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RailStorm
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I'm a first time overclocker and have a few questions. 

My specs:

Intel i5 9600k

MSI z390-A pro

MSI core frozor L

16GB 3000Ghz

GTX 1060

 

Currently I've got 4.6Ghz boost on all cores using an offset of +0.01, and it seems fairly stable at around 60c using up to 1.224v. As I've only got a simple air cooler I don't plan on pushing my CPU too much more, but I'm still not sure how exactly the offset works. When I tested 4.4Ghz it was using 1.16v, but it went to over 1.2v on 4.6Ghz without changing any voltage settings. I want to keep using offset so the voltage drops at idle but should there be that much variance? If I keep upping the frequency will the voltage keep going up? I only plan on doing a mild overclock, hopefully not much over 1.2v. 

Any help appreciated, I've only started looking this stuff up in the last few days.

 

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you should use manual mode to find out the best LLC (loadline calibration) setting first, which in manual mode means full load voltage is as close to idle voltage as possible.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

you should use manual mode to find out the best LLC (loadline calibration) setting first, which in manual mode means full load voltage is as close to idle voltage as possible.

What do you mean? I though manual means it will run at say 1.2v constantly even at idle.

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11 minutes ago, RailStorm said:

What do you mean? I though manual means it will run at say 1.2v constantly even at idle.

with lowest LLC level, voltage will plummet under load. This is done to ensure that any behaviour outside factory specs will lead to too little voltage and crash the system instead of burning stuff alive. Raising LLC compensates for this.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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20 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

with lowest LLC level, voltage will plummet under load. This is done to ensure that any behaviour outside factory specs will lead to too little voltage and crash the system instead of burning stuff alive. Raising LLC compensates for this.

Still trying to get my head around LLC. I'll see what kind of manual oc I can get in the mean time. 

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