is this good?

[BatJoke]

So after a long time of trying to OC

i finally managed to do this=

I changed the plyer to 44 and the VCore to 1.220 and changed it from auto to adaptive because auto didn't work for me i just go into blue screen everytime

so after that i ran prime95 and it made it to 4 tests then the CPU was 100C so i stopped

 

i feel like there's something wrong right?

 

 

Note:my MOBO is MSI Z87-GD65 and CPU : I5 4670K

[TheSLSAMG]

Holy shit, what is cooling that CPU?

[BatJoke]

Holy shit, what is cooling that CPU?

212 EVO

But am just curious on what does adaptive mode mean? am just testing it

oh and i when i stop prime it just idles at 30C

[dragoon20005]

not a good idea to run Prime95 on a Intel without setting any voltage manually

 

212 EVO

But am just curious on what does adaptive mode mean? am just testing it

it changes the voltage constantly and may fry your CPU when it loads too high a voltage 

[BatJoke]

not a good idea to run Prime95 on a Intel without setting any voltage manually

 

it changes the voltage constantly and may fry your CPU when it loads too high a voltage 

so what should i do now

am running Aida64 for 10 mins now 60C+

[dragoon20005]

so what should i do now

am running Aida64 for 10 mins now 60C+

AIDA is safer

 

you can use Intel Extreme Tuning software to test the CPU

[BatJoke]

AIDA is safer

 

you can use Intel Extreme Tuning software to test the CPU

Should i change the VCore to auto and try to find a sweet spot? or should i just stick with Adaptive

i see on aida the VCore doesn't go under 1.288 and i set it in the bios for 1.22

[dragoon20005]

Should i change the VCore to auto and try to find a sweet spot? or should i just stick with Adaptive

i see on aida the VCore doesn't go under 1.288 and i set it in the bios for 1.22

find the safe voltage which you can use while maintaining your OC speed

 

and slowly move up when you find your CPU is unstable

 

1.3V is the max you may go for Intel CPUs

[BatJoke]

find the safe voltage which you can use while maintaining your OC speed

 

and slowly move up when you find your CPU is unstable

 

1.3V is the max you may go for Intel CPUs

ya well it sometimes just boosts itself to 1.320V

so you're saying that i should use auto mode better?

[dragoon20005]

ya well it sometimes just boosts itself to 1.320V

so you're saying that i should use auto mode better?

stick to manual

 

auto will give crazy voltage 

[Faceman]

@dragoon20005

@BatJoke

 

Setting voltage manually and setting voltage to manual are two different things.  Understand the difference.  I know that English isn't your first language, so I will explain.

 

Setting voltage manually, means doing it yourself, which he already did.

 

Setting voltage to manual means the voltage is constant at what you set it to, in BatJoke's specific case, 1.220

 

Think of adaptive voltage as smart voltage.  When your PC is idling it doesn't require a lot of volts or Mhz, so your voltage and mhz are lower.  When your PC is put under load, Volts and Mhz will ramp up to accommodate any given load.  Adaptive voltage scales up and down with the load that is placed upon the CPU.  This is the preferred voltage setting as it is similar to a "power saving" setting.

 

Manual voltage is a constant voltage that no matter what, the voltage will remain the same.  If you are idling, or if you are under load, voltage will remain unchanging.

 

The reason why adaptive voltage is bad to use with stress testing applications is because when the CPU is placed under 100% load, adaptive voltage will feed more volts than what you set and in turn, this causes heat, instability and in the worst cases, death.  Whenever you stress test, you always want to set your voltage to MANUAL/CONSTANT.  This way, adaptive voltage will not overvolt your CPU.

 

@BatJoke  Go into your BIOS and set your voltage to MANUAL/CONSTANT.  Run your stress test, check for stability, don't run P95 for longer than 20min.  Here are the settings you should use for Prime95: The custom settings I used are: Threads = 4, Min FFT Size(in K) = 8, Max FFT Size(in K) = 4096, Memory to Use(in MB) = 1600, Time to Run Each FFT Size(in Minutes) = 3.

If you aren't stable, P95 will let you know very quickly.  If you are stable, you can keep lowering your voltage by .05 until you find the last stable voltage for that multiplier.  Once you have found an overclock that is stable, and you are comfortable with, go back into your BIOS and revert back to ADAPTIVE voltage.  Everything that you do should be done with adaptive voltage other than stress testing.

[BatJoke]

@dragoon20005

@BatJoke

 

Setting voltage manually and setting voltage to manual are two different things.  Understand the difference.  I know that English isn't your first language, so I will explain.

 

Setting voltage manually, means doing it yourself, which he already did.

 

Setting voltage to manual means the voltage is constant at what you set it to, in BatJoke's specific case, 1.220

 

Think of adaptive voltage as smart voltage.  When your PC is idling it doesn't require a lot of volts or Mhz, so your voltage and mhz are lower.  When your PC is put under load, Volts and Mhz will ramp up to accommodate that load.  Adaptive voltage scales up and down with the load that is placed upon the CPU.

 

Manual voltage is a constant voltage that no matter what, the voltage will remain the same.

 

The reason why adaptive voltage is bad to use with stress testing applications is because when the CPU is placed under 100% load, adaptive voltage will feed more volts than what you set and in turn, this causes heat, instability and in the worst cases, death.  Whenever you stress test, you always want to set your voltage to MANUAL/CONSTANT.  This way, adaptive voltage will not overvolt your CPU.

 

@BatJoke  Go into your BIOS and set your voltage to MANUAL/CONSTANT.  Run your stress test, check for stability, don't run P95 for longer than 20min, if you aren't stable, P95 will let you know very quickly.  If you are stable, you can keep lowering your voltage by .05 until you find the last stable voltage for that multiplier.  Once you have found an overclock that is stable, and you are comfortable with, go back into your BIOS and revert back to ADAPTIVE voltage.  Everything that you do should be done with adaptive voltage other than stress testing.

 

uh well all i have in my VCore is Auto - Adaptive and override i dk what to do to be honest i never dealt with anykind of motherboard or anykind of OCing before

[Faceman]

uh well all i have in my VCore is Auto - Adaptive and override i dk what to do to be honest i never dealt with anykind of motherboard or anykind of OCing before

Override is Manual.  I know, its difficult, each motherboard uses its own terminology.

[BatJoke]

Override is Manual.  I know, its difficult, each motherboard uses its own terminology.

are you sure?

i saw a tut on youtube where the guy just leaves the VCore on auto and also changes it to 1.14 so am just curious

[Faceman]

@BatJoke Reread my first post, I edited it a bit to give you the proper settings for P95 Stress Testing.

 

Here are some Haswell Overclock Guides:

Asus Motherboard BIOS Overclocking Terminology

Overclocker's.net Overclock Guide

Linus Tech Tips Overclocking Guide

Load Line Calibration and Overclocking

[Faceman]

are you sure?

i saw a tut on youtube where the guy just leaves the VCore on auto and also changes it to 1.14 so am just curious

Yes I'm sure.  Override is the same as manual voltage.

 

Every chip is unique.  You have to go into overclocking with an open mind and focus on getting the best possible results for your specific chip.  Don't compare your results to others, just get the best result for your chip.

 

Re read my first post and what I told you to do with Manual Voltage and Prime95.  Go through the steps of finding the lowest voltage that P95 will be stable with.  Once you do that, revert back to adaptive voltage and play games as you normally would.  That is your overclock.

[BatJoke]

Yes I'm sure.  Override is the same as manual voltage.

 

Every chip is unique.  You have to go into overclocking with an open mind and focus on getting the best possible results for your specific chip.  Don't compare your results to others, just get the best result for your chip.

 

Re read my first post and what I told you to do with Manual Voltage and Prime95.  Go through the steps of finding the lowest voltage that P95 will be stable with.  Once you do that, revert back to adaptive voltage and play games as you normally would.  That is your overclock.

ok now i choose Override and set it to 1.25 and when i stress test it maxes and stops at 1.272

is that good?

[Faceman]

ok now i choose Override and set it to 1.25 and when i stress test it maxes and stops at 1.272

is that good?

What is your load-line calibration set to? 1.272 is a lot better than 1.32 which is what you were getting with auto/adaptive.

[BatJoke]

What is your load-line calibration set to? 1.272 is a lot better than 1.32 which is what you were getting with auto/adaptive.

Uhh i Don't really know ..... but i just crashed on the 2nd test on P95 so i changed the plyer to 43 and testing right now

oh and i use 4 workers i dk if that is good or not

[BatJoke]

pasted 6-7 tests went up to 90C then went down to 80C

[Faceman]

Uhh i Don't really know ..... but i just crashed on the 2nd test on P95 so i changed the plyer to 43 and testing right now

oh and i use 4 workers i dk if that is good or not

Yup, 4 workers is correct.

 

Make sure that when stress testing, you have your CM 212 EVO running at 100%!!!  This is very important while stress testing, while doing everything else, you can lower it, but for stress testing, it needs to be at max speed.

 

What you can try doing is: x44 -- 1.250v.  I wouldn't go higher than 1.275v for x44.  Even at 1.275v you are going to hit 100C while running Prime95, so I would try and keep below that.  1.275v while gaming(BF4) won't be nearly as bad, it will likely be in the high 60s to low 70s.  You want to try and keep your temperatures below 85C.  So 1.275v for gaming is perfectly ok, I used to do that for awhile.  You can check out my Cooler Master 212 EVO Review w/ Statistics Here.

[Faceman]

pasted 6-7 tests went up to 90C then went down to 80C

Right, it is going to do that.  It is going to fluctuate because different size tests are being run on the processor to stress it out.  If you set the Custom Test to the settings I provided, it will change every 3 minutes.  Go for 20 minutes, if you didn't BSOD in 20 minutes of P95, that is a stable overclock.  Once you find a stable result, you want to start lowering voltage until you do blue screen again, and then go back up to the last stable voltage, and that is your best result for that multiplier.

[BatJoke]

Yup, 4 workers is correct.

 

Make sure that when stress testing, you have your CM 212 EVO running at 100%!!!  This is very important while stress testing, while doing everything else, you can lower it, but for stress testing, it needs to be at max speed.

 

What you can try doing is: x44 -- 1.250v.  I wouldn't go higher than 1.275v for x44.  Even at 1.275v you are going to hit 100C while running Prime95, so I would try and keep below that.  1.275v while gaming(BF4) won't be nearly as bad, it will likely be in the high 60s to low 70s.  You want to try and keep your temperatures below 85C.  So 1.275v for gaming is perfectly ok, I used to do that for awhile.  You can check out my Cooler Master 212 EVO Review w/ Statistics Here.

uh i guess my CPU doesn't accept x44 it runs perfectly at x43 with 1.250-1.280Vcore no more i passed lots of tests now at P95

the first few my CPU was hot but now its just like 60C+ no more

[BatJoke]

could you please tell me how i can OC my IGPU?

[Faceman]

could you please tell me how i can OC my IGPU?

I don't know how to OC an iGPU.  You don't have a dedicated GPU?

 

Start lowering your voltage for the x43 and keep lowering it until you get a BSOD, then bump it back up to the last stable voltage.  That is your overclock for 4.3Ghz.