Im running 4gb of the 2200mhz cas 7 ram. I am able to get the ram stable at 2000 mhz, with 1.5 qpi, 1.65ram. I have a few issues, 1st is most every OC forum i read anything above 1.4 qpi is considered an "extreme" OC and could effect the longevity of the CPU.
My second problem is temperatures, I almost wish i bought a 920 instead of a 950. WAY easier to cool the 920's. I "was" running liquid cooling with the ECO COOLIT kit. I find this cooler just cant keep up with my OC's. I either have to lower my ram clock or my cpu clock, Both have dramatic effects on CPU temps.
At a 3.5 OC and 2000mhz ram, i was getting temp spikes in the high 70's and avg load temps in the high 60's. I decided to experiment with a cooler master hyper N 520 air cooler. The reason for this is because i bought my bro one for christmas and was rather impressed with the temps he was pulling on his 920 i7.
After installing the new cooler, i found the air cooler to out perform the liquid cooler in some areas. At the same clock i was peaking 77c on liquid, i would peak 78c on air cooling. What is interesting is i found the air cooler to perform better at moderate clocks then the Liquid. The liquid cooler only shined at higher clocks but a negligible difference at best and not enough to make any real difference to maintain the high clock.
What i like about the Air Cooler is all my Threads are now reading Identical temps most of the time... when the core temps peak.. they all peak at the exact same temp. Consistency, i love it. With the liquid cooler my cores rarely read the same temps and could be as much as 5c off per core. Some would think maybe its not seated correctly? I reseated it a total of 3 times with no difference. I'm thinking the problem lies in the cooler, like the copper is thicker in one spot then another or the grade of copper is not as good.
Anyway, the liquid cooler just isn't cutting it and the air cooler rocks my socks off but I'm looking for something that will allow me to run my memory at its rated freq.... any suggestions?
I have a Large "Custom" case with massive air flow. I was even contemplating modifying the cooler for ECO but don't have any specific plan in mind.
My second problem is temperatures, I almost wish i bought a 920 instead of a 950. WAY easier to cool the 920's. I "was" running liquid cooling with the ECO COOLIT kit. I find this cooler just cant keep up with my OC's. I either have to lower my ram clock or my cpu clock, Both have dramatic effects on CPU temps.
At a 3.5 OC and 2000mhz ram, i was getting temp spikes in the high 70's and avg load temps in the high 60's. I decided to experiment with a cooler master hyper N 520 air cooler. The reason for this is because i bought my bro one for christmas and was rather impressed with the temps he was pulling on his 920 i7.
After installing the new cooler, i found the air cooler to out perform the liquid cooler in some areas. At the same clock i was peaking 77c on liquid, i would peak 78c on air cooling. What is interesting is i found the air cooler to perform better at moderate clocks then the Liquid. The liquid cooler only shined at higher clocks but a negligible difference at best and not enough to make any real difference to maintain the high clock.
What i like about the Air Cooler is all my Threads are now reading Identical temps most of the time... when the core temps peak.. they all peak at the exact same temp. Consistency, i love it. With the liquid cooler my cores rarely read the same temps and could be as much as 5c off per core. Some would think maybe its not seated correctly? I reseated it a total of 3 times with no difference. I'm thinking the problem lies in the cooler, like the copper is thicker in one spot then another or the grade of copper is not as good.
Anyway, the liquid cooler just isn't cutting it and the air cooler rocks my socks off but I'm looking for something that will allow me to run my memory at its rated freq.... any suggestions?
I have a Large "Custom" case with massive air flow. I was even contemplating modifying the cooler for ECO but don't have any specific plan in mind.
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