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Restarting the computer during overclocking

Restarting the computer during overclocking

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V4L3N73
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06-27-2025, 03:10 AM
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Hello,
I'm trying to overclock my 6700k on Gigabyte z170x-Gaming 7. When I set the voltage too low, the system crashes with BSOD—this is normal for me. However, raising the voltage still causes the system to freeze briefly before restarting, which suggests the BIOS is handling it. Should I adjust any settings, like the processor's maximum power limit, to prevent this? It isn't about overheating; I've reached 4.5/4.5 on Small FFT where temperatures hit 100°C and Intel's self-protection reduced the clock speed without shutting down. No restarts in Prime95 either—this happens when using Firefox with a light benchmark, keeping temperatures around 60-70°C. Also, someone mentioned people often boost cache speeds over cores to ease memory bottlenecks, but increasing cache speed by 100mhz above the core still causes BSOD. Does this apply to my processor? I have an 850W supply, so it should be sufficient. 😊
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V4L3N73
06-27-2025, 03:10 AM #1

Hello,
I'm trying to overclock my 6700k on Gigabyte z170x-Gaming 7. When I set the voltage too low, the system crashes with BSOD—this is normal for me. However, raising the voltage still causes the system to freeze briefly before restarting, which suggests the BIOS is handling it. Should I adjust any settings, like the processor's maximum power limit, to prevent this? It isn't about overheating; I've reached 4.5/4.5 on Small FFT where temperatures hit 100°C and Intel's self-protection reduced the clock speed without shutting down. No restarts in Prime95 either—this happens when using Firefox with a light benchmark, keeping temperatures around 60-70°C. Also, someone mentioned people often boost cache speeds over cores to ease memory bottlenecks, but increasing cache speed by 100mhz above the core still causes BSOD. Does this apply to my processor? I have an 850W supply, so it should be sufficient. 😊

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Warzy2799
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06-27-2025, 03:10 AM
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You're asking about how increasing voltage affects system stability, and whether you should focus on core overclocking rather than cache overclocking. I'm also curious about the specific voltage you used during cache overclocking attempts.
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06-27-2025, 03:10 AM #2

You're asking about how increasing voltage affects system stability, and whether you should focus on core overclocking rather than cache overclocking. I'm also curious about the specific voltage you used during cache overclocking attempts.

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CD_Bish
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06-27-2025, 03:10 AM
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Well, not really stable.
It can work for some time, temperatures are OK, benchmarks doing good - even Prime95, and then suddenly bloop - restart when creating a new tab in Firefox or starting AH scan in WoW.
I've gone to manual 1.36 and even to 1.39 with 4.5GHz to vCore. And it was less stable than now - set to auto, staying under 1.3, but still - just got a restart.
Right now I've set it to 4.4 core and 4.2 cache because I'd like to go to dungeon.
Just wondering if there is some variable in BIOS which limits wattage for example, that I should change.
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CD_Bish
06-27-2025, 03:10 AM #3

Well, not really stable.
It can work for some time, temperatures are OK, benchmarks doing good - even Prime95, and then suddenly bloop - restart when creating a new tab in Firefox or starting AH scan in WoW.
I've gone to manual 1.36 and even to 1.39 with 4.5GHz to vCore. And it was less stable than now - set to auto, staying under 1.3, but still - just got a restart.
Right now I've set it to 4.4 core and 4.2 cache because I'd like to go to dungeon.
Just wondering if there is some variable in BIOS which limits wattage for example, that I should change.

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Petard6
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06-27-2025, 03:10 AM
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acrivec :
Well, not really stable.
It can work for some time, temperatures are OK, benchmarks doing good - even Prime95, and then suddenly bloop - restart when creating a new tab in Firefox or starting AH scan in WoW.
I've gone to manual 1.36 and even to 1.39 with 4.5GHz to vCore. And it was less stable than now - set to auto, staying under 1.3, but still - just got a restart.
Right now I've set it to 4.4 core and 4.2 cache because I'd like to go to dungeon.
Just wondering if there is some variable in BIOS which limits wattage for example, that I should change.
Load-line calibration?
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Petard6
06-27-2025, 03:10 AM #4

acrivec :
Well, not really stable.
It can work for some time, temperatures are OK, benchmarks doing good - even Prime95, and then suddenly bloop - restart when creating a new tab in Firefox or starting AH scan in WoW.
I've gone to manual 1.36 and even to 1.39 with 4.5GHz to vCore. And it was less stable than now - set to auto, staying under 1.3, but still - just got a restart.
Right now I've set it to 4.4 core and 4.2 cache because I'd like to go to dungeon.
Just wondering if there is some variable in BIOS which limits wattage for example, that I should change.
Load-line calibration?

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06-27-2025, 03:10 AM
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Set to "High"
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_TysonKid_
06-27-2025, 03:10 AM #5

Set to "High"

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