Overclocking help

[Sonefiler]

Hey guys! So, I'm trying to overclock my i5-4670K. I have a H100i, so temperatures are mostly not an issue. I want to overclock my CPU as much as is safe, but I'm having a bit of trouble. I tried 4.4GHz with Vcore 1.200V and Vrin 1.9V. I run IBT for 50 rounds and everything is stable, but when I restart my computer it gets stuck on my Gigabyte "Insist on Ultra Durable" screen. It doesn't do anything from there. This keeps happening to me and I have to short the Clr_CMOS pins to start my computer again. So, I think I'm doing something wrong I know, Linus' video, but it was all greek to me. I need someone to guide me through step by step.

Specs:

i5-4670K

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H

H100i

I got a blue screen. What should I change to make it stop bluescreening?

If it freezes, I decrease voltage, right? so do i increase voltage when it bluescreens?

[bbqsauce]

Are your components new? Did you check if they are all fully stable? Eg your ram.

 

Bluescreens can tend to be ram instability.

Did it happen after you reverted to stock?

 

Does the issue persist even after you cleared cmos and reentered the oc?

[abhay6547]

Bump up the voltage to like 1.25V or something, 1.2V is very little especially if you're trying to overclock to 4.4GHz.

[loccilucas]

Overclocking is very simple, just stick the multiplier to the wanted clock and keep bumping up the voltage until you feel its unsafe. If it keeps crashing lower the multiplier until its stable.

[bbqsauce]

Bump up the voltage to like 1.25V or something, 1.2V is very little especially if you're trying to overclock to 4.4GHz.

don't you find it strange that he can do 50 rounds of ibt?

[airdeano]

Hey guys! So, I'm trying to overclock my i5-4670K. I have a H100i, so temperatures are mostly not an issue. I want to overclock my CPU as much as is safe, but I'm having a bit of trouble. I tried 4.4GHz with Vcore 1.200V and Vrin 1.9V. I run IBT for 50 rounds and everything is stable, but when I restart my computer it gets stuck on my Gigabyte "Insist on Ultra Durable" screen. It doesn't do anything from there. This keeps happening to me and I have to short the Clr_CMOS pins to start my computer again. So, I think I'm doing something wrong I know, Linus' video, but it was all greek to me. I need someone to guide me through step by step.

Specs:

i5-4670K

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H

H100i

I got a blue screen. What should I change to make it stop bluescreening?

If it freezes, I decrease voltage, right? so do i increase voltage when it bluescreens?

 

although it is for a 1155, it'll do for your 1150/Haswell CPU

 

[abhay6547]

don't you find it strange that he can do 50 rounds of ibt?

 

I do, but I still find 1.2V low, there's no real harm in trying to up the voltage a bit.

[Sonefiler]

Well, I can do 4.6GHz with 20 rounds of IBT, at 1.301 Vcore! Is that good?

[airdeano]

Well, I can do 4.6GHz with 20 rounds of IBT, at 1.301 Vcore! Is that good?

 

if it is stable (use other synthetic benchmarks and real-world usage) and under 85°,

yeah it is good.

[Sonefiler]

if it is stable (use other synthetic benchmarks and real-world usage) and under 85°,

yeah it is good.

It's a little bit above 85 max, around 87-88 max with 20 rounds of IBT. Is that still okay?

[airdeano]

It's a little bit above 85 max, around 87-88 max with 20 rounds of IBT. Is that still okay?

 

i'd say fail. although in real-world, it'll never get that warm, but the parameters of

a good stable overclock would be no BSOD, lockups or crashes and stay under 85°.

you can call it fine for a couple of degrees, but to me it is not.

are the fans running as if you were to use it for 24/7? or jacked up 100%? it'd be ok

for a bonzai "look what i got" number, but for RW too warm.

are you using the Intel Burn Test or the Intel Extreme Utility? get XTU instead. XTU

is more useful and has Haswell in mind for testing. IBT is P95 on algorithm steroids.

[Sonefiler]

i'd say fail. although in real-world, it'll never get that warm, but the parameters of

a good stable overclock would be no BSOD, lockups or crashes and stay under 85°.

you can call it fine for a couple of degrees, but to me it is not.

are the fans running as if you were to use it for 24/7? or jacked up 100%? it'd be ok

for a bonzai "look what i got" number, but for RW too warm.

are you using the Intel Burn Test or the Intel Extreme Utility? get XTU instead. XTU

is more useful and has Haswell in mind for testing. IBT is P95 on algorithm steroids.

The fans are actually running at the lowest i could get them. I can easily turn them up. 

I'm using IBT. I'll try that  XTU thing out.

[ProKoN]

 

I need someone to guide me through step by step.

 

Haswell overclocking is Very much different that previous generations.

 

Check out my Haswell OC guide.

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

[LogicalDrm]

IBT isn't really good indicator of stability with Haswell. I had it stable on it and then I ran OCCT, crash just after 5mins. I agree on volts being bit on low side at OP.