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| Re: i7 Overclocking for Beginners Originally Posted by AD-15 Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but, as a suggestion, would it be useful to put in a note about uncore frequencies?
From what I remember, the uncore multiplier must always have at least a 2:1 ratio to the memory multiplier.
This is a good thread I found: http://rampantspeculation.com/forums...ad.php?p=33913
AFAIK, motherboards adjust the uncore multiplier automatically to keep the 2:1 ratio, but it might still be worth mentioning.
Thanks again for such an excellent guide! I considered it, but I felt it was too advanced for a "beginners guide". As you said, most motherboards do adjust it automagically to maintain the required ratio. I might add a bit to the FAQ about it later on... reads guide and attempts to digest and translate then shakes head... as always the ability for people not to write in plain English when writing overclocking guides astonishes me. It's almost as bad as trying to read Legal English.
I did not consider it an issue, but it might be a troubleshooting point, after all, if someone is unfortunate to get a board where the auto setting on Uncore doesn't maintain at least 2:1, then they'll need to fix it won't they? Desktop (Cy): Intel Core i7 920 D0 @ 3.6GHz, Prolimatech Megahalems, Gigabyte X58-UD5, Patriot Viper DDR3 6GiB @ 1440MHz 7-7-7-20 2T, EVGA NVIDIA GTX 295 Co-Op, Asus Xonar D2X, Hauppauge WinTV Nova TD-500, 2x WD Caviar Black 1TB in RAID 0, 4x Samsung EcoDrive 1.5TB F2s in RAID 5, Corsair HX 750W PSU, Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos Sport (Custom), 4x Noctua P12s, 6x Noctua S12Bs, Sony Optiarc DVD+/-RW, Windows 7 Professional Edition, Dell 2408WFP, Mirai 22" HDTV MacBook Pro (Voyager): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.6GHz, 4GiB DDR2 RAM, 200GB 7200RPM HDD, NVIDIA 8600GTM 512MB, SuperDrive, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, 15.4" Matte Display HTPC (Delta-Flyer): Intel Core 2 Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, Zotec GeForce 9300-ITX, 2GiB of DDR2 Corsair XMS2 RAM, KWorld PE355-2T, Samsung EcoDrive F2 1.5TB, In-Win BP655, Noctua NF-R8, LiteOn BluRay ROM Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium, 42" Sony 1080p Television i7 (Bloomfield) Overclocking Guide Originally Posted by Spork I am not our father. |