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Basic overclock advice

Basic overclock advice

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DreamDragon
Member
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04-03-2017, 02:17 PM
#1
Hi,
Just after some basic overclocking advice I'm sure it's been asked 10000x but here I go.
First off my new pc specs
I7-7700K
Asus maximus IV hero
Aorus extreme 1080ti
32gb ddr4 corsair vengeance rgb 3333mhz
Corsair h100i water cooling
Now first with the CPU should I just use the motherboards preset overclock functions?
Or is tinkering with CPU multiplier and voltage enough to get a stable system? Ideally I'll be aiming for about 5ghz although I know a lot is chip dependant.
And my last question is regarding ram. Should I just use Xmp profiles?
And also with Xmp do you just boost it to match your ram speed? So in my case 3333mhz or can you take it further?.
Had a bad experience with my 4770k could not even go up by .1ghz without crashing.
Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks
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DreamDragon
04-03-2017, 02:17 PM #1

Hi,
Just after some basic overclocking advice I'm sure it's been asked 10000x but here I go.
First off my new pc specs
I7-7700K
Asus maximus IV hero
Aorus extreme 1080ti
32gb ddr4 corsair vengeance rgb 3333mhz
Corsair h100i water cooling
Now first with the CPU should I just use the motherboards preset overclock functions?
Or is tinkering with CPU multiplier and voltage enough to get a stable system? Ideally I'll be aiming for about 5ghz although I know a lot is chip dependant.
And my last question is regarding ram. Should I just use Xmp profiles?
And also with Xmp do you just boost it to match your ram speed? So in my case 3333mhz or can you take it further?.
Had a bad experience with my 4770k could not even go up by .1ghz without crashing.
Any advice would be appreciated
Thanks

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1levelup
Member
59
04-09-2017, 12:05 AM
#2
Your board features a great OC profile setting in the bios—make sure to adjust it. It will configure the board for roughly 4.6 to 4.8 ghz, and should also activate XMP, which will optimize your RAM performance. After setting that up, you can experiment further and likely achieve even better results.
Adam
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1levelup
04-09-2017, 12:05 AM #2

Your board features a great OC profile setting in the bios—make sure to adjust it. It will configure the board for roughly 4.6 to 4.8 ghz, and should also activate XMP, which will optimize your RAM performance. After setting that up, you can experiment further and likely achieve even better results.
Adam

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pengychick
Member
51
04-19-2017, 11:07 PM
#3
Your board features a very nice OC profile setting in the bios... Go there and activate it. It will configure everything on the board for roughly between 4.6 and 4.8 ghz... It should also turn on xmp, which will set your ram as well...
After that setup, you can experiment with it and likely push it even further if you wish.
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pengychick
04-19-2017, 11:07 PM #3

Your board features a very nice OC profile setting in the bios... Go there and activate it. It will configure everything on the board for roughly between 4.6 and 4.8 ghz... It should also turn on xmp, which will set your ram as well...
After that setup, you can experiment with it and likely push it even further if you wish.