- Asus Rampage Extreme IV
- Intel Hex Core i7 3.2ghz 3930k
- 16GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 4x4 GB
- Thermaltake Toughpower 1500W 80PLUS Silver PSU
- Thermaltake Level 10 GTS LCS (BigWater 860 CPU water cooling)
- Corsair Force GT 240GB SSD SATA 3 (Two of these)
- EVGA 460 2GB (SLI'ed)
- EVGA 460 2GB (SLI'ed)
So I fixed the problem with the system defaulting to the 1200mhz no matter what the BIOS was set to...I can't believe I didnt catch this earlier...please dont laugh at me
😄Solution: Flashed the BIOS to the latest 3930K update (
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/list.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=1&m=Rampage IV Extreme&hashedid=r7FZemJak3vMbWHg)
Moving forward with a solid overclock,
I have been reading A LOT about voltages and temps and so forth and have really been getting mixed opinions. I've read that going 1.4+ can shorten the lifespan of the CPU and that I should be using a Offset, and all kinds of things. To a rookie overclocker, all this information has been pretty overwhelming.
I have my system set to the "Gamers OC" profile with my memory set to X.M.P-> Profile #1 (DDR3-2133 9-11-10-27-2N-1.50v-1.30v) and Rampage Tweak -> Mode 2
Should I use these settings and start stress testing under full load to get temps and such and then modify the overclock from there? How do I know where to start tweaking? Sorry to be such a noob, I am really trying to wrap my head around all of this to get a good solid overclock to take advantage of the nice water CPU cooler that I have but without damaging my chip and shortening its lifespan.