Overclocking on ga z77m d3h

[ky-ky]

When i try to overclock cpu on gigabyte ga z77m d3h, save settings and reboot, pc is failing to launch. Coolers spin, but screen is black and pc is turning itself off and on. I managed to fix it by replacing m/b battery, but i really want to overclock my cpu. How to avoid that issue with m/b battery? Im using f15a bios.

 

[jnewegger23]

You're most likely not stable; what guide(s) if any are you following? If none then I recommend you find a good one specific to your motherboard as possible. I'll update with any links I may find later if I have time.

Here's a vid but the guy is wordy and it may be more confusing than helpful but better than nothing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxCPyF-1tTc

Make sure your vcore is strong enough to power the oc. There is no set formula as each chip is different. For ex, set vcore to 1.25V at 4.3GHz. This may run smoothly or not at all. If it runs well and you have a good chip it may be able to be reduced to say 1.15V. To figure this out you reduce in small steps with each restart. The lower the vcore the cooler your chip runs but go to low and it won't be stable enough to launch, tends to crash, etc. You want to find the lowest vcore for a given OC that is stable. There is much more but it is fundamental enough to help get you going.

I'm not recommending that you try exactly these numbers but just used them as examples. Start small and work your way up. In other words, higher voltage at first with a lower overclock. If your stock speed is 3.2 ghz then try 4.0ghz oc not 5.0. Run this with 1.3vcore and reduce until you find the lowest vcore it still loads well with. Then stress test. If it passes then game. If it passes then you have an idea of how the chip behaves and can try pursuing better (larger overclocks). Reading that you have a non-k it will be difficult to pursue but your motherboard is not the rate limiting factor.

 

[Snipergod87]

It usually means your overclock is to high and it needs to be either A lowered, or B have CPU voltage increased. removing the motherboard battery resets the BIOS (and thus CPU overclock) back to normal values.

Also you can't overclock an i3-2320 (CPU listed in your config). other then a few megahertz which will account to nothing.

If you have an i3-2320 and a GTX 980 you really need to get yourself a quad core, if you want to overclock either a 2500k or 3570k.

 

[ky-ky]

It usually means your overclock is to high and it needs to be either A lowered, or B have CPU voltage increased. removing the motherboard battery resets the BIOS (and thus CPU overclock) back to normal values.

Also you can't overclock an i3-2320 (CPU listed in your config). other then a few megahertz which will account to nothing.

If you have an i3-2320 and a GTX 980 you really need to get yourself a quad core, if you want to overclock either a 2500k or 3570k.

1. old m/b batteries dont work. ive got myself a new one and it worked.
2. i have i5 2320.
3. non k can be overclocked, but not so high as the k models

 

[Snipergod87]

Only thing you can really do with an i5-2320 is play with the turbo boost option and set it to run at max across all 4 cores. You can increase the bus speed to maybe 102 Mhz or mroe depending on the board but to high and you will end up with corrupt data going across PCI-Express lanes and SATA ports.