I7 2600K Revisited

[foxxx428]

Hey guys. I have the 2600K on an ASRock P67 Extreme6. I never overclocked this thing until the Spectre and Meltdown fixes came out and they slowed me down signifigantly! I'm not an overclocker, I just buy the best when I do buy. I have the Noctua NH-D14 cooler and it is still among the best. Graphics are the XFX Black RX 480 which is clocked at 580 speeds 8 gb. Memory is G.Skill 1600 Snipers. It doesn't overclock but the timings did tighten a bit.

Okay overclocking the cpu on this thing... I'm not an overclocker. I tried unsuccessfully overclocking manual and have success using the ASRock easy OC settings. I'm at 4.6 and 4.8 even seemed stable for 2 hours on P95 but the max temps were 6 degrees from the max and I felt uncomfortable since that was last winter and it was cold in here.

I don't know how to do the offsets and I am certain the presets are throwing so much more voltage than needed and I should be able to at least hit 4.7 at cooler temps than I have now. 4.8 may be out of reach but I don't know for sure until I figure out how to do all the offsets and load line calibration on here.

Before anyone asks I have the latest beta BIOS which is really old but that's what I have on here.I do plan to upgrade to Ryzen but my single core speed at 4.6 is so much better that I think waiting for next gen Ryzen is best at the moment. That die shrink will up that and probably beat what I have without an overclock.

Money is short right now so I do what I can with what I have. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Kashimi]

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking-intel-processors.html

https://lifehacker.com/a-beginners-introduction-to-overclocking-your-intel-pr-5580998

 

[foxxx428]

Thank you for the links but neither of them have addressed the advanced options I was looking for. I want to overclock but keep all the voltages as low as I can doing so. 4.6 is good for me but my idle temps go so up and down and I am certain my power bill would be better if I do this the right way.

 

[zebarjadi.raouf]

but the max temps were 6 degrees from the max

The max recommended daily usage temp is 80c. 90c for stress testing. As for the voltage, it should be fine till 1.375v. So keep these in mind.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

I don't know how to do the offsets

Use auto voltage as a reference, manually lower it till it becomes unstable when testing, increase it slightly for stability. Adjust offset max based on that.

These numbers are hypothetical only.
Example: Let's say your BIOS assigns 1.300v for 4.6GHz. You manually lower it 0.005v at a time while testing till you reach 1.280v and it crashes/freezes meaning instabilty. Then you up the voltage to 1.285v or a little more. Test to make sure it's absolutely stable. Then you adjust offset's max to be 1.285v.

Load Line Calibration

Your OC is quite high. I recommend 50%+ LLC. On Asus that would mean level 4+ (8 levels). If I'm not wrong, Asrock should have 5 levels, so I would set it to level 4.

I'm at 4.6

Your OC is high enough as it is. What do you use this for?