Overclocking Noob Help

[PoshBoyGames]

I currently have a Asus Z87 Standard Motherboard, and a 4770k. I have little knowledge and experience about overclocking. I know that You need to change the multiplier and voltage, but what I've done in the past is change the multiplier to 40 without changing the voltage, then when I ran my PC there was no notice in temp and performance. Then I went into ASUS CPU-Z And in the model/name of the CPU it still said 3.5GHz. Any help? Also, any advice on any good cooling for 4.0-4.8GHz if possible? (Currently have 2 massive ugly sluggish heatsinks/fans right above my CPU.

[Godlygamer23]

Did you stress the CPU when checking the clocks?

[WorldDominator]

The extent of your Overclock depends on your cooler and the silicon in your CPU. Your cooler doesn't sound that good lol

[simtransporter]

Are you sure you saved the settings before exiting in the BIOS?

[BigD1970]

Maybe this will help   ▶ Intel Haswell 4th Generation Core i5 & i7 Overclocking Guide - YouTube

[Liam-McShane]

Did you save the settings you changed in the BIOS?

[PoshBoyGames]

Did you save the settings you changed in the BIOS?

Yes

[PoshBoyGames]

Are you sure you saved the settings before exiting in the BIOS?

Yes

[Godlygamer23]

As I said, did you actually stress the CPU when checking your frequencies? You may need to also re-write your BIOS. I had this issue on my ASUS board where my clocks were frozen even though the BIOS said they were lower. I would change the multiplier but my frequencies would stay the same.

[AryanXD]

yo bro I got a 4770K and an h100i I got a stable overclock of 4.5Ghz with 1.275V which is not amazing but pretty normal around "standard" haswell chips, if you want a good cooler go with the corsair h100i.

 

And if you really want to exceed to 4.6 with haswell you need a custom watercooling system or you might have to delid your CPU, from what I've seen people that achieve those clocks delided their CPU 

[ProKoN]

check out my step-by-step overclocking guide hope this helps!

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

[PoshBoyGames]

yo bro I got a 4770K and an h100i I got a stable overclock of 4.5Ghz with 1.275V which is not amazing but pretty normal around "standard" haswell chips, if you want a good cooler go with the corsair h100i.

 

And if you really want to exceed to 4.6 with haswell you need a custom watercooling system or you might have to delid your CPU, from what I've seen people that achieve those clocks delided their CPU 

I was looking at that and is obviously recommended, but can you tell me if it's in the case or is ontop of it because there's a lot of people who come in and out of my room as I am in university and I don't want them to know my computer w/ peripherals is around $4000 xD.

[PoshBoyGames]

As I said, did you actually stress the CPU when checking your frequencies? You may need to also re-write your BIOS. I had this issue on my ASUS board where my clocks were frozen even though the BIOS said they were lower. I would change the multiplier but my frequencies would stay the same.

I'm not sure what you mean by stress test. Someone a while back told me I need to run a program, I can't remember what it's called, but it stress tested my CPU and I got around 70c avg

[1sascha]

From my own "OC-noob needs help"-thread:

 

 

 

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[Godlygamer23]

I'm not sure what you mean by stress test. Someone a while back told me I need to run a program, I can't remember what it's called, but it stress tested my CPU and I got around 70c avg

Prime 95 is likely the program you're referring to. But apparently Intel Extreme Tuning Utility is better for Haswell.