Intel God's "Quick & Dirty" OC Guide to 4.4Ghz with Haswell

[johnvonmacz]

so i guess its close?? anyways my batch is 3307b197 is that good???

Try AIDA64, go to system stability test, Tools, then check CPU, FPU, cache, system memory then run, if your processor survives within 5 hours of AIDA64 no BSOD's assume your processor is stable. If your temps during the stress test didn't go as high as 80 and w/out BSOD's for like I said 5 hours, consider your processor awesome.

 

[McChuz]

Frustrating returns policy, looks like I'm going to have to buy a new one and wait for the refund on the old one. Still means I can get the new one faster than waiting for Amazon to process a refund.


Thanks again, I'll let you know if the new chip is an improvement...

 

[johnvonmacz]

Frustrating returns policy, looks like I'm going to have to buy a new one and wait for the refund on the old one. Still means I can get the new one faster than waiting for Amazon to process a refund.


Thanks again, I'll let you know if the new chip is an improvement...

Okie dokes. Keep in touch man

 

[McChuz]

I've order a new one, and I'll send the old one back in the new one's packaging. There was no way to communicate that I wanted a specific batch, so it's fingers crossed.

 

[johnvonmacz]

I've order a new one, and I'll send the old one back in the new one's packaging. There was no way to communicate that I wanted a specific batch, so it's fingers crossed.

Hope you get a good one man

 

[Som3one]

Yesterday, I updated my mobo BIOS again and thought I´d give it another try.
I was able to get it stable (or at least Prime didn´t show an error after 2 hours) at 4.3GHz using the maximum voltages and hitting 87°C.
I guess I´ll have to stick with my 4.2 overclock.

 

[johnvonmacz]

Yesterday, I updated my mobo BIOS again and thought I´d give it another try.
I was able to get it stable (or at least Prime didn´t show an error after 2 hours) at 4.3GHz using the maximum voltages and hitting 87°C.
I guess I´ll have to stick with my 4.2 overclock.

Just stick with 4.2 it's still a good overclock buddy

 

[treflizip]

This is my first time overclocking and have read through a bunch of guides, but alot of stuff is still going over my head. This was pretty simple to follow so thanks a bunch!

I currently have:
multiplier at 45
CPU cache at 35
Vcore at 1.25
Cache voltage at 1.2
Vrin at 1.9

I have been running AIDA64 for the last 20minutes with no issues, with the highest temp ~75. I will let it run for a few more hours to ensure stability.

I just wanted to know if this is stable, where do I go from here? I wasnt able to boot at 46 without increasing vcore over 1.3 (a cap i set for myself). Is there any other settings I should look at changing?

Also, I kind of just plugged those settings in, when looking to reduce voltages what should I do first?
Do I just start reducing vcore until unstable and then vrin, then ring bus?
Should I try push my CPU cache to a higher multiplier? I have read that ideally id want to get this as close as possible to my CPU multiplier.

Sorry if any of these questions seem a bit stupid.

 

[McChuz]

Hi Guys,

I promised an update: I still can't get the 4.4Ghz in IntelGod's guide, nor can I get the 4.3 that JJ from Asus demonstrates on YouTube. Asus' software "4 way optimization" gives an OC that BSOD's on the desktop.

I have reinstalled the standard bios and made no changes. I have decided to leave it all alone, and maybe try again in a couple of years when I might actually NEED to OC my CPU.

Humph. Thanks though for your help.

 

[cavemantech]

Put this together for the new guys who want a quick and dirty way to 4.4Ghz. I used 4.4Ghz because that's the speed almost everyone should be able to hit with a Hyper 212+ EVO.


thanks for the guide , i didn't manage 4.4ghz tho i must have a bad chip, iv booted into windows at 4.2ghz and prime 95 stress testing now, going to run it for 8 hours.

First things to change in the Bios. Make sure you are on your newest bios before overclocking.

1. Set "All Core" CPU Multiplier to 44X
2. Set CPU cache Multiplier also called the Ring bus multiplier to 35
3. Set Fixed CPU Vcore to 1.25 -1.30v
4. Set CPU Cache Voltage also could be called Ring Bus voltage to 1.20v -1.25vv
5. Set Vrin also called "CPU Input Voltage" To 1.9v - 2.1v

DO NOT and i repeat DO NOT mix up the "Cpu Voltage" and the "CPU Input Voltage". One is for the CPU and the other for the On Die VRM's.

Save and reboot into windows.
Use your favorite Stress tool. I used IBT on High and monitor temps with Realtemp or some other monitoring program.
Run it for 10 Runs or 20 or whoever you feel comfortable with. I run it for 10 usually. If it doesn't blue screen you after the 5th run you could assume you're stable. Again run it for as many times as you want. Get through 10 or 20 runs and no crash? Congratulations you're stable and you can fine tune.





I couldn't get a clear Bios picture for you all so this is the next best thing.





Some extra's. Some bios' will add in a little offset voltage for both the CPU and Cache. Mine was .8 for the CPU and .4 for the Cache. If that happens put the lowest setting you can. Not "Auto" but .01 for each. My ASRock board did but i don't know if yours will. Any questions please post in here and i will answer.

 

[johnvonmacz]

Hi Guys,

I promised an update: I still can't get the 4.4Ghz in IntelGod's guide, nor can I get the 4.3 that JJ from Asus demonstrates on YouTube. Asus' software "4 way optimization" gives an OC that BSOD's on the desktop.

I have reinstalled the standard bios and made no changes. I have decided to leave it all alone, and maybe try again in a couple of years when I might actually NEED to OC my CPU.

Humph. Thanks though for your help.

Did you got a new chip?

 

[McChuz]

UPDATE:

Yes John, Amaxaon replaecd my chip and refunded the old one without argument.

So anyway... I got ASUS's "easy" OC to work (Youtube). I think the problem was that I was starting from the UEFI "optimized defaults" rather than from a completely unaltered fresh BIOS install.

1. AI overclock tuner to MANUAL
2. CPU core ratio to 43, SYNC ALL CORES
3. Min CPU ratio to AUTO, max CPU to 43
4. CPU core voltage to ADAPTIVE
5. Additional turbo mode 1.3
6. AI overclock tuner to XMP

I'm not sure that you guys approve of Adaptive Voltage though, doesn't it make the CPU run hotter than necessary?

 

[cavemantech]

Hi guys, so I downloaded the bluescreen error thing because iv BSOD'ed about 5 times since Overclocking my CPU im pretty sure its not undervolted, blue screen check says about drivers so iv updated chipset, re downloaded nvida drivers fresh install, and double checked the OC seems safe, i dont know what the errors mean even when shown tho :/

1: 090613-7971-01.dmp

caused by: driver: hall.dll

2: same thing as 1.

3: same.

4:091013-7207-01.dmp

caused by: ntoskrnl.exe

currently at:
Tops 74 and ring at 35 ratio, VCCIN voltage:2.100.

cpu core voltage:1.275

ring voltage: 1.125

at 4.2ghz

would i be right in rasing vcore until it doesn't blue screen? It was at 1.260 this morning when it BSOD while watching a dvd, so keep it at 1.275 and watch for blues? Then if it blues again up v core slightly?

help please :/

 

[kiezz]

UPDATE:

Yes John, Amaxaon replaecd my chip and refunded the old one without argument.

So anyway... I got ASUS's "easy" OC to work (Youtube). I think the problem was that I was starting from the UEFI "optimized defaults" rather than from a completely unaltered fresh BIOS install.

1. AI overclock tuner to MANUAL
2. CPU core ratio to 43, SYNC ALL CORES
3. Min CPU ratio to AUTO, max CPU to 43
4. CPU core voltage to ADAPTIVE
5. Additional turbo mode 1.3
6. AI overclock tuner to XMP

I'm not sure that you guys approve of Adaptive Voltage though, doesn't it make the CPU run hotter than necessary?

adaptive voltage basically supplies as much voltage (maybe a little extra) as needed for stability, so yes can be a cause of more heat,
you should use alsuite or hwmonitor and see what voltage its using to keep your cpu stable and then manually set it to that in bios and then reduce the voltage in 0.02 increments and doing short 10 min prime95 tests until you fail then put the voltage up 0.03 and do a 2 hour test for stability it should be your minimum voltage

 

[kiezz]

Hi guys, so I downloaded the bluescreen error thing because iv BSOD'ed about 5 times since Overclocking my CPU im pretty sure its not undervolted, blue screen check says about drivers so iv updated chipset, re downloaded nvida drivers fresh install, and double checked the OC seems safe, i dont know what the errors mean even when shown tho :/

1: 090613-7971-01.dmp

caused by: driver: hall.dll

2: same thing as 1.

3: same.

4:091013-7207-01.dmp

caused by: ntoskrnl.exe

currently at:
Tops 74 and ring at 35 ratio, VCCIN voltage:2.100.

cpu core voltage:1.275

ring voltage: 1.125

at 4.2ghz

would i be right in rasing vcore until it doesn't blue screen? It was at 1.260 this morning when it BSOD while watching a dvd, so keep it at 1.275 and watch for blues? Then if it blues again up v core slightly?

help please :/

whats your specs? your probably better off starting a new thread specific to your problem as more people will see it

 

[cavemantech]

Hi guys, so I downloaded the bluescreen error thing because iv BSOD'ed about 5 times since Overclocking my CPU im pretty sure its not undervolted, blue screen check says about drivers so iv updated chipset, re downloaded nvida drivers fresh install, and double checked the OC seems safe, i dont know what the errors mean even when shown tho :/

1: 090613-7971-01.dmp

caused by: driver: hall.dll

2: same thing as 1.

3: same.

4:091013-7207-01.dmp

caused by: ntoskrnl.exe

currently at:
Tops 74 and ring at 35 ratio, VCCIN voltage:2.100.

cpu core voltage:1.275

ring voltage: 1.125

at 4.2ghz

would i be right in rasing vcore until it doesn't blue screen? It was at 1.260 this morning when it BSOD while watching a dvd, so keep it at 1.275 and watch for blues? Then if it blues again up v core slightly?

help please :/

whats your specs? your probably better off starting a new thread specific to your problem as more people will see it

4670k

mobo: msi z87-gd65

graphics: msi gtx 760 2gb

cpu cooler: cooler master seiden 120xl in push pull

 

[brownballa55]

Hi I tried this setup on my 4770k with a noctua nh-d14 and im stable but im getting temps in the 90s and core 1 is spiking at 100? is this okay? or should I clock down? Or is there something wrong with my cooler setup? This is the rig I am using: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1cZvD

 

[Som3one]

Yeah, I would definately step it down a bit. I´d say aim for 85°C (or lower) when stress testing.

 

[Dequstator]

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[Amin Sabet]

Put this together for the new guys who want a quick and dirty way to 4.4Ghz. I used 4.4Ghz because that's the speed almost everyone should be able to hit with a Hyper 212+ EVO.

First things to change in the Bios. Make sure you are on your newest bios before overclocking.

1. Set "All Core" CPU Multiplier to 44X
2. Set CPU cache Multiplier also called the Ring bus multiplier to 35
3. Set Fixed CPU Vcore to 1.25 -1.30v
4. Set CPU Cache Voltage also could be called Ring Bus voltage to 1.20v -1.25vv
5. Set Vrin also called "CPU Input Voltage" To 1.9v - 2.1v

Just got my 4770k and happen to be using the Hyper 212 EVO you mentioned.

In my ASUS UEFI BIOS Utility, I set to "Sync All Cores" with a CPU multiplier (Core Ratio) of 44 and set a fixed CPU core voltage of 1.2V. From there I left the other settings on "Auto", and it chose 39 for the CPU cache multiplier, 1.13V for the CPU cache voltage, and 1.8V for the CPU input voltage.

Appears to be rock stable with those settings, and my temps are hovering around 70 degrees or cooler under full load. I am happy!

 

[johnvonmacz]

Hi guys, so I downloaded the bluescreen error thing because iv BSOD'ed about 5 times since Overclocking my CPU im pretty sure its not undervolted, blue screen check says about drivers so iv updated chipset, re downloaded nvida drivers fresh install, and double checked the OC seems safe, i dont know what the errors mean even when shown tho :/

1: 090613-7971-01.dmp

caused by: driver: hall.dll

2: same thing as 1.

3: same.

4:091013-7207-01.dmp

caused by: ntoskrnl.exe

currently at:
Tops 74 and ring at 35 ratio, VCCIN voltage:2.100.

cpu core voltage:1.275

ring voltage: 1.125

at 4.2ghz

would i be right in rasing vcore until it doesn't blue screen? It was at 1.260 this morning when it BSOD while watching a dvd, so keep it at 1.275 and watch for blues? Then if it blues again up v core slightly?

help please :/

whats your specs? your probably better off starting a new thread specific to your problem as more people will see it

4670k

mobo: msi z87-gd65

graphics: msi gtx 760 2gb

cpu cooler: cooler master seiden 120xl in push pull

Put this together for the new guys who want a quick and dirty way to 4.4Ghz. I used 4.4Ghz because that's the speed almost everyone should be able to hit with a Hyper 212+ EVO.

First things to change in the Bios. Make sure you are on your newest bios before overclocking.

1. Set "All Core" CPU Multiplier to 44X
2. Set CPU cache Multiplier also called the Ring bus multiplier to 35
3. Set Fixed CPU Vcore to 1.25 -1.30v
4. Set CPU Cache Voltage also could be called Ring Bus voltage to 1.20v -1.25vv
5. Set Vrin also called "CPU Input Voltage" To 1.9v - 2.1v

Just got my 4770k and happen to be using the Hyper 212 EVO you mentioned.

In my ASUS UEFI BIOS Utility, I set to "Sync All Cores" with a CPU multiplier (Core Ratio) of 44 and set a fixed CPU core voltage of 1.2V. From there I left the other settings on "Auto", and it chose 39 for the CPU cache multiplier, 1.13V for the CPU cache voltage, and 1.8V for the CPU input voltage.

Appears to be rock stable with those settings, and my temps are hovering around 70 degrees or cooler under full load. I am happy!

What stress testing software are you using?

 

[Amin Sabet]

What stress testing software are you using?

Prime95 plus regular use (games, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc)

 

[DTH]

Just thought I'd add to this thread - My batch # is L313B428 and I'm running stable at 5Ghz with a Core Voltage of 1.29. Temps maxing out at 65 degrees while playing BF3 on highest settings.

 

[Som3one]

Is it just me or do the latest batches seem to be overclockers?
I mean, ok, I really got a bad one...but still.

 

[DTH]

Maybe their new manufacturing machinery is simply 'wearing in'