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I've never overclocked before and decided it's about time I try. I have a 3770K so I'm fallowing this tutorial. Simple overclocking is easy enough to understand. What I don't understand is how to test my system stability each time I change something. Linus only says to run Prime 95 for 24-48 hours. I can only amuse he means after you've dialed in your overclock. Otherwise it would take weeks to overclock if you had to do that every time you uped the CPU ratio… so how do I test for stability after each tweak?

Hi guys, I have had issues with the graphics on my pc (specs in sig) where things around the desktop where stuttering and jumping etc... and audio was also breaking up. After trying everything imaganable, I thought it must be one of my 660ti's but the problems goes when I only use the bottom 8X slot for either card (so both cards are good) and both bring the issue back when installed in the top 16x slot. I have thoroughly cleaned the slot without any luck and I have also tried the standard things, such as clearing CMOS etc... I really am stuck and some guidance from here would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! *this error shows up every time I get a stutter or jump that seems to be brought on by making the GPU work at all, such as when I open a new window with an animation or video playback etc...*

Need help with a second build. How does this look? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00) CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9900MAX-R CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00) Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00) Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($123.99 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($649.99 @ NCIX US) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($649.99 @ NCIX US) Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00) Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00) Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC) Total: $1626.93 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-02 23:04 EDT-0400

I ordered the parts last night. Here is my old build from 2012 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg) Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.55 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB ATX LGA1155 Motherboard Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($104.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($599.98 @ Amazon) Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($202.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($80.98 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($140.00 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card ($579.36 @ Amazon) Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($17.69 @ OutletPC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.89 @ OutletPC) Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure 20 LED 129.6 CFM 200mm Fan ($13.18 @ Amazon) Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure 20 LED 129.6 CFM 200mm Fan ($13.18 @ Amazon) Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure 12 LED 41.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.14 @ NCIX US) Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($769.22 @ Amazon) Keyboard: SteelSeries Merc Stealth Wired Ergonomic Keyboard ($239.95 @ Newegg) Mouse: Logitech G700s Wireless Laser Mouse ($69.98 @ NCIX US) Speakers: Logitech Z623 200W 2.1ch Speakers ($119.95 @ Directron) Total: $3596.00 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 08:05 EDT-0400 Now Here is the same build with the new parts. The price thing is messed up. I did not pay $599.98 for a Samsung 860 pro lol. 2015 upgrade. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($130.98 @ Newegg) Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.55 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB ATX LGA1155 Motherboard Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($229.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($599.98 @ Amazon) Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($202.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($80.98 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($140.00 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($17.69 @ OutletPC) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.89 @ OutletPC) Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure 20 LED 129.6 CFM 200mm Fan ($13.18 @ Amazon) Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure 20 LED 129.6 CFM 200mm Fan ($13.18 @ Amazon) Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure 12 LED 41.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($6.14 @ NCIX US) Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($769.22 @ Amazon) Keyboard: SteelSeries Apex M800 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($199.99 @ Amazon) Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse ($59.99 @ NCIX US) Speakers: Logitech Z623 200W 2.1ch Speakers ($119.95 @ Directron) Total: $3187.68 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 08:11 EDT-0400 And here is what I added. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($130.98 @ Newegg) Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.55 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($229.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) Keyboard: SteelSeries Apex M800 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($199.99 @ Amazon) Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse ($59.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $627.50 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 08:16 EDT-0400 I will post pictures when I get the parts in. I plan overclocking as well. . It's overkill but I don't really buy much. I buy something once a year for myself. Parts should be in on Monday.

I'm running an Intel i7 3770k 3.5GHz cooled by a Corsair H100i configured in push with Noctua NF-F12 fans. At 30%-40% load my temps range from 48C-58C. I've read that Ivy Bridge runs a little hot but Is these temps high? Thanks. Edit: I'm using Task Manager to view load and Speccy to see my temps.

Hey guys, i recently bought a 3770k with the intention of overclocking it. I stuck a water cooler on it for good measure as well. However as you can see, the slider bar is greyed out. How do i get around this? Ive never done anything more than GPU overclocking and my BIOS is a bit intimidating.

Hello, My PC specification is as follows. 3770k Asus p8z77-v lk 16 gb of Corsair Dominator DDR3 @ 1866mhz. Nvidia GTX 780 Corsair HX850 PSU. I've currently got my 3770k running at 4.5ghz. The RAM is running on XMP. The BLCK at 100 and turbo ratio set to 45. Load line calibration to 75% and CPU current capability to 120% (max on my board) The voltage is set to offset mode with a value of +0.015. Idles at 0.872-0.880 volts 100% load at 1.256/1.264 volts. All other settings are left at default. This is acceptable and the average temps are 65-72c running a h100i with a pretty loud fan curve. I want to get this stable at lower voltages/temps, I am asking for ideas/thought preferably based on experience with this combination of mobo/cpu to achieve this. Also I would like to know why, at 4.4ghz (with LLC on auto at this point) I wast stable at 1.192v but required such a large increase in voltage to get to 4.5. Thanks in advance. James

Hey there, I've recently upgraded my rig into a better, huge case, and did a custom watercooling loop for the CPU (GPU after a upgrade, not enough cash atm.). After overclocking the 3770K to 4.4GHz at 1.24Volts /It's still kinda unstable... but I will work on it later/ I've noticed that the temperatures with this kind of cooling loop are really high. There are some details though, the CPU temperature is not as high when I use Aida64 than when I use either IntelBurnTest or LinX. I will attach all of the stress test applications along with all the information needed. Aida64: Temperatures were in range of 70C° ± 4C° and peaked at 77C°/ The TDP was in range of 80Watts / Voltage was pretty stable at 1.234 - 1.24Volts <- All of this according to HW Monitor and Aida64's CPUID monitor. IntelBurnTest: This was the weird part, after it allocated all the RAM that It needed, It went from stable 65-70C and 78Watts to whapping 80C°± 4C° along with a 99Watt TDP! / Voltage was still in the same range as in the Aida64 test. Linx: Pretty similiar story to IntelBurnTest, but 1-3C° lower temps, a little lower TDP, more PC lag, and some PC Freezing and me having to force shut it off... Pretty unstable application in my opinion, not the first time this has happened... I don't even have a screenshot of this one, but I remember what the results were when I ran it a week ago, after playing some more with the OC. Rig: CPU - 3770K @ 4.4GHz & 1.24Volts RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1800MHz Cooling loop: XSPC EX420 Rad - 35mm thick, FPI 19; 13/19mm or 1/2ID 3/4OD tubing ; D5 Pump ; XSPC RayStorm Waterblock ; 3x NF-A14 FLX fans <<With this loop I think I should get lower temps. More info on the rig and case: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/234583-watercooling-tips/ If you have a 3770K and it's overclocked I would love to see your overclock as well as the temperatures, wattage, cooler, and everything else. All of that can help Thanks in advance, FireDust

So, I'm upgrading ofcourse Atm, I have a P8 B75-M LE motherboard from ASUS with an i5 3330. I'm thinking of buying an i7 3770K, but everyone says I would need a Z77 motherboard for OC and stuff. I'm thinking of buying an MSI Z77 in an near future, but for now, I'll pair the 3770K with my old mobo. My question is: will it work? Will I have any probems? I'm currently in the graphics cards "department" and primarily spending my time on that, so I'm a bit behind on the mobo & CPU side.

Linus' recent video linked below has left me a little confused so I hope someone can help me out http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/228327-pcie-lanes-pcie-8x-vs-16x-in-sli/ I got an Intel i7 3770k running on an ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 board and currently I have a graphics card (Asus GTX 760) and a Wi-Fi card on my board. My CPU has 16 PCIe lanes so I'm assuming that my GPU is running 8x and the Wi-Fi card 1x (please correct me if I'm wrong) I want to run two graphics cards in the future and though it will not initially be an SLI setup I do want to be running both cards in 8x To do this will I have to remove the Wi-Fi card? (use a USB Wi-Fi thing instead perhaps) Will the two graphics cards automatically be running 8x 8x? Also if I remove the Wi-Fi card before adding a second graphics card will the single card automatically run at 16x? I have tried reasearching this myself but the information is rather unclear so if anyone can inform me it would be much appreciated and thanks in advance to anyone who replies

So well i recently OC'd my 3770k to 4,5GHz on 1,3V It ran fine for some days (80degrees max temp on prime95) using NH-D15 with nt-h1 as paste + 7 Noctua NF-A14 PWM Fans lol. Today however when messing around in 3dmark i noticed strangely high fan noises I saw temps sitting at 50degrees and ran Prime95, the temperatures skyrocketed to 90Degrees. Something is really wrong i guess? Where should i begin? Edit: The graphic cards had filled the case with hot air since the fans were offline for some reason i fixed this and temps are back, still however aren't these temps a bit high for 1,3V 4,5GHz 3770k? I just checked and i had the silent mode on Asus AI suite, dangerous stuff , did put it back to normal but topic still stands, are there temps a bit too high?

While playing battlefield 4 my cpu frequently hits 100% usage with few programs open, I didnt think the 3770k would really have too much trouble at 4.6ghz but I could be wrong, Anyone else having this issue? My monitor which is a Qnix Evo 2 overclocked to 96hz (dont know if that would cause cpu stress) Bf4 settings: default high DX11 (mantle stutters bad with crossfire for some reason) FOV 80 motion blur off my rig Watercooled 7970 crossfire (bios flashed to GHZ editons) Watercooled 3770k (non delided overclcok 4.6ghz) Corsair AX 860w psu Asrock Fatal1ty Z77 professional 128gb ocz SSD 1tb HDD

Guys, I'm trying to overclock my CPU for benchmarks & I'm kinda new in this, I just wanna be sure I don't kill my CPU, cause I will stay without it & I don't have money to buy new one, so I want to be sure I do everything properly. My main question is: What's killing the CPU during overclocking? Raising voltage only & so does bad temps or anything else? Also what's the maximum recommended voltage for i7 3770k? So far I managed to overclock my CPU to 4.5GHz with given 1.150v. with temps up to 70 during Linx stress test (20 min). I wanna go a little higher. Should I try? All this is temporary for benchmarks. After this I'll go down to stock speed.

Hi there, I'm going to buy a new gaming PC and dont kwow which cpu to choose. I got a good offer for the 3770k with ASUS P8Z77-V LX mobo so that it costs the same as the i5 4670k. I also plan to overclock them a bit (maybe 4GHz). I dont render Videos or do stuff like zipping big files or compile big programms, so hyperthredding isn't that big argument. The games I want to play are minecraft with shadermod, tomp raider, far cry 3 and bioshock infinite. What do you guys thing?

Hey.. All of the sudden when i restarted my pc, it would'ent boot. I got 1 short beep.. It's the beep for RAM failure.. So i reset everything in my mobo, then i got a bluescreen! Then i updated my mobo, and I'm still getting blue screens! the blue screen it here.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/79vb6b8oqf04b9i/IMAG0906.jpg Please help me :( Mobo:Asus P8Z77-V LK Ram: Kingston HyperX Beast 2400 MHz (2x8) CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k stock clocked

Well, here's the build i'm planning to build as soon as I can afford it. It's very simple, nothing extreme or out of the ordinary. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1nUM1 Note this is my first build, so I don't want to watercool or do anything too fancy :3 I'll be using this build for medium-intensity gaming as well as video editing and 3D Generation. If you guys don't like clicking links, Here's the list: CPU: Intel i7-3770k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600MHz SSD: Samsung 840 120GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 760 (SC version with ACX Cooler) 2GB Case: Zalman z11 plus HF1 PSU: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze (Note: I know that's a lot of wattage for a single-card system, but I have it so I can upgrade to 2 760's in the future) Optical Drive: Asus RW Drive (Does it really matter what it is?) OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Extra Parts: NZXT Sentry Mesh fan Controller (Willing to find a better one, if a better one exists) NZXT Sleeved orange LED kit (2M) Total Cost (May Vary): $1350 What do you guys think? Current Edits: Will be switching to Haswell. A 4770K New Motherboard: AsRock z87 Pro 3 Changed CPU Cooler to Corsair h100i.

I just got a ASrock Z77 extreme 4 for an upgrade for my motherboard (current cpu is i7 3770k) and the board won't boot up. When I plug in my Ethernet I can see the yellow lights and some other lights on the motherboard but nothing starts up?

Good Afternoon, I have an Asus P8Z77-V LK and i am planning to buy an Intel 3770k and so it came up to me. What could be a good clock on this type of set up? I plan on like maybe 4.2 but still i was curious. Any thoughts? :ph34r: < no one shall find me!

This is my first build (in progress). Tomorrow, if everything goes A-Okay, my NZXT Sleeved LED (2M, White) will arrive. I'm also saving money for a graphics card and maybe a new PSU which is fully modular like the AX series from Corsair so that I can get some sleeved cables for the rig. Components: Case: Corsair 600T White Edition Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77 PSU: Corsair CX750M CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 8 GB - 2133 MHz Boot Drive: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series 128 GB Hard Drive: WD Black 1.0 TB Let's see some pictures.

Hi, which Rads i need minimum for efficient low noise cooling: - i7 3770k (no or mini OC) - dual Titan or "single" 690 or dual 680 Case: I like the Corsair 900D/800D but i can go for another I want a intern solution.

Hello guys, I plan on upgrading/rebuilding my personal rig for a long time and I just watched the livestream and it just inspired me to start this build log right now, even if I only ordered some leds for the build its self, my head is full of ideas and I really want to share this with you guys. Just for the lolz. So first of, my English is not excellent, but ok, so don't be mad if I say make instead of do or something like that. I am run a small german youtube channel, so if you understand german or you bare with me reading subtitles I plan to make sometime in the future on future videos, then come over and check it out. TrueRegulators on Youtube. Even if you dont like it, constructive critisism is always appreciated. So to my build, here are some shots taken with my S3. I bought a Canon Eos 600D for making photos and videos with it, but because it has no auto focus and I was really not impressed with it, I sent it back, so bare with my noisy image quality. Also I am not quite sure how to upload/resize picrures to make them watchable in a browser window, so most is still kinda ghetto. Speaking of ghetto I just set a fan on my psu to somehow cool the second 680 which fans are blocked by the Asus Xonar D2X soundcard. The case is a CM Storm Stryker and I am pretty happy with it so I will keep it. 2x GTX 680 4 GB Asus DirectCU II. I am trying to sell them now, to get some money for one to two 780s (Titan LEs to believe the rumors). [advert] So if you want a GTX 680 4GB and you dont mind paying in advance to a stranger, I am willing to sell it to you. :) [/advert] I am also currently using the stock cooler on my 3770k. That is only temporary. Sold my H100 few weeks ago. That i7 is running at stock of course and heats up to 95°C while rendering, which is why I ghetto mounted (just laid in) fans on top of the chassis / hang them next to it with cable ties, to keep temps under 80°C. The memory is 4x 4GB GSkill RipjawsZ 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24, that cost me 80€ (~100$) when I bought them half a year ago and are sold now for like 140€ (~180$)... xD I tried overclocking it to 1866 MHz, but I could not hold 9-9-9-24, I had to go 10-11-11-26, it did not gave me any benefit in gaming and made my system run less stable, especially while rendering, so it is just running on stock. I thought about selling 2 sticks and replace them with black ones. So red slots with red sticks and black slots with black sticks, but there is now 2x 4GB GSkill RipjawsZ black out there... maybe ebay but probably not gonna happen. I will end this entry here and go on in another one, because I have bad experiences writing loooooong posts and the forum just not saving it...

This is my first computer build and I don't know a whole lot about this stuff so go easy on me. :) I've had it set up for about 3 days. I am running my 3770k cpu at stock speeds (haven't OCed it yet as I'm still researching how to do it) and it is always running at 3.9 ghz at idle (about 10-12% according to task manager). It occasionally dips down to the 1600 MHz but only for a split second. Speed steping is enabled in the bios and everything in the bios is at defaults etc. Power management is set to Balanced. I should note that the first day I built it it was speed stepping down to 1600 MHz fine. Its only today (day 3) that I noticed it is always running at max. I've tryed searching the web but haven't found anything. Help! Attached is a screenshot of CPU-z, realtemp and task manager. Here's my build: Maximus V formula i7-3770k Crucial 16gb 2x8gb ram gtx 670 PE cooler master hyper 212 evo 2 Seagate 3tb HDD

3770k, MSI z77 Mpower board. I went into oc genie tab in bios. Enabled my Oc genie. Set clock to 1000x44. Turned off turbo, turbo enhancer and Over speed protection. Set my CPU voltage to 1.2 and CPU I/O to 1.05. turned on XMP memory. Windows Boots. I run CPUZ and it confirms 4.4Mhz clock. I run prime95 and have no issues. I check temps in RealTemp and it tells me that the clock is running at 3.5Mhz. CPUZ now also says the same. My system properties says its at 4.4. So whats going on?? why is it clocking down during heavy loads and staying there??

I'm debating on getting a MSI Z77 GD55/65, Gigabyte Z77X UD3H or Asus Z77-v / LK I'm leaning towards the Asus bords, because of AI suite.. But is there any other good software with Gigabyte, MSI and Asus? Gonna be using 16 GB ram (2x8 GB) and 2 HDD's, MSI 670 and a 3770k..

I put this in off topic as i thought it is a bit of a noobish question :P you can move if you like Taken it old school :P So I am looking at a 2700k (for reasons i will get into in a second.) But i saw that a 3770k is the same price and it also has 1 or 2 things that interest me (Again i will get into detail) now haswell is out of the picture (Again) so can 3770k's OC as well as 2700k's can? I know a few people on the forum who say they have there 2700k's at 5ghz and beyond and still run decent temps. Reasons im looking at 2700k is because: Its a good chip Runs cooler than ivy and haswell under clock Hell of a overclocker Games arent CPU intensive anymore and I feel silly saying "I need the newest best PC and the newest CPU is what makes it better" if that makes sense. Reasons I like the 3770k: Im thinking of POSSIBLY Removing the IHS and it is heaps easier with ivy than it is with sandy but its not impossible on sandy. Same price If it can OC the same why not? and its easier to remove the IHS Reasons why Haswell is out of the picture: (Some may not agree but its what i chose) Hot Not that good of a overclocker Chips arent consistent (One isnt the same as the other so you never know what you might get) Ram speed problems (Ive heard a few complaints that if you OC haswell you cant get your ram above 1333mhz) I would need a new MB So What should i do? 3770k or 2700k?