i5-6500 overclocking limits

[tomaszandrzej]

So we can overclock the non-K Skylakes now. Surely makes the whole range more interesting.

I am very new to this and I only managed to get it up to 3840MHz by increasing BCLK to 120MHz with my Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 3000 running at 2880 14-16-16-36.

I would like to get the CPU to above 4GHz but it wont boot on BCLK 125MHz.
Do I need to change voltage or something else?

It is running really well on Noctua cooler maxing at 65C in gaming and idling at just above 30C.

The motherboard is Asrock Z170M Pro4s with BIOS 2.23

Many thanks for your time

 

[jhyde99]

Incase you still need help... There is a great video on the website that has the BIOS' (overclocking.guide). Followed all his steps (adjusted obviously for our numbers) and have my 6500 at 4.25Ghz on 1.32V, I think. Will be pushing more soon.

Ya i tried the highest i can get mine is 4.3. I tried 4.5 but the temps get to hot with my 212 evo, and it crashes

Hi, i'm buying a new PC and wanted to get the i5 6500 OC to about 4.2 with the same cooler you have.
is it still possible to OC the i5 6500, and what mobo do you recommend? CHEAP.
also can you OC it with the latest bios or am i going to have to download it on a USB and flask boot the bios or something like that anyhow?

Hey there. Yes it is possible a Z170 motherboard is required... I have a Gigabyte Z170-HD3 and it's been perfect... You have to have a Z170 chipet to overclock. Also if you want to SLI make sure you get a board that suppors it. In terms of BIOS, they are downloaded from overclocking.guide. Easy peasy to flash. There is a video on that site to show you what to do

 

[rderubeis]

How are you reading the temps when you overclock non k processors it does not read cpu temps correctly ?

 

[jhyde99]

How are you reading the temps when you overclock non k processors it does not read cpu temps correctly ?

I've just been using HWiNFO and reading the package temp. Like to keep it under 60...

 

[rderubeis]

How are you reading the temps when you overclock non k processors it does not read cpu temps correctly ?

I've just been using HWiNFO and reading the package temp. Like to keep it under 60...

Thats what i use but when you overclock a non k processor it doesn't read temps

 

[jhyde99]

How are you reading the temps when you overclock non k processors it does not read cpu temps correctly ?

I've just been using HWiNFO and reading the package temp. Like to keep it under 60...

Thats what i use but when you overclock a non k processor it doesn't read temps

It reads package temps, but not core temps

 

[DadBear]

So we can overclock the non-K Skylakes now. Surely makes the whole range more interesting.

I am very new to this and I only managed to get it up to 3840MHz by increasing BCLK to 120MHz with my Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 3000 running at 2880 14-16-16-36.

I would like to get the CPU to above 4GHz but it wont boot on BCLK 125MHz.
Do I need to change voltage or something else?

It is running really well on Noctua cooler maxing at 65C in gaming and idling at just above 30C.

The motherboard is Asrock Z170M Pro4s with BIOS 2.23

Many thanks for your time

Using the same MOBO w/ Skylake i5 6500. Currently OC @ 4.3GHz. Set my voltage to "fixed" @ 1.395, BCLK is 135, RAM is set to 2160. OC'ed to 4.9GHz once, but it wasn't stable; kept BSOD'ing me. I am using a rather cheap RAM....(G Skill DDR4-2400 15-15-15-35 1.2v) Try those settings and let me know if how it goes for you.

 

[jhyde99]

So we can overclock the non-K Skylakes now. Surely makes the whole range more interesting.

I am very new to this and I only managed to get it up to 3840MHz by increasing BCLK to 120MHz with my Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 3000 running at 2880 14-16-16-36.

I would like to get the CPU to above 4GHz but it wont boot on BCLK 125MHz.
Do I need to change voltage or something else?

It is running really well on Noctua cooler maxing at 65C in gaming and idling at just above 30C.

The motherboard is Asrock Z170M Pro4s with BIOS 2.23

Many thanks for your time

Using the same MOBO w/ Skylake i5 6500. Currently OC @ 4.3GHz. Set my voltage to "fixed" @ 1.395, BCLK is 135, RAM is set to 2160. OC'ed to 4.9GHz once, but it wasn't stable; kept BSOD'ing me. I am using a rather cheap RAM....(G Skill DDR4-2400 15-15-15-35 1.2v) Try those settings and let me know if how it goes for you.

Well I'm stable at 4.3 Ghz on 1.32V

 

[Ever_33]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

 

[jhyde99]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

I have mine @ 4.3GHz with Package Temps never above 60 under stress. Whilst it isn't OCed core temps are higher than package temp (HWInfo, I think)... Even if core is a bit warmer, I am comfortable at that... sits around 30-40c. Cinebench scores are 710.

 

[Ever_33]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

I have mine @ 4.3GHz with Package Temps never above 60 under stress. Whilst it isn't OCed core temps are higher than package temp (HWInfo, I think)... Even if core is a bit warmer, I am comfortable at that... sits around 30-40c. Cinebench scores are 710.

Do yo have a Asrock z170 pro4s or another mothearboard?

 

[jhyde99]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

I have mine @ 4.3GHz with Package Temps never above 60 under stress. Whilst it isn't OCed core temps are higher than package temp (HWInfo, I think)... Even if core is a bit warmer, I am comfortable at that... sits around 30-40c. Cinebench scores are 710.

Do yo have a Asrock z170 pro4s or another mothearboard?

Gigabyte Z170 HD3

 

[rderubeis]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

 

[jhyde99]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

 

[Ever_33]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

I am looking for a Z170 mobo, ive seen that z170m pro4 is the cheapest one, so i wanted to know to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 ghz

 

[jhyde99]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

I am looking for a Z170 mobo, ive seen that z170m pro4 is the cheapest one, so i wanted to know to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 ghz

Buy a board. Flash a BIOS. Set your BCLK. Reduce RAM multiplier. Set Voltage. Done.

There are online tutorials.

 

[rderubeis]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

2.32

 

[jhyde99]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

2.32

I think you mean 1.32? But that's good. I'm 4.35ish on 1.3...

 

[rderubeis]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

I am looking for a Z170 mobo, ive seen that z170m pro4 is the cheapest one, so i wanted to know to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 ghz

Buy a board. Flash a BIOS. Set your BCLK. Reduce RAM multiplier. Set Voltage. Done.

There are online tutorials.

Ya i use the asrock z170a x1 which is very similar

 

[jhyde99]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

I am looking for a Z170 mobo, ive seen that z170m pro4 is the cheapest one, so i wanted to know to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 ghz

Buy a board. Flash a BIOS. Set your BCLK. Reduce RAM multiplier. Set Voltage. Done.

There are online tutorials.

Ya i use the asrock z170a x1 which is very similar

It is actually really simple.

 

[Ever_33]

Z170m pro4 (or pro4s) with cm 212 evo would be enough to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 GHz?

ya i have mine at 4.5

What voltage are you at?

I am looking for a Z170 mobo, ive seen that z170m pro4 is the cheapest one, so i wanted to know to overclock a i5 6500 to 4.3 ghz

Buy a board. Flash a BIOS. Set your BCLK. Reduce RAM multiplier. Set Voltage. Done.

There are online tutorials.

Ya i use the asrock z170a x1 which is very similar

It is actually really simple.

Somebody has tried asrock z170m pro4/pro4s?

 

[SkyLight6600]

I tried overclock my i5-6600 non K. It fried once it hit 105mhz. Idk how you guys hit 120mhz+

 

[rderubeis]

I tried overclock my i5-6600 non K. It fried once it hit 105mhz. Idk how you guys hit 120mhz+

your MB fried? what mb did u have, and what was your voltage at ? and did u have a aftermarket cooler ?

 

[L0stChild]

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[Omar_28]

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dude how did you overclock? my BCLK won't change no matter what...

i have z170a gaming 3 msi and i5 6500 1x8 ddr4 lpx 2666mhz

 

[Nguyen Hoang]

Fatal1ty E3V5 Performance Gaming/OC
so this mobo can BCLK overclock too ? in the homepage bios list i was seen "Remove Sky OC function" but asrock said:
- Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
- Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine
what's it mean >?
i am planning buy this with xeon e3 1230v5