rampage 3 extreme overclocking

[asus__]

hello everyone here, i am from greece, this is my first post in this forum. I want to help me with my overclocking please, i have a rampage 3 extreme mobo, intel i7 950 cpu and 12 gb corsair dominator 1866 ram (6 x 2). My settings until now are: cpu 4ghz (23 x 175) manual seted and ram seted to 1756 mhz if i remember well. with these settings my system is stable but when a day pass and i power on my pc i get a blanck black screen and do nothing,then i power of and power on my pc again and a screen show that overcklocking failed press f1......... i get in bios press f10 and everything is ok until the same again next day.Any suggestions about what to do? I am new to overclocking. I forgot to tell you that my gpu is asus gtx 590, psu thermaltake 1500w and gpu-mobo-cpu is watercooled by ek waterblocks. Thanks a lot and keep the good work in here as you doing! This forum is awesome!!!

[HiVizMan]

Hello my friend how long have you had your system?

The reason I ask is that sometimes hardware starts to get tired especially if you overclock the hardware. So as time passes you have to change some settings to make sure your system stays at that overclock. That is what I think you have to do.

Change some of your voltages just a little higher and see if that helps.

It could just be your ram that needs to be looked at. I would run memtest (download ver 4.2 for the usb stick) and check to see if they are good.

Thank you for the kind words about ROG forum.

[asus__]

my system worked about 5 months before 2 years almost and after 5 months of default using ,stays in a corner in order to get some money to update all the components,gpu,watercool.....etc... Now is back to life for about 4-5 days. in a few words my system is like new. If you can be more specific what to adjust i will be apreciate. Is there any recomended settings about these components? What about load line calibration?

[HiVizMan]

Ah thank you.

5 months is new. 🙂 I think this guide is a good place for you to start. Do no worry about the different CPU he uses. Your 950 and the 920 are very much the same, you have the advantage of higher multiplier but both will over-clock to the same frequency (approximately) as with all overclocking let the temperature be you guide.

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/overclocking/22106-core-i7-overclocking-guide-beginners.html

[asus__]

Thank you very much for your help!! I will try out some of these settings and run memtest and i will be back again for my news..... Thanks again!

[asus__]

here i am again,i almost did not slept in order to finish my setup! 🙂 I run memetst86 via usb stick as you sad to me and i did one pass about a hour with no errors.After many many adjustments my finally settings are: cpu 4070 mhz (185 x 22), ram 1855 mhz and the most critical piont in my opinion was the v core,it was in auto at 1.43 but i lower it at 1.375. Now after 33 restarts seems to be ok with no ''overclocking failed'' welcome screen!! Before that voltage (1,375) every 5-6 restarts i had ''overclocking failed''. I hope it will be ok! Finally i run prime 95 about 5 hours and averything was ok,my temps are: core1,2,3,4 is about 65-70c,cpu 48c and motherboard 27c. With your experience are everything ok on my system? Voltages temps etc...? Your advises were very helpfull for me,thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!

[HiVizMan]

I am so pleased to hear you have had success. Enjoy your system and visit us just to say hello from time to time.

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