Successful overclock 3.3Ghz-4.5Ghz..looking for advice for fine tuning

[L0stChild]

Im almost at the end of the journey and want to settle. But before i do i like to know if there are some final touches i should go over before I leave it for a few years.

Ive come from a Core 2 Quad Q9300 system that I had since 2008 and this past week I built a new system with the Skylake CPU i5 6400. All the major points that i wanted improved were solved and adding on top of the performance, im very satisfied with the overclock results.

The Goods
i5 6400 2.7-3.3Ghz Skylake,
Gigabyte Z170-HD3P,
Radeon R9 380,
G Skills V-series 2x4GB DDR4 ,
Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim Cooler,
Samsung 850 EVO SSD,
Corsair CX600

These are the results recorded at best from 3DMARK06:
(old pc)Overclocked Q9300 3.0Ghz, 4GB Ram score:15761
Stock i5 6400 3.3Ghz, 8GB Ram score: 25047
Overclocked i5 6400 4.51Ghz, 8GB ram score 37097 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/17876632

cpu-z http://valid.x86.fr/9uzly8

now i im only stopping here because i find no need to spend more time and risk as im already satisfied with the performance gained. I just like to know whether theres anything that i might have missed or should take a look at before i let my pc alone. Would love anyone whos done non k overclocking and or especially same hardware as i have to put a comment in!

 

[Captainawzome]

Im almost at the end of the journey and want to settle. But before i do i like to know if there are some final touches i should go over before I leave it for a few years.

Ive come from a Core 2 Quad Q9300 system that I had since 2008 and this past week I built a new system with the Skylake CPU i5 6400. All the major points that i wanted improved were solved and adding on top of the performance, im very satisfied with the overclock results.

The Goods
i5 6400 2.7-3.3Ghz Skylake,
Gigabyte Z170-HD3P,
Radeon R9 380,
G Skills V-series 2x4GB DDR4 ,
Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim Cooler,
Samsung 850 EVO SSD,
Corsair CX600

These are the results recorded at best from 3DMARK06:
(old pc)Overclocked Q9300 3.0Ghz, 4GB Ram score:15761
Stock i5 6400 3.3Ghz, 8GB Ram score: 25047
Overclocked i5 6400 4.51Ghz, 8GB ram score 37097 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/17876632

cpu-z http://valid.x86.fr/9uzly8

now i im only stopping here because i find no need to spend more time and risk as im already satisfied with the performance gained. I just like to know whether theres anything that i might have missed or should take a look at before i let my pc alone. Would love anyone whos done non k overclocking and or especially same hardware as i have to put a comment in!

Non-K overclocking for skylake isn't possible...yet.

I would keep my eyes peeled for some motherboard or hardware that could make this possible. Also, your GPU driver isn't installed/supported, just a heads up.

 

[L0stChild]

Im almost at the end of the journey and want to settle. But before i do i like to know if there are some final touches i should go over before I leave it for a few years.

Ive come from a Core 2 Quad Q9300 system that I had since 2008 and this past week I built a new system with the Skylake CPU i5 6400. All the major points that i wanted improved were solved and adding on top of the performance, im very satisfied with the overclock results.

The Goods
i5 6400 2.7-3.3Ghz Skylake,
Gigabyte Z170-HD3P,
Radeon R9 380,
G Skills V-series 2x4GB DDR4 ,
Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim Cooler,
Samsung 850 EVO SSD,
Corsair CX600

These are the results recorded at best from 3DMARK06:
(old pc)Overclocked Q9300 3.0Ghz, 4GB Ram score:15761
Stock i5 6400 3.3Ghz, 8GB Ram score: 25047
Overclocked i5 6400 4.51Ghz, 8GB ram score 37097 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/17876632

cpu-z http://valid.x86.fr/9uzly8

now i im only stopping here because i find no need to spend more time and risk as im already satisfied with the performance gained. I just like to know whether theres anything that i might have missed or should take a look at before i let my pc alone. Would love anyone whos done non k overclocking and or especially same hardware as i have to put a comment in!

Non-K overclocking for skylake isn't possible...yet.

I would keep my eyes peeled for some motherboard or hardware that could make this possible. Also, your GPU driver isn't installed/supported, just a heads up.

NOT POSSIBLE?
so ur saying i didnt overclock my cpu? did u look at any of my links?

what do u mean my gpu driver isnt installed

 

[Captainawzome]

Im almost at the end of the journey and want to settle. But before i do i like to know if there are some final touches i should go over before I leave it for a few years.

Ive come from a Core 2 Quad Q9300 system that I had since 2008 and this past week I built a new system with the Skylake CPU i5 6400. All the major points that i wanted improved were solved and adding on top of the performance, im very satisfied with the overclock results.

The Goods
i5 6400 2.7-3.3Ghz Skylake,
Gigabyte Z170-HD3P,
Radeon R9 380,
G Skills V-series 2x4GB DDR4 ,
Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim Cooler,
Samsung 850 EVO SSD,
Corsair CX600

These are the results recorded at best from 3DMARK06:
(old pc)Overclocked Q9300 3.0Ghz, 4GB Ram score:15761
Stock i5 6400 3.3Ghz, 8GB Ram score: 25047
Overclocked i5 6400 4.51Ghz, 8GB ram score 37097 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/17876632

cpu-z http://valid.x86.fr/9uzly8

now i im only stopping here because i find no need to spend more time and risk as im already satisfied with the performance gained. I just like to know whether theres anything that i might have missed or should take a look at before i let my pc alone. Would love anyone whos done non k overclocking and or especially same hardware as i have to put a comment in!

Non-K overclocking for skylake isn't possible...yet.

I would keep my eyes peeled for some motherboard or hardware that could make this possible. Also, your GPU driver isn't installed/supported, just a heads up.

NOT POSSIBLE?
so ur saying i didnt overclock my cpu? did u look at any of my links?

what do u mean my gpu driver isnt installed

My bad about the CPU.

On the 3dmark website it says "Unsupported benchmark. Driver has not been tested or approved."

 

[L0stChild]

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My bad about the CPU.

On the 3dmark website it says "Unsupported benchmark. Driver has not been tested or approved."
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oh np i wassnt sure if u tryin to troll on my post or some kinda april fools thing. cuz i worked my ass off getting from point a-b lol

yea the driver iono whats that about i just ignore that. it shows up on all my tests so idont really give a damn what that is lol.

 

[Jonathan Cave]

What overclock settings have you used to get you to this point?

i see you have 1.33v - what temps are you getting during stress testing ?

 

[L0stChild]

What overclock settings have you used to get you to this point?

i see you have 1.33v - what temps are you getting during stress testing ?

I increased the bclk from 100 to 167 ish
dropped the ram multiplier to 16 so i wouldnt go above 2700mhz as recommended (2400 is the stock xmp settings)
increased vcore to 1.350

as for the temp there is no reading but if i had to guess its probably around 35-40degrees celcius at idle and normal cpu usage. not sure about stress test

 

[TJ Hooker]

Err, you're overclocking/overvolting with no idea what your temps are? Seems risky. I know non-k OC prevents you from reading core temp, but you should still be able to read CPU and Package temps.

 

[L0stChild]

Err, you're overclocking/overvolting with no idea what your temps are? Seems risky. I know non-k OC prevents you from reading core temp, but you should still be able to read CPU and Package temps.

well lets put it this way. what are u reading with 1.35volts? its not gonna be much different than my educated guess which is 40-45degrees ive been touching my cooler base where the pipes meet everytime i test and i dont feel anything im pretty damn sure im not overheating. if anything is heating its my video card

at stock im running under 20degrees and 35-40 with prime

 

[L0stChild]

heres an example http://valid.x86.fr/fdmlkf
i might be presuming but i can probably bet that hes running after market cooler just like me and his voltage is just about right. given the parts hes using i can compare knowing hes not running LN2 or anything in that range to be cooling off that rapid because of the heat from 1.3xx

 

[TJ Hooker]

You're running under 20 C at idle at stock? What's your ambient temperature?

 

[L0stChild]

You're running under 20 C at idle at stock? What's your ambient temperature?

 

[TJ Hooker]

Again, what's your ambient temperature, i.e. the temperature of the room your PC is in?

 

[L0stChild]

Again, what's your ambient temperature, i.e. the temperature of the room your PC is in?

i live in vancouver does that help?

jesus does that really matter ? like im putting my pc in the freezer to prove my numbers are low?

 

[TJ Hooker]

Yes, it matters, because having temps below ambient is impossible. Either you're in a room that 14 C or less, or your sensors are wrong. Or real temp is reporting temp incorrectly. If it's either of the latter 2, I would consider it an issue that might need looking into.

 

[L0stChild]

Yes, it matters, because having temps below ambient is impossible. Either you're in a room that 14 C or less, or your sensors are wrong. Or real temp is reporting temp incorrectly. If it's either of the latter 2, I would consider it an issue that might need looking into.

that screen shot was made at 4am pst
i got no clue what the exact temperature is and i dont have a thermostat. right now its 10am and its 11degrees outside sunny.
core temp reading can be off by 5 lets just say that,. even then i should be fine
all i know is that when i touch the heatsink pipes than meet at the cpu its room temperature not even the slightest heat coming off it.
unless im wrong about common sense here.. i think im good with temperature.
i also ran prime 95 then restarted and go into bios to check the temperature cuz thats probably the only way i can get some sense of the temp im at while running prime