5960x overclocking!

[skate048]

Hello so my friend asked me the other day if i knew how to overclock an 5960x to over 4ghz and i said no but then i thought I could ask the awesome LTT community so here i am. Any advice as to how you overclock the 5960x to around 4.5ghz. Oh and his motherboard is a msi x99 gaming 7.

[ClownFace1511]

Put voltage to 1.3 and set the multiplyer to 4.5. Should be fine. If it doesnt work go up to 1.35v. I got mine to 4.6 on 1.3. Just your luck i guess.

[failblox]

What cooler does he have?

 

As for the overclocking, go into your motherboard's BIOS and bump up the multiplier (BCLK*multiplier = CPU Frequency) bit by bit (try by 2s) and test your stability each time you go into windows. Once you start crashing, bump up your voltage until the OC becomes stable, then go back to increasing your multiplier, and then your voltage, etc. Also check your temps while you're doing all of this. Once you reach the desired frequency or you're unable to push the chip any further (voltage too high, temps to high, etc.) then congradulations - you've overclocked a CPU.

 

How did your friend manage to buy a $1000 CPU and not know how to overclock it though just wondering?

[skate048]

What cooler does he have?

 

As for the overclocking, go into your motherboard's BIOS and bump up the multiplier (BCLK*multiplier = CPU Frequency) bit by bit (try by 2s) and test your stability each time you go into windows. Once you start crashing, bump up your voltage until the OC becomes stable, then go back to increasing your multiplier, and then your voltage, etc. Also check your temps while you're doing all of this. Once you reach the desired frequency or you're unable to push the chip any further (voltage too high, temps to high, etc.) then congradulations - you've overclocked a CPU.

 

How did your friend manage to buy a $1000 CPU and not know how to overclock it though just wondering?

[skate048]

What cooler does he have?

 

As for the overclocking, go into your motherboard's BIOS and bump up the multiplier (BCLK*multiplier = CPU Frequency) bit by bit (try by 2s) and test your stability each time you go into windows. Once you start crashing, bump up your voltage until the OC becomes stable, then go back to increasing your multiplier, and then your voltage, etc. Also check your temps while you're doing all of this. Once you reach the desired frequency or you're unable to push the chip any further (voltage too high, temps to high, etc.) then congradulations - you've overclocked a CPU.

 

How did your friend manage to buy a $1000 CPU and not know how to overclock it though just wondering?

I think he has a kraken x61 but yeah i dont know why he bought the cpu before doing a bit of research!

[skate048]

Put voltage to 1.3 and set the multiplyer to 4.5. Should be fine. If it doesnt work go up to 1.35v. I got mine to 4.6 on 1.3. Just your luck i guess.

Ok but how do you tune the settings is there any application???

[failblox]

Ok but how do you tune the settings is there any application???

BIOS. Spam the Delete key right after you turn on your computer.

[skate048]

BIOS. Spam the Delete key right after you turn on your computer.

Ok thank you he will be very happy!

[failblox]

Ok thank you he will be very happy!

Please tell your friend to do some research next time before he buys a $1000 CPU.

[skate048]

BIOS. Spam the Delete key right after you turn on your computer.

Wait i just searched for 5960x overclocking on google and somebody said you could use cpu z is that true

[TonyStark]

you can use CPU-Z in order to validate the cpu settings and/or monitor the current system speeds, clocks etc etc...never heard that you can OC from CPU-Z directly.

[skate048]

Please tell your friend to do some research next time before he buys a $1000 CPU.

So now i have helped him over phone for about 30 minutes and we finally got 4.7ghz with  1.352 volts is that good??? It doesn´t crash atleast.

[Simons]

So now i have helped him over phone for about 30 minutes and we finally got 4.7ghz with  1.352 volts is that good??? It doesn´t crash atleast.

 

That is above average from what I've seen, however is this stable after 12+ hours of stress testing and/or game playing? As i've noticed that sometimes you can get stable stress tests, but can't get it stable at the same settings in games.