Trying to boost performance on the i5-7600K, need a bit of guidance.
Trying to boost performance on the i5-7600K, need a bit of guidance.
Biglizard shared some thoughts:
"I just have the feeling I could get more out of my pc and there is still a lot to learn about overclocking, which is why I'm here listening and following your advice."
456 pages of overclocking tips. Did you even read the guide?
An official Asus OC manual. Have you read it again? You too?
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Good luck—I have a feeling you'll need it.
Yes, I did, but I still don't fully grasp much of it.
I asked for small tips and advice from people, not expecting you to share a link.
Why do you seem so rude? Because if people don't like you, you're not achieving anything. Also, my discussion wasn't just about overclocking the CPU—it covered the GPU, RAM placement, and more.
Thanks for trying your best, mister pessimist.
You didn't ask a specific question, so you received a general response.
The only part of the guide I'm certain you read is the statistics section, since you mention not wanting to put random numbers on my CPU.
What about the rest of the guide?
What are your exact questions?
What confuses you?
I can't answer a question that hasn't been raised.
You misspelled pessimist. I'm not fluent in English, so sorry. The guide will discuss things like BCL or other BIOS features, but I don't understand what they do or how they affect the system. Some explanations are given. Also, should I remove my CPU, and why? Is the RAM placement good? And I'd like to buy RGB fans for ASUS Aura—what models would you recommend? I can't find articles comparing their performance, only their lighting. Or do you suggest other RGB fans that don't work with Aura? I'm considering 2 (or 4) high-end fans for the rear, depending on placement, and 1 for the front. Also, what fan splitter do I need for both RGB and power? I'm confused about all this. Only I understand—at least I think—my case needs static pressure fans and high airflow fans (correct?) And also, what fan size would you suggest for my setup now? I'm hoping to win the silicon lottery if I understand it well and see others at 4.6GHz.
"The guide will discuss BCL or other BIOS features. But I don't understand their purpose or impact. Some are explained, but not clearly."
I believe you're referring to BCL, which is the base clock speed. Adjusting it can boost CPU speed, but it also affects RAM and other components. It was traditionally used for overclocking, though modern CPUs often use multipliers instead.
Also, should I remove my CPU, and why?
Not yet—your temperatures are normal. Removing the CPU is a last resort.
Is the RAM placement good?
I prefer an AIO fan in front of the case, so yes, your setup looks fine there.
Regarding fans: I can't give specific RGB recommendations since I don't use them. My top picks are Noctua NF-F12 (120mm) and NF-A14 (140mm)—they offer strong airflow and pressure.
Proceed slowly with overclocking, test temperatures, and monitor progress.
So far, I'm only adjusting the voltage and multiplier. Once I know my maximum stable speed, I'll share results in about a week. Will adding two rear fans help? Is that worth it?
I don't like the look of Noctua fans much—they do have some black ones, but I need RGB. I'll search a bit more to find good options.
Right now, I'm just tweaking the multiplier and voltage until I hit my limit. How should I know when to stop increasing? What temperature thresholds should I aim for after a 15-minute stress test?
bo.wiek: biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: "I just have the feeling i could get more out of my pc and there is still alot to learn about overclocking so thats why i am here posting, to listen to you guys and do what you tell me." 456 pages of overclocking advice. Did you even read the guide? A official Asus OC guide. Once again did you read it? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Good luck, I have a feeling you'll need it. Yes i did, still dont understand to much of it. I asked litle advice and tips from people, i didn't ask you to post a link. Why do you also have to be rude? From the fact that people wont like you you are not achiving anything with it. Also, i was not only talking about overclocking my cpu but about gpu, rad placement and just more. But thanks for doing some effort, mister pessimest. You have asked no specific question. So you were given a general answer. The only part of the guide that I know that you read is the statistics portion, since you say and I quote "Im not gonna put random stuff from a chart on my cpu". What about the rest of the guide? What are your specific questions? What are you confused about? I can't answer a question that hasn't been asked. You misspelt pessimist. I'm not english so sorry for that. In the guide they will talk about stuff like bck, or other things in the bios. But i dont understand what it does, what it changes and what it means. (some things are explained though). Also Should i delide my cpu, and why? Is the rad position good? And i would like to buy rgb fans for asus aura, wich ones would you suggest? I can't find articles about there perfomance next to eachother, only about their lighting. Or do you suggest other rgb fans that dont work with aura?. I would like to buy 2 (or 4 if the the standard fans on it are really bad, i think they're pretty loud) fans for extra on my rad, 2 for top or front(depends rad placing) and 1 for the back. Also, what fan splitter do i need for the RGB and power, i dont understand a crap of that either. Only they i understand - i think - is that my rad needs Static Pressure fans and my case High Airflow Fans (correct?) And also what number would you suggest with my setup now, to put in and try out. for as far is i know i have won the silicon lottery if i understand it good and have seen other people there volts @ 4.6Ghz. "In the guide they will talk about stuff like bck, or other things in the bios. But i dont understand what it does, what it changes and what it means. (some things are explained though)." I believe you are referring to bclk, bclk is the base clock and can be manipulated to increase cpu clock speed. But it will also overclock other components also like RAM. It's the way all overclocking used to be done, but is not needed if cpu multiplier can be adjusted. You should stick to raising multiplier for now. "Also Should i delide my cpu, and why?" No so far your temps are fine, delidding is a last resort step. "Is the rad position good?" I like AIO mounted in the front of the case, so yes you are fine here. ` As for fans I can't advise on rgb as I don't use them, best advice I can give on fans is don't get caught up in all the trickery of ratings. Buy good fans, my personal favorites are Noctua NF-F12(120mm) and NF-A14 (140mm) these will provide plenty of flow and pressure. Take your OC slowly, test and monitor temps. So i only tuch the volts and multiplier for now, untill i have found the max i can reach with that? If so i will post the results in a week or so what i have reached. Will a push pull rad - so adding 2 fans on the other side probally - help allot? will it be worth it? I do not really like the look of the noctua fans, if i remeber they have some black ones aswell but, im looking for rgb, so i will just kinda google around a bit more untill i found my bang for the buck. So now i just keep increasing my multiplier and volts until i see my system cant handle more? How do i know that i should stop increasing and what max temps do you suggest after 15min prime stress test? Go up one multi at a time and stress test, if it fails add a little vcore. Repeat. I doubt that push pull will do much. You could take a look at thermalright TY-143 FANS. You will know when to Stop OC when system becomes unstable or when temps become too high,TEMPS OF 80C OR HIGHER SHOULD BE AVOIDED. Take a look here all the info you will ever need as far as Intel temps, Need to stress test longer than 15min(THINK HOURS) and use different tests also OCCT, REALBENCH. For Prime95 use version 26.6.
biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: "I just have the feeling i could get more out of my pc and there is still alot to learn about overclocking so thats why i am here posting, to listen to you guys and do what you tell me." 456 pages of overclocking advice. Did you even read the guide? A official Asus OC guide. Once again did you read it? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Good luck, I have a feeling you'll need it. Yes i did, still dont understand to much of it. I asked litle advice and tips from people, i didn't ask you to post a link. Why do you also have to be rude? From the fact that people wont like you you are not achiving anything with it. Also, i was not only talking about overclocking my cpu but about gpu, rad placement and just more. But thanks for doing some effort, mister pessimest. You have asked no specific question. So you were given a general answer. The only part of the guide that I know that you read is the statistics portion, since you say and I quote "Im not gonna put random stuff from a chart on my cpu". What about the rest of the guide? What are your specific questions? What are you confused about? I can't answer a question that hasn't been asked. You misspelt pessimist. I'm not english so sorry for that. In the guide they will talk about stuff like bck, or other things in the bios. But i dont understand what it does, what it changes and what it means. (some things are explained though). Also Should i delide my cpu, and why? Is the rad position good? And i would like to buy rgb fans for asus aura, wich ones would you suggest? I can't find articles about there perfomance next to eachother, only about their lighting. Or do you suggest other rgb fans that dont work with aura?. I would like to buy 2 (or 4 if the the standard fans on it are really bad, i think they're pretty loud) fans for extra on my rad, 2 for top or front(depends rad placing) and 1 for the back. Also, what fan splitter do i need for the RGB and power, i dont understand a crap of that either. Only they i understand - i think - is that my rad needs Static Pressure fans and my case High Airflow Fans (correct?) And also what number would you suggest with my setup now, to put in and try out. for as far is i know i have won the silicon lottery if i understand it good and have seen other people there volts @ 4.6Ghz. "In the guide they will talk about stuff like bck, or other things in the bios. But i dont understand what it does, what it changes and what it means. (some things are explained though)." I believe you are referring to bclk, bclk is the base clock and can be manipulated to increase cpu clock speed. But it will also overclock other components also like RAM. It's the way all overclocking used to be done, but is not needed if cpu multiplier can be adjusted. You should stick to raising multiplier for now. "Also Should i delide my cpu, and why?" No so far your temps are fine, delidding is a last resort step. "Is the rad position good?" I like AIO mounted in the front of the case, so yes you are fine here. ` As for fans I can't advise on rgb as I don't use them, best advice I can give on fans is don't get caught up in all the trickery of ratings. Buy good fans, my personal favorites are Noctua NF-F12(120mm) and NF-A14 (140mm) these will provide plenty of flow and pressure. Take your OC slowly, test and monitor temps. So i only tuch the volts and multiplier for now, untill i have found the max i can reach with that? If so i will post the results in a week or so what i have reached. Will a push pull rad - so adding 2 fans on the other side probally - help allot? will it be worth it? I do not really like the look of the noctua fans, if i remeber they have some black ones aswell but, im looking for rgb, so i will just kinda google around a bit more untill i found my bang for the buck. So now i just keep increasing my multiplier and volts until i see my system cant handle more? How do i know that i should stop increasing and what max temps do you suggest after 15min prime stress test? Go up one multi at a time and stress test, if it fails add a little vcore. Repeat. I doubt that push pull will do much. You could take a look at thermalright TY-143 FANS. You will know when to Stop OC when system becomes unstable or when temps become too high,TEMPS OF 80C OR HIGHER SHOULD BE AVOIDED. Take a look here all the info you will ever need as far as Intel temps, Need to stress test longer than 15min(THINK HOURS) and use different tests also OCCT, REALBENCH. For Prime95 use version 26.6. Okay thanks for everything. I will keep going untill i reach 80degrees and then i will post my results here again and hear further Is there a way to bench temps?
bo.wiek: biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: bo.wiek: biglizard: "I just have the feeling i could get more out of my pc and there is still alot to learn about overclocking so thats why i am here posting, to listen to you guys and do what you tell me." 456 pages of overclocking advice. Did you even read the guide? A official Asus OC guide. Once again did you read it? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Good luck, I have a feeling you'll need it. Yes i did, still dont understand to much of it. I asked litle advice and tips from people, i didn't ask you to post a link. Why do you also have to be rude? From the fact that people wont like you you are not achiving anything with it. Also, i was not only talking about overclocking my cpu but about gpu, rad placement and just more. But thanks for doing some effort, mister pessimest. You have asked no specific question. So you were given a general answer. The only part of the guide that I know that you read is the statistics portion, since you say and I quote "Im not gonna put random stuff from a chart on my cpu". What about the rest of the guide? What are your specific questions? What are you confused about? I can't answer a question that hasn't been asked. You misspelt pessimist. I'm not english so sorry for that. In the guide they will talk about stuff like bck, or other things in the bios. But i dont understand what it does, what it changes and what it means. (some things are explained though). Also Should i delide my cpu, and why? Is the rad position good? And i would like to buy rgb fans for asus aura, wich ones would you suggest? I can't find articles about there perfomance next to eachother, only about their lighting. Or do you suggest other rgb fans that dont work with aura?. I would like to buy 2 (or 4 if the the standard fans on it are really bad, i think they're pretty loud) fans for extra on my rad, 2 for top or front(depends rad placing) and 1 for the back. Also, what fan splitter do i need for the RGB and power, i dont understand a crap of that either. Only they i understand - i think - is that my rad needs Static Pressure fans and my case High Airflow Fans (correct?) And also what number would you suggest with my setup now, to put in and try out. for as far is i know i have won the silicon lottery if i understand it good and have seen other people there volts @ 4.6Ghz. "In the guide they will talk about stuff like bck, or other things in the bios. But i dont understand what it does, what it changes and what it means. (some things are explained though)." I believe you are referring to bclk, bclk is the base clock and can be manipulated to increase cpu clock speed. But it will also overclock other components also like RAM. It's the way all overclocking used to be done, but is not needed if cpu multiplier can be adjusted. You should stick to raising multiplier for now. "Also Should i delide my cpu, and why?" No so far your temps are fine, delidding is a last resort step. "Is the rad position good?" I like AIO mounted in the front of the case, so yes you are fine here. ` As for fans I can't advise on rgb as I don't use them, best advice I can give on fans is don't get caught up in all the trickery of ratings. Buy good fans, my personal favorites are Noctua NF-F12(120mm) and NF-A14 (140mm) these will provide plenty of flow and pressure. Take your OC slowly, test and monitor temps. So i only tuch the volts and multiplier for now, untill i have found the max i can reach with that? If so i will post the results in a week or so what i have reached. Will a push pull rad - so adding 2 fans on the other side probally - help allot? will it be worth it? I do not really like the look of the noctua fans, if i remeber they have some black ones aswell but, im looking for rgb, so i will just kinda google around a bit more untill i found my bang for the buck. So now i just keep increasing my multiplier and volts until i see my system cant handle more? How do i know that i should stop increasing and what max temps do you suggest after 15min prime stress test? Go up one multi at a time and stress test, if it fails add a little vcore. Repeat. I doubt that push pull will do much. You could take a look at thermalright TY-143 FANS. You will know when to Stop OC when system becomes unstable or when temps become too high,TEMPS OF 80C OR HIGHER SHOULD BE AVOIDED. Take a look here all the info you will ever need as far as Intel temps, Need to stress test longer than 15min(THINK HOURS) and use different tests also OCCT, REALBENCH. For Prime95 use version 26.6. Okay thanks for everything. I will keep going untill i reach 80degrees and then i will post my results here again and hear further Is there a way to bench temps? Yes, run Prime95. Use version 26.6 select small FFT. Keep a close eye on TEMPS!