Overclock "diary" for my Intel DP67DE

[frontier204]

This is for a slightly different motherboard but I got some insights from it: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1948...ingGuide01.pdf
Start reading from section 3.5.

Before doing any overclocking, make sure your BIOS is at the latest revision - I think the latest TWO revisions are good while the older ones can't overclock properly.

Essentially you go into BIOS and select the "Performance" tab. You answer "yes" the disclaimer and then go to the "Processor Override" section of the tab. (I haven't had any luck with my RAM so I did not overclock it.)
Unlike the DP67BG in the guide, the DP67DE does not have a vdroop control so there's nothing to do about that. Instead you look at the other settings:

• Set CPU voltage override to "Static"
• Set a low CPU core voltage (using 1.1625V for my overclock)
• Increase all the current and watts limit of the turbo boost: set these as high as you want, the motherboard will downclock before it burns
• Raise the turbo ratio limits

Unlike the other boards I've dealt with, when overclocking with this one, you have to look at two things when you're testing stability. First is of course whether your stability check / OS crashes, and second is whether your CPU has returned to default clocks during the stability test. If the second occurs, you need to lower either the sustained turbo boost watts or your voltage. Keep a CPU-Z window open while you run stability tests to see if this is happening.

[jumpload]

ya funny thing about MOSFETs.
i remember doing some hevy research on the topic at one point, seeing as now you need cooling on it and in the past that wasn't needed and the MOSFETs were huge vs what they use on mobos now, and iv seen some massive servers in the past that had mobos that were so big it was just wrong and you know what the MOSFETs on the mobos never needed cooling and the power the servers would pull was unreal.

in a nut shell if i remember right its because they miniaturized the MOSFETs and overload em,that combined with a pile of current leakage = heat.

really wish mobos did it right on the MOSFETs topic but chances are they wont any time soon, you know if they really setup for quality on the MOSFETs topic their be no need for aggressive cooling for em.

and my self i couldn't care less about the Bling-bling heat sinks on the MOSFETs,it might look cool but the reality is the hardware setup for the mobos current regulation is done on the cheap and that's why it over heats and needs heat sinks.

ps watch out when overloading the MOSFETs, iv seen some that were pushed too hard go off like fire crackers and of cores they take out the mobo and maybe more at the same time when that happens.

[deadlyscar]

Thanks for the reply but i cant go over 3.6ghz overclock can u help me i know my i5 2400 can go up to 4.2ghz

[deadlyscar]

I try every tweak i know but the max i could get is 3.6 stable when i try 3.8 it work for like 5 min then go back to 3.6ghz buy the way i have a 460w psu