Failed first attempt at oc'ing

[ryfry]

I tried overclocking my rig today i brought my ram from 1600mhz to 1866mhz and my cpu to 3.5ghz from 3.3ghz. my rig is i5 2500k 16gb corsair vengence, 6870's cf, msi p67a gd65, and a 1350w psu. After I changed the values in uefi my rig started up and shut down like 6 times, is that normal? I finally shut down the rig down and when I restarted it, it said the clock values were not all established but the cpu value changed to the 3.5ghz like I set. I was just wondering if the rebooting is normal or if my ram was going wonky on me.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Just the RAM not liking the OC, most likely. Just leave the RAM alone. No need or use for OC'ing RAM (especially 1600 RAM).

 

[ryfry]

You will more than likely never get 1866mhz from your ram, and 1600mhz is more than enough.
I gather you have all dimms filled up with a rediculous amount of ram...
This will hinder the max OC of your CPU, due to strain on the IMC..
CPU Voltage: 1.32V
CPU clock: 4.5ghz

Leave it at that.

is that the stock voltage? I know they tend to have a little deviation.

 

[ryfry]

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