i7 3770k Overclock Help

[vkboss]

Hello,

 

I have overclocked my rig to 4.4 gigahertz and it is stable without increasing the voltage. I have an Azrock z77 professional fatal1ty board. I have tried incrasing the voltage but the system still bluescreens when overclocked to anything over 4.4 gigahertz. Complete Specs Below :

Mobo : ASRock Z77 Professional

RAM : 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 793MHz (8-8-8-24) (Running With XMP)

GPU : 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Gigabyte)

Boot Drive : 240 GB SanDisk SSD

CPU Intel i7 3770k Oc'ed to 4.4 gigahertz.

 

If any more information is needed please ask me!

 

 

Thanks!

 

[RAS_3885]

Perhaps you're just at the limits of your chip?

 

Have you looked at the voltage others have required to achieve greater that 4.4 GHz? How do those compare to the voltages you've tried?

[vkboss]

I looked at a NCIX tech tips video. This is my first overclockable board so I am new. I watched the video below. I overvolted at 1.3 and I am still not able to gat stable above 4.4 gigahertz. @RAS_3885

 

[RAS_3885]

2 minutes ago, vkboss said:

I looked at a NCIX tech tips video. This is my first overclockable board so I am new. I watched the video below. I overvolted at 1.3 and I am still not able to gat stable above 4.4 gigahertz. @RAS_3885

 

That's only one person's experience with one chip. If you search around I'd bet you'd find examples of people having success with less voltage while some require more.

 

Additionally, there are more nuances to overclocking than just whacking up the voltage, multiplier, and calling it a day. I'm by no means an expert and I recommend looking for more background research on overclocking in general and what settings you have available to tweak in search of stability.

 

Ultimately, you may simply be at the limit of the chip without needing stupidly high voltages. At that point temps and chip damage become an issue and it may not be worth the effort to push for it.

[Jurrunio]

Did you do anything to loadline calibration? Also Internal PLL overvoltage is often necessary to go beyond 4.4-4.6GHz.

[vkboss]

@RAS_3885 Should I go over 1.3 volts on the cpu? I don't want to fry the chip. I saw some other people frying their ivy bridge chips by going over 1.4 gigahertz.

[vkboss]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Did you do anything to loadline calibration? Also Internal PLL overvoltage is often necessary to go beyond 4.4-4.6GHz.

Could you please explain I am new at this. I saw that option in the BIOS. What should I set it at as a starting point?

[RAS_3885]

1 minute ago, vkboss said:

@RAS_3885 Should I go over 1.3 volts on the cpu? I don't want to fry the chip. I saw some other people frying their ivy bridge chips by going over 1.4 gigahertz.

I don't know. Each CPU architecture has different voltage maximums. They aren't published by Intel (too easy) so you'll have to do some research.

[vkboss]

8 minutes ago, RAS_3885 said:

I don't know. Each CPU architecture has different voltage maximums. They aren't published by Intel (too easy) so you'll have to do some research.

I think Linus said 1.45 is the limit in that video. I will do some digging on that. Currently I am running at 4.4 gigahertz at 1.3 volts. Also, Is it okay if I follow a guide for an ASUS board instead? AFAIK the boards are not different in overclocking capability (correct me if I am wrong.)

Edited March 16, 2021 by vkboss

[RAS_3885]

5 minutes ago, vkboss said:

I think Linus said 1.45 is the limit in that video. I will do some digging on that. Currently I am running at 4.4 gigahertz at 1.3 volts. Also, Is it okay if I follow a guide for an ASUS board instead? AFAIK the boards are not different in overclocking capability (correct me if I am wrong.)

Yeah, you can use whatever guide you want as the overall process will be the same regardless. Some boards may have BIOS settings called something different, or may not have the same settings as another. In that case a walkthrough for an Asus board may not translate over to your board, but the process will.

 

Depending on what settings are missing (if any) you may be limited in what you can do. There are also variations in the physical hardware used for power delivery to the CPU (VRMs primarily) which will impact how well a board can overclock (or how robust it will be to running at higher voltages and VRM temps). 

[Jurrunio]

25 minutes ago, vkboss said:

Could you please explain I am new at this. I saw that option in the BIOS. What should I set it at as a starting point?

The level at the middle will do.

[vkboss]

Thanks All!

I will try these steps and get back to you.

[Beerzerker]

5 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Did you do anything to loadline calibration? Also Internal PLL overvoltage is often necessary to go beyond 4.4-4.6GHz.

Yes but know you should NEVER exceed 1.25v's on the PLL, even with extreme cooling.
You'd only want to bump that up with what's needed and no more, don't even try 1.25v's since there is no need for it in your case. Just bump up one increment from "Auto"/stock and test, repeat until it has stability at the speed you want.

Usually 1.30 - 1.35v's for the CPU is about right, the chip will heat up once you start volting past 1.35v's so let that value be the limit.

Some chips just won't clock that high stable, you cannot base what you'll get on someone else's results since each one is different. Your chip, being an older one now could be suffering from degredation period, it tends to happen with chips that's been OC'ed over time, esp when used with additional voltage applied.

Also, you haven't stated what cooling you are using. 
Cooling does help but don't expect miracles if you improve it, anything over 4.5 stable is a decent OC on those if you can get it.

My 3770K on air doesn't like going over 4.5 at all and even on water 4.9 - 5.0 seems to be the lid when pushing it, much less trying for a stable OC for daily use.
That when running mine in my Z77 OCF board.

[Jurrunio]

22 minutes ago, Beerzerker said:

Yes but know you should NEVER exceed 1.25v's on the PLL, even with extreme cooling.

I'm talking about the Internal PLL Overvoltage option in the BIOS, I have to enable that. I don't think my board lets me choose what PLL voltage to run at all, guess that's what I don't get on a cheaper board.

[freeagent]

I didn't mess with pll voltage or anything. 1.35v got me 4700, and is a bear to cool lol. I've brought it up to 1.525, just before CPU OVP kicks in. Generally 1.175 got me 4400, 1.215 got me 4500, 1.2875 4600, 1.35 4700, 1.45 4800 1.525 4900.

[Beerzerker]

33 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I'm talking about the Internal PLL Overvoltage option in the BIOS, I have to enable that. I don't think my board lets me choose what PLL voltage to run at all, guess that's what I don't get on a cheaper board.

Yes, that's it.
I guess not all boards have it but if you do, don't set it anywhere near 1.25v's for any kind of daily useage - Best left alone TBH. Since I have a Z77 OCF you can bet I've got every tweaking option for it and the kitchen sink too.

[vkboss]

I am running a Cooler Master Air cooler. I don't know what model.