Struggling to reach 5GHz on i5 8600k?
Struggling to reach 5GHz on i5 8600k?
Hello,
I'm trying to overclock my
i5 8600k
to 5Ghz. My motherboard I use is a
Gigabyte Z370 HD3-CF
.
Currently I'm at stock settings. B
ut when I'm in BIOS, I can't really adjust the core clock or voltage settings manually. It seems everything is locked with no way to set to manual adjustment.
Acutally I can set the values manually, I just have to type them lol. However, it does have a "CPU Upgrade" preset which I assume does the overclocking for me. When I set CPU Upgrade to i7-8600k @ 5GHz, I usually can't boot into any operating system I have installed (Fedora Workstation 34 or Win 10). I don't really know why this is and I'm really disappointed I can't overclock properly.
I'll probably post some pictures of my bios for reference.
If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it.
👍
You could be overestimating your CPU's capabilities. It's unlikely to achieve OC at 700MHz; Intel would likely market it as a 5GHz processor instead of 4.3GHz (turbo). This situation is often referred to as "Binning" and the unpredictable nature of performance variations.