Seeking advice on boosting an i7-8700k to 4.7ghz
Seeking advice on boosting an i7-8700k to 4.7ghz
Hello vast interwebs. I recently bought an i7-8700k, a suitable MOBO (Gigabyte Z370 AORUS GAMING 7), and a watercooled fan (CORSAIR H115i). With 750 watts of power available, we’re in good shape. I don’t want to void the warranty or rely solely on turbo boost, since that only uses a small portion and favors efficiency. I’m interested in learning how to adjust my processor settings to reach 4.7 GHZ. Since it can hit that speed with Turbo Boost and I have proper cooling, I think it should work. I need guidance on the necessary voltage or configuration changes. I’m completely new to this.
Looking forward to help from the community! Thanks.
I now this is a bit late...but just in case...The 8700K paired to the z370 Gaming 7 should run all cores at 4.7GHz out of the box with just a simple multiplyer change in BIOS to 47...Leave everything else in auto. This is a very good mobo/CPU combination and should run 4.8GHz quiet easily as well without any changes. Afterwards you can start checking what your max vcore is to fine tune this lower..check Core Temp or Hardware Info for vcore value at load (bench test with Prime95 v26.6 and or RealBench). I would go for an offset voltage (DVID) and use the plus and minus keys to lower the vcore by 0.015 to start with and then see how low you can go before issues. This will still allow your vcore to dynamically adjust itself but it will not...
I now this is a bit late...but just in case...The 8700K paired to the z370 Gaming 7 should run all cores at 4.7GHz out of the box with just a simple multiplyer change in BIOS to 47...Leave everything else in auto. This is a very good mobo/CPU combination and should run 4.8GHz quiet easily as well without any changes. Afterwards you can start checking what your max vcore is to fine tune this lower..check Core Temp or Hardware Info for vcore value at load (bench test with Prime95 v26.6 and or RealBench). I would go for an offset voltage (DVID) and use the plus and minus keys to lower the vcore by 0.015 to start with and then see how low you can go before issues. This will still allow your vcore to dynamically adjust itself but it will not go over a certain value depending on the ofset...as an example 1.285v would be max.