Intel 5960x paired with AsRock Extreme 4 x99 - Mild Overclocking Inquiries (up to 4.0 Mhz)
Intel 5960x paired with AsRock Extreme 4 x99 - Mild Overclocking Inquiries (up to 4.0 Mhz)
Hey Ryan and Reece, I changed the voltage override Vcore override voltage in UEFI to 1.150. I must admit, it was a bit reckless and I’m not very experienced. I guess this is why the HW monitor always shows 1.151 as the "VID" for the Intel i7-5960x. During some stress tests, I checked the temperatures of each CPU and package, and they stayed under 73°C. Although I had to manually switch my CPU liquid cooler (Kraken X61) to performance mode, keeping it at 75% power all the time.
I wanted to ensure I get enough cooling during this test, since in Quite mode I expected an 8-degree difference compared to stress mode at 4.0 GHz. I set it to Automated 4.0Ghz with XMP at 2400, maybe that’s a better setting right now?
Thanks for your quick responses. Sorry if this goes too far, but I hope it helps other beginners in the future.