Hi guys,
I've upgraded my rig to include a z77 board and 3570k cpu, with the dark rock pro 2 cpu cooler. Alas, I made a mistake with the motherboard purchase, and will be returning that tomorrow. (The MSI Z77A G43 is being advertised as an OC board, without the option to alter the vcore...... I needed it's big brother, the G45.)
However, since I have a pretty massive cooler and a good CPU (and no patience to hand in my silicon lottery ticket), I figured I'd check out what speeds I could find with the motherboards 'auto vcore voltage' setting. I've ran the intel burn test (quite fast /dance) at a lot of clocks until I finally found the one where my pc wouldn't boot anymore. Went back one step, and found myself at a 45 multiplier, running 4.5GHz. Ran IBT at 'very high', no issues. Tried to run prime95 overnight, and P95 froze up about three hours in (didn't freeze or crash the pc). Ah well, I can't properly alter my settings yet anyway...
I was quite hesitant doing these tests, as I've read numerous articles about motherboards running up to 1.4v through the cpu at similar clocks. I was sort of shocked to find the exact opposite. My 4.5GHz three-to-four-hour-long P95 test showed that my vcore never went above 1.080v (hwmonitor).
Is this any indication of how the CPU will overclock on a 'real z77 board'? Would you guys consider yourself lucky to find a semi-stable clock (ffffuuuu voltage lock) at that voltage? Or is it pretty average, nothing to write home about?
I'm hoping I somehow have a cpu in the same batch as these guys.
Just really curious if this is a good sign, or if it doesn't mean anything yet.
Cheers!
Redd
Not looking forward to taking the damn dark rock pro 2 off again that thing is a beast...