New intel user oc question
New intel user oc question
Hello everyone!
I want to mention that I don't often use forums, so if this question went into the wrong place I'm sorry.
I'm an AMD user and just recently switched to a 7600k with an MSI Gaming M3 Z270 and EVGA 2x8 3000MHz.
I'm not very familiar with Intel voltages, so I only have a general idea. In the BIOS, MSI has a Game Boost feature and an XMP profile that you can click once.
The XMP setting changes my memory speed from 1.2v 2133MHz to something else—like 1.35v 3000MHz.
The Game Boost also affects other things, including setting the clock to 4.5GHz at 1.312v.
Compared to what you all know, does that seem high? I'm guessing these one-click adjustments usually make things run faster than necessary. I just want to know how high you think it is or if it's quite good.
Thank you very much!
I'd say that for the RAM speed, it's fine, not too high voltage.
.45 GHz? I'm going to assume you mean 4.5 GHz, in which case that is pretty good. However, I think that you might run into some instability issues, so that's a good place to start. Just go run at 4.5GHz at 1.312v like it set, but run a CPU stress test, to see if it is stable. If it's not, increase it slowly until it doesn't crash
For the RAM speed, it's acceptable, not too high a voltage. 45 GHz is about 4.5 GHz, which is quite good. But there might be some stability problems, so start there. Try running at 4.5GHz with 1.312v as set, but perform a CPU stress test to check stability. If it fails, gradually increase until it works. Also, I learned that Intel's northbridge is built into the CPUs, not the motherboards, so overclocking RAM CPU temps could have an impact.