I overclocked all aspects, is it safe?

[PaPies]

So, this is the first time that I am overclocking on my computer, I just wanted a little bit more juice I guess.

I overclocked my i7 6700k from 4.00 to 4.50, base speed says 4.00 still, so does the @ 4.00 but speed is avg 4.45, I simply went into the bios, turned XMP and there was an option to multiply starting from 40 and up, 40 being 4.00, but I chose a different approuch, there was CPU Upgrade, and it would let you choose 6700k 4.4, 6700k 4.5, 5.0 and so on, I chose 6700 4.5.

For GPU I have 1080 and I went +120Mhz and 250 on vram.( I crashed at +160)

My RAM was 2133, changed it to 2400 on both 8gig sticks.

no voltage or anything was touched in any of those. Did I do it right, wrong?

I did tests on KOMBUSTER and seems to be stable.

Thank you

 

[volkgren]

Please list all system specs, including power supply.

 

[PaPies]

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[PaPies]

Please list all system specs, including power supply.

v750 Cooler master fully modular
2 fanned 212evo
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[volkgren]

The 4.00 won't change because that's in the name of your CPU. Use a program like HWInfo64 to view cpu clock speeds and other speeds and power readings. https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

I was wondering what CPU cooler you have.

 

[PaPies]

The 4.00 won't change because that's in the name of your CPU. Use a program like HWInfo64 to view cpu clock speeds and other speeds and power readings. https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

I was wondering what CPU cooler you have.

A side question, everytime I close the msi afterburner and I open it, all the values are default meaning +0 and 100% power etc, even though I clearly click checkmark after I did my overclocking.

And I downloaded that program that you told me, I am not seeing any 4500, but I'll let you be the judge as I have no idea what to look for!

As I mentioned, I used CPU upgrade, nor values to overclock.


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UPDATE
There was a little tab that opened and I missed at first, all of them were ~4500 x45

 

[volkgren]

View "Sensors Only" in HWInfo when you start the program. I do see 4500MHz in your image btw.

You have to leave MSI AB open to keep the overclocks. Also, you have to save them to a profile number (bottom right) if you want to easily reapply them. Or, you can enable settings to start with Windows, start minimized, and on the main display of MSI AB click the Startup button to apply overclock on startup.

 

[PaPies]

View "Sensors Only" in HWInfo when you start the program. I do see 4500MHz in your image btw.

You have to leave MSI AB open to keep the overclocks. Also, you have to save them to a profile number (bottom right) if you want to easily reapply them. Or, you can enable settings to start with Windows, start minimized, and on the main display of MSI AB click the Startup button to apply overclock on startup.

So my summary question is, is it good overclocking that I did? is from 2133 to 2400 on RAM too high? too low? just perfect, cpu, gpu etc?

 

[volkgren]

I would have to know your exact RAM specs to say anything about it. Need to know RAM speed, voltage, and cas latency/timings. For instance, do you have DDR4 2133 1.2V C14?? or something else? Maybe a link to your RAM would be great.

4.5GHz is okay for your CPU, but might be able to go a little higher depending on your cooler; which you never mentioned I don't think.

 

[PaPies]

I would have to know your exact RAM specs to say anything about it. Need to know RAM speed, voltage, and cas latency/timings. For instance, do you have DDR4 2133 1.2V C14?? or something else? Maybe a link to your RAM would be great.

4.5GHz is okay for your CPU, but might be able to go a little higher depending on your cooler; which you never mentioned I don't think.

https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/HX421C14FB2_8.pdf

I did mention I had 2fanned 212 evo for my cooler.

Nothing is touched on the ram but the XMP & changed to 2400.

 

[volkgren]

Oh okay I see. Yeah 4.5GHz is about right.

2400 is a safe OC for your RAM. If you really wanted to push it you could do 2666 or possibly even 2800 if you wanted to increase voltage to 1.35V and timings to C16. But, it's not what I'm recommending just what I know is possible with some memory. I had some issues with my DDR4 2400 C14 1.2V running at 3200 C16 1.35V for a year. Timings had to increase to C17 after a BSOD (blue screen of death) one day.

 

[PaPies]

Oh okay I see. Yeah 4.5GHz is about right.

2400 is a safe OC for your RAM. If you really wanted to push it you could do 2666 or possibly even 2800 if you wanted to increase voltage to 1.35V and timings to C16. But, it's not what I'm recommending just what I know is possible with some memory. I had some issues with my DDR4 2400 C14 1.2V running at 3200 C16 1.35V for a year. Timings had to increase to C17 after a BSOD (blue screen of death) one day.

I wanted a safe overclock anyway, I know that my cooler can handle 4.5, I was simply worried if I should increase voltage, and I believe 2400 and +120mhz on gpu are kinda safe too, so everything I did for the first time is fine and there are no problems?

This would be my last question.

(sidenote: I only overclocked ram to improve 97th on games.)

 

[volkgren]

Well when you do an overclock you should test for stability and thermals. I use Prime95 v26.6 (only use that version because other version utilize AVX instruction set which gives unrealistic (overly high/dangerous) temperature results). I usually run for 15-20mins but other people like to go much longer.

You can also test your GPU with Unigine Heaven benchmark, 3DMark Firestrike, and playing your usual games. If it's stable it's good.