Overclocking Resources...

July 27, 2015

Hey Guys,

So I'm wanting to start looking to OC my sparkly new i7-5930k. I've never done any OC'ing and so what I want to do is really start at the beginning and learn what I can before I dive into this. So what I'm looking for are suggested resources for the newbie/noob who's just starting out. (There's a lot of stuff on Google and I have no idea what's good or bad). Then I'm looking for resources on OC'ing the Intel chips and finally this chip specifically.

Thank you in advance, you guys are the best..

pwn_intended · July 27, 2015

You need to look into the tools specific for your motherboard. The website of your mobo vendor will include overclocking software.

Addition:

As far as actual guides are concerned, overclocking the 5930k will be more or less the same as any of the other 5000 series i7's, just the software is specific to your motherboard vendor as far as what options are available to you.

werto165 · July 27, 2015

Perhaps look online for your specific motherboard and search for over clocking guides, jayztwocents has a few but that's about all I know. I don't think it's too hard if you don't want to get into insane overclocking. Last time I tried overclocking it was just changing a multiplier but you can get into the VCORE and stuff like that but I avoided that as it wasn't my PC that I was doing the OC on.

LIGISTX · July 27, 2015

My best suggestion for learning to OC, just read A LOT about ocing intel chips, watch videos, and just become very familiar with it. OCing a 4770k, 3770k, 4790k, or any of their i5 counterparts will be similar, not exact, but similar. And there is A LOT of info out there on those, so just look through all of that, usually lots of info on toms hardware or on this forum, and just try and learn the concepts and terminology. Once you have a really good understanding of it all (seriously, put in a solid 10-15 hours of research, reading, watching videos, etc) then you will be able to actually understand and easily troubleshoot issues, as well as make knowledgeable decisions about your specific chip as far as max voltages you want to run, is it worth the extra .1 volts for .2 mhz, stuff like that. It isn't hard these days, but actually learning the ins and outs of it is very important. Sure, you can watch a video and read a single short article and have an overclocked chip.... but do you really know what you just did? Probably not. And I don't like risking my expensive hardware when I could have put the time in and really learned it in and out.

For instance, I did a LOT of research back when I was overclocking my i7 920 (had previously OCed some 775 socket core 2 duo's and core 2 quads) but I really wanted to know the ins and outs of the new i7. And that research lead me to find out that there where golden chips out there, and that I had one. I was able to push a 44% overclock at under stock voltage. Watching one or two videos and a few tutorials would not have told me that. I was stable at a 3.82 GHz OC for 5 years, at sub stock volts, and I was pretty happy! No lie, OCing now is easier than the 920 was since we can just mess with the multiplier and bump some vcore, but it is still great to understand it all. Know what the cpu straps are, understand vdroop and how to combat it with possible additions of load line calibration if you are pushing a high enough OC (I don't think you will need this.... but you never know).

So yea, long response to a "simple" question. But my main advice is simple, find a lot of youtube videos from a lot of different people, you will see trends in the information, and you will see who is just a kid in their basement, or a more knowledgeable pro. Take their advice, use the guides they advice, and read all of that material. After a week or so of solid research, you will be surprised at the knowledge you have gained, and you will be very confident in OCing your new shinny chip

LIGISTX · July 27, 2015

A little more info on my 920 OC since you would think I could have came across the lowest volts required just by the normal trial and error method.... not really. That chip wouldn't hit 4 GHz no matter what I changed. Seriously. I changed every DA*% setting on the mobo, pushed volts, ran fans full speed, I couldn't get 4 GHZ, hell I couldn't even get 3.9. So I ended up dropping back to 3.6 GHz at over stock volts, but the research lead me to find out there is probably some strange sweet spot in there somewhere, and there was. It was like .01 or .02 below the stock vcore, and the highest clock that got me was 3.82. Research.... its great lol

This will almost certainly not be your experience since the new chips are a lot more "predictable", but I am just proving my point of research.