Overclocking i5 4690K

[JaackPricee]

Can someone please walk me through overclocking an Intel i5 4690K?

Thank you

[xnoobftw]

[Archangel1994]

Set Voltage mode to manual

Start with a VCore of 1.25V

Start with a Multiplier of 45

Stress test for 15 minutes, if stable up multiplier, if unstable increase voltage in increments of 0.005 or decrease multiplier by 1

Continue until temps are too high or voltage hits 1.3V

Set Voltage Mode to adaptive

 

[JaackPricee]

Set Voltage mode to manual

Start with a VCore of 1.25V

Start with a Multiplier of 45

Stress test for 15 minutes, if stable up multiplier, if unstable increase voltage in increments of 0.005 or decrease multiplier by 1

Continue until temps are too high or voltage hits 1.3V

Set Voltage Mode to adaptive

 

 

 

Thank you both very much for the answers As you can see, I'm new to overclocking

[LogicalDrm]

Lets add this also before someone complains lack of guides. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

[DildorTheDecent]

Continue until temps are too high or voltage hits 1.3V

Set Voltage Mode to adaptive

Going over 1.3V is fine. Ideally no more than 1.35V or 1.4V with adequate cooling. 

 

Also using adaptive voltage is why Haswellers complain about Prime 95 overvolting problems. 

[Analog]

I am not going to go over and say about the overclocking stuff, the other guys have done a perfect job explaining it briefly and Linus' video is pretty much spot-on. The one thing that I am going to say is just use Aida64 or Intel XTU for stress testing and not Prime95 as it overvlots the processors causing excessive heat, which can negatively impact the longevity of you chip or even kill it (I have seen this happen, it is not fun!)

[doubleagent214]

These videos are not for the 4690, but the one before it. And I am looking for the same thing.

[incarnate]

These videos are not for the 4690, but the one before it. And I am looking for the same thing.

It's usually best to start a new topic instead of reviving an old one. And the process is still the same.

Overclocking is pretty simple. You start by going into the bios and setting voltage to manual, I set llc just under or at half (level 4 on my asus z97-A) then increase the multiplier by 1 over the turbo (40 for the 4690k). Then you run a stress test. I recommend either Intel xtu or occt. I tend to run for 20-30 minutes if I plan on going higher.

You then keep increasing the multiplier until you get a blue screen. After that, go down by 1 on the multiplier and slowly increase the voltage (increase it by no more than 0.01v at a time) and stress test up to an hour. Once it passes, you repeat the process of increasing the multiplier by 1 then stress test until you blue screen or reach 30-45 mins. Keep doing this until you reach 85°C or you get your desired overclock. Make sure your final overclock passes at least a 2 hour stress test to make sure it is stable.

The limits of Haswell are 85°C for temps, and 1.3-1.35v. Although you'll need a good cooler to go higher than 1.25v.

Don't push llc too high, but you'll want it set to something manual. Llc will help keep things stable, but too high of a setting will push way more voltage than you want through your cpu

Take it slow, do it over a couple days. I spent three days doing my overclocks.

[AndreFranco]

Good night everyone, coming up here with a doubt. 
In the middle of the (long) process of fine tuning my overclock (4690k + Z97-AR) I noticed that the VRM/CPU input voltage remains 1.680V after I set it higher (1.7/1.8V).

It remains around that value in the UEFI and in the harware reading programs like HWmonitor and AIDA64... 

What could cause this? 

Thank you in advance!

[TheRandomness]

These videos are not for the 4690, but the one before it. And I am looking for the same thing.

The only difference between the 4670k and 4690k is the thermal interface material they used between the CPU and the IHS

[Tytan64]

I have that CPU overclocked to 4.5GHz in adaptive mode.

Do as Archangel1994 said.