5820K X99 Ultimate Overclocking Guide

[LinusTech]

Great guide but I got a bit confused. When you enabled XMP you said the bclk changed to 125 and had to adjust cpu timings to it. But later when you said to mess a bit with the bclk for a stable overclock you changed it from 100 to 101... so which is it? Enable XMP and go back to 100 bclk or stay with the XMP bclk?

 

 

I ended up manually overriding the XMP base clock change back to the normal 100 strap because my system was perfectly stable with it. Not all will be, and many CPU/motherboard combinations will require a 125 strap to reach 2666MHz RAM.

[KatanoWaki]

Great guide but I got a bit confused. When you enabled XMP you said the bclk changed to 125 and had to adjust cpu timings to it. But later when you said to mess a bit with the bclk for a stable overclock you changed it from 100 to 101... so which is it? Enable XMP and go back to 100 bclk or stay with the XMP bclk?

 

Did they set BCLK to 125 in a few of those shots? They set it @ 11:43 while talking about STRAP. Couldn't this potentially damage some stuff? 

I was under the impression that BCLK should never be set above 106 since it controls sata, pci and ram with the cpu and STRAP is a ratio that separates the CPU from BCLK. I recall hearing stories about people damaging stuff setting these wrong.

 

Clarification would be nice. Great video otherwise, transitions perfectly to z97, it's the same workflow I used to get to 4.6 on my 4790k. I played with strap but couldn't get any higher so I opted to keep it simple, never touched bclk.

[Samson123]

thank you for the 60 fps i much prefer it over 1440p or 4k.

[himie]

I ended up manually overriding the XMP base clock change back to the normal 100 strap because my system was perfectly stable with it. Not all will be, and many CPU/motherboard combinations will require a 125 strap to reach 2666MHz RAM.

 

 

Did they set BCLK to 125 in a few of those shots? They set it @ 11:43 while talking about STRAP. Couldn't this potentially damage some stuff? 

I was under the impression that BCLK should never be set above 106 since it controls sata, pci and ram with the cpu and STRAP is a ratio that separates the CPU from BCLK. I recall hearing stories about people damaging stuff setting these wrong.

 

Clarification would be nice. Great video otherwise, transitions perfectly to z97, it's the same workflow I used to get to 4.6 on my 4790k. I played with strap but couldn't get any higher so I opted to keep it simple, never touched bclk.

 

Ah I see, thanks for clarifying. I'm planning on building my first pc soon probably next year so don't want to overlook small details like this. Like you said in the video lower bclk and not so crazy ram speeds are better. But again, this is an extreme build probably won't have this issue on Z97 or whatever the consumer platform is next year.

thank you for the 60 fps i much prefer it over 1440p or 4k.

Yes! Definitively love the 1080p60 better than 4k.

[Kowalamaster]

LINUS YOU ARE WRONG THE ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREAME BLACK EDITION HAS PREMIUM AUDIO AND ONBOARD WIFI AND STUFF (And JJ from asus said that the audio on the black edition was better than the one on the Rampage V on tek syndicats review.)

[Gnrl Kitty]

Does anyone know what they use to capture video of the UEFI screen?  I assume capture card, but there's a more convenient option I'd love to know.

[Ashley]

Does anyone know what they use to capture video of the UEFI screen?  I assume capture card, but there's a more convenient option I'd love to know.

External capture card. That's the only way I think he could possibly be doing that.

[Syntaxvgm]

@LinusTech

Can I have more details about the prime95 thing? I've always been a fan of it, and have successfully nailed down little quirks that other stress tests seem to miss, so I use it all of the time. Link or something? 

[Arcmanov]

Does it make sense upgrading from a 3930K to this?

 

X99 is causing an itch that I REAAAALLLLLY wanna scratch.  

The only thing holding me back are the reeee-diculous DDR4 prices.

[KatanoWaki]

@LinusTech

Can I have more details about the prime95 thing? I've always been a fan of it, and have successfully nailed down little quirks that other stress tests seem to miss, so I use it all of the time. Link or something? 

 

I can't remember where I read about it but I did notice this in my overclocking. On some synthetic benches the voltage would spike by 0.10 volts higher than I expected, I ended up tuning for this since I run them all the time.

Can anyone answer my question about BCLK and STRAP? I'm pretty sure they made a mistake in the vid. I just wanna be sure because IIRC, mixing those up can immediately damage components. But I could be wrong. I would love to know. 

[deadbc77]

           Very nice tutorial.By the way, what Fractal Case is that? It is the first Fractal case that has ever caught my eye.

Maybe it's because my 5960X,and Rampage V Extreme are sitting on a test bench.I really haven't had the desire to put it in a case till this video.

[WhiteSkyMage]

Did you just say Asus Auto tuning was bad? My gosh - really...that's the main reason i was looking forward to X99-A. Is X99M Killer (from Asrock) better in this case?

[DeViLzzz]

Nice that LTT provides overclocking video guides.  Now if I only would use them immediately when I get a new cpu.  I am still at the point where I don't have a set overclock for my i5 2500k! LOL  With that said Linus is there an overlocking guide you made for the 1155 series of cpus?

[LargeBanana]

from the very first time i started watching LTT, i've been hoping that you guys will put the prices of everything in the system you built, or the individual part you reviewed.

 

and then i saw the description, for pricing and discussion head  to this forum, but really. all i want is the price and yet i can't find it.

 

i really hope you will update all your video with the price of the corresponding part or system parts.

[kn1ghtnsh1narmr]

from the very first time i started watching LTT, i've been hoping that you guys will put the prices of everything in the system you built, or the individual part you reviewed.

 

and then i saw the description, for pricing and discussion head  to this forum, but really. all i want is the price and yet i can't find it.

 

i really hope you will update all your video with the price of the corresponding part or system parts.

the reason they don't add the prices is that they are always changing.  I know I will go back and watch old videos if there was something i wanted to get refreshed on and I watch the new videos to keep with with all the new tech and get a general entertaining overview.  pc part picker, newegg, ncix, frys, microcenter ect. ect. are all sources for the price of components.

[LargeBanana]

the reason they don't add the prices is that they are always changing.  I know I will go back and watch old videos if there was something i wanted to get refreshed on and I watch the new videos to keep with with all the new tech and get a general entertaining overview.  pc part picker, newegg, ncix, frys, microcenter ect. ect. are all sources for the price of componenti

i know that but even if the price fluctuates, telling people the current or the price of the part when they got it, will help out a lot because as you know, some people just don't have the budget for something that is a little too high and by that i mean they will waste their time looking for the part price and end up being dissapointed knowing they cannot buy that thing that linus reviewed so awesomely in the video

[kn1ghtnsh1narmr]

i know that but even if the price fluctuates, telling people the current or the price of the part when they got it, will help out a lot because as you know, some people just don't have the budget for something that is a little too high and by that i mean they will waste their time looking for the part price and end up being dissapointed knowing they cannot buy that thing that linus reviewed so awesomely in the video

Personally, I don't think the point of their videos is to buy every product they review. It is more to inform you what is out there. Just because you can't afford it does mean you may see something you like and you may be able to find something similar for a cheaper price. If finances are tight and we have all been there, being more knowledgeable means you know what you can skimp on and what you can't.

[LargeBanana]

Personally, I don't think the point of their videos is to buy every product they review. It is more to inform you what is out there. Just because you can't afford it does mean you may see something you like and you may be able to find something similar for a cheaper price. If finances are tight and we have all been there, being more knowledgeable means you know what you can skimp on and what you can't.

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[Tock]

Aaaaaaaand this was the Video Linus talked about on the Live Show when he said he uploaded a 30 fps video as 60 fps and fooled "a lot" of people. I Dont see many people being happy about the fake 60 fps in the Youtube comments but on the SuperFun Channel they noticed it and also commented about it.

 

I wonder if the people here in this Thread actually watched the Video before thanking for the fake 60 fps video.

[XionEternum]

Aaaaaaaand this was the Video Linus talked about on the Live Show when he said he uploaded a 30 fps video as 60 fps and fooled "a lot" of people. I Dont see many people being happy about the fake 60 fps in the Youtube comments but on the SuperFun Channel they noticed it and also commented about it.

 

I wonder if the people here in this Thread actually watched the Video before thanking for the fake 60 fps video.

To be perfectly honest by prefacing this: I reluctantly gimp my ability to watch 1080p60 on youtube by overclocking my 1440p monitor to 120Hz. Youtube's videos with hardware acceleration (nothing else with the proper codecs) will drop nearly all frames and nearly make your system unusable. So I use Magic Actions for Youtube to force flash player and disable hardware acceleration. Aside from that, if I don't patch my video drivers for 120Hz 1440p I can see the 30 vs 60 difference in videos extremely well.

I did just come from watching the archive of the latest WAN show at CES. Decided to hunt down which video it was, found it, unpatched my drivers and reset to 60Hz, rebooted, loaded and watched the Fractal Define R5 review as a base-line for comparison, then watched this video at 1080p60 both through HTML5. I do not notice a difference at all between the two videos. Since Magic Actions for Youtube allows me to auto-HD; if I had been watching through his videos normally with unpatched drivers and 60Hz I'ld have likely come from whatever gaming video I had seen around the time of posting for this video, saw this, never noticed it was uploaded at 60fps, and moved on.

EDIT: Now excuse me while I repatch my drivers and reboot so I can have my 120Hz back.

[DarkRift5]

Sweet, was planning on seeing how far I could get my 5820 this weekend anyways.

[Analog]

I have seen this video a couple of times an I can say that when it comes down to properly overclocking the 5960X it is not that easy as it is with the 5820K and there a lot of other factors that come into play, like Uncore, System Agent voltage, etc. 

[Arcmanov]

OK, so I finally 'scratched that itch' and took the plunge...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Followed this OCing guide to the letter, but unfortunately I can only achieve stability at 4.3 GHz with 1.35V Vcore.

Also had to up the RAM voltage to 1.22V.  Only then would the system happily pass a 12-hour AIDA64 stress test.

 

A 'casualty' of the silicon lottery, perhaps?

[ViruZ_HUN]

Aaaaaaaand this was the Video Linus talked about on the Live Show when he said he uploaded a 30 fps video as 60 fps and fooled "a lot" of people. I Dont see many people being happy about the fake 60 fps in the Youtube comments but on the SuperFun Channel they noticed it and also commented about it.

 

I wonder if the people here in this Thread actually watched the Video before thanking for the fake 60 fps video.

was thinking exacly the same:D

[ErickS89]

The 5820 is the sweet spot, 6 cores, and fully unlocked! But... it doesn't have the 40 pcie lanes... 

I'd be picking the ws-e which will allow multi gpu configs without worrying about the pcie lane limit.  

 

The WS-E is easily "IMHO" the best X99 board on the market, it's just missing 1 thing... native water blocks! It's not cheap either to use 2 different water blocks to get the correct blocks you need, you need the RIVBE EK waterblock which has the mosfets block you need and the RVE which has the chipset block you need.  However because the WS-E was designed well and has no fan(yay) I wouldn't worry about not having a water block, if anything I'd just buy the RIVBE block for the mosfet water block and call it a day.