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First build, time to OC

Grey_Templar
Level 7
Just assembled my first build. See my signature for PC specs. I've no experience in OC, it would be great to have some help with OC over the weekend, can someone tell me what do I need to prepare? 🙂





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CPU @ Default 4Ghz
CPU: i7 4790k
Motherboard: M7F
Video Card: MSI 780 Ti
Memory: 2x 8G G.SKILL TridentX 2400
SSD: Plextor m6e PCIe 256GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 4T
PSU: Corsair HX1050W
Case: NZXT Phantom 820
CPU Cooling: Corsair H110
Case Fan: 4x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850
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MeanMachine
Level 13
Hi Grey Templar, and congrats on a successful build, Is your Bios rev 0603?

Before you begin to OC, I recommend reading up and familiarizing yourself with your Bios.

There are some great tutorials at the Education Center: http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?38259-ROG-Overclocking-Education-Center

Although there may not be a tutorial for Maximus VII Formula most still applies.
We owe our existence to the scum of the earth, Cyanobacteria

My System Specs:

MB:ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero/WiFi GPU:EVGA GTX 1080 sc PSU:Corsair AX-1200i
CPU:
AMD R7 2700X Cooler: Corsair Hydro H115i Case: Corsair Carbide 780t

Memory:G.Skill TridentZ F4-3200C14D-16GTZR SSD:Samsung 500GB 960 EVO M.2


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abvolt
Level 11
very cool your temps are great also..
Current: MSI Xpower Gaming Titanium | 7700K | G Skill Ripjaws V 3000 16Gb | 960 EVO 500Gb | Intel 730 480Gb | Seasonic 1000 Platinum |
NZXT X62 | Acer XB270HU | EVGA 1080 ti FTW3

Secondary: R4BE | 4930K | G.SKILL 2400 16GB | Corsair AX 1500i
Intel 730 240GB + 480GB | EVGA GTX780 ti sli kpe | Custom H20

oops, never mind

Grey_Templar
Level 7
Thanks MeanMachine and abvolt.

Just took a peek of the file, I will try to dig into it 😛
CPU: i7 4790k
Motherboard: M7F
Video Card: MSI 780 Ti
Memory: 2x 8G G.SKILL TridentX 2400
SSD: Plextor m6e PCIe 256GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 4T
PSU: Corsair HX1050W
Case: NZXT Phantom 820
CPU Cooling: Corsair H110
Case Fan: 4x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850

I know this is off subject......but i have to ask templar...
you ever play evony and do you have fainting goats? if not.. ignore.. ;):p

spyro wrote:
I know this is off subject......but i have to ask templar...
you ever play evony and do you have fainting goats? if not.. ignore.. ;):p



Never heard of it, but I do play Civilization 5.
CPU: i7 4790k
Motherboard: M7F
Video Card: MSI 780 Ti
Memory: 2x 8G G.SKILL TridentX 2400
SSD: Plextor m6e PCIe 256GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 4T
PSU: Corsair HX1050W
Case: NZXT Phantom 820
CPU Cooling: Corsair H110
Case Fan: 4x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850

Grey_Templar
Level 7
Just followed an video by JJ, managed to hit 4.6Ghz@1.2V,

See attached SmallFFT stress test results.
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I also set XMP for 2400MHz, but I don't know what's the best way to test memory. Any advice?
CPU: i7 4790k
Motherboard: M7F
Video Card: MSI 780 Ti
Memory: 2x 8G G.SKILL TridentX 2400
SSD: Plextor m6e PCIe 256GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 4T
PSU: Corsair HX1050W
Case: NZXT Phantom 820
CPU Cooling: Corsair H110
Case Fan: 4x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850

MeanMachine
Level 13
Best tester for your DIMMs is Memtest86.

Its free, so download to a usb stick, Set bios to boot from usb and let it run.

http://www.memtest86.com/download.htm
We owe our existence to the scum of the earth, Cyanobacteria

My System Specs:

MB:ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero/WiFi GPU:EVGA GTX 1080 sc PSU:Corsair AX-1200i
CPU:
AMD R7 2700X Cooler: Corsair Hydro H115i Case: Corsair Carbide 780t

Memory:G.Skill TridentZ F4-3200C14D-16GTZR SSD:Samsung 500GB 960 EVO M.2


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Grey_Templar
Level 7
Okay, I did the test last night, got the result in text file. But I don't know how to read it... :confused: Did I interrupt the testing?

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CPU: i7 4790k
Motherboard: M7F
Video Card: MSI 780 Ti
Memory: 2x 8G G.SKILL TridentX 2400
SSD: Plextor m6e PCIe 256GB
HDD: Western Digital Black 4T
PSU: Corsair HX1050W
Case: NZXT Phantom 820
CPU Cooling: Corsair H110
Case Fan: 4x Scythe GentleTyphoon 1850