New to overclocking CPU's! Please help!

[shayaanfacebook]

Hi People!

I'm very new to overclocking, and would very much like to overclock my CPU. Just to give background information on my rig, my specs are:

CPU: Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard: ASUS® ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING: ATX, LGA1151
GPU: 11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti
Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

So to begin, I downloaded a software called 'AI Suite 3' which allows me to overclock my CPU details. I looked online it says the overclocking option are in this screen on the application. The issue is, I don't know what any of this means, I just know that by default the 8700k has its speed at 3.7ghz, and that I want to AMP this up for better CPU performance. Secondly, if I manage to find the values to change, what do you think is a safe number to overclock, with consideration to the specs I have posted above? I don't have a clue on whats considered "too high" and of course I don't want to get temperature issues due to overclocking too high.

Your help on this would be much appreciated!

 

[Dark Squad]

Go slowly and go higher when you can and watch always the temperature if you see that it turns black screen use reset button on your motherboard and if it gets to hot lower clock speed of your cpu

 

[Finstar]

I would generally recommend overclocking through the bios instead of a program.
As for numbers, i assume your cpu is not delidded so realistically 4.8-5GHz depending on how high temps you're comfortable with.
Voltage you should increase incrementally until your desired Clockspeed is stable without overheating (more voltage = more heat).
As for max voltage, i probably wouldn't go over 1.4v but even that can cause too high temps without a delid so keep an eye on your temperatures and try to keep them under 80c or so.

 

[shayaanfacebook]

I would generally recommend overclocking through the bios instead of a program.
As for numbers, i assume your cpu is not delidded so realistically 4.8-5GHz depending on how high temps you're comfortable with.
Voltage you should increase incrementally until your desired Clockspeed is stable without overheating (more voltage = more heat).
As for max voltage, i probably wouldn't go over 1.4v but even that can cause too high temps without a delid so keep an eye on your temperatures and try to keep them under 80c or so.

Why would you suggest going through the BIOS instead? Do you think AI suite 3 not a suitable program? I have been thinking about uninstalling the software from my PC as apparently it is auto-overclocking my CPU right now through its 5 way optimization, where its going higher and lower, and ive been seeing weird inconsistencies on my in-game FPS which may be due to this.

Additionally, Ii I go through the BIOS im assuming I would need to uninstall AI suite 3 as id assume both the configuration on the program / BIOS would conflict which may cause some issues?

 

[Finstar]

I'm not sure whether the AI suite is an independent OC program or if it's controlling the settings in your bios. I'd however suggest uninstalling it and just doing everything through bios as it's much easier and there won't be any software related issues that can happen with 3rd party overclocking programs.

 

[zebarjadi.raouf]

I had problems with AI Suite 3 playing on it's own, uninstall it. You might wanna reset your bios too as it changed half the settings on mine.

Go to bios, Ai Tweaker, "CPU core ratio = Sync all cores" then set your "1-core ratio limit" to something like 45. stress test or game for some time, if temps are below 75c, go higher, if not, go lower. If you crash, go lower.

A pic to help you find it. https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ASUS-ROG-STRIX-Z370E-Gaming-UEFI-KitGuru-2.jpg

As for stuff like manual voltage tweaking, you can get to that later when you're more comfortable

Happy Overclocking.

 

[shayaanfacebook]

Awesome! Thank you both on this!