OC i5 4690k

[Yiz]

Ok, so I'm new to OC and I just built this rig (in my sig thingy) a few days ago. Everything seems fine, except for loud as balls HX850w. I'm going to RMA it for coil whine issues. But that beside I think I'm ready to overclock to fine little lady. I saw Linus's video on OC but it was a bit overwhelming for me. Is there maybe just any tips you can give me or instructions? What do I need to enable/disable in the bios? I'm not looking for a extremely high OC either. Also when people say it decreases life span how much is it usually?

 

[the jolly roger]

download MSI command center, that should be easy enough right
?

[Aniallation]

Ok, so I'm new to OC and I just built this rig (in my sig thingy) a few days ago. Everything seems fine, except for loud as balls HX850w. I'm going to RMA it for coil whine issues. But that beside I think I'm ready to overclock to fine little lady. I saw Linus's video on OC but it was a bit overwhelming for me. Is there maybe just any tips you can give me or instructions? What do I need to enable/disable in the bios? I'm not looking for a extremely high OC either. Also when people say it decreases life span how much is it usually?

Voltage to 1.3V (can go higher but 1.3 is best for reliability of the chip and heat output)

CPU ratio/multiplier to as high as you can get it before it becomes unstable or too hot. Go up by 1x or 2x and continue to stress test after each increase.

[Yiz]

Voltage to 1.3V (can go higher but 1.3 is best for reliability of the chip and heat output)

CPU ratio/multiplier to as high as you can get it before it becomes unstable or too hot.

K, brb, also anything important that I need to disable first? Like any power saving thingy-ma-do-das?

[Faceman]

Ok, so I'm new to OC and I just built this rig (in my sig thingy) a few days ago. Everything seems fine, except for loud as balls HX850w. I'm going to RMA it for coil whine issues. But that beside I think I'm ready to overclock to fine little lady. I saw Linus's video on OC but it was a bit overwhelming for me. Is there maybe just any tips you can give me or instructions? What do I need to enable/disable in the bios? I'm not looking for a extremely high OC either. Also when people say it decreases life span how much is it usually?

You won't decrease the life span of the CPU as long as you do the overclocking properly and safely.  This means going slow and being patient.  One of the most important things to remember is go into overclocking with an open mind.  No two processors are going to overclock the same.  Focus on getting the best possible result that your chip is capable of. But mainly, set your voltage to Manual/constant/override/static before stress testing.

 

Here are some guides:

http://www.wikihow.com/Overclock-a-PC

http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

https://teksyndicate.com/forum/overclocking/haswell-overclocking-guide/153447

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

Load Line Calibration and Overclocking

[Yiz]

You won't decrease the life span of the CPU as long as you do the overclocking properly and safely.  This means going slow and being patient.  One of the most important things to remember is go into overclocking with an open mind.  No two processors are going to overclock the same.  Focus on getting the best possible result that your chip is capable of. But mainly, set your voltage to Manual/constant/override/static before stress testing.

 

Here are some guides:

http://www.wikihow.com/Overclock-a-PC

http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

https://teksyndicate.com/forum/overclocking/haswell-overclocking-guide/153447

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

Load Line Calibration and Overclocking

Thanks, I'ma watch one more guide and I'll be back to report my results. 

[Aniallation]

K, brb, also anything important that I need to disable first? Like any power saving thingy-ma-do-das?

Not really, but disable Turbo Core if you want the best stability. 

[Faceman]

Thanks, I'ma watch one more guide and I'll be back to report my results. 

Do some baseline tests!

[Yiz]

Do some baseline tes

If you mean run some stress test before OC? I did do that. Temp never went past 50C on intel extreme tuning utility. (I was told by someone on this forum to use this) And irreverent but may be of help, GPU temps were completely fine, I think like 60C to 65C.

[Yiz]

Actually I think I will wait till morning to OC that might be a good idea. I will have alot more time to do this then and I don't want to rush anything. I will report back with any problems such that they should occur. Thanks for all the info so far though!

[Yiz]

You won't decrease the life span of the CPU as long as you do the overclocking properly and safely.  This means going slow and being patient.  One of the most important things to remember is go into overclocking with an open mind.  No two processors are going to overclock the same.  Focus on getting the best possible result that your chip is capable of. But mainly, set your voltage to Manual/constant/override/static before stress testing.

 

Here are some guides:

http://www.wikihow.com/Overclock-a-PC

http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

https://teksyndicate.com/forum/overclocking/haswell-overclocking-guide/153447

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

Load Line Calibration and Overclocking

Did some test earlier. Was stable at 1.25v on a 4.5ghz but 4.6 got me a bsod. Oddly though I manually set voltages in bios to 1.25 but voltage went up to 1.62... And when idle votages were low too. I set all the power saving things off and what not and turbo stuff and the adaptive setting thing to override but still it fluctuated when not under load. Some things came up today so I can't continue this until later but for now I just reset everything back to default just in the meantime because my brother is probably going to play some games on this without me knowing and I'm in not 100% sure if 4.5 is stable as only tested for 15mins. Going to go do some more research while I'm away but I'd appreciate your input on if I'm doing anything wrong so far or right, thanks!

[Faceman]

Did some test earlier. Was stable at 1.25v on a 4.5ghz but 4.6 got me a bsod. Oddly though I manually set voltages in bios to 1.25 but voltage went up to 1.62... And when idle votages were low too. I set all the power saving things off and what not and turbo stuff and the adaptive setting thing to override but still it fluctuated when not under load. Some things came up today so I can't continue this until later but for now I just reset everything back to default just in the meantime because my brother is probably going to play some games on this without me knowing and I'm in not 100% sure if 4.5 is stable as only tested for 15mins. Going to go do some more research while I'm away but I'd appreciate your input on if I'm doing anything wrong so far or right, thanks!

It got kinda jumbled there in the middle.  So bear with me...  1.25v for 4.5Ghz is very good if it is in fact stable.  What did you use to stress test?  What was your LLC set to?  Jumping up to 1.62v is dangerous.  What program were you using to monitor?  Maybe it was an incorrect reading.  I recommend HWiNFO to monitor everything.  Your voltage is supposed to fluctuate up and down depending on the load.  This is what adaptive means.  It adapts to the load being placed upon your processor.  If you aren't doing anything intensive, you should drop to around 800Mhz and low voltages.  Then, when you do something like open up web browser, or a game, then the Mhz and voltage increases.   Override means the voltage is constantly set to whatever you put it to.  So if you set override 1.25v it will stay at 1.25v no matter what.  This is not good for regular use.  Only use override when you are stress testing.  For everything else, use adaptive.

[SteveGrabowski]

Ok, so I'm new to OC and I just built this rig (in my sig thingy) a few days ago. Everything seems fine, except for loud as balls HX850w. I'm going to RMA it for coil whine issues. But that beside I think I'm ready to overclock to fine little lady. I saw Linus's video on OC but it was a bit overwhelming for me. Is there maybe just any tips you can give me or instructions? What do I need to enable/disable in the bios? I'm not looking for a extremely high OC either. Also when people say it decreases life span how much is it usually?

 

Read this

http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

[Yiz]

It got kinda jumbled there in the middle.  So bear with me...  1.25v for 4.5Ghz is very good if it is in fact stable.  What did you use to stress test?  What was your LLC set to?  Jumping up to 1.62v is dangerous.  What program were you using to monitor?  Maybe it was an incorrect reading.  I recommend HWiNFO to monitor everything.  Your voltage is supposed to fluctuate up and down depending on the load.  This is what adaptive means.  It adapts to the load being placed upon your processor.  If you aren't doing anything intensive, you should drop to around 800Mhz and low voltages.  Then, when you do something like open up web browser, or a game, then the Mhz and voltage increases.   Override means the voltage is constantly set to whatever you put it to.  So if you set override 1.25v it will stay at 1.25v no matter what.  This is not good for regular use.  Only use override when you are stress testing.  For everything else, use adaptive.

Yeah I know, I wanted to set it to static just for stress test. I meant 1.25 - 1.26 sorry Other one I said is a huge difference I was using a combination of HWMonitor and CPU-Z. I was using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. As for LLC I'm pretty sure I had it on something I was not supposed to.

[Faceman]

Yeah I know, I wanted to set it to static just for stress test. I meant 1.25 - 1.26 sorry Other one I said is a huge difference I was using a combination of HWMonitor and CPU-Z. I was using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. As for LLC I'm pretty sure I had it on something I was not supposed to.

oh, 1.25 to 1.26 is perfectly normal even with static voltage.  LLC should be at like medium or 4/8-6/8 but never at extreme or maximum.

What kind of temps were you getting in XTU?

[revl8er]

1.25v is very good for that oc.  I have my 4790k at 4.5ghz @ 1.25 stable.  I probably can go lower but haven't gotten around to messing with it.  Oddly enough I had it set to 4.6ghz at 1.25 and it was stable through 8 hours of stress testing but decided to bsod on me so I dropped it down to 4.5ghz.  How are your temps at that speed though?  That's another thing you have to pay attention to as if it's running too hot you could shorten the life of your cpu.

[Yiz]

oh, 1.25 to 1.26 is perfectly normal even with static voltage.  LLC should be at like medium or 4/8-6/8 but never at extreme or maximum.

What kind of temps were you getting in XTU?

82C max for 15min stress testing. I going to mess around more as soon as I get home in a few hours.