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Overclocking virgin needs gentle assistance (i7 965 X CPU + Rampage II X modo)

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Juraj:

--- Quote from: 3dwannab on 2014-12-13, 19:26:15 ---
I just hope GPU ASUS Geforce drivers are better than the ATI ones. Boy, they were terrible I thought. And this will exactly match my motherboard brand. Could the crap driver for my GPU possibly be causing this OC problem or no?


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No, I would say almost no chance. ATI drivers were considered worse for a long time, but that doesn't apply much anymore. Nonetheless it has nothing to do with your issue. I would say 90perc. chance is you're overflowing your PSU.




--- Quote from: 3dwannab on 2014-12-13, 19:26:15 ---

My Vcore settings where left at auto. I don't know if that makes a difference. I did try upping the voltage to 1.4 but that's when I got the CPU overheating error in the BIOS or else auto shut-downs.

Would there be a possibility of damage done to the CPU such as a bent pin?

I'm going to get my hands on some thermal paste and try resitting the cooler. Is their any particular brand that's any better than others in your experience?


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If you were reaching 70+C at default auto vcore, than it's nonsuprising that 1.4 would shut down your PC.
I doubt there is any damage to CPU if you were running it for so long without any issue. That would have manifested far sooner.

The silver paste ? Doesn't matter.

Bear in mind your Air Cooler while the best in its category, is still 120mm with narrow heatsink. It's no monster like NH-D14-15. It's powerful, but not as powerful. You might not reach 4.0Ghz stable without overheating if you scored only average chip,
and your overall airflow in case isn't optimal.

3dwannab:
That GPU was the worst buy of the build. I should went with the GTX 280 at the time.  At least speed tree will work with the 970. And the possibility of an OC will be ever likely :]

I tried stress testing using this tool if your interested (
Intel® Processor Diagnostic Tool (64-bit): https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=19792

My CPU completely freaked out and had to stop it 10-15 seconds into the test.

Cool the NH-D14-15 is great looking. LGA 1366 socket support... NICE. Next on the shopping list.

Here's a pic of the inside of my PC. Any Comments on airflow? ;)

Juraj:
The vertical push-pull setup you have doesn't do much, it's pretty crowded. Also you only mounted one CPU fan, and quite strangely above.
Hence your CPU is quite poorly cooled at the moment.

Juraj:
The vertical push-pull setup you have doesn't do much, it's pretty crowded. Also you only mounted one CPU fan (or perhaps only the SE version comes with 2 fans by default... ? ), and quite strangely above.
Hence your CPU is quite poorly cooled at the moment. I suggest mounting both fans on the heatsink.

I don't suggest upgrading your Cooler though, looks like you went with high-profile ram modules. Even though NH-D15 has improved clearing, it might not fit.
Just mount the heatsink with both fans. Could be alternatively rotated 90 degrees too, but again the fans might collide with ram.

For future reference, buying high-profile ram modules (with tall passive heatsinks, they're btw completely useless) is only suggested if you go with water cooling, any decent air cooler collides with them.

3dwannab:
It only came with one. I should have went and got the other one. I can't remember for the life of me why it was mounted that way. I had a friend iT technician at that stage of the build with me so I can blame him. ;) The fan  should either be mounted on the right pushing air towards the back exhaust fan or underneath pushing upward to the top exhaust fan in the case with the extra fan to help pull the fan out the other side. (There's two 120mm exhaust fans at the top of the case BTW) You can see here the configuration: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=faqs&step=2&products_id=14&lng=en#5

JPG from link:


Crowded? In what sense? I'm not quite clear on that. Is everything not as it should be bar the cooler.

I see the fan thats closest to the ram modules on the NH-D15 can be slightly adjust depth wise in the case. My case is quite large so I don't think that could be a problem. The Height of D15 (with fan) = 165 mm and my case is 215mm from the CPU socket approx so it should fit okay taking in mind the necessary adjustment needed.

Pic of large profiled RAM Modules and D15:


OR perhaps water cooling could be less hassle to have beer (I left that typo in ;) better cooling and airflow in the case with higher achievable overclocks possible.

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