The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[azzazel_99]

Well the 3770k is as much as a 4670k and im not sure for the price I'd get much of any gains going to a 2600k or 2700k. What can I expect from this refresh of intels? Does anyone know?

 

[Mirakledba]

Sorry for not posting a lot lately! Onus, If I click OC GENE, You sure It will go up to 4ghz?

 

[Onus]

I'd think so; that's pretty mild. I used OC Genie on my Z77A-GD65 Gaming and it had no trouble hitting 4.2GHz.

 

[RussK1]

I got a question...... im starting to bottleneck my 780ti in bf4. I play normally 64man servers which as many of you know is very cpu demanding. I run my 2500k normally at 4.2 or 4.4ghz but either way I still get some dips into the 60's or 50's during heavy fights or big maps. My cpu usage usually get too 90-92% usage in game and gpu is at 70% usually. My question is should I try to push my 2500k and msi mobo further and risk hurting something or should I get a new mobo cpu and use the current setup as a backup gaming rig? If I upgrade im torn between the 4770k for the little extra juice or the 4670k. $100 difference which isnt a big deal so.

Sorry for not posting a lot lately! Onus, If I click OC GENE, You sure It will go up to 4ghz?

You should easily hit 4GHz with auto voltage.

 

[Mirakledba]

Ok So I just click the OC gene button, when its in the bios, And done!?

 

[Lutfij]

Auto voltages = highest possible voltage setting in BIOS. I wouldn't advise that. Set voltages BCLK and ram timings manually into Bios and reboot. Your cooler is more than capable of cooling an overclocked system.

 

[Mirakledba]

what do you mean BCLK? Are you talking about a small OC or just normal big OC's'? And the ram is at 1600mhz, Its meant to be, When I OC do I drop it to 1333mhZ? little more detail please

 

[Mirakledba]

are you saying that with stock voltages, Just set my multilayer say at 40 for 4.0ghz? if that is stable, go higher with stock voltage, when it crashes, Raise the voltage by....how much?

 

[Lutfij]

here

some additional information to help along the way
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-29.html
http://www.overclockers.com/3step-guide-to-overclock-intel-haswell

Wouldn't hurt if you joined the Intel overclocking club and posted a question there...

If you bump up any values, understand what each one does and increase in minor steps.

 

[Mirakledba]

Sure Ill post it there

 

[Mirakledba]

I just posted there if you wanna check it out. I just dont know if anyone is gonna reply as last post was at the 7th....

 

[Lutfij]

If nothing happens in the next week, start a new thread in the overclocking section. Please be patient with answers as we are all here voluntarily

While you wait, its best to stock up on information I've laid down for you.
* Go into BIOS and take notes of all the functions there are in the overclocking section on a piece of paper, understand what each does and move from there.

 

[Mirakledba]

Later on today I will do that I read the OC guide you sent me. I mean I can easily just watch this on my laptop as I OC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYg1pIbRCs

But, Ill still write some down

 

[Lutfij]

you could but I've stated this before, not all chips are the same. I'm sure you've found it while you were reading up on guides... so depending on your piece of silicon, you may be able to hit high clocks with relatively lower voltages than others. Similarly you may even be able to run the lowest voltage possible on a mild overclock.

Again, I'd advise on going with a thread of your own since this is a discussions thread, your problem is more specific to your hardware and you can link your thread here, everyone else frequenting this thread can offer their opinions and/or experiences. You'll see others offer more info.

Not the same chip but I've managed to overclock my Q9550 system for the lowest possible voltage needed, In fact it was far lower than stock voltages. In order for me to accomplish that, I had to look high and low of what made what tick. Literally had to balance alot of voltages and timings as well as multipliers for achieving that feat.

Oh, and good luck

 

[azzazel_99]

turn up the multiplier and leave the voltage alone until you start crashing or getting errors. Then slowly start raising your voltage until you become stable again keeping it as low as possible. Then rinse and repeat. Thats the basics of overclocking your cpu.

 

[stickg1]

Well the 3770k is as much as a 4670k and im not sure for the price I'd get much of any gains going to a 2600k or 2700k. What can I expect from this refresh of intels? Does anyone know?

Well you're using a 2500K correct, and getting near 100% CPU usage? Well a 2600K and 2700K have hyperthreading. So much more CPU to pick up extra tasks.

2500K, 3570K, 4670K are in a lower tier than 2600K, 3770K, 4770K. The 2nd group has more threads.

Sandy, Ivy, Haswell are all marginal gains in performance. Going from a 2500K to 4670K clock for clock would net about 15% gain tops. Going from 2500K to 2600K/3770K would be a greater gain in situations where you can utilize more than 4 threads. Which is the issue you are having.

 

[Mirakledba]

I dont wanna hijack this thread so http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2084347/overclock-4670k.html I made my own as lutfij suggested (Regarding the OC)

So feel free to answer here if you want. Those are the main questions I have.

So I need to watch a video to help me a bit....so would you recommend Linus's haswell Oc guide or OC3DTVs OC guide using my mobo?

 

[azzazel_99]

It would probably just be best to wait for the new stuff tho right? I was interested in getting a 4770k but im not impressed with their lack over oc capability vs the sandy bridge.

 

[Mirakledba]

I hit OC gene just to check. Gave me 1.256v with 4ghz and temps are in the low 30's

Just by the looks of this, Good chip or bad chip? Or still hard to tell?

 

[Onus]

Does it work for you? Then it's fine.

 

[Mirakledba]

does what work for me?

 

[Mirakledba]

Is the CPU Base clock the CPU core voltage? Cause I cant find "Cpu core voltage" On this bios... Is it the base clock strap or the Base clock?

 

[stickg1]

Auto OC is a one size fits all type deal. You won't find anything out about your chip until you scale the frequencies and required voltages yourself.

I explained how to do this over a month ago. And your question of "how to overclock haswell" gets asked and answered on Tom's several times per day. So use the resources available to get the info you need. When you have a specific question that you can't find an answer to I'm sure someone will be glad to help.

 

[stickg1]

Base clock is 100MHz, CPU VID, vCore, or core voltage is your voltage.

 

[Lutfij]

MDBA - ask any and/or all question pertaining to your OC on your thread and also do a search off Tom's and you shall definitely find it. You may be surprised if you were honest and admitted that you don't know anything about overclocking on your thread, you could be given a barrage of threads to read for learning how to overclock 😛 though your search will yield more answers at a faster pace than waiting for someone to answer it for you.