Doing my OC work properly is challenging, I need assistance.
Doing my OC work properly is challenging, I need assistance.
My PC:
Intel i5 5675C
Asus ROG Ranger VII (https://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gam...II_RANGER/)
16GB DDR3 @1866 Corsair Vengeance @1.5V 9-10-9-27 2T
No VGA (waiting for Vega)
600W PSU (Just putting this one here to tell that is a good one, slightly better than Corsair's entry PSU)
So... I just bought an water cooler that can keep my processor temps low. When I bought it I was still having classes and couldn't do a properly Overclock, so I just got my previous OC (3.6 @1.072V (I think, just remember that it was 500MHz above factory and a lot less energy consuming), bumped up the voltage to 1.389V (according to Intel Temp guide it is safe to go to 1.4V) and tested the frequency. My processor crashed @4.4GHz, so I kept it on 4.2GHz to avoid having to benchmark and make sure it was stable.
My problem: I still need to know a few things:
Can my MB hold this OC without any problem ? It's not a Hero MB, just a Ranger one.
How much voltage can I apply to the Cache ?
How much voltage can I apply to the RAM ? (I don't mid the RAM, It has a heat sink, a Fan exhausting heat above it and it's considerably cheap, I'm concerned about the processor)
How much voltage and frequency can I apply to the EDRAM ?
Any tips on how to make it stable to go to @4.4GHz ?
1. Be careful not to mix voltage adjustments with the CPU's real performance. With AVX instructions, core voltage might increase by 0.13 or higher. A value of 1.389 plus 0.13 could result in 1.519 or even more.
2. Corsair offers some very efficient low-level power supplies.
3. 4.3C is regarded as a strong upgrade on Broadwell... 4.1 is seen as "Good".
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9482/intel...king-ipc/2
4. The Asus Z97 RoG Boards didn't stand out much among competitors; they improved with the Z170. from overclock3d ... The ranking depends on adjusting the board to achieve the highest combined FPS in gaming tests at full capacity, then comparing others by their FPS relative to the fastest.
MoBo % of Leader...
Hello,
Please check out this link: http://overclocking.guide/
Best regards from Sweden
Don't mix voltage adjustments with the CPU's real performance. When AVX instructions are available, core voltage can increase by 0.13 or more. A value of 1.389 plus 0.13 equals approximately 1.519, which could be even higher.
2. Corsair offers some very efficient power supplies.
3. 4.3C is regarded as a strong upgrade on Broadwell... 4.1 is seen as "Good".
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9482/intel...king-ipc/2
4. The Asus Z97 RoG Boards didn't perform exceptionally in the competition; they improved with the Z170. from overclock3d... The ranking depends on adjusting the board settings to achieve the highest combined FPS during gaming tests at full capacity, then comparing others by their FPS percentage relative to the fastest model.
MoBo leads in leaderboard percentages:
- MSI Z97 Gaming 9 – 100.00%
- MSI Z97 Gaming 5 – 99.86%
- MSI Z97A Gaming 6 – 98.96%
- Asus Z97 TUF Sabranco – 96.13%
- Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 5 – 95.00%
- Gigabyte Z97X SOC Force – 94.95%
- Asus Z97 Maximus VII Hero – 93.67%
- Asus Z97 Maximus VII Formula – 93.58%
- Asus Z97 Maximus VII Gene – 91.69%
- Asus Z97-A – 89.57%
5. JJ from Asus advises maintaining the cache multiplier three points lower than the CPU's if running applications... this has minimal impact in gaming, but should stay within Vcore limits.
6. Anything above 1.5 seems unrealistic; Anandtech struggled to achieve 4.3 stability.
XTU isn't overly stressful. You can maintain stability in apps and still succeed, especially when handling multiple tasks. RoG Real Bench (w. HWiNFO monitoring) has been our preferred tool for CPU stability checks... I've seen p95 and XTU stable OCs fail under RoG RB. Since RB tests use real applications, it's more comfortable for your CPU and provides more realistic temperature readings.
JackNaylorPE shares his experience with XTU, noting it's not overly stressful and can handle multitasking well. RoG Real Bench has been a preferred tool for CPU stability checks, especially since recent RB tests with real apps provide more accurate temperature readings. He plans to test it later and mentions his latest OC succeeded on a 4.2GHz processor, while the new one is still pending.