G3258 Overclocking headache

[deividas1860]

PC Specs:

1. ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2
2. G3258
3. Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (4x2) 1600Mhz
4. Samsung EVO 840 250GB SSD
5. ASUS R9 280
6. Corsair CX600M

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Settings while overclocking: 

1. XMP for DRAM
2. Sync all cores with ratio 42
3. CPU Voltage set to manual with 1.230V 
4. DRAM frequency DDR-1333Mhz

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http://www.reviewstudio.net/1877-intel-pentium-g3258-anniversary-edition-review-the-cheapest-overclocking/overclocking

 

ReviewStudio.net with 1.152V overclock up to 4.3Ghz.

 

Linus with 1.365V overclock up to 4.8Ghz.

 

For me, with 1.152V and 4.3Ghz result BSOD. I can only reach up to 4.2Ghz with 1.230V, so it's very limited (Temp below: 70C).

 

Is this normal, maybe I miss some settings ?

 

[NotCthulhu]

silicon lottery my friend.

[SAV1OUR]

you lost my friend, nothing you can do sadly  

[Jodomcfrodo]

I can't get 4.3 at 1.3v, 1.35v does the trick... You lost like me.

[brokencross]

silicon lottery my friend.

lol, this.

[Guest]

That's just how it goes, sometimes you just get a bad chip. The more I read about other peoples haswell OC the more I appreciate my 4.4GHz on all 4 cores at 1.215V tbh. You could always push the voltage a bit further, but you would have to deal with the additional heat and the possibly lower lifespan of your CPU.

[Deletive]

I can only get 4.5ghz at 1.294volts, I didn't do too badly but i'm at 4.2ghz with 1.2volts which I just threw it oat that and left it, can probably lower it to 1.150 or something.

[WereCat]

That's just how it goes, sometimes you just get a bad chip. The more I read about other peoples haswell OC the more I appreciate my 4.4GHz on all 4 cores at 1.215V tbh. You could always push the voltage a bit further, but you would have to deal with the additional heat and the possibly lower lifespan of your CPU.

Exactly. I can do 4.4GHz on 1.165V but I cant get 4.5GHz even on 1.3V. Since 4.4 is not appealing number to me I run it at 4.0GHz 1.045V 

[deividas1860]

Thanks to all for replies.

 

That's just how it goes, sometimes you just get a bad chip. The more I read about other peoples haswell OC the more I appreciate my 4.4GHz on all 4 cores at 1.215V tbh. You could always push the voltage a bit further, but you would have to deal with the additional heat and the possibly lower lifespan of your CPU.

 

What do you mean "bad chip". Bad of what ? CPU, Motherboard, etc. ?

[brokencross]

Thanks to all for replies.

 

 

What do you mean "bad chip". Bad of what ? CPU, Motherboard, etc. ?

Think of it like this: not all chips are made equal. There's always some variable that either makes it better or worse. But as long as it complies with Intel quality standards it will be shipped out to be sold to the general consumer.

[deividas1860]

BTW, what is maximum voltage for G3258 ?

[Guest]

Thanks to all for replies.

 

 

What do you mean "bad chip". Bad of what ? CPU, Motherboard, etc. ?

 

The chip itself, your CPU. Some CPUs overclock better than others, some don't overclock at all. That's also why you can't simply use someone else's settings on your CPU, it probably won't work. There are variances in the manufacturing process and they affect the produced processors, there is no way for you to tell how good your CPU will overclock before buying it.

 

BTW, what is maximum voltage for G3258 ?

 

There is no real "maximum" voltage, but I would definitely try to keep it below 1.3V or 1.35V. Anything higher than that would really concern me, and the additional heat will probably stop you from OCing before that as well.