overclocking gigabyte and core i7 920

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Hi, i would like to have some help on overclocking my core i7 920 to the fastest speed possible :D also these are the specs i have which i hope these will help you to assist me.

here are all the options i use at the moment which seems to be the best and power i got so far on my own. i have had it at 4 ghz but it keep getting error 124 but i thought it best to go up in steps i.e to 3.4, 3.6, 3.8 ghz etc.... cheers

CPU Clock Ratio [20 X]
CPU Frequency 3.20GHz(160x20)
> Advanced CPU Features [Press Enter]
QPI Link Speed [x36]
QPI Link Speed(MT) 5.76GHz
> UnCore & QPI Features [Press Enter]
Base Clock(BCLK) Control [Enabled]
BCLK Frequency(Mhz) [160]
> Advanced Clock Control [Press Enter]
Performance Enhance [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.) [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) [10.0]
Memory Frequency(Mhz) 1066 1600
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) [Expert]
Profile DDR Voltage 1.5V
Profile QPI Voltage 1.175V
>>>>> Channel A
CAS Latency Time 8 [ 8]
tRCD 8 [ 8]
tRP 8 [ 8]
tRAS 20 [ 24]
Command Rate(CMD) 1 [Auto]
>>>>> Channel B
CAS Latency Time 8 [ 8]
tRCD 8 [ 8]
tRP 8 [ 8]
tRAS 20 [ 24]
Command Rate(CMD) 1 [Auto]
>>>>> Channel C
CAS Latency Time 8 [ 8]
tRCD 8 [ 8]
tRP 8 [ 8]
tRAS 20 [ 24]
Command Rate(CMD) 1 [Auto]
> Advanced DRAM Features [Press Enter]
Voltages Types Normal Current
----------------------------------------------------
Load-Line Calibration [Disabled]
CPU Vcore 1.23125V [1.30000V]
QPI/Vtt Voltage 1.175V [1.175V]
IOH Core 1.100V [1.100V]
DRAM Voltage 1.500V [1.600V]
Advanced Voltage Control [Press Enter]

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 (160x21 3.36ghz with ht on and turbo on )
Cooler: Corsair Hydro H50
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R v1.0 (bios is f8d )
Ram: Corsair Dominator CM3X1G1866C9D (it can run at 1867 mhz with xmp on) only running at 1600mhz at 8-8-8-24 1T
Case : Lancool k58
 
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Soldato
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I did it by setting CPU volts and QPI/Vtt to 1.3v, underclocking RAM to 6x and the corresponding multi to 2xRAM then increased BCLK to 150, 160, 170 etc til I was happy. Then drop BCLK down 5, tightened RAM speed up and timings especially. Finally worked the volts back down.
 
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