i5 6600K Overclocking to 4.2Ghz

[yayiiii]

Hi all,

This is my first time overclocking and I am encountering freezing. I adjusted the multipler to 42. Voltage still at 1.125V. Is my vcore too low for 4.2Ghz? After booting up, it freezes shortyly after about 1min without stress test. Any advice?

Here are my specs:
Intel i5 6600k Skylake
Gigabyte G1 Gaming gtx960
8gb ddr4 @2133mHz
Krait gaming z170
H110i gtx

Thank you!

 

[CTurbo]

You're not supposed to jump the multi straight to 42. You need to start with smaller increments. Turn turbo off and start at 39, boot and test. Then go to 40 and repeat, then 41, etc... When it becomes unstable or doesn't boot, you raise the voltage the smallest increment possible and retry until it's stable. Once stable, raise the multi one more time and rinse and repeat. Keep a close eye on temps at all times ESPECIALLY once you've adjusted the voltage.


Honestly, I recommend you doing some research on overclocking and gaining a full understanding on the subject before attempting. You NEED to know what you're doing. Overclocking can be fun if it's your first time, but it is NOT fast. It takes a long time to do it correctly, and it's actually recommended you stress your system for HOURS to check for stability. Try Prime95 to stress test.

Also, don't expect overclocking to give you any REAL world performance gains. You would have been better off with an i5 6500 + GTX970 for the same price if you're trying to get more fps.

 

[Tradesman1]

It will all depend on your individual CPU, but if shooting for 42 might try give the CPU voltage an offset of + 0.10 and try, if it appears stable, run a few BMs, maybe something like the Asus RealBench BM and work from there