6700k OC to 4.4 ghz is stable, but exceeding it causes crashes.
6700k OC to 4.4 ghz is stable, but exceeding it causes crashes.
Hi everyone .
Looking for suggestions on improving your CPU performance. Right now it's running at 4.4 ghz with a stable core of 1.375 and an average temperature of 69 degrees. I experimented with increasing the voltage to 1.4 vcore up to 4.5 and 4.6 ghz, but it keeps crashing. I understand there are other settings to adjust for better overclocking, including the increments needed to reach a higher OC. It has been stable for 3 hours with OCCT.
Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX 240mm Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 6 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 6700K
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Samsung 840 EVO Series 750GB SSD
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OC on your Giga board is almost exactly the same on an Asus board or an MSI board with the exception that the companies will often use different terminology for the same process. So System Agent on one bios will be called VCCSA on another etc. But they do identical things. This is what trips a lot of ppl up, they only mess with the things they can readily identify, like vcore and multiplier. There's a ton of good info out there, especially on forums like Asus ROG, overclockers.com, hardwaresecrets etc, all about how ppl actually got their high OC's stable and their voltages etc running as low as possible to keep the heat down. The concept/theory is all the same, only the application differs, specific to the bios you have and what...
I have a Gaming 3 and managed to achieve a stable 4.7ghz. Are you using auto settings? I'm curious about what you're doing. Here are screenshots of the vcore and advanced frequency settings: http://www.imgurupload.com/image/rB9w http://www.imgurupload.com/image/rQlu
It appears the Auto CPU upgrade feature might be adjusting your vcore during upgrades above 44. Would you like me to reset it to the default configuration and begin again?
It looks like you might have an Auto CPU upgrade setting affecting your vcore when you try to go higher than 44. Could you reset to the default configuration and start fresh?
Do you experience crashes during startup or under stress? There were instances when it worked on the desktop with internet active and again shortly after the Windows logo appeared, but it would freeze on a black screen... I can't reach the stress test.
There's a lot more to OC than just bumping the multiplier and voltage. Changing pll, llc, current, disable c-states, disable any other eco settings like cpu phases, vrm phases, min/max current timeouts etc etc etc. The higher the OC, the more 'picky' the settings become and you could go through 50 restarts just messing around with one setting and others in conjunction.
My i7-3770K can sit quite happy at 4.9GHz and 1.32v, at 4.6GHz it's at 1.18v. Play around enough with settings and you should me more than capable of getting that 6700k at well under 1.375v for 4.4GHz. Even my i5-3570k at 4.3GHz is only running 1.114v
Karadjgne :
There's a lot more to OC than just bumping the multiplier and voltage. Changing pll, llc, current, disable c-states, disable any other eco settings like cpu phases, vrm phases, min/max current timeouts etc etc etc. The higher the OC, the more 'picky' the settings become and you could go through 50 restarts just messing around with one setting and others in conjunction.
My i7-3770K can sit quite happy at 4.9GHz and 1.32v, at 4.6GHz it's at 1.18v. Play around enough with settings and you should me more than capable of getting that 6700k at well under 1.375v for 4.4GHz. Even my i5-3570k at 4.3GHz is only running 1.114v
This is certainly overwhelming lol . I've used pc's for many years even built my last 2 from scratch . Overclocking is a whole new world though I am very eager to spend the hrs necessary for days and weeks to learn . I wouldn't expect you to teach me everything you just said certainly not it would be absurd but perhaps in a 1 response to this reply I've sent you could you suggest maybe 2 or 3 things I should research and learn ( which I will do online ) to perhaps make a start and go ahead in trying to find some stable progress to start with a higher overclock ? Or certainly do I need to research everything you just said ? There seems to be levels of experience for overclockers and I'm certainly a novice . You sound like a bit of a master lol . I don't need to reach electrifying heights in my overclock for now but certainly 4.5 or 4.6 would be nice hehe