Hey guys, I know this is posted all over the forums, and there is numerous variables in regards to how much you can over clock your particular CPU.
I have read numerous guides, watched numerous youtube videos and tinkered for 3 days now and I have refrained from asking for help until now.
My goal:
4.5 ghz a nice flat 25% increase in performance.
I have the Asus v1 formula - beautiful motherboard. An aftermarket CPU cooler Noctua NH-D14 the beast.
and the Intel i5 4670k
In regards to testing I followed linus youtube video for over clocking as it clearly explained all of the functions and how to adjust them and I am fairly confident with majority of the settings now.
However I just can't get a stable over clock. At the moment I have been running Intel CPU burn on very high settings for 10 runs through, and if it passes that I was going to move on to Aida 64 and run the stress for a couple hours. But I always fail intel CPU burn no matter what setting I put it on, either with a blue screen, freeze or just a quick restart not once has it come up detailing what it failed or when.
I use CPU-Z to check the clocks, Asus Ai suite to double check and authenticate the clocks have gone through. Though this is where I have a discrepancy in values. My Ai suite idle temp is 24 degrees. my idle temp on Real temp (not GT) is 40 degrees + also on real temp my 4th core is 12 degrees cooler then the rest. Not sure what to make of this or what one to believe I know there mounted in different spots but it still seems drastic to me?
Anyway moving on, I have put my CPU at 4.5 and I started my volts at 1.2 slowly incremented it up until 1.25 and I have read you shouldn't really push past that without a proper liquid cooling build (not the H100i). My computer starts up with many of those volts, and I can even run 3dmark 13 with some of them, but as soon as I run Intel CPU burn it crashes. I really want to get my first stable OC down before I delve into my GFX card OC, but anything past 1.25 volts shows up on my AI suite as 40 degrees spiking to 80 max, real temp however sits about 60 and jumps up to a max I have had so far of 96 and that worries me as I don't want to go past 90 degrees. Anyway guys if I could get some help would be awesome.
Also, Asus 4 way optimisation over clocks it to 4.4 so... if the computer can do a clock like that surely I must be able to accomplish something better.
I also tried modifying the cache ratios to 1:1 and leaving it on auto didn't work.
And even once I find a stable CPU clock, I want to activate the XMP profile for my RAM which is G.Skill Trident X 2400 and I am unsure if this means extra voltage from CPU I heard they kind of interrelate and can cause instability etc. Sorry for the long message just wanted to cram in as many details as I could
Cheers,
Zac
I have read numerous guides, watched numerous youtube videos and tinkered for 3 days now and I have refrained from asking for help until now.
My goal:
4.5 ghz a nice flat 25% increase in performance.
I have the Asus v1 formula - beautiful motherboard. An aftermarket CPU cooler Noctua NH-D14 the beast.
and the Intel i5 4670k
In regards to testing I followed linus youtube video for over clocking as it clearly explained all of the functions and how to adjust them and I am fairly confident with majority of the settings now.
However I just can't get a stable over clock. At the moment I have been running Intel CPU burn on very high settings for 10 runs through, and if it passes that I was going to move on to Aida 64 and run the stress for a couple hours. But I always fail intel CPU burn no matter what setting I put it on, either with a blue screen, freeze or just a quick restart not once has it come up detailing what it failed or when.
I use CPU-Z to check the clocks, Asus Ai suite to double check and authenticate the clocks have gone through. Though this is where I have a discrepancy in values. My Ai suite idle temp is 24 degrees. my idle temp on Real temp (not GT) is 40 degrees + also on real temp my 4th core is 12 degrees cooler then the rest. Not sure what to make of this or what one to believe I know there mounted in different spots but it still seems drastic to me?
Anyway moving on, I have put my CPU at 4.5 and I started my volts at 1.2 slowly incremented it up until 1.25 and I have read you shouldn't really push past that without a proper liquid cooling build (not the H100i). My computer starts up with many of those volts, and I can even run 3dmark 13 with some of them, but as soon as I run Intel CPU burn it crashes. I really want to get my first stable OC down before I delve into my GFX card OC, but anything past 1.25 volts shows up on my AI suite as 40 degrees spiking to 80 max, real temp however sits about 60 and jumps up to a max I have had so far of 96 and that worries me as I don't want to go past 90 degrees. Anyway guys if I could get some help would be awesome.
Also, Asus 4 way optimisation over clocks it to 4.4 so... if the computer can do a clock like that surely I must be able to accomplish something better.
I also tried modifying the cache ratios to 1:1 and leaving it on auto didn't work.
And even once I find a stable CPU clock, I want to activate the XMP profile for my RAM which is G.Skill Trident X 2400 and I am unsure if this means extra voltage from CPU I heard they kind of interrelate and can cause instability etc. Sorry for the long message just wanted to cram in as many details as I could
Cheers,
Zac