My first overclock results

[jdmilion]

so i did my first overclcok today,

I have a pentium g3258 thats a month old,

I got it up too 4.2gHz with a voltage of 1.410

I am using the stock cooler at max fan settings,

I ran aeida64 for 10 mimutes and passed with flying colours, 72 celcius was the highest.

Then i ran the prime95 "torture test" and it got the max temp of 76 celcius

In far cry 4 it runs around 66-70 celcius at constant near 60fps with medium settings while recording on dxtory.

Overall i can see a MAJOUR performance increase, so much so, that i am going to buy a 212evo and try to ramp it even higher.

I am very happy with how it turned out.

Is 4.2gHz at 1.410 volts normal? Is it bad? Is it better than normal?

Pics of my aieda test, prime95 temps, and cinebench score are added.

[jdmilion]

Motherboard is a ASRock Z97 Extreme 3

[1Scotty1]

 

1,41V :blink: still, those temps are nice considering the stock cooler

[LIGISTX]

I don't have much experience with that CPU, but I am pretty sure 1.4 volts is not safe for hasswell based chips.

[LIGISTX]

It looks like people get ~4.1-4.1 on less than 1.2v from a few quick google searches. I  REALLY think you want to back that down a lot. Have you tried to test stability with less volts? Because that is a lot, and seriously could damage your chip

[Toxicable]

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1.41 is crazy high for that clock, on my 4690k im at 4.2 with the base voltage

[LIGISTX]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1500524/intel-pentium-g3258-performance-and-owners-club-now-with-gtx-970/1290

 

Do your do diligence, or you will result in fried stuff. Looks like people on there say keep it under 1.3 to be safe, if you are a risky person you can push to 1.35, but personally I wouldn't. You should be able to hit 4 GHz on just about stock volts, which is like 1.1 isn't it?

[jdmilion]

1,41V :blink: still, those temps are nice considering the stock cooler

Is 1.41 that bad?

Thats lowest it will run without crashing

[1Scotty1]

Is 1.41 that bad?

Thats lowest it will run without crashing

Like it was posted before, over 1,35V is "bad" for Haswell chips and can damage your chip beyond repair

[jdmilion]

Thats how much it says its using??

[blackadder]

Is 1.41 that bad?

Thats lowest it will run without crashing

its not great, temps are decent even with stock cooler. we like to keep volts to >1.35v temps are the main concern though. i would try 4.1 with 1.35v, also test much longer than a few mins, like 4-8 hours, i use occt. prime95 can cause higher volts depending on the version you are using.

edit, 1.218 is good for 4.2, this is at load?

[jdmilion]

Like it was posted before, over 1,35V is "bad" for Haswell chips and can damage your chip beyond repair

Above reply from me^^^

[LIGISTX]

If it took 1.41 to get there, your chip DOESN'T WANT TO BE THERE. lol. 

 

You may have to play with some of the other voltages, what is your RAM speed? There is a lot to overclocking, it takes a lot of research. Like, first time I tried to overclock I spent at least 30 hours reading and watching videos.

[LIGISTX]

Thats how much it says its using??

Is that when it is under load or at idle?

[jdmilion]

If it took 1.41 to get there, your chip DOESN'T WANT TO BE THERE. lol.

You may have to play with some of the other voltages, what is your RAM speed? There is a lot to overclocking, it takes a lot of research. Like, first time I tried to overclock I spent at least 30 hours reading and watching videos.

My ram is shit its like 500mghz

[jdmilion]

Is that when it is under load or at idle?

All of the above

[LIGISTX]

My ram is shit its like 500mghz

500 MHz...? That isn't possible. The slowest DDR3 is 1066, standard is 1333 or 1600.

[1Scotty1]

Above reply from me^^^

1,21V is WAY safer

[LIGISTX]

Wait, what do you mean all the above? I know it shows 1.21v, but is that when your PC is at idle, or when its in a game? Or when you are running a stress test?

 

Also like others said, you have to stress test on AIDA 64 for AT LEAST 8 hours to call it stable. 10 mins means nothing, just a way to quick check if it may or may not be stable.

[jdmilion]

Is that when it is under load or at idle?

Thats at idle, max, and average

[jdmilion]

500 MHz...? That isn't possible. The slowest DDR3 is 1066, standard is 1333 or 1600.

Nope its 500mghz.

Its old ddr3

[LIGISTX]

Thats at idle, max, and average

That doesn't make any sense. It should DEFINITELY fluctuate based on load. I say use CPUz to monitor volts, and check them when you are actually running AIDA 64. Or, use that program, and start running AIDA right now, and report back with the load volts, because that isn't correct.

[LIGISTX]

Nope its 500mghz.

Its old ddr3

There is no 500 MHz DDR3. That never existed lol

[jdmilion]

Wait, what do you mean all the above? I know it shows 1.21v, but is that when your PC is at idle, or when its in a game? Or when you are running a stress test?

Also like others said, you have to stress test on AIDA 64 for AT LEAST 8 hours to call it stable. 10 mins means nothing, just a way to quick check if it may or may not be stable.

Im running it now, its going to be running overnight

[Silyy097]

How can you even run 1.41V? @4.2 GHz? What?

 

People can hit 4.5GHz @ 1.3V. Below 1.35V is recommended. D: