Ahh memories. I had this board, it was really high end. Overclocked like a beast, until it blew up. Failed after 8 years running a high OC. Checked the HDD power on time which were built with that machine and they said 25,000 hours. I felt like it had done alright and I got my moneys worth.
Bro!!! you dont know how much this helped me , I have a 11 year old i7 970 , I always know what to do with computers since I'm a 36 year old gamer/artist but I never overclocked in fear of killing my CPU, after 11 years because of you I don't have to buy a new computer just yet , maybe 2023 when the chip shortages is over .. thank you , my computer is stable at these settings and not to hot at that. keep up the good work and get back on youtube ..never too late. I just subscribe
Pick up a new CMOS battery if you notice your OC not sticking after reboots and an X5675, X5680, or an X5690 if you want a bit of a performance boost. They are old server Xeons that were unlocked and could be OC'ed. You can probably find those chips really cheap now days. I have some videos showing an overclock on those as well.
@@ElectricosCosmos hey man thanks for the info , if that happens I will do that . Also I bought a i7 990x before I overclocked my 970. I didn’t try out the 990x yet , but I’m kinda fine with the performance gain I got from overclocking my 970 to 4 ghz can play halo on high now. I’m still in the period to be able to return my 990x . Does the Xenons clock higher than the I7 990x ? I have not tried it yet but my friends telling 990x can clock better than a 970 . Idk they all seem like the same chips really 970 980 980x 990x . Is the Xeon faster than all of them? On X58?
Thanks for the info. I'm still using mines 10 years later. Just overclocked the ram and CPU but I definitely need a water cooler. And a Better GPU. I couldn't get it right at first untill I change the voltage up a bit. I found that 1.25 to 1.35 It's a safe spot for voltage.
@@JuanDiaz-jo1rw yeah, the old X58 rigs are still good up to about a 980Ti / 1080, after that they start to bottleneck the GPUs a little too much. I finally upgraded mine around 2016-2017. If someone is still on a mid tier card then they are still great rigs. Throwing an X5675 in there is the way to go.
@@ElectricosCosmos The problem with higher cards as I just found out. Is that they will be limited by the 2.0 PCIE from the board. I'm trying to stay at least with a 3.0 PCIE GPU so is not a waste of money. I was thinking of the GTX1660 revisions but I'm not sure yet. Or the RX series GPUs. I'm using this old rig for a Mame Arcade building.
@@JuanDiaz-jo1rw there isn’t really any difference, you would notice less than 2% difference in testing. Margin of error at best. The pci-e 2.0 isn’t a problem.
Repost Edit update. Minor change in the Voltage and CPU fan settings. overclocked my i7 960 to 4.2 GHz with an air cooler. Sitting at low 50°C, High load test 80°C. (Stress test). Idle 60° C for gaming. I will share my settings here for anyone having issues or still messing around in 2023. I7 960 3.2ghz overclock to 4.2ghz. Bequiet 4 Air Cooler. Bios settings: .(PC Health Status) CPU SMART FAN Mode: PWM (only if supported by fans) .CPU Clock Ratio (21x) .QPI Clock Ratio (x36) .Uncore Clock Ratio (x16) .BLCK Frequency (Mhz) (200) .System Mem Multiplayer (8.0) 1600 ram. .CPU Core Voltage: from (1.10625v) to (1.35000v) .QPi Voltage: from (1.175v) to (1.355v) .DRAM Voltage from (1.500v) to (1.600v) .Make sure to keep C1 turned on after overclocking. If you turn it off, the CPU will get hotter. C1 will keep the Voltage in check and lower your temp to keep it stable. Stress test programs were used. .Geekbench 6 (stable) 40 min test .AIDA64 (stable) 40 min test .CINEBENCH (stable) 40 min test NOTE: if you want to hit (over) 4.2 GHz up to 5.0 GHz you will need a water cooler.
I have an i7 960 with a 1050ti and same mobo. My gpu is overclocked to the max so my bottle neck has become my cpu and ram speed slowing me down so overclocking is a must
Hi! I did the same Settings as u have. I have a i7 960 and it was locked on 2.0 ghz then I fixed that. And then I watched your video and did the same as u have but it’s staying stable at 3.20ghz all the time. Do u know how I could fix that? Great video btw!!!
***** Spend you a $150 on an X5675 Xeon, see my videos. They are just as fast as Intels brand new 6700k Skylake processors which just came out last week. Both score mid 900s in Cinebench when overclocked.
Reading an old reply. I should specify that they are as fast in multithreaded applications due to the extra core. The 6700k and 7700k are much faster in single threaded even though the Xeons are no slouch. I'd only recommend going X58 if you already have an X58 motherboard. In most other circumstances it would be better to just build something new.
Hi there sir. I liked your video. I've been trying to find videos on how to optimize my GA-X58A-OC mobo. The bios is identical to yours. I have an intel i7-990x. The 4G button is on, but I think I can get more beef and more from my machine. I have 24gb total of memory. Vengeance Kit. 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5V ver2.12Any suggestions on how I can crank up my settings conservatively without damaging it? I am using intel's stock cpu and fan. I'd greatly appreciate any help.
+Sugar Kaine Mostly What is your current OC? I don't see any reason why you can't push 4.5+ GHz pretty easy with that set up. You could do that a lot of different ways being that the 990X has an unlocked multi. I would try to find your highest OC while keeping your voltage around 1.362 Vcore and 1.335 QPI/Vtt. You can push voltage higher there for benches but I wouldn't run it higher 24/7. Try to find something that works in the 4.3-4.5GHz range around those voltages.
Your vcore is way too high for that overclock. You just need 1.23v for QPI and 1.25v max for Vcore. You will need to enable load line calibration. I get 4Ghz stable at like 1.2v.
Here is an excellent resource that will explain some of the things better that I either failed to mention or might've said wrong. www.masterslair.com/vcore-vtt-dram-pll-pch-voltages-explained-core-i7-i5-i3
Hello, If my cpu (Intel i7 960 3.2 ghz , with hyper 612 ver.2 from cooler master as a cpu fan , and the thermal paste is from this vent too wich is maximum 6 month old. ) is beetwin 70°- 80° (Overwatch running in ultra, or Atila/Rome2 total wars max too), and the loading time for the first game only on total wars series, and on world of tank too, is too long. What can I do change the cpu fan for a watercooling system ? Overclock the cpu ? Try to find an other cpu (when we know that 1336 socket is not anymore produce). Sorry for the bad english it's not my mothertongue.
I got given an old system with i7960 on a GA-X58A-UD5 motherboard. I'll be honest - I've never overclocked before - so the question I have is .... Would it be OK to PM you, for dome help if I need it ?? Great video .. Thanks
coxy ofnewp you can post on here if needed but these settings should work for most people. I’d spend the money though and get an X5675, X5680, or X5690. They are 6 core CPUs and are much better than the 960, they’ll be able to handle any GPU up to about a GTX 1080 pretty decently.
@@ElectricosCosmos thanks for reply - just watched a Tech Yes City video on YT about this subject, He did a 5660 for £15, but I also seen a Intel Xeon Processor X5675 (12M Cache, 3.06 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel QPI) LGA 1366 Server CPU for￡22.69 on Ali express, So I'm thinking that a cheap price for me to learn the in/outs of overclocking.. Also I see you got a 5675 running in a later video you posted - did all go ok and any suggestions you can give from what you learnt? many Thanks once again !!
@@coxyofnewp hey! did you buy the X5675 for AliExpress? I want to know if it´s secure to buy there. I have an coreI7 960 with an Gtx970, and I want to know if it worth to buy a X5675, or even an X5690, do you think that the performance would increase a lot?
@@alejandrocastillo1325 Sorry for late reply - my notifications were off for some reason! YES the are safe to use! I got my X5675 and its been working great for last 2 months, i paid $ 18.95. if you still want one - ill send you the link to seller I used on ali.. ps Ive used ali for almost 2 years with no probs !!f and the performance boost is amazing for the price - you wont regret it !
I have the same motherboard I knew I could overclock some things but i never knew I could over clock a i7 cpu. I thought only amd cpu's were clock able.
Juan Diaz you can overclock the 6 core xeons in these X58 motherboards as well. Those are much better than the i7s and are pretty cheap. X5675 would be the best option for most people. If you already have an X58 board and need more power it's something to consider. Otherwise it's probably best to just build a new system. I have videos overclocking the X5675 in this motherboard as well.
hey i kind a had the same setting for couple of days and when my pc on heavy loads like gaming and stuff pc crashed with blue screen idk why if you can help let me know and thanks !
***** i7 960 MB - GA-X58A-UD5 Ram - 12gb ddr3 Vga - gtx 980 ti SC 600w Let know why mine crashes D: Currently running on 3.84GHz and i have liquid cooling and thank you :)
+Average SE do you have your ram overclocked, did you set motherboard to optimized defaults before OC? Load line calibration 1 can help. What BCLK and multi?
+Average SE with that set up dude you can get like a 75% performance upgrade for $150 if you swap the 960 for an X5675 check out my video on it. Check newegg, they pop up on there periodically used out of an old server for about $155 that is what I replaced my 960 with. You'll go from mid 500 cinebench scores to mid 900s, awesome upgrade for cheap.
@@ElectricosCosmos damn, just switched 920 to 960 ;c well... it was tenner, anyway, dunno why this OC from this vid doesn't work on my pc, BSOD after few seconds in windows :(
Mihajlo TFW it depends. I’d buy a six core chip though, look on amazon or eBay for an X5675, X5680. If you can pick one of those up for less than $50 bucks then it’s absolutely worth the money. Most of those will easily do 4.3GHz.
Ahh memories. I had this board, it was really high end. Overclocked like a beast, until it blew up. Failed after 8 years running a high OC. Checked the HDD power on time which were built with that machine and they said 25,000 hours. I felt like it had done alright and I got my moneys worth.
Bro!!! you dont know how much this helped me , I have a 11 year old i7 970 , I always know what to do with computers since I'm a 36 year old gamer/artist but I never overclocked in fear of killing my CPU, after 11 years because of you I don't have to buy a new computer just yet , maybe 2023 when the chip shortages is over .. thank you , my computer is stable at these settings and not to hot at that. keep up the good work and get back on youtube ..never too late. I just subscribe
Pick up a new CMOS battery if you notice your OC not sticking after reboots and an X5675, X5680, or an X5690 if you want a bit of a performance boost. They are old server Xeons that were unlocked and could be OC'ed. You can probably find those chips really cheap now days. I have some videos showing an overclock on those as well.
@@ElectricosCosmos hey man thanks for the info , if that happens I will do that . Also I bought a i7 990x before I overclocked my 970. I didn’t try out the 990x yet , but I’m kinda fine with the performance gain I got from overclocking my 970 to 4 ghz can play halo on high now. I’m still in the period to be able to return my 990x . Does the Xenons clock higher than the I7 990x ? I have not tried it yet but my friends telling 990x can clock better than a 970 . Idk they all seem like the same chips really 970 980 980x 990x . Is the Xeon faster than all of them? On X58?
I ran mine i7 920 D0 overclocked to 4ghz with vcore 1.29, prime95 load temp 68c for ten years already. Thinking of getting a Xeon w3680.
Thanks for the info. I'm still using mines 10 years later. Just overclocked the ram and CPU but I definitely need a water cooler. And a Better GPU. I couldn't get it right at first untill I change the voltage up a bit. I found that 1.25 to 1.35 It's a safe spot for voltage.
Check this one out too... might be some useful info for you.
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@@ElectricosCosmos I trying to get the best results for over clocking an MSI R9 270X. This rig is old but it still has a punch at 1080p setting.
@@JuanDiaz-jo1rw yeah, the old X58 rigs are still good up to about a 980Ti / 1080, after that they start to bottleneck the GPUs a little too much. I finally upgraded mine around 2016-2017. If someone is still on a mid tier card then they are still great rigs. Throwing an X5675 in there is the way to go.
@@ElectricosCosmos The problem with higher cards as I just found out. Is that they will be limited by the 2.0 PCIE from the board. I'm trying to stay at least with a 3.0 PCIE GPU so is not a waste of money. I was thinking of the GTX1660 revisions but I'm not sure yet. Or the RX series GPUs. I'm using this old rig for a Mame Arcade building.
@@JuanDiaz-jo1rw there isn’t really any difference, you would notice less than 2% difference in testing. Margin of error at best. The pci-e 2.0 isn’t a problem.
Repost Edit update. Minor change in the Voltage and CPU fan settings.
overclocked my i7 960 to 4.2 GHz with an air cooler.
Sitting at low 50°C,
High load test 80°C. (Stress test).
Idle 60° C for gaming.
I will share my settings here for anyone having issues or still messing around in 2023.
I7 960 3.2ghz overclock to 4.2ghz. Bequiet 4 Air Cooler.
Bios settings:
.(PC Health Status)
CPU SMART FAN Mode: PWM
(only if supported by fans)
.CPU Clock Ratio (21x)
.QPI Clock Ratio (x36)
.Uncore Clock Ratio (x16)
.BLCK Frequency (Mhz) (200)
.System Mem Multiplayer (8.0)
1600 ram.
.CPU Core Voltage:
from (1.10625v) to (1.35000v)
.QPi Voltage:
from (1.175v) to (1.355v)
.DRAM Voltage
from (1.500v) to (1.600v)
.Make sure to keep C1 turned on after overclocking. If you turn it off, the CPU will get hotter. C1 will keep the Voltage in check and lower your temp to keep it stable.
Stress test programs were used.
.Geekbench 6 (stable) 40 min test
.AIDA64 (stable) 40 min test
.CINEBENCH (stable) 40 min test
NOTE: if you want to hit (over)
4.2 GHz up to 5.0 GHz you will need a water cooler.
I have an i7 960 with a 1050ti and same mobo. My gpu is overclocked to the max so my bottle neck has become my cpu and ram speed slowing me down so overclocking is a must
You can run with c states and even turbo with this same OC if you choose to.
Hi! I did the same Settings as u have. I have a i7 960 and it was locked on 2.0 ghz then I fixed that. And then I watched your video and did the same as u have but it’s staying stable at 3.20ghz all the time. Do u know how I could fix that? Great video btw!!!
Thank you very helpfull
***** Spend you a $150 on an X5675 Xeon, see my videos. They are just as fast as Intels brand new 6700k Skylake processors which just came out last week. Both score mid 900s in Cinebench when overclocked.
Reading an old reply. I should specify that they are as fast in multithreaded applications due to the extra core. The 6700k and 7700k are much faster in single threaded even though the Xeons are no slouch. I'd only recommend going X58 if you already have an X58 motherboard. In most other circumstances it would be better to just build something new.
Try a w3690 Xeon in it 4ghz all six cores benches about the speed of a i7 7700k or better!
Hi there sir. I liked your video. I've been trying to find videos on how to optimize my GA-X58A-OC mobo. The bios is identical to yours. I have an intel i7-990x. The 4G button is on, but I think I can get more beef and more from my machine. I have 24gb total of memory. Vengeance Kit. 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5V ver2.12Any suggestions on how I can crank up my settings conservatively without damaging it? I am using intel's stock cpu and fan. I'd greatly appreciate any help.
+Sugar Kaine Mostly What is your current OC? I don't see any reason why you can't push 4.5+ GHz pretty easy with that set up. You could do that a lot of different ways being that the 990X has an unlocked multi. I would try to find your highest OC while keeping your voltage around 1.362 Vcore and 1.335 QPI/Vtt. You can push voltage higher there for benches but I wouldn't run it higher 24/7. Try to find something that works in the 4.3-4.5GHz range around those voltages.
I think my bios is less advanced then this how can I update it ?
Your vcore is way too high for that overclock. You just need 1.23v for QPI and 1.25v max for Vcore. You will need to enable load line calibration.
I get 4Ghz stable at like 1.2v.
Here is an excellent resource that will explain some of the things better that I either failed to mention or might've said wrong. www.masterslair.com/vcore-vtt-dram-pll-pch-voltages-explained-core-i7-i5-i3
Hello, If my cpu (Intel i7 960 3.2 ghz , with hyper 612 ver.2 from cooler master as a cpu fan , and the thermal paste is from this vent too wich is maximum 6 month old. ) is beetwin 70°- 80° (Overwatch running in ultra, or Atila/Rome2 total wars max too), and the loading time for the first game only on total wars series, and on world of tank too, is too long. What can I do change the cpu fan for a watercooling system ? Overclock the cpu ? Try to find an other cpu (when we know that 1336 socket is not anymore produce). Sorry for the bad english it's not my mothertongue.
I got given an old system with i7960 on a GA-X58A-UD5 motherboard. I'll be honest - I've never overclocked before - so the question I have is .... Would it be OK to PM you, for dome help if I need it ?? Great video .. Thanks
coxy ofnewp you can post on here if needed but these settings should work for most people. I’d spend the money though and get an X5675, X5680, or X5690. They are 6 core CPUs and are much better than the 960, they’ll be able to handle any GPU up to about a GTX 1080 pretty decently.
@@ElectricosCosmos thanks for reply - just watched a Tech Yes City video on YT about this subject, He did a 5660 for £15, but I also seen a Intel Xeon Processor X5675 (12M Cache, 3.06 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel QPI) LGA 1366 Server CPU for￡22.69 on Ali express, So I'm thinking that a cheap price for me to learn the in/outs of overclocking.. Also I see you got a 5675 running in a later video you posted - did all go ok and any suggestions you can give from what you learnt? many Thanks once again !!
@@coxyofnewp hey! did you buy the X5675 for AliExpress? I want to know if it´s secure to buy there. I have an coreI7 960 with an Gtx970, and I want to know if it worth to buy a X5675, or even an X5690, do you think that the performance would increase a lot?
@@alejandrocastillo1325 Sorry for late reply - my notifications were off for some reason! YES the are safe to use! I got my X5675 and its been working great for last 2 months, i paid $ 18.95. if you still want one - ill send you the link to seller I used on ali.. ps Ive used ali for almost 2 years with no probs !!f and the performance boost is amazing for the price - you wont regret it !
I have the same motherboard I knew I could overclock some things but i never knew I could over clock a i7 cpu. I thought only amd cpu's were clock able.
Juan Diaz you can overclock the 6 core xeons in these X58 motherboards as well. Those are much better than the i7s and are pretty cheap. X5675 would be the best option for most people. If you already have an X58 board and need more power it's something to consider. Otherwise it's probably best to just build a new system. I have videos overclocking the X5675 in this motherboard as well.
Electricos Cosmos I have an i7 960 quad core @ 3.2 ghz,, 20 gigs of ram and msi r9 270 x gpu.. I'm wating for the vaga gpu to come out.
Electricos Cosmos I dont want to spend money right now on another cpu at the time.. because the i7 960 still performs good for games.
Thxx
Another excellent forum post to help with your OC. www.overclock.net/t/742920/qpi-vtt-voltage
hey i kind a had the same setting for couple of days and when my pc on heavy loads like gaming and stuff pc crashed with blue screen idk why if you can help let me know and thanks !
***** i7 960
MB - GA-X58A-UD5
Ram - 12gb ddr3
Vga - gtx 980 ti SC
600w
Let know why mine crashes D:
Currently running on 3.84GHz
and i have liquid cooling
and thank you :)
+Average SE do you have your ram overclocked, did you set motherboard to optimized defaults before OC? Load line calibration 1 can help. What BCLK and multi?
+Average SE with that set up dude you can get like a 75% performance upgrade for $150 if you swap the 960 for an X5675 check out my video on it. Check newegg, they pop up on there periodically used out of an old server for about $155 that is what I replaced my 960 with. You'll go from mid 500 cinebench scores to mid 900s, awesome upgrade for cheap.
@@ElectricosCosmos damn, just switched 920 to 960 ;c well... it was tenner, anyway, dunno why this OC from this vid doesn't work on my pc, BSOD after few seconds in windows :(
How much can I get with MSI X58 Pro?
Mihajlo TFW it depends. I’d buy a six core chip though, look on amazon or eBay for an X5675, X5680. If you can pick one of those up for less than $50 bucks then it’s absolutely worth the money. Most of those will easily do 4.3GHz.
my i7 960-asus rampage ıı extreme - cpu too high temp .I used corsair h100i water cooling but too high temp.(MAX:87-88 Temp. 1.3v -4.00ghz
What fan speed? You can try fans at 1200rpm and see if it's better. You can also ramp fans to 1600-1900 at 75+ if you don't mind the noise.
temp bro ?