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First time overclocking... any advice?

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Spent some more time on it, got it to 3.402GHz, will run a 10 cycle test when I have more time (Not at 11:45pm). Thanks for your help!  Based on the research I did, 1.4V is safe, but I'd rather not push to the very limit of what is safe. 1.35V already displays as red in my BIOS.  Should I mess with any of those other settings?  

no, just leave it. thats a good oc

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Did the best I could following an online guide and from my own research, thought I'd see if the masters over here at LTT could offer me any further guidance.  Let me know if you need any more information.

 

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Sorry if the BIOS picture is super ghetto... didn't know any other way to take a picture of it than with my phone.

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K GPU: Gigabyte AORUS GTX 1080Ti 11GB RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Storage: Samsung 970 Pro 512GB M.2 / Samsung 860 Evo 2TB 2.5" CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Pro Case: Lian Li Lancool One

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go for gold, keep feeding the cpu voltage, but dont go past the safe amount (im not sure for the 760). if it becomes unstable, drop it back a bit and keep it there

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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go for gold, keep feeding the cpu voltage, but dont go past the safe amount (im not sure for the 760). if it becomes unstable, drop it back a bit and keep it there

 

Oh this is my fault for not including enough information, I had it higher but ran into crashing problems during the intel burn test, I was dialing it back 2MHz a time on the base clock until it stabilized, I just wasn't sure if I could change anything I was doing to push it higher. 

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Oh this is my fault for not including enough information, I had it higher but ran into crashing problems during the intel burn test, I was dialing it back 2MHz a time on the base clock until it stabilized, I just wasn't sure if I could change anything I was doing to push it higher. 

well, what were your temps when it crashed. if they were good, ad 0.01v to the core as more voltage + a higher stable overclock.

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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well, what were your temps when it crashed. if they were good, ad 0.01v to the core as more voltage + a higher stable overclock.

 

I wasn't watching it like a hawk, but I didn't see anything extreme. Nowhere near TJMax. Also, I might be super dumb as this is my first time playing with voltages in BIOS, but it will only let me increment by .05.

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K GPU: Gigabyte AORUS GTX 1080Ti 11GB RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Storage: Samsung 970 Pro 512GB M.2 / Samsung 860 Evo 2TB 2.5" CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Pro Case: Lian Li Lancool One

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I wasn't watching it like a hawk, but I didn't see anything extreme. Nowhere near TJMax. Also, I might be super dumb as this is my first time playing with voltages in BIOS, but it will only let me increment by .05.

just add the 0.05 and leave it at that (dont go higher until you have reaserched the max safe voltage). I like to keep my temps under 70...

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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just add the 0.05 and leave it at that (dont go higher until you have reaserched the max safe voltage). I like to keep my temps under 70...

 

Spent some more time on it, got it to 3.402GHz, will run a 10 cycle test when I have more time (Not at 11:45pm). Thanks for your help!  Based on the research I did, 1.4V is safe, but I'd rather not push to the very limit of what is safe. 1.35V already displays as red in my BIOS.  Should I mess with any of those other settings?  

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K GPU: Gigabyte AORUS GTX 1080Ti 11GB RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Storage: Samsung 970 Pro 512GB M.2 / Samsung 860 Evo 2TB 2.5" CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Pro Case: Lian Li Lancool One

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Spent some more time on it, got it to 3.402GHz, will run a 10 cycle test when I have more time (Not at 11:45pm). Thanks for your help!  Based on the research I did, 1.4V is safe, but I'd rather not push to the very limit of what is safe. 1.35V already displays as red in my BIOS.  Should I mess with any of those other settings?  

no, just leave it. thats a good oc

My rig: r7 1700 @ 3.9/1.35v, 16gb ddr4 3200, assorted rando SSDs, hx 1050, vega 64 1650/1025

MY $75 BUILD https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/576889-the-75-build-log/#comment-7547280

 

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