Do you over-clock the i7?
Yeah but just a little. And I have since set things back to the default settings.
Gigabyte boards come with a simple OC program called
Easy Tune 6.
I've read some good and not so good on this utility.
The general thought on OC software is to not use it. OC through the BIOS.
Before OC'ing it's recommended that you have a pretty good understanding on how and what settings to change and how much, to find that sweet spot.
I'm doing loads of reading on OC'ing but I just couldn't resist poking around ET6 just to see what it was about.
I got it up to 4.7GHz (the highest of the 3 presets for my system) and was still stable.
I only ran Prime95 for about 8 hours just to check my new toy out but as I mentioned, I went back to 3.5GHz till I'm sure of what I'm doing.
And honestly the i7 at stock 3.5GHz is plenty for Sonar.
But it's still nice to know I have more UMPH! if I ever need it.
Mike