need help overclocking for first time builder

[Butters5000]

hello, was wondering if asus 5 way optimization is the way to go for a new builder and new overclocker or if i should do it manually? any help would be great.

i have used asus 5 way, and got it to 4.3ghz and 1.345 max volt, i tried it before setting it to 4.3 and got it to 4.7ghz and about under 1.4volts, think it was around 1.6v but wanted to be in the safe zone so moved it down a bit.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($74.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.71 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 370 2GB Dual-X Video Card
Case: Inwin 503 BLACK ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($84.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $866.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-28 02:51 EDT-0400

 

[Butters5000]

don't know what is wrong now, i reset it back to default and seems to be working better. but temps are getting a little high, almost back to the 80c, could the thermal paste be bad, it's like grey and blackish.

 

[Butters5000]

going to try and reapply again, and hope it works out better this time.

 

[Butters5000]

okay redid it, although didn't have to, it was spead just right, hope did it just as good this round, was wondering could it be that i need another fan? because atm i only have 2 plus the cpu fan

 

[Butters5000]

thinking i need to add another fan, because one is exhaust fan and the front one is where hard drives are, and the case while it looks good, the fact that the fans are behind a panel with like an inch and a half opening to suck air in, it's probably better to test another fan to see if it helps, before raging on it.

 

[Butters5000]

i just overclocked to 4.2ghz and set the volts to 1.232, then ran aida64 for 30minutes and the max temp they got to was 65c, is that good and do you think i could move it to 4.3ghz and still be stable? 4.4 would be max i want to go, but if not atleast 4.3 would be good

 

[Butters5000]

ah thanks for all the help, putting the volts to 1.232 seems to have fixed the problem, got it oc to 4.4ghz now and temp still stays at 65c max, left it for 3 hours.

 

[NerdIT]

ah thanks for all the help, putting the volts to 1.232 seems to have fixed the problem, got it oc to 4.4ghz now and temp still stays at 65c max, left it for 3 hours.

Glad you got it working and stable!

If your system is unstable at all, I would just drop it down to 4.3 -as you the 100Mhz you are losing is not going to effect you by much at all (outside benchmarks)

Happy overclockin'!