Repeated Blue Screening when overclocking.

[Jigz1988]

I am trying to get the best overclock i can on my 4790k, im trying different settings out to see if i can manage to reach 5ghz. At the moment i cannot reach it as when i set the 50x multiplier the system blue screens and shuts down. If i repeatedly get a blue screen due to overclocking is it going to effect the health of the processor more than just overclocking will?

[Toddwjp]

it should be fine it just means you have gone too far and its not stable, dial that overclock back and try going up in smaller increments, but you can damage the processor. just dont keep repeating it

[Archangel1994]

You do realise that not every chip can reach 5GHz?

 

Also judging by how you told us about your problem I'm under the impression you do not know what you are doing. You are not mentioning voltage, you are just throwing it to a multiplier of 50 and expect a good result. A good OC is done carefully and takes a while to do properly.

[phillrulz]

You do realise that not every chip can reach 5GHz?

 

Also judging by how you told us about your problem I'm under the impression you do not know what you are doing. You are not mentioning voltage, you are just throwing it to a multiplier of 50 and expect a good result. A good OC is done carefully and takes a while to do properly.

 

agreed, cant just put the multiplier up without voltage, you need a chip that has a low natural voltage and you need to keep below the limit for that chip or you will fry it, i have a 3570k and can get to 4.5ghz without an offset i think.

[LogicalDrm]

Besides, no mention about cooling or temps. Or about testing. Just booting to windows doesn't make it stable.

[Jigz1988]

You do realise that not every chip can reach 5GHz?

 

Also judging by how you told us about your problem I'm under the impression you do not know what you are doing. You are not mentioning voltage, you are just throwing it to a multiplier of 50 and expect a good result. A good OC is done carefully and takes a while to do properly.

I do know that not all chips can reach 5GHz and i do know that excessively over-volting the CPU can damage it, but i just wanted to know whether if i keep trying overclocks around the 5Ghz mark and they blue screen it will damage the processor or not. I have it at 1.35 volts at 4.8Ghz with a H100i and it is stable for around 2 - 2 1/2 hours with XTU stress test running, 4.9 is stable for around an hour, again with XTU stress test running, but then as soon as 5Ghz is put in it wont even last a benchmark on XTU before it blue screens. On the Maximus VII ranger's bios are there any settings that will aid in overclock stability?

[Spongy141]

Try disabling Spread Sectrum (Not sure if it is an option on Asus motherboards) disabling it increases the overclocking ability of your base clock (x100 stock). To get your overclock any higher your going to want to give it some more voltage, BUT you really should just leave it if your temps are OK during a stability test, I recommend Prime95 for the actual test, and use intel burn test v2 to get your MAX temps.