Overclocking the 5960x

[Arkaea]

Hi guys,

 

I just recently bought the 5960x cpu and I was thinking about overclocking it since it is being cooled down with a corsair 105.

I was thinking about reaching the 4.0ghz tag (some of you will laugh but I prefer to have a "safe" overclock) and I'd like to know how you guys tweaked the core ratio and cpu voltage in order to get your values or how could I overclock mine in order to achieve the 4.0ghz.

This is the first time I'm overclocking something so...be gentle ;o

 

 

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

First time overclocker buys a 5960X.Rich kid.

A 4.0GHz should be no problem unless you got a bad chip

[Enderman]

[Sam Z Man]

Nothing is guaranteed in overclocking

[BrandonTheCat]

Why would we laugh on a 4.0 overclock on the 5960? The base clock is 3.0. You will be lucky to get 4.0 (Its not that hard to reach that.)

 

*Sigh* You've never overclocked before, and yet you have a 5960X. Insane, but whatever... On to them overclocking!

 

I wouldn't go over 1.4V, as thats the point in which my CPU starts melting (5820k) or at last hits 80 degrees. 

 

For starters, do 40 on the multiplier at 1.3 Volts. I can achieve 4.0 at 1.2 but then again, I have 2 less cores. so that should do fine. Also remember to sync all cores when doing this so every single core will be at 4.0GHz.  

 

If that fails on a 24/7 Aida stress test, raise the voltage (I wouldn't) or take the Multiplier back. Your objective when overclocking is to have the highest stable overclock, even though you are on a good watercooler, I wouldn't go over 1.4V on any X99 Chip so don't push it. 

Edited July 8, 2015 by BrandonTheCat

[Arkaea]

Why would we laugh on a 4.0 overclock on the 5960? The base clock is 3.0. You will be lucky to get 4.0 (Its not that hard to reach that.)

 

*Sigh* You've never overclocked before, and yet you have a 5960X. Insane, but whatever... On to them overclocking!

 

I wouldn't go over 1.4V, as thats the point in which my CPU starts melting (5820k) or at last hits 80 degrees. 

 

For starters, do 40 on the multiplier at 1.3 Volts. I can achieve 4.0 at 1.2 but then again, I have 2 less cores. so that should do fine. Also remember to sync all cores when doing this so every single core will be at 4.0GHz.  

 

If that fails on a 24/7 Aida stress test, raise the voltage (I wouldn't) or take the Multiplier back. Your objective when overclocking is to have the highest stable overclock, even though you are on a good watercooler, I wouldn't go over 1.4V on any X99 Chip so don't push it. 

 

Taking into consideration many people achieved 4.5ghz+ on this cpu I thought you'd laugh about my 4.0, my bad. I never overclocked anything, true, but I gotta start at some point, right?  ^^

 

Thanks for the tips, very clear explanation. Is there anything else I can change that affects the cpu speed?

[BrandonTheCat]

Taking into consideration many people achieved 4.5ghz+ on this cpu I thought you'd laugh about my 4.0, my bad. I never overclocked anything, true, but I gotta start at some point, right?  ^^

 

Thanks for the tips, very clear explanation. Is there anything else I can change that affects the cpu speed?

Well If I had my PC in front of me I would but... for starters I suggest watching the video that @Enderman posted on top. 

 

If you see any CPU strap, that will affect CPU speed as well, but it affects buses and can cause issues if you play around with it, so I would leave it alone.

If you have XMP DDR4 RAM, it will change the CPU strap to 125, rather than by 100 automatically for RAM speeds above 2600Mhz. So instead of 40, (Where as CPU Speed calculations are multiplied by CPU strap and CPU Multiplier like this : 100 x 40 = 4000Mhz or 4Ghz. So if you replace 100 with 125, you have to change your CPU Multiplier to 32 in order to get the full 4Ghz. 

 

Since you are a first time overclocker, you should probably leave XMP off, and learn that later

[Arkaea]

Well If I had my PC in front of me I would but... for starters I suggest watching the video that @Enderman posted on top. 

 

If you see any CPU strap, that will affect CPU speed as well, but it affects buses and can cause issues if you play around with it, so I would leave it alone.

If you have XMP DDR4 RAM, it will change the CPU strap to 125, rather than by 100 automatically for RAM speeds above 2600Mhz. So instead of 40, (Where as CPU Speed calculations are multiplied by CPU strap and CPU Multiplier like this : 100 x 40 = 4000Mhz or 4Ghz. So if you replace 100 with 125, you have to change your CPU Multiplier to 32 in order to get the full 4Ghz. 

 

Since you are a first time overclocker, you should probably leave XMP off, and learn that later

I bought a kit of gskill ddr4 ram at 2400mhz, so in order to get the 2400 working do I have to activate the xmp profile?

[BrandonTheCat]

I bought a kit of gskill ddr4 ram at 2400mhz, so in order to get the 2400 working do I have to activate the xmp profile?

Yeah, that should work perfectly. above 2600 it becomes... difficult. But default, that RAM runs at 2133 by default. So what you need to watch out for is other system changes when you enable XMP. For example, since my RAM is 2666, It changes the CPU strap to 125, rather than 100. So when you enable XMP, watch for it. Other than that you should be fine. Just activate XMP to get the full 2400 working.

[Arkaea]

Yeah, that should work perfectly. above 2600 it becomes... difficult. But default, that RAM runs at 2133 by default. So what you need to watch out for is other system changes when you enable XMP. For example, since my RAM is 2666, It changes the CPU strap to 125, rather than 100. So when you enable XMP, watch for it. Other than that you should be fine. Just activate XMP to get the full 2400 working.

 

Thanks a lot for your time and patience ^^