Overclocking (Main Thread)

Maybe it's better to stay under the radar so things don't get messy. I'm gonna run a quick test now. So, I just carry on with my work on the PC while Orthos runs their tests?

Yeah... I mean, honestly? Just let him browse the web... don't go overwhelming him by loading up his device with all those different apps right away

Alright. Just wanted to ask one more thing. Once I get everything set up in the BIOS and hit save, the PC acts like it's shutting down and then restarting itself. Is that actually normal? It only seems to happen when I'm overclocking the CPU.

Yeah, it cuts out for a second and then kicks back on...
That’s just how Gigabyte rolls...

Alright, thanks

northerncrane33 said:well, that’s just standard behavior for Gigabyte hardware...

🙂 hahaha, oh man! seriously though... I definitely wouldn't want to deal with a double boot sequence like that. 😁

That's just how it goes, I suppose... Gigabyte gives you those incredible overclocking ceilings, but you kind of have to accept a little bit of quirkiness along the way...😉

I don't get it. Is that a loss?
Never heard of that one before...

northerncrane33 said:I'm lost, is that actually a bad thing???
First time I've ever heard of that happening...

Well, I wouldn't say it's "bad" per se... but man, it is incredibly annoying! You see, it's one of those quirky things where a stock configuration on a Gigabyte board boots up just fine, but the second you try to overclock it, everything goes sideways twice over...😉

With most other motherboards out there on the market, you just don't run into this headache, because they tend to boot up perfectly every single time without any drama at all...

No way...
When I boot the PC, everything starts up fine😉

EDIT: It’s only when I load the FSB that it feels like it flickers off for a split second before booting normally...

When you boot him up with the overclocking settings pushed high, does everything still run smoothly on your end?

Orthos keeps throwing an error at me

Heh, sounds like something’s definitely a bit wonky under the hood! But honestly, if your rig is running smooth and staying stable during your heavy lifting, I'd say just let it be and don't sweat the small stuff too much...

wiredmarlin5 said:Everything running smooth on your end when you start it up with the headlights on?

Yeah, pretty much...🙂

It seems pretty stable. I guess I'm just wondering if selecting everything—voltage, temp, and fans—in Orthos might be causing issues, since the default is usually just temp. It doesn't throw any errors when I'm offline, but after surfing the web for maybe 20 minutes, an error pops up.

northerncrane33 said:Well, you aren't wrong about that...🙂

I might be getting ahead of myself here, but I think😁

darkwalker54 said:The system seems rock solid during operation. My only question is regarding Orthos—when I was setting up the sensors, I opted to monitor everything: voltage, temperature, fan speeds, the whole nine yards. I wonder if selecting all those extra parameters played a role? By default, it’s usually just set to temperature, and as long as I'm offline, everything runs perfectly without any errors, but the moment I spend about twenty minutes browsing the web, an error pops up.

It shouldn't matter at all which specific sensors you decided to track... honestly, it sounds like something else is just fundamentally misconfigured somewhere deep in the settings. But hey, my philosophy is pretty simple: as long as you aren't staring down a Blue Screen of Death, you're basically golden...🙂

Yeah, mine hasn't crashed once since I got it...🙂
If it doesn't crash after hours of playing demanding games, and temps stay under 140°F, then you're fine... 😁

Maybe I should just bump up the CPU voltage?

Netribas, why on earth would I???

3DMark runs smoothly without any issues, and I guess my score ends up about 1,000 points higher.

Just putting Core Temp and EasyTune side by side here. Which one's actually more reliable? My BIOS says I'm idling at about 28, but Core Temp is hitting 42. Maybe one of them is just being dramatic.

http://www.imagesforme.com/images/7259tempe.JPG