Overclocking Tips & Cooling Issues
Overclocking Tips & Cooling Issues
Just a brief note, I spoke with ASUS via Live Chat about the multiplier feature. They didn’t really assist much but suggested downloading the Overclocking profile from the Intel website.
Update: I changed my cache ratio and RAM to stock settings. Avoid using XMP profiles and even turned off GPU overclocking.
This part was a bit unclear before I started. I’m not entirely sure what they meant by “manually set” or what values to use.
Now I’m doing a bit of skimming again, thinking I just needed to tweak the multiplier and voltage! Looking through the full text now.
Update: I finished reading and it actually clarified things a bit more. I adjusted the CPU from 1 core to 40, which raised my turbo multiplier to x40. Also, another forum post suggested not disabling the turbo, but I didn’t find any mention of a turbo setting anywhere—maybe it was an acronym? I double-checked the manual and online guides, but nothing came up.
Attempt to adjust the CPU voltage to 1.25, set the multiplier to 42 and start booting. If the system boots successfully, return to BIOS and activate XMP select profile 1, then restart if everything is fine. Confirm temperatures during operation. Then consider two options: increase the multiplier to 43 and observe, or gradually reduce the voltage from 1.25 down to 1.23 while keeping stability, for example by lowering the vCore voltage step by step.
I'm interested in the RAM part though. I didn't test it until this morning and it might be a motherboard incompatibility. So this morning I turned on XMP (it changed my CPU, so I had to revert it back to Sync all and custom multiplier).
RAM I bought from:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820231888
I purchased a G.Skill DDR4-2400 16Gb (8Gb x2), but in my motherboards manual that specific model isn't listed under DDR4-2400 (may be updated with future BIOS versions???) In the screenshot, does "supported" indicate the maximum I can use?
Screenshot here:
http://oi63.tinypic.com/szxth3.jpg
DDR stands for double data rate. Multiplying the clock by two gives the real speed. Therefore, your 2400 will appear as 1200. However, your board can handle up to 3733.