2600k Overclocking Help (4.4ghz, Air Cooled Goal)

[Siberia]

Hello everyone, I've been looking into overclocking my 2600k to 4.4GHz. I`m running a thermal take Frio air cooler right now and an Asus P8Z77-v Deluxe motherboard. If someone could help me out on my adventures of painstaking process from what I've  been reading everywhere, that would be great :)

I am quite nooby when it comes to this so if someone has the time to explain things a little more in-depth or have any pictures on hand of an Asus EFI that would be great as well :)

[Located]

Hello everyone, I've been looking into overclocking my 2600k to 4.4GHz. I`m running a thermal take Frio air cooler right now and an Asus P8Z77-v Deluxe motherboard. If someone could help me out on my adventures of painstaking process from what I've  been reading everywhere, that would be great :)

I am quite nooby when it comes to this so if someone has the time to explain things a little more in-depth or have any pictures on hand of an Asus EFI that would be great as well :)

It actually is really easy :-)

You go into the bios go to exit bios and then there is an option for advanced version of bios!

All the settings you need at start are within the AI Tweaker Tab

 

Select AI overclock tuner to Manual. 

Leave Bclk frequency to 100

Turbo Ratio (by all core)  leave this one default. 

Then you have the by all cores (can adjust in os) and then a number, this is your multiplier setting! You are gonna OC this set this one at 40 first. (this is gonna make your cpu speed 4ghz)

Scroll down then

Set Load-line calibration to high or very high or whatever! 

Set phase control to extreme

Cpu voltage to manual, enter 1.3 volts

Save settings reboot, you should now boot into windows, imidiatly look at your temperatures with a program like Core temp or Real temp. the core temps should not go above 75c (the max is 98c but for me personally 75c is a good limit)

To test if this is stable download prime95 and run some tests. Make sure your temps stay below the 75c If everything keeps cool and shizzle, time to reboot and put the multiplier which is at 40 now to 41, continue till you get BSOD's or other unstable things. 

When it isnt stable you can try increasing the voltages, though make sure your temps are good, i have no idea how good your cooler is and what voltages you should try, but i think 1.3v is a fair voltage to start with. but you can go up to 1.35 if your temps allow it. I will post my settings later, though its on a 2500k 

 

 

 

EDIT - Remember these are my settings and are for a 2500k, you can probally run the same things but then with more voltage so i suggest you follow what i said. also make sure your temps are good. I am using a H100 with SP12 fans on it from corsair. 

 

Here are my pictures 

 

The bios as you enter it

http://marconijholt.com/tools/images/2013-04-28%2019.24.32.jpg

Clicking the advanced bios

http://marconijholt.com/tools/images/2013-04-28%2019.24.46.jpg

Going to the AI tweak tab + my settings

http://marconijholt.com/tools/images/2013-04-28%2019.25.08.jpg

My settings

http://marconijholt.com/tools/images/2013-04-28%2019.25.23.jpg

REALTEMP

http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

Prime95

http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=205

 

 

 

 

Good Luck!

[Animus]

You are better off stay at stock clock speeds and lowering your voltage till you get it stable. They slow upping the Clock speeds and voltage. Very easy on the core voltage. You also have to remember each chip is different so someone else setting will not work for necessarily.     

[Siberia]

Thanks for your help, I'll try all of this out now :P

[Emkryan]

MY 2500k can get to 4.7 on 1.4v stable on my 212 evo at around the high 80's on full load

[Siberia]

You are better off stay at stock clock speeds and lowering your voltage till you get it stable. They slow upping the Clock speeds and voltage. Very easy on the core voltage. You also have to remember each chip is different so someone else setting will not work for necessarily.     

I do understand that most chips are different but I'm comfortable with putting the voltage at 1.3-1.34 because that is what everyone on pretty much every forum is setting 2600k's at :P I'll experiment though and see what I can get ;)

[Located]

I do understand that most chips are different but I'm comfortable with putting the voltage at 1.3-1.34 because that is what everyone on pretty much every forum is setting 2600k's at :P I'll experiment though and see what I can get ;)

Thats also why i am saying to start with that, and then begin with the 4ghz, because you can almost certainly run 4ghz on 1.3v, then upping the ratios till your target and if it still runs stable at 1.3v and your target. Then you can start lowering voltage, and then you have your OC! ofcourse you can do it the other way around but this is what i suggest, doesnt mean its the best way or that there are no other ways :-) 

[Located]

MY 2500k can get to 4.7 on 1.4v stable on my 212 evo at around the high 80's on full load

mine can do 5ghz at 1.4 ;p and 4.7 at 1.32 :-) so here a good example of what kind of different chips you can have!

[Siberia]

So far so good! I have a stable 4GHz at load and 1.6GHz at idle and not going over 1.304v (if that means anything :P)

Mid way through my small prime-95 test I opened the case to turn up my cpu fans (manual controllers in the case, for some reason not plugged into the cpu fan headers from motherboard controlling :/) because it started reaching the 70*C mark but once I did that I now have ~67*C as my hottest core which is sweet :)

 

 

[Siberia]

time to see if 4.2GHz is good :D

[Located]

time to see if 4.2GHz is good :D

Sub 75c with prime95 is good enough for 24/7 cause it will never reach those temps while gaming :-)

[Siberia]

Sub 75c with prime95 is good enough for 24/7 cause it will never reach those temps while gaming :-)

lol yeah :P I just passed post at 4.2 time to prime 95 it :D More screens to come :P

[Siberia]

still at 1.6GHz idle :P

idles temps are still and average of ~29*C

after 5mins of Prime95 temps are low 60's :D just 10 more mins and I'll call it a success :3

should I go higher? :o

 

 

[Located]

still at 1.6GHz idle :P

idles temps are still and average of ~29*C

after 5mins of Prime95 temps are low 60's :D just 10 more mins and I'll call it a success :3

should I go higher? :o

You can keep going till it isnt stable anymore :-) temps shouldnt really increase by alot since your not changing the voltage. The BSOD you gonna get if you need more voltage is 0x124 (the code of it)

[Siberia]

ok thanks for that :P I'm gonna bumpt it right up to 4.5, would going to 4.7 be a good idea? is there any bad things that could happen if it's too high?

[Located]

ok thanks for that :P I'm gonna bumpt it right up to 4.5, would going to 4.7 be a good idea? is there any bad things that could happen if it's too high?

no try 4.3first and then 4.4, your not gonna get more then that with 1.3v i think or maybe you have a very good chip :-) and choosing a to high clock isnt damaging to anything, it probally just wont boot 

[Siberia]

no try 4.3first and then 4.4, your not gonna get more then that with 1.3v i think or maybe you have a very good chip :-) 

alright, I'll do that then, I'm just impatien XP But I guess I have to be with this stuff. I'll reply with more results :P Also my temps were better @4.2GHz which is pretty cool :P probably because I increased my fans speeds though last test

[Siberia]

no try 4.3first and then 4.4, your not gonna get more then that with 1.3v i think or maybe you have a very good chip :-) and choosing a to high clock isnt damaging to anything, it probally just wont boot 

also, I could possibly incrase the voltage to 1.34? i don't know if the .04v could do much but lots of people seem to get 4.5+ with that :P I'll try it after my next tests :P

[Siberia]

so far after 5 mins of testing, the highest temp on the core is 68*C with an average of ~63*C No errors or anything yet, so it seems like this one is gonna be a pass like the other ones :D

This is at 4.3GHz :P

[Located]

also, I could possibly incrase the voltage to 1.34? i don't know if the .04v could do much but lots of people seem to get 4.5+ with that :P I'll try it after my next tests :P

It will increase your temps by 2c probally i prefer sticking at 1.3 for 24/7 though peeps run 1.4 for 24/7 aswell its your own choice in that. 

 

so far after 5 mins of testing, the highest temp on the core is 68*C with an average of ~63*C No errors or anything yet, so it seems like this one is gonna be a pass like the other ones :D

This is at 4.3GHz :P

Nice :-) seems you have a decent chip then, try 4.4 (your goal) and hope for the best, if that ones gonna fail you can just bump it a little like 1.35 or something. As long as temps stay under 75c i think its fine! ;) 

[Siberia]

It will increase your temps by 2c probally i prefer sticking at 1.3 for 24/7 though peeps run 1.4 for 24/7 aswell its your own choice in that. 

 

Nice :-) seems you have a decent chip then, try 4.4 (your goal) and hope for the best, if that ones gonna fail you can just bump it a little like 1.35 or something. As long as temps stay under 75c i think its fine! ;)

lol I wrote 4.4 as my goal, but if I can get higher and stay stable then I'm going to see about 4.5 and possibly 4.6 :P also the test is done for 4.3, the max temp was 69*C and no failures :D

[Siberia]

wow, what a fail.. I kept 43 as the multiplier by accident XP After fixing my drastic mistake of typing 47 as the multiplier XD Time to reboot AGAIN :P

[Siberia]

It will increase your temps by 2c probally i prefer sticking at 1.3 for 24/7 though peeps run 1.4 for 24/7 aswell its your own choice in that. 

 

Nice :-) seems you have a decent chip then, try 4.4 (your goal) and hope for the best, if that ones gonna fail you can just bump it a little like 1.35 or something. As long as temps stay under 75c i think its fine! ;)

so if it come to the fact that I get an error, where is it going to pop up? :o Just so that I prepared for it if it happens, because I know it'll happen if I keep going up on this voltage like I plan to :P

[Emkryan]

mine can do 5ghz at 1.4 ;p and 4.7 at 1.32 :-) so here a good example of what kind of different chips you can have!

Is 5 ghz considered a "golden chip"?

[Siberia]

Is 5 ghz considered a "golden chip"?

I believe so :P I'd check out the 5GHz club on the forums, I think they have some info like that :P