Light OC i7 8700k

[No0N]

I want to do a light OC on my 8700k something like 4.5 Ghz. I have an h100i v2. All the guides out there are for 4.7 and higher. I have an asus motherboard. What should be my settings in bios to reach a stable 4.5ghz?

[Jurrunio]

The steps are exactly the same, just dont follow the same numbers. They might end up with 1.35V for example, but you should use less if it's still stable.

[L0R3N30]

Maybe something like 1.22v for 4.5Ghz, although you may have to monitor this over time and increase or decrase this voltage if it becomes unstable.

 

However, any of us on the forums are not liable if anything happens to your CPU, so proceed with caution on this one mate.

[Applefreak]

9 minutes ago, No0N said:

I want to do a light OC on my 8700k something like 4.5 Ghz. I have an h100i v2. All the guides out there are for 4.7 and higher. I have an asus motherboard. What should be my settings in bios to reach a stable 4.5ghz?

Your cpu is already boosting to 4.7 GHz, 4.5 would be not be considered an overclock. You should have a bios setting, allowing you to run all cores at 4.7 that Intel is allowing by default, however on all cores instead of just one. Basically it is overclocking but fairly safe, given your cooling solution. Going further than that long term may require a more sophisticated cooling solution.

[L0R3N30]

3 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

Your cpu is already boosting to 4.7 GHz, 4.5 would be not be considered an overclock. You should have a bios setting, allowing you to run all cores at 4.7 that Intel is allowing by default, however on all cores instead of just one. Basically it is overclocking but fairly safe, given your cooling solution. Going further than that long term may require a more sophisticated cooling solution.

Looking into a bit more on this proccessor, I have to agree with @Applefreak .

It's pretty much an underclock

 

Sorry for not looking into this when writing my last post

[Jurrunio]

9 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

Your cpu is already boosting to 4.7 GHz, 4.5 would be not be considered an overclock. You should have a bios setting, allowing you to run all cores at 4.7 that Intel is allowing by default, however on all cores instead of just one. Basically it is overclocking but fairly safe, given your cooling solution. Going further than that long term may require a more sophisticated cooling solution.

It's 4.7 only on single core boost. All core is 4.3. Small gain to 4.5 but it's not nothing.

[5GigsOrBust]

24 minutes ago, No0N said:

I want to do a light OC on my 8700k something like 4.5 Ghz. I have an h100i v2. All the guides out there are for 4.7 and higher. I have an asus motherboard. What should be my settings in bios to reach a stable 4.5ghz?

Stock all core is 43x, so you should be able to easily hit 45x all core without even touching the voltage. Just set 45x in bios and stress test. 

[xg32]

41 minutes ago, No0N said:

I want to do a light OC on my 8700k something like 4.5 Ghz. I have an h100i v2. All the guides out there are for 4.7 and higher. I have an asus motherboard. What should be my settings in bios to reach a stable 4.5ghz?

it's been awhile but iirc even the worst bins do 1.3v 4.6 all core avx. so maybe start from 1.27 4.5 and lower the voltage from there.