Wow, haven't made it thru all 9 pages, but wanted to sincerely thank the OP.  This thread is clearly a labor of love and the forum is the better for it (says this complete OC "dummy" :D )

please help me!!
i just oc my cpu with 4.2g and just passed the ibt and super pi 32m test. and max temp was about 62 degrees and mos temp just 50 degrees system was 32 degrees .. but how can i get more BCLK? i just try many times ,i can not over 200..even 205.and i try to add more voltage in cpu vcore but still failed.
this is my bios set..hope someone can help me to test the extreme !! tks 

Mother Board ( EVGA X58 Classified E-760 )
Bios ( 49 )
CPU ( i7-920 D0 )
CPU Cooler ( koolance cpu360 )
NB Cooler (ek-fb x58 classified )
GPU Cooler ( EK FC-5870 )
Memory ( OCZ gold ddr3-2000 10 10 10 30 1.65v )
PSU ( Corsair HX1000W )
GPU ( ATI 5870 )
Drivers ( 10.2 )
Operating System ( Windows 7 64 Ultimate )
HDD ( OCZ vertex 30g*3 raid )

Frequency Control
CPU Clock Ratio ( 20X )
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( 200 )
MCH Strap ( Auto )
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( auto )
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps )
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled )
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 101 )

Memory Feature
Memory Speed ( Standard )
Memory Control Setting ( Enabled )
Memory Frequency ( 1067Mhz / 2:8 )
Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way )
Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way )
tCL Setting ( 8 )
tRCD Setting ( 8 )
tRP Setting ( 8 )
tRAS Setting ( 24 )
tRFC Setting ( 88 )
Command Rate ( 2t )

Voltage Control
EVGA VDroop Control ( Without VDroop )
CPU VCore ( 1.265 )
CPU VTT Voltage ( +50mv )
CPU PLL VCore ( auto )
IOH PLL VCore ( auto )  
DIMM Voltage ( 1.63 )
DIMM DQ Vref ( +0mV )
QPI PLL VCore ( 1.125 )
IOH VCore ( Auto )
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( Auto )

VTT PWM Frequency ( 610 KHZ )
CPU PWM Frequency ( 1210 KHZ )
CPU Impedance (auto )
QPI Signal Compensation ( auto )

CPU Feature
Intel SpeedStep ( Disabled )
Turbo Mode Function ( Enabled )
CxE Function ( Disabled )
Execute Disable Bit ( Disabled )
Virtualization Technology ( Disabled )
Intel HT Technology ( Enabled )
Active Processor Cores ( All )
QPI Control Settings ( Enabled )
QPI Link Fast Mode ( Enabled )
QPI Frequency Selection ( 4.800 GT/s )
OC Recovery ( Disabled )
Turbo Performance ( Disabled )

PnP/PCI PCI Express
Maximum Payload Size ( 4096 )

Power Management Setup
ACPI Suspend Type ( S3 )
HPET Support ( Enabled )
HPET Mode ( 64-bit )

Yep! Easy as pie. 

Hey its not my fault your CPU sucks.
It has a max bclk of around 211 
But it can boot into windows at 4.2ghz with only 1.175 on the vcore?

I think ill go cry now. Because my CPU wont do 4.5ghz   

haha Just kidding Pentium. Hurry up and install that awesome water setup you've got, and lets see how cold that CPU is at 4.4ghz. Im thinking you can do 4.4ghz without going above 1.375 on the vcore. 
NICE AND SAFE!


Forgetaboutit

hi I would like to ask I changed my memory recently from Corsair Dominator 1600 9-9-9 1.6V to Corsair Dominator GT 2000 7-8-7 1.65V and I cant overclock anymore because everything is unstable. On the second test with LinX the blue screen appears. With the old memory I had it stable at 3.87 after your thread "OverClocking for Dummies". Do you have any suggestions. My goal is 3.85 and if possible 1600+ memory with timing 6-6-6. Thanks in advance. Oh one more, I changed OS to windows 7x 64 

Thanks for the fast response. I tried to download mem86 mem test but I cant figure out how to install it. Right now I have 3.69 and 2:10 1600 6-6-6 stable (50 Linx passed with full memory) but as soon as I raise the Bus Speed by two notches LinX shows the blue screen. I tried increasing the voltage by 1 notch but it still shows the blue screen. I also tried doing this at the original timing 7-8-7 with 1.65 voltage.
This is my BIOS for now (50 Linx passed with full memory)

Thanks Chronic for the overclocking guide,I appreciate your hard work 

XXChronicXX

what blue screen are you getting? It would help if I knew what it said. Raising the bclk will raise the uncore, thus requiring a bump up on the VTT voltage.

Try these settings for 3.8ghz

CPU Clock Ratio           x19    Turbo Mode OFF
CPU Host Frequency    201
Memory Frequency  2:10  1610mhz 6-6-6-20 @ 1.65

Vcore          1.325    <---you should be able to do 1.3 but start higher
VTT            +125mv
QPI PLL        1.2     <-----this is probably why you couldn't go any higher, you had it on Auto/1.1v
CPU PLL       1.65    
IOH PLL        1.65     Yea i have no idea why the auto setting is 1.8 for these. 
Everything else looks good and leave it on Auto!


Test that and let me know what happens.

Thanks  Chronic I'll try it tommorow. I just have a question about IOH PLL and CPU PLL. E-LEET shows that 1.8 is their default how can lower the default? I just updated my BIOS from 16J to 56 just in case it works better with the new memory.

XXChronicXX

You can lower it below default in the BIOS. 1.65 on CPU PLL and IOH PLL should be plenty for 3.8ghz.

 Thanks. I overclocked yesterday and got a stable 3.8. Look at these I posted my BIOS settings (passes 50 LinX with all memory.) I don't know if its because of the volage that you told me about but after I changed it like you said and upgraded BIOS it worked fine. Can you look through my BIOS settings and post any suggetions I'd be very thankful. Thanks again for your help. I also have have one last question: can I get 1700 MHz with 6-6-6 for my memory originally Corsair dominator GT 2000 MHz 7-8-7 ? What are you think? I want push cpu host little bit more

XXChronicXX

Everything looks good. Have you tried lowering only the VTT and running LinX? I think you may be able to get away with a lower VTT since your Uncore is running at only 3326mhz

You could try running 6-6-6-18-58-1t

Your TRFC is Defaulted at 88 but I am sure you can run it much lower than that.


Your ram is really 2000mhz with a 7 Cas?? Thats Awesome Ram. Can you send me a link to that ram?

I bought this ram on corsair website  https://shop.corsair.com/store/item_view.aspx?id=766411
I couldn't find it anywhere else I now, I could have save 100 - 150 $ if I bought the same ram from another company  but I couldn't resist, Classified and corsair gt match for each other And again thanks for your guide XXChronicXX

I have the same ram Gorodock and i decided to pay the extra getting it from corsair for the cas 7 too, im running it stock with 7-8-7-20 2000 with a 4.3 oc

so i shouldnt run them at 2000 7-8-7? would the performance increase be that noticeable? at my 4.3 overclock, my dram freq is 1024 7-8-7-20-88-1t

thanks alot im at 1636 5-6-6-28 right now, correction it is no longer stable at that, i get hardlocks and then it wouldnt start at all. this is my first build. so ive never tried overclocking ram if its not stable at that would should i change to try and fix this?

KingTroy

thanks alot im at 1636 5-6-6-28 right now, correction it is no longer stable at that, i get hardlocks and then it wouldnt start at all. this is my first build. so ive never tried overclocking ram if its not stable at that would should i change to try and fix this?

I cant even get mine to boot at that speed. Try lowering to 1600mhz or like 1570mhz. Otherwise at 1636 5-6-6-28 you will have to raise the Vdimm to get it closer to stable (if its even possible) 1600 even should work. try 5-7-6-28

Looks Good. Memory is at 1528mhz. Lower Vdimm to 1.63-1.64, should be fine.
If you want a lower VTT like +50mv, try lowering the Uncore to x16.