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I normally have a 4.6GHz overclock that is 100% stable, 24h on Prime95 and while gaming it's 50 degrees. I have a crummy $30 air cooler. I'm aiming for 5GHz with some tweaking and a water cooling system.

Does the core voltage matter as long as the temperatures are low? My 4770K is at 5 GHz @ 70 degrees celsius on air cooling while gaming, is this fine? I understand higher temps will decrease the life of a CPU but back to the main point, does it matter as long as temps are low? idle temps are 30...

I'm 4.6 with the 4770K @ 1.2V, it is most likely your cooler. I'm idling 30C with $40 cooler from newegg

I'd like to first state that I have a stable BIOS overclock of 4.6GHz at 1.2v I'm using Intel ETU for a small software overclock from stock speeds. I reset my BIOS to defaults, turned off Intel Turbo Boost, and changed the multiplier to 36 from default 35. So, for a few weeks I was using Intel...

My Vcore is at 1.325 @ 4.9 GHz. I have turned off Hyperthreading as I don't have an actual use for it (has been turned off since I purchased CPU - The video games I play do not support Hyperthreading) Maximum temperatures while gaming + editing videos, ect that I've seen was 61 degrees celsius...

Which one would benefit more in gaming?

The game isn't running as smooth, I'm still getting maximum FPS without any signs of it dropping but it seems a little choppy and slower than before. CPU: i7-4770k 4.9 GHz GPU: GTX 660 2 GB OC MOBO: Z87-G43

My computer has been running at this speed for about 2 weeks and I've had some bios issues over the past couple of days that are now resolved but when playing a certain video game I don't notice my performance increase as I did before, I don't notice the difference between 3.5 GHz or 4.9 GHz...

Update: I tried installing via MFLASH and nothing happened, the BIOS was not installed although nothing went wrong. I'm trying to boot from my USB with version 1.2 and it is not working. My computer will boot, black screen after BIOS and then restart because it's unable to boot and use the...

What will happen if I try to install an earlier version of the BIOS via MFLASH?

I've been reading website jkhoward linked http://us.msi.com/page/biosupdate and it seems fairly straight forward. What would be better? USB Disk Under DOS Mode or MFLASH?

I only adjusted the CPU Ratio to 49 and left voltages on auto. I disabled EIST/Into Turbo Boost/Hyperthreading. I play a certain game where overclocking makes an intense difference, not FPS wise but performance wise and it's unreal how much it makes a difference and now when I overclock to 4.9...

I have non-gaming I believe, it's the black and blue version of Z87-G43 if that helps. Here is the error I'm receiving when trying to install. http://i.imgur.com/iBkO9jm.png Why can't I simply install it while logged into my computer like I did while updating the BIOS?

I have tried downloading an older version from MSI website and I get an error when I'm trying to install it. The error more less states "This installation is not compatible with your operation system, please check if you have Windows x64 64 32 bit Windows x86 64 bit" or something along those...

I'll be paying $25.00 via PayPal sent as a gift for someone who can successfully help me resolve my issue. I have a MSI Z87-G43 MOBO and the bios version that came with it was 1.2. I had installed applications from the disc that had come with the mobo and one was named "Live Update 6" and it...