965 BE Overclock tips

[Jay123]

I've been playing round with overclocks on my 965 unfortunately have still have the stock cooler so I can't keep them and check if they're stable. What stable settings is anyone else using and what clock speed are you getting. I can get 3.8GHz stable with no over volt.

[ryan9298b2]

I would say that 3.8GHz is about as much as you are going to get out of stock voltage with the stock cooler. Depending what case you have, I would recommend something like an H80i (Single 120mm Radiator) or an H100i (Dual 120mm Radiator). I would say that you should be able to get to about 4.2GHz to 4.4GHz at 1.425v to 1.45v. Only bump the voltage with an aftermarket cooler.

[Jay123]

Is it worth spending that much on a cooler for what is now a pretty low-mid end cpu?

[Dave :)]

Good luck getting over 4 on a 965BE. On mine i'm at 3.8GHZ 1.35V. Anything after 4 with me, even with decent cooling and 1.45+V is unstable. I don't think i've seen anyone legitimately have a 965BE on 4.2 stable.

[joelanderson]

My 965 hits a wall at around 3.8 too. Nothing stable above that, although my hardware isn't great for overclocking.

Cheers,

[Exitium]

There's my friends 965BE that i'm having for loan until i get my new motherboard: [ATTACH=CONFIG]n261[/ATTACH]

Ran PRIME95 for about 38 hours, and no crashes so far so I would say it's stable at 4.2 :)

NB has also been overclocked to 2.6

[Exitium]

And for your question, no. I wouldn't get a new cooler for that prosessor. I would sell that and get something else

[Fordox]

pfff 3,8 ghz on a stock cooler?

man i can't imagine the noise....

[Dave :)]

There's my friends 965BE that i'm having for loan until i get my new motherboard: [ATTACH=CONFIG]n261[/ATTACH] Ran PRIME95 for about 38 hours' date=' and no crashes so far so I would say it's stable at 4.2 :) NB has also been overclocked to 2.6 [/quote']

Fair play, must have a good chip. :)

[Jay123]

There's my friends 965BE that i'm having for loan until i get my new motherboard: [ATTACH=CONFIG]n261[/ATTACH]

Ran PRIME95 for about 38 hours, and no crashes so far so I would say it's stable at 4.2 :)

NB has also been overclocked to 2.6

Thanks I'll try that if I buy a cooler

What sort of temps are you getting?

[Jay123]

And for your question, no. I wouldn't get a new cooler for that prosessor. I would sell that and get something else

I don't really have the money

[Jay123]

pfff 3' date='8 ghz on a stock cooler? man i can't imagine the noise....[/quote']

It's not as bad as you may think but it is pretty loud

[Exitium]

There's my friends 965BE that i'm having for loan until i get my new motherboard: [ATTACH=CONFIG]n261[/ATTACH]

Ran PRIME95 for about 38 hours, and no crashes so far so I would say it's stable at 4.2 :)

NB has also been overclocked to 2.6

38'C idle, around 55-57 on full load, which i get only in Prime. If you're wondering, i have a Scythe Katana 4 as a cooler. a really really cheap cooler but as you can see, it performs really good :)

[Exitium]

And for your question, no. I wouldn't get a new cooler for that prosessor. I would sell that and get something else

then buy a cooler and overclock the bytes out of that thing!

[Exitium]

There's my friends 965BE that i'm having for loan until i get my new motherboard: [ATTACH=CONFIG]n261[/ATTACH] Ran PRIME95 for about 38 hours' date=' and no crashes so far so I would say it's stable at 4.2 :) NB has also been overclocked to 2.6 [/quote']

Fair play, must have a good chip. :)

Yeah, what i've heard is that all the revision c3 chips are great overclockers. they don't have to have crazy amount of volts to stay stable. but of course, every chip is different, it seems my friend has one of the best :P

[ryan9298b2]

I'm sorry, my previous post is wrong. Everyone else is right. Intel has a Core-i7 965 EE (Extreme Edition) I thought it was a typo. My bad. About 3.8.

[codytappen]

Love to get some tips because I'm assembling a system with one of these and and aftermarket cooler (212 evo) for a friend in a week or two. Tell me where you guys have been finding the sweet spot.