Water Cooling was hardcore to me back then, but it could have been the best investment!
 
Also try bumping up the voltages slightly and test again => You mean to up the VCore Voltages? by how much?
 
I'm currently working as usual on the 186 setup and it works fast and furious. the Tim is the Prime95 testing? I applied it to 191, but it crached after 45-1m and the temps were okay (arround 75) with BSOD..

I never reapplied any TIM since the beginning, would that change a whole lot? Do I have to buy new thermal paste to enhance cooling a little?
 
Gomez, I just encountered a BSOD with 186 after 30 minutes of usage (installing lot of stuff), any ideas? maybe we should make sure 186 works.. What are your suggestions?
 
Current Rig so far (updated)
 
Mother Board ( EVGA X58 3SLI SN : 312 )    
CPU ( i7 920) (DO)                      
CPU Cooler ( Cooler Master V8 )  
Memory ( GSkills Triple Channel 12 GB DDR3 )  
PSU ( Thermaltake ToughPower 750W )  
GPU ( EVGA GTX570 )      
Operating System ( Windows 8 x64 )  

Frequency Control  
CPU Clock Ratio ( 20X )                                                                                           
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ( 186 )                                                                        
MCH Strap ( Auto )  
CPU Uncore Frequency (Mhz) ( 3221Mhz { 16X } )                                                  
CPU Clock Skew ( 0 ps )  
Spread Spectrum ( Disabled )  
PCIE Frequency (Mhz) ( 100 ) 
  
Memory Feature          
Memory Speed ( Standard )  
Memory Control Setting ( Enabled )  
Memory Frequency ( 1067Mhz / 2:8 )                                                                  
Channel Interleave Setting ( 6 Way )  
Rank Interleave Setting ( 4 Way )  
Memory Low Gap ( Auto )  
tCL Setting ( 9 )  
tRCD Setting ( 9 )  
tRP Setting ( 9 )  
tRAS Setting ( 24 )  
tRFC Setting ( Auto )  
Command Rate ( Auto )  
tRL ( +0 )  

Voltage Control  
EVGA VDroop Control ( Without VDroop )  
CPU VCore ( 1.32500v )                                                                                                  
CPU VTT Voltage ( +100mV )  
CPU PLL VCore ( Auto )  
**IOH PLL VCore ( Auto )   
DIMM Voltage ( 1.5V )  
DIMM DQ Vref ( +0mV )  
QPI PLL VCore ( 1.20V )  
IOH VCore ( Auto ) 
IOH/ICH I/O Voltage ( Auto )  
ICH VCore ( Auto )  
PWM Frequency ( 800 KHz )  

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

PnP/PCI     PCI Express  
Maximum Payload Size ( 4096 )  
   
Power Management Setup  
ACPI Suspend Type ( S1(POS) )     
HPET Support ( Enabled )       
HPET Mode ( 64-bit )  

Question about Thermal Paste application: When I bought the i7 (it was when the 920 just released), I applied the thermalpaste with a credit card, so it currently has an uniform paste on all the CPU. Is that a good way?
 
I'm now trying from:
CPU VCore ( 1.32500v )
To
CPU VCore ( 1.33125v )
I'll make run Prime95 for at least an hour because 10-12 minutes seems not to be enough for the way I use my computer (I'm a developer using VS2012, Eclipse, SQL Server, Remote Desktop, just as well as Games) intensively so I may be more comfortable testing more than 10 minutes. I'll note the temps as well FYI. Talk to you in an hour, thanks so far Gomez and bdary !!!

The credit card and drop method are the most widely used. Now raise the bclck by 5 and test for 10-12 min in prime. When you get a bsod got back 10 on the bclck and test for and hour on prime and monitor those temps! If you notice your temps getting up stop prime. We don't want to try your CPU. How long ago was the Tim application? Every year you should change it out. I recommend gelid gc-extreme. Also one of these day you are going to want to get a new cooler to raise it up even more

It's 11:30 over here so I'll have to say goodbye for tonight. I'll b back in the morning. Happy overclocking!!!

Use 99% rubbing alchohol and coffee filters or lint free cloth. In my in my opinion coffee filters work great. You can go with either a cooler master seidon or a corsair hydro. Personally I would go with corsair. For cleaning the CPU you can also grab a arctic silver surface cleaner and purifier. That's about it. And I believe that most coolers are compatible with most sockets.

"Use 99% rubbing alchohol and coffee filters or lint free cloth" I don't understand the involvement of the coffee filter?! Since I never done it before, I can't imagine why.. EDIT: Ah, use Coffee filters intead of cloth. Sorry! Since I don't have that, I'll check what I can get. I'd have to buy Rubbing Alchohol also.
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032 Seems like a good price and would fit the back of my case! I'll check if I'm buying it.
 
Bad news, 191 BSOD after 1 min of Prime. I'm going to upgrade the VCore Voltage from
CPU VCore ( 1.33125v ) 
TO
CPU VCore ( 1.33750v )
 
I'll keep you post!

xboxnissan

Sorry about the waiting, I'm still updating Windows 8 (like it was before).

FYI: I bought an M4 Crucial SSD and I had to switch to RAID Mode to boot, else it would fail to boot up.

So I'm currently updating windows and I shall post the results shorty, sorry again for the delay!

I'm curious: For the same price (at the time i7 was the newest fastest CPU!) as the V8, what could have I bought to have a better cooling solution? Thanks!

If you have the budget for it, Corsair closed loop coolers are pretty close in cost to the top of the line air coolers. With your case, it looks like you would have a few different options to choose from.
 
As far as your 191 bclk crashing, it's up to you.  We can increase the voltage needed to make it stable, but your CPU temps might be up to high.  If you want to try 191, then up your vcore to 1.33125v and your VTT to +125mv and test again.  Watch the temps.  Let me know.
 
Lol...never mind.  I didn't see the 2nd page of your thread...I see you already tried it and went H2O...  I'll finish reading and catch up to where you're at now.

xboxnissan

"Use 99% rubbing alchohol and coffee filters or lint free cloth" I don't understand the involvement of the coffee filter?! Since I never done it before, I can't imagine why.. EDIT: Ah, use Coffee filters intead of cloth. Sorry! Since I don't have that, I'll check what I can get. I'd have to buy Rubbing Alchohol also.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032 Seems like a good price and would fit the back of my case! I'll check if I'm buying it.

Bad news, 191 BSOD after 1 min of Prime. I'm going to upgrade the VCore Voltage from
CPU VCore ( 1.33125v ) 
TO
CPU VCore ( 1.33750v )

I'll keep you post!

After I looked at the specs of your Antec case yesterday and saw how you had 2 120mm fans in the rear, I was picturing the H100i fitting back there nicely...
Keep in mind that now that your clock speed is getting up there along with your Bclk, vcore bumps are likely, but VTT voltage also comes more into play.  Upping the VTT a bit can allow you to use a bit less Vcore (maybe 1 tick less), so we would want to balance the 2 voltages.

I liked the conversation I saw.
 
For the fans, can't I just use the fans I have currently? or it won't work?
 
I REALLY appreciate all the help you putted in, next step is installing my water cooling. I just need to know how to make a push/pull setup?

A push pull is when a fan is pushing air into the radiator and the other is pulling it out.

Not a problem!

What's "cooling your Vref" ? :/ #KnowsNothingAboutThat

Just strap a fan to it, or if the rad will be pumping air into the system it shouldn't be a problem

I'll make consideration!
 
I received my 100i, sucks that NewEgg couldn't package the Compound, now I have to wait -__-
 
Talk to you all soon!