- Mar 19, 2013
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So with some very useful advice from people around these forums, I have been overclocking my new CPU and doing a lot of experimenting with the UEFI.
Something I learned about tweaking an Asus Z97 board is that setting the "Additional turbo overclock" value while in adaptive mode in the UEFI is how you set an overall max vcore and let the CPU do the rest. In my testing, I haven't experienced any spiking using this method and I think that it will be easier on my CPU than a constant (manual) vcore. Using any offset settings didn't help me at all.
Also, I recommend making all overclock changes in the UEFI, not with Asus AI suite 3. I use the software to make sure my changes have applied and manage my fans, but using the software to set and keep the actual tweaks doesn't seem to work very well. Not sure why.
Finally, for my CPU I've found that a vcore of 1.250 is necessary for a 4.4 GHz clock. If I want a higher multiplier, I need more voltage and if I want lower than 4.4, I can get away with less voltage - almost at a linear relationship it seems. This holds true for Cinebench and all of my real world applications, but not some of the more extreme stress testing apps.
I also set my cache at 4.4 GHz with the same 1.250 voltage (again, adaptive). My question to you, is do you think having the cache settings equal to the vcore is worth it? Or perhaps would I save some stress on my CPU by keeping the cache at 3.9 GHz at default voltage while still maintaining my core OC? Asus has said that equal cache and core speed is optimal, but not necessary. Would like to hear what everyone thinks on this one.
Something I learned about tweaking an Asus Z97 board is that setting the "Additional turbo overclock" value while in adaptive mode in the UEFI is how you set an overall max vcore and let the CPU do the rest. In my testing, I haven't experienced any spiking using this method and I think that it will be easier on my CPU than a constant (manual) vcore. Using any offset settings didn't help me at all.
Also, I recommend making all overclock changes in the UEFI, not with Asus AI suite 3. I use the software to make sure my changes have applied and manage my fans, but using the software to set and keep the actual tweaks doesn't seem to work very well. Not sure why.
Finally, for my CPU I've found that a vcore of 1.250 is necessary for a 4.4 GHz clock. If I want a higher multiplier, I need more voltage and if I want lower than 4.4, I can get away with less voltage - almost at a linear relationship it seems. This holds true for Cinebench and all of my real world applications, but not some of the more extreme stress testing apps.
I also set my cache at 4.4 GHz with the same 1.250 voltage (again, adaptive). My question to you, is do you think having the cache settings equal to the vcore is worth it? Or perhaps would I save some stress on my CPU by keeping the cache at 3.9 GHz at default voltage while still maintaining my core OC? Asus has said that equal cache and core speed is optimal, but not necessary. Would like to hear what everyone thinks on this one.
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