What should I consider before increasing the speed of the I5 8600K?
What should I consider before increasing the speed of the I5 8600K?
Ok so it's been a very long time since I've been here but I am back and this time I have a question instead of answering questions. So back in early 2018 I got an I5 8600K and a Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 motherboard. It's been a very long time since I overclocked a CPU, the last time I did was back in 2012 with the I5 2500K. The truth is I kind of forget how to overclock..sort of. So here are my questions:
What do I have to turn off in the BIOS before overclocking? Obviously turbo boost I remember that but there was something else I turned off too.
For those that have this motherboard any weird features related to this specific motherboard that should be turned off?
For these CPU's where should I start with voltages and starting clock speeds? Looking here (
https://siliconlottery.com/pages/statistics
) it looks like 4.8 to 4.9 should be achievable at 1.37 to 1.38 volts. Thats where I am aiming for.
Lastly with these motherboards and generation of CPU do I have to mess with the timings of the memory first or can I leave the memory at stock speeds and jump right into overclocking the CPU.
For memory, just enable XMP and it will automatically adjust the settings.
The CPU turbo boost will turn off automatically; it might not appear in BIOS, but it won't be used if you manually set a clock multiplier. No need to worry about that.
Which CPU cooler do you have?
It's an issue that showed up with my case, and it includes the Genome II with a Deepcool Captain AIO featuring a 360 mm radius. It's not as effective as a custom loop I know, but a good AIO should perform similarly to premium air cooling solutions like Noctua high-end heatsinks and fans.