6600k 5Ghz?!

[Chris Yahya]

Hello!

 

i'm newbie OC-ers here, so today i tried to OC my 6600k. then, i go to BIOS, and set 42x (i think start with low values, im scared if too high it will blow up my CPU )

 

so... here goes... ratio...42x. Ok, Voltage i leave it auto (its ok?)

 

so i restarted my PC...

 

Boot suceed, and login sucess. Ok. Cool.

 

Then i launched Userbenchmark software. then i opened my Task manager...

 

WHAT?

 

 

Seriously? 5,0GHZ? with max temp is 61c....

 

Is it turbo tech or what?

 

the benchmark is done.. my CPU scored 105% ! well... i'm too scared to fry my CPU so i quickly shut down and open bios, restore to default.

 

well here is the result : http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/1086374

 

well here is my spec

 

CPU : you know

RAM : Corsair DDr4 Vengeance LPX 3200Mhz

GPU : GTX970 Palit Jetstream

Cooler : Liquid Cooler DeepCool Maelstrom 120T

PSU : CX500...that is. CX500. you read it correctly.

 

EDIT :

 

Oh.. before i shut down my PC, i tried OCCT it and still stable.... (not too long)

[Chris Yahya]

here is more :

 

"Base Clock 4.2 Ghz, Turbo 5Ghz...

[TheGamingBarrel]

You are running 4200MHz, not 5000, Task Manager is almost always wrong.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Check with cpu-z task manger is know to report incorrectly.

[Denned]

Bug in Windows. You can see it's running at 4,2 ghz in the other black / green window.

[alexyy]

Windows task manager starts breaking when you overclock if you set it to 4.2ghz in the bios that's what it's doing. 

[Bradders]

I would be careful at 5.0Ghz, I doubt you'll need 5.0 Ghz, I would go for 4.5/4.8 as it'll be safer and keep your CPU living a little longer

[Chris Yahya]

1 minute ago, TheGamingBarrel said:

You are running 4200MHz, not 5000, Task Manager is almost always wrong.

wow... wait, userbenchmark also says it "turbo 5ghz"..

[NunoLava1998]

Here's a simple guide on how to overclock:

1 - Increase your multiplier/base clock until it gets unstable

2 - Increase voltage

3 - Repeat

[TheGamingBarrel]

Just now, Chris Yahya said:

wow... wait, userbenchmark also says it "turbo 5ghz"..

It is wrong. Use CPU-Z.

[alexyy]

1 minute ago, Bradders said:

I would be careful at 5.0Ghz, I doubt you'll need 5.0 Ghz, I would go for 4.5/4.8 as it'll be safer and keep your CPU living a little longer

Speed doesn't damage the cpu voltage does. 

[Chris Yahya]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Check with cpu-z task manger is know to report incorrectly.

 

4 minutes ago, Denned said:

Bug in Windows. You can see it's running at 4,2 ghz in the other black / green window.

 

3 minutes ago, TheGamingBarrel said:

It is wrong. Use CPU-Z.

wow.. Okay i'll download it now.

 

2 minutes ago, alexyy said:

Speed doesn't damage the cpu voltage does. 

.... i leave it auto on BIOS....MSI Z170A PRO

[TheGamingBarrel]

Just now, Chris Yahya said:

 

 

wow.. Okay i'll download it now.

 

.... i leave it auto on BIOS....MSI Z170A PRO

Dont use auto voltages, it normally overvolts way too much.

[aisle9]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

... i leave it auto on BIOS....MSI Z170A PRO

Yeah, don't do that. Most motherboards, including MSI, will pump way more voltage than they need to into an overclocked chip if left to their own devices. That's begging for damage down the line (or immediately, in some cases). If you're going to overclock, you need to be running voltage manually.

[Chris Yahya]

1 minute ago, TheGamingBarrel said:

Dont use auto voltages, it normally overvolts way too much.

thank God i quickly to set default....

 

btw, if i leave voltage auto at default speed, is it ok?

[TheGamingBarrel]

Just now, Chris Yahya said:

thank God i quickly to set default....

 

btw, if i leave voltage auto at default speed, is it ok?

Yes.

[aisle9]

Just now, Chris Yahya said:

thank God i quickly to set default....

 

btw, if i leave voltage auto at default speed, is it ok?

Auto voltage at stock speed? Yes. That's what it was designed for.

[Moonzy]

6 minutes ago, alexyy said:

Speed doesn't damage the cpu voltage does. 

technically yes

 

but i've seen a guy changed his multiplier to x90 for fun (on an AMD chip iirc)

and it bricked his cpu, resetting cmos didnt helped `-`

[Chris Yahya]

1 minute ago, TheGamingBarrel said:

Yes.

1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

Auto voltage at stock speed? Yes. That's what it was designed for.

whew. okay!

 

8 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Here's a simple guide on how to overclock:

1 - Increase your multiplier/base clock until it gets unstable

2 - Increase voltage

3 - Repeat

so :

increase multiplier as possible , for example i got 4.6Ghz stable, then 4.7Ghz unstable, i need to increase the voltage?

[TheGamingBarrel]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

whew. okay!

 

so :

increase multiplier as possible , for example i got 4.6Ghz stable, then 4.7Ghz unstable, i need to increase the voltage?

Yes.

[NunoLava1998]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

whew. okay!

 

so :

increase multiplier as possible , for example i got 4.6Ghz stable, then 4.7Ghz unstable, i need to increase the voltage?

Yes. But only do it by small increments. Don't increase the voltage from 1 to 98, that is gonna request like a million watts. No, 1 to 1.05 is fine.

[Chris Yahya]

here... default values.

[aisle9]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

whew. okay!

 

so :

increase multiplier as possible , for example i got 4.6Ghz stable, then 4.7Ghz unstable, i need to increase the voltage?

Process is the same for 6600K chips.

[Chris Yahya]

4 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Yes. But only do it by small increments. Don't increase the voltage from 1 to 98, that is gonna request like a million watts. No, 1 to 1.05 is fine.

do you mean 1V to 98V? or 1.0 to 1.98V?

[NunoLava1998]

1 minute ago, Chris Yahya said:

do you mean 1V to 98V? or 1.0 to 1.98V?

I said DON'T DO 1V TO 98V, but 1.0 to 1.05 V is fine.