Ah, gotcha. It seemed less likely, but I wasn't certain.

So far I haven't crashed once (*knock knock*) since the BIOS update and the consequent speed drop.

Does anyone have a good link for where I can learn about overclocking my system? Like I said, I have a really good HS/F on my 920 CPU, and I don't want to crank it up to 4GHz or anything, but I've heard that 3.2 is typically safe with the stock HS/F, so I figured it would be very safe with my giant HS/F. Seriously, this thing is huge! As you can see below. Those are two 120mm fans on the sides of the heatsink. Here's the one I have.

Heh...you've spent all this time fighting instability and now you want to overclock it?

PEBCAK.

How loud is that setup?

Thats one huge case!

You overclock an i7 by changing the BCLK setting. The multipler is locked for the cores. The QPI multipler can be set however for 6.4MT/s even on a 920 however. You may need to turn off the built in Intel core boost feature.

Of course! Now that it's stable, I can do that


Hey! ...not always


Not that loud, actually. The only slightly annoying noise is the high-pitched whine of the hard disk. I can live with it, though. The PC sits on my desk (clearly), and only about 8-12 inches from my left ear, so I would not be happy if it were too loud. The fans on the HS/F are virtually silent.


I'll take that as a compliment! I got it as a reaction to the Dell I had before, which left me no room to work inside of. I admit I went a bit...overboard If I put an optical drive at the top of the case, I need to find extra long cables to connect it.


Thanks, I'll see if I can figure this out sometime...