Core i7 920 Overclocking Tutorial
Push your i7 920 to
4GHz
with the GA-EX58-EXTREME
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Core i7 920 Overclocking Tutorial
Step-by-step guide to push your Core i7 920 to Agenda:
Testing Equipment (P3) Install hardware (P6) Performance & temperature basics of the core i7 920 (P9) BIOS Settings to achieve 4GHz overclock (P12) 4GHz i7 920 Performance and Temperature (P18) TURBO BOOST function to reach 4.2GHz (P24) Reload Profile with EZ-Share BIOS (P25) Advanced Overclock Uncore & DDR3 Frequency (P26) Final Words (P27)
4GHz
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First of all, allow me to introduce the main components of the X58 Platform. As you can see in the pictures below, the platform I will be using today includes the Intel CORE i7 920 processor, the GIGABYTE GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard and CORSAIR TR3X6G1333C9 3 channel DDR3 memory. These 3 components are the main elements for overclocking . The CPU is the main executing unit. CPU overclocking involves raising the frequency in order to achieve performance gains for your applications. The Intel Core i7 has 3 different models, the i7 920, i7 940 and Extreme i7 965. The goal of this article is to show how to make the Core i7 920 go to a higher frequency (overclock to 4GHz) while maintaining stable operation. Keep in mind, 4GHz is a higher frequency than the most expensive i7 Extreme 965 (3.2GHz) CPU. So, if you are able to increase the i7 920 stock frequency of 2.66GHz to 4GHz, you are able to achieve an almost 50% higher clock. Theoretically, this means your CPU will be able to calculate almost twice as fast as your stock CPU, which is almost double your stock performance. So, let’s take a look at how to do it.
Intel Core i7 920, GA-EX58-EXTREME and Corsair TR3X6G1333C9
Intel Core I7 920
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The Intel Core i7 920 is a native quad core processor with each core supporting 2 threads each (Hyper...