Question CPU wont let me over clock past 3.8 ghz

[Bembi123]

Hello i have a MSI x99 Gaming pro carbon mother board with a i7 6850k and it wont let me over clock past 3.8 ghz so i was wondering if anyone can help me the voltage is at 1.148 volts to i dont know if that is low or high

 

[RodroX]

3.8GHz is the max turbo frecuency for the Core i7 6850K, and thats for only 1 core. All core boost is 3.6GHz

Heres one of the best guides I know: https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/cpu-overclocking-guide-and-tutorial-for-beginners.3347428/

Here are two guides about OC on X99 platform:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvG31oiHZ18


and

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h8jWBd0XL4


Keep in mind stable OC needs,

- Very good cooling, thats a 140W TDP CPU

- Very good PSU.

- Stable and compatible memory configuration. Preferably not XMP till you know CPU oc works fine.

You haven't give any information about your CPU cooler, nor your PSU (please give brand and models of both).

And also haven't mention what youve done soo far.

Keep in mind OC can eventually damage the CPU, specially if you do not know what youre doing. So do it at your own risk!!!

 

[Bembi123]

3.8GHz is the max turbo frecuency for the Core i7 6850K, and thats for only 1 core. All core boost is 3.6GHz

Heres one of the best guides I know: https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/cpu-overclocking-guide-and-tutorial-for-beginners.3347428/

Here are two guides about OC on X99 platform:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvG31oiHZ18


and

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h8jWBd0XL4


Keep in mind stable OC needs,

- Very good cooling, thats a 140W TDP CPU

- Very good PSU.

- Stable and compatible memory configuration. Preferably not XMP till you know CPU oc works fine.

You haven't give any information about your CPU cooler, nor your PSU (please give brand and models of both).

And also haven't mention what youve done soo far.

Keep in mind OC can eventually damage the CPU, specially if you do not know what youre doing. So do it at your own risk!!!

i have a thermaltake tripple fan 120mm water cooler and a thermaltake 850w gold plus certified ive used to be able to go to 4ghz and then one day it just stopped being able to go that high

 

[RodroX]

i have a thermaltake tripple fan 120mm water cooler and a thermaltake 850w gold plus certified ive used to be able to go to 4ghz and then one day it just stopped being able to go that high

So you did OC already. What was the settings you used all this time?

 

[Bembi123]

So you did OC already. What was the settings you used all this time?

i put it to 4ghz one time and then i put it back idk i put it back but when i wanted to put it back to 4ghz one time it just got stuck at 3.8ghz