Overclocking is hard

[noxinum]

Is 4300 MHz good for an I5-6600k?
and is GPU clock +200MHz and +500MHz on the memory clock good? also have gpu voltage +50% and power limit +11% on a gigabyte 1060

 

[mcnumpty23]

4300mhz is average for a 6600k but it depends on your cooling

 

[noxinum]

I have a Corsair H100i V2

 

[grimfox]

are you saying you're overvolting your GPU by 50%? that seems like a lot to get a 200MHz boost.

 

[noxinum]

what would you suggest? I'm new to this hahaha

 

[mcnumpty23]

can probably go higher then 4.5ghz---4.7ghz area as long as temps are ok and not using too much voltage

my 6600k is at 4.7ghz and will probably go more as got full watercooling but too much time is needed to overclock and test it out once you get near the limits

of what it can go to so i just shoved it straight to 4.7ghz and left it there--one day will get round to seeing how high it can go

 

[spat55]

are you saying you're overvolting your GPU by 50%? that seems like a lot to get a 200MHz boost.

I don't think it matters, I maxed mine out to 100% on voltage because NVidia BIOS lock the GTX 1070 to 1.09v anyway although I'm not sure it is the same for GTX 1060 there will be some measure to protect it.

 

[mcnumpty23]

are you saying you're overvolting your GPU by 50%? that seems like a lot to get a 200MHz boost.

no they arent--they either mean the power limit or 50% of the available over volt which might only be 0.1v at 100% so a 0.05v increase

 

[noxinum]

I used my motherboard EZ wizard so it OC to that ( Z170 pro gaming )

 

[mcnumpty23]

I used my motherboard EZ wizard so it OC to that ( Z170 pro gaming )

just make sure its not using too much vcore then software auto overclocking tends to be generous with the voltage

 

[noxinum]

as for gpu is it stable or could I step up more?

 

[mcnumpty23]

as for gpu is it stable or could I step up more?

slowly step it up until its unstable then ease it back

if using software that applys the gpu overclock at windows start up make sure you know what key over rides the over clock just in case

for afterburner you would tap ctrl key as pc starts to over ride a bad over clock other softwares might use different key

 

[noxinum]

what do you mean by unstable? I'm using the Gigabyte xtreme gaming, where I need to be logged in windows to use it

 

[mcnumpty23]

unstable--you will get artifacts on screen or it will freeze or go black once its as high as it will go

just make sure the load this overclock at windows start up box is unticked in the gigabyte utility until you are finished overclocking

 

[noxinum]

the only thing that says the "same" thing as you did is in options under General Settings, there's an option saying: Start with Windows

 

[mcnumpty23]

the only thing that says the "same" thing as you did is in options under General Settings, there's an option saying: Start with Windows

yes that will be it dont tick that until you are happy your overclock is stable--or if you need to restart the pc you might find yourself with no display

or if that means the whole program then there should also be one that means apply the overclock at windows start up

 

[noxinum]

and now I should just go by trial and error I suppose

 

[noxinum]

btw what if I already had artifacts on screen? ( when playing videos )

 

[mcnumpty23]

yes just go slowly is all and run a graphics benchmark like unigine to test the overclock each time you move it up

 

[mcnumpty23]

btw what if I already had artifacts on screen? ( when playing videos )

that could be something totally different--you want to test with a game or graphics benchmark

 

[noxinum]

ye using unigine Valley I think I found my gpu core max what about the memory?

 

[mcnumpty23]

ye using unigine Valley I think I found my gpu core max what about the memory?

same thing just do it so much at a time until it artifacts etc

 

[noxinum]

so more artifacts means it's the memory? ok thank you!

 

[mcnumpty23]

so more artifacts means it's the memory? ok thank you!

yes the memory clock is more likely to artifact at first rather than just freeze or black screen

 

[noxinum]

it artifacts valley?