I was trying to overclock Intel i3 530 too but i dont dare to overclock it to 4.4Ghz as i dont hav any chassis fan.Might do 3.6Ghz.I am using Gigabyte motherboard.

How to tune the voltage?Cpu voltage = Cpu Vcore?

And yea,to get 3.6Ghz,must i set the multiplier to 22x and Bus Speed to 164Mhz?Can i do it with multiplier 20x and Bus Speed 180Mhz?

How long should i stress test using Prime95?Some say 2 hours is sufficient as more hours will harm the hardwares.But some says 24 hours as the overclocking might get unstable.Btw,how do i know whether the stress test is successful anot?If failed,the pc will reboot?

This post has been edited by Duckies: May 19 2010, 11:22 PM

But when i open Prime95,there r 3 modes.Which 1 should i choose?And how should i know whether the overclocking is stable anot?

The 3 modes r

Small FFTs
In place large FFTs
Blend

And CPU Vcore = CPU voltage?

This post has been edited by Duckies: May 20 2010, 12:02 AM

I have 2Gb DDR3 1333Mhz Kingston ram only so wat value should i put?

As for other settings?

Number of torture test threads to run = ?
Min FFT size in K = ?
Max FFT size in K = ?
Run FFT s in place = On or off?
Time to run each FFT size = ?
Memory to use = ?

Btw,in previous post,u tune ur Vcore to 1.456V to achieve 4.4Ghz right?How much V do i need to get 3.6GHz?Should be lower right?Perhaps 1.25V?

And yea,i saw u posting the memory part.Do i need to configure the ram frequency as well?

This post has been edited by Duckies: May 20 2010, 01:10 AM

I c..thanks for answering.

Final 2 questions

How much should i put for memory in use as i has 2Gb only

And should i tune the voltage and frequency for memory in Bios?

Hm..but i dont really know wat should i tune for the memory.Some say leave it at default.Some say tune it to 1312Mhz because it u need to tune the memory frequency lower a bit.And then the memory voltage.

Reaper,wat's ur temperature when fully loaded?U r using the stock CPU cooler to achieve tat or u hav extra coolers?

Overclocking Intel i3

According to here,overclocking Intel i3 530 more than 4.4Ghz is not recommended as it will not be stable and efficient...

This post has been edited by Duckies: May 24 2010, 09:40 PM

According to here,it's said that they were facing unstable overclocking when they tried to cross the 4.5Ghz.Perhaps u can reach 4.5Ghz but not more than that.



Haha then u might tune ur Vcore lower a bit

The ram thing i have no idea,but for the temperature,it's still ok.Mine runs at 89 Celcius(which is not ok to me!) at 3.6Ghz 1.2V coz i stress testing it.100% work load plus fan rosak tat time XD

Well..i was doing stress test using Intel burn test.It's stated there if u stress test using intel burn test,the temperature will go 22 celcius higher than normal.Plus my room's ceiling fan not working tat time..XD Intel processor can withstand temperature up to 100+ celcius although it's highly not recommended!

Erm 70 celcius should be ok i guess.From wat i heard,it's very rare for a processor to be killed by temperature.But of course,the temperature should be keep as low as possible.U might add in a cheap CPU cooler.My current laptop,due to unknown reason,the fan is not working and the temperature during idle is around 70 celcius.100% word load will result in 90 Celcius...really can burn my balls

I hope to get a CPU cooler soon so tat i could OC it to 4.2 Ghz.Cant do it now with juz only the CPU stock cooler coz the temperature will rack up very high XD

This post has been edited by Duckies: May 24 2010, 11:21 PM

According to Overclocking Intel i3

the most efficient clock rate for Intel i3 is 4.2Ghz.Haha i can c the difference with the extra CPU cooler and without.Urs with 4.18Ghz but only 68 Celcius while mine 3.6Ghz but 70 Celcius.I think i really need the CPU cooler.

No,it's not written clearly.I assume that the Cpuz Vt Load is the maximum voltage needed for the CPU.So i put tat as my baseline and stress test shows tat it's stable.As for the skew part,i leave it by default

Yea i guess so since u hav stress tested it and it shows stability.The temperature is ok too.

Indeed.But then 8 minutes of Intel Burn Test or Linx is like 20 hours of Prime 95.For safety measure,run both

Yes it is.In fact,Core i3 is the most overclockable CPU for the 1156 socket.It can reach 4.0 Ghz and above easily with CPU cooler.

Tried to overclock mine to 4.0Ghz without 3rd party cooler...it seems the temperature is acceptable,but not recommendable.Still haven got my CM Hyper 212+ =( Perhaps i shall lowered it to 3.4-3.6

Btw,do u think over-clocking might increase ur TNB bill?

I do think that u r right.PSU only supplies what u need,therefore high wattage PSU should work the same as the lower one since the main determining point is ur rig.