Overclocking I5 3550 Help

[2Times]

I have a intel extreme series mobo and im trying to overclock my I5 to 4.0ghz What setting do I need to put in to achieve this I am a noob all help is appreciated.

 

[GhislainG]

You normally need a K CPU to overclock to 4.0 GHz, but if you really want to do it and you understand the risks associated with BCLK overlooking (risk of data loss or corruption), then read this: http://www.overclock.net/t/1281920/lightbox/post/17705098/id/964154

 

[k1114]

Non k sb and ib are able to oc 400mhz above turbo. The max for the cpu would then be 4.1ghz. Just change the multiplier aka cpu ratio to 40 for 4.0ghz. Auto vcore is probably fine although higher than needed. Just check what it goes to when you stress test.

 

[2Times]

You normally need a K CPU to overclock to 4.0 GHz, but if you really want to do it and you understand the risks associated with BCLK overlooking (risk of data loss or corruption), then read this: http://www.overclock.net/t/1281920/lightbox/post/17705098/id/964154

No image shows for this. Also im a noob I have done it following a picture with a msi board I had but I replaced it with a intel one and the bios is different. I should be doing this in the bios setting or can I do it with the intel tuning app? In the app I have my cores set to 40 but its not say 4.0 ghz

 

[k1114]

Stress test what speed does it go to?

 

[2Times]

Stress test what speed does it go to?

3.5 to 3.6

 

[k1114]

You should just go into bios and do it.

 

[GhislainG]

I doubt an Intel motherboard will let you exceed the turbo speed (3.7 GHz). Why the non-K CPU if you overclocking was your goal?

 

[2Times]

I had a Msi motherboard it let me get to 4.0ghz It looks like theres parts that are greyed out where I can change them and When I do its not letting me unless I can achieve this by change volts and such.

 

[teknobug]

You can get it to 3.9GHz on all 4 cores on certain motherboards and in order to reach 4GHz you'll need 102.78 BCLK which overclocks the RAM, hard drive, north chipset, etc. but shouldn't be too big of an issue until you go over 105 BCLK. Turn off turbo, speed step and set LLC to 5 (I think it was) and leave voltage at default. I use an ASRock Z77 Pro4 with an i5 3550 and it runs 3.9GHz beautifully.

Otherwise on most motherboards, you'll only able to get to 3.7GHz.