memory frequency and more memory dimms being used results in a small increase to NB stress and therefore slightly reduces your maximum FSB.
Assuming you have a good motherboard and plenty of power supply overhead cpu overclocking is then a simple art of balancing voltage, frequency, temperature, and stability.
So the first thing I need to make sure of is that you have some temperature overhead. Download that and tell me what your full load temps are (you need to make sure all cores are maxed out for at least 30 minutes and tell me what the max temperature was). http://www.ultimate-filez.com/files/IntelBurnTest.zip
Edit: All right I just read page 2 of this thread and realized you already know your full load temp. 50 C full load means we have a little headroom to work with. Did you but this system or build it yourself? What power supply are you using? I also need to know if this system is running 24/7 or only a few hours a day.
Power supply
-Overclocking massively increases power demands. You need to have sufficient overhead from your power supply.
Temperature
-Case (has a small/medium impact)
-Cooling Unit(has a very high impact)
-Ambient temperature (meaning the temperature of the room, has a small impact)
-Thermal grease (has a small impact)
-Temperature is one of the most important factors in overclocking. With a modern intel cpu like the one you have you want to keep your full load temperature at about 65 Celsius or lower in order to keep the system running 24/7 with a long lifespan. Increasing clock rates increases temperature and power consumption but not nearly as much as increasing voltage does.
Motherboard
-If your cpu doesn't have an unlocked core multiplier than the only way to raise your core clock is by raising your bus clock. This increases stress on the NB.
Memory
-Both higher memory frequency and more memory dimms being used results in a small increase to NB stress and therefore slightly reduces your maximum FSB.
Assuming you have a good motherboard and plenty of power supply overhead cpu overclocking is then a simple art of balancing voltage, frequency, temperature, and stability.
So the first thing I need to make sure of is that you have some temperature overhead. Download that and tell me what your full load temps are (you need to make sure all cores are maxed out for at least 30 minutes and tell me what the max temperature was). http://www.ultimate-filez.com/files/IntelBurnTest.zip
Edit: All right I just read page 2 of this thread and realized you already know your full load temp. 50 C full load means we have a little headroom to work with. Did you but this system or build it yourself? What power supply are you using? I also need to know if this system is running 24/7 or only a few hours a day.
06-24-2010, 04:00 AM
I did not build it, it was custom ordered from supermicro. i am using a "Sparkle Power INT'L FSP460-60PFN"
06-24-2010, 04:05 AM
Don't even try overclocking it. That power supply is barely enough for stock settings. Not to mention your using a typically server board, and typical cooling (with surprisingly good temps I must admit). I'm sorry but your going to need to upgrade a few components before you even think about doing a decent stable overclock. This is what happens when you don't build it yourself.
06-24-2010, 04:07 AM
ok i will get way better cooling, and power supply. Could you mabye reccommend some parts? Thanks so much for the help
06-24-2010, 04:16 AM
Before you waste any money I want to check that your motherboard even supports overclocking on the bios level. Do you know how to enter the bios configuration?
06-24-2010, 04:45 AM
yes i do. and my bios has a cpu multiplier but it is locked at x22.
06-24-2010, 05:18 AM
You can change the fsb and voltages though? Havign a locked multiplier is completely normal. I just want to make sure that the vendor did not disable bios overclocking. I also still need to know if the system is running 24/7. Also make sure to disable intel speedstep.
Edit: It seems that good air coolers for socket 771 are virtually non-existant due to limited room in multi-cpu systems. The only good air cooler I could find for socket 771 is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608011 but it's huge and expensive. It would cost you almost $160 USD for 2 of them and you would probably ahev to remove your side panel just to fit them in the system because they're so tall. More practical air coolers exist but they aren't significantly better than what you have now.
Edit: It seems that good air coolers for socket 771 are virtually non-existant due to limited room in multi-cpu systems. The only good air cooler I could find for socket 771 is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608011 but it's huge and expensive. It would cost you almost $160 USD for 2 of them and you would probably ahev to remove your side panel just to fit them in the system because they're so tall. More practical air coolers exist but they aren't significantly better than what you have now.
06-24-2010, 07:09 AM
i see those options on the bios but on the right it says "All items on this menu cannot be modified in user mode. If any items require changes, please consult your system Supervisor" Is there an alternate way to change those settings? or make the bios let me change them?