Need overclocking help! 4670k

[lmpress Me]

Hi, 

i just got my first gaming PC 2 days ago. I followed this guide step by step and copied the freq and voltages

This is on the Z87X-UD3H. I have the h100i cpu cooler and was wondering if this cpu-z screenshot looked about right. Everytime i try to stress test using prime95, my comp just freezes. Does that mean it's an improper overclock?

Any advice is good as im a complete noob at this stuff. 

Thanks in advance

[Volbet]

You have to keep in mind that every chip is unique. It is the silicone lottry and somebody wins and somebody loses. 

 

That your computer freezes during stress is a sign that you need more voltage to keep the overclock stable, or you need to lower the frequency.

[my414]

When this happens It usually means that you need to add some more voltage since every chip is different; yours might require a bit more voltage. Although you were able to boot into windows which means that you are close to the voltage it need to be stable. Bump the voltage up by .01 and stop once you are able to run prime. Continue to bump the voltage until prime will run for at least a few hours without crashing or freezing. Then you can either leave it there or try for a higher clock speed if temps are fine. (keep under 85 during prime)

[bcredeur97]

ok the highest I would go on voltage(for everyday use) is about 1.27 Volts. So what i normally do is go to a higher number, like 1.23 and work my way down until im crashing. This takes a lot of time and patience but you will get it eventually:)

[lmpress Me]

When this happens It usually means that you need to add some more voltage since every chip is different; yours might require a bit more voltage. Although you were able to boot into windows which means that you are close to the voltage it need to be stable. Bump the voltage up by .01 and stop once you are able to run prime. Continue to bump the voltage until prime will run for at least a few hours without crashing or freezing. Then you can either leave it there or try for a higher clock speed if temps are fine. (keep under 85 during prime)

Hmm yeah, makes sense. Does about 4-5 hours seem like a reasonable time to run prime? And also what do I do if temps exceed 85-90?

[Volbet]

Hmm yeah, makes sense. Does about 4-5 hours seem like a reasonable time to run prime? And also what do I do if temps exceed 85-90?

Ussually I recommend 48 hours of Prime95. Minimum of 24 hours. 

 

If temp reaches 85-90 degress celsius you are running to hot and you need to lower your voltage. You want temps around 70 degress celsius, 75 degress max

[ProKoN]

Do NOT use prime 95 to stress test your Haswell chip.

 

Use the IETU

 

https://www.google.ca/search?q=inte%3B+extreme+tuning+utility&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr

 

make sure your on the latest bios.

 

this guy hit 4.6 after having many problems.

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/37950-help-me-oc-whats-going-on/

[ProKoN]

Hi, 

i just got my first gaming PC 2 days ago. I followed this guide step by step and copied the freq and voltages

This is on the Z87X-UD3H. I have the h100i cpu cooler and was wondering if this cpu-z screenshot looked about right. Everytime i try to stress test using prime95, my comp just freezes. Does that mean it's an improper overclock?

Any advice is good as im a complete noob at this stuff. 

Thanks in advance

 any luck

 

if you followed the video you may have set your ring bus at a 1:1 ratio (4200MHz)

 

this may be causing instability

[lmpress Me]

 any luck

 

if you followed the video you may have set your ring bus at a 1:1 ratio (4200MHz)

 

this may be causing instability

Yeah, i did set it at 1.1 ratio, what do you reckon i should set the ring bus to?

[ProKoN]

Yeah, i did set it at 1.1 ratio, what do you reckon i should set the ring bus to?

leave it at 3900MHz or drop it to 3000MHz

 

find cpu stability... then bring the ring bus back up