Is it a good idea?

[Guest]

Alright, Just doing my nightly Overclocking, I was wondering what your guys opinion is, because I cant hit 5GHz on all of my 4 cores, but only some, SO the question Should I increase the frequency on the cores that I can or s it best to leave them all at 4.9?

[DarkBlade2117]

4.9 is amazing... What's your temps on load looking like?

[Guest]

4.9 is amazing... What's your temps on load looking like?

65-70 load, using Intel ETU 

[i_build_nanosuits]

4.9ghz is phenomenal and you do want all your cores active...shutting down one CPU core will greatly impact your performance overall...really not worth it.

[Guest]

4.9ghz is phenomenal and you do want all your cores active...shutting down one CPU core will greatly impact your performance overall...really not worth it.

nah, not like that, like so All cores running, just at lower frequency ex 5,5,5,4.9

[i_build_nanosuits]

nah, not like that, like so All cores running, just at lower frequency ex 5,5,5,4.9

you can't do that on Z97, only on X99.

[Fulgrim]

you can't do that on Z97, only on X99.

Last time i was in my Z97 bios i could overclock cores individually. 

[Guest]

you can't do that on Z97, only on X99.

Erm no? I can go into my bios and get some screenshots if you need me to.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Erm no? I can go into my bios and get some screenshots if you need me to.

if you can set different multipliers for your CPU cores and you know which one is the bad one then yes by all means do that if you need more performance...i can't do that on my board...but it's Z87 i thought Z97 was the same...sorry about that.

[ProKoN]

per core overclocking does not work.

 

set all cores for 4.9ghz and call er a day.

 

try it for yourself

 

run all cores at 4.9ghz. cinebench 3 times both single thread and multithread

 

repeat with your 5,5,5,4.9. you prolly wont see any difference

 

100 mhz on the cpu wont affect gaming performance in any way

[i_build_nanosuits]

snip!

Do you know of any Z87 board that can do per core overclocking or is this a new feature for Z97 chipset boards?

[airdeano]

my z87 gene and hero do indy core clocking

[ProKoN]

Do you know of any Z87 board that can do per core overclocking or is this a new feature for Z97 chipset boards?

 

both z97 and z97 can do it, neither truly works

[i_build_nanosuits]

my z87 gene and hero do indy core clocking

 

both z87 and z97 can do it, neither truly works

that's good to know, thanks for answering i was not aware of this...i thought only X79 and X99 had this... :rolleyes:

[Guest]

I ran a Cinebench test and scored a few points higher, its a few extra MHz, every MHz counts,

[Curufinwe_wins]

Sounds like you just need a little bit more voltage to get 5.0 across the board.

That's what I'd do personally.

[Guest]

Sounds like you just need a little bit more voltage to get 5.0 across the board.

That's what I'd do personally.

I'd have to run 1.56 volts to run 5 across the board.

I've tried too before.