overclocking my intel i5 6600k

[TimBoBaggins]

guys, i built my pc, i am very proud of it. my 2nd pc to own and first to build c: it is a great feeling. like really expensive legos.

due to me having only built the one pc you will probably be able to guess that i don't have the intelligence to overclock my cpu. and being on a budget where i won' be a blt to replace any parts i am a little scared of doing any permanent damage to the pc.

 

my specs are:

CPU: intel i5 6600k 3.5ghz with 3.9ghz turbo clock

Mobo: msi b150 gaming m3

ram: kingston hyper x fury 4gb (2x4) ddr4

psu has pleanty left of power for an overclock.

 

i am curious as to if anyone who is familiar with the msi bios and has experience overclocking could help me out. i watched a video of a guy with the same cpu but but a different motherboard still made by msi with the same bios. he set the cpu voltage at +125 or something along those lines (i will fin the video again for more accurate details) and then set the core ratio to 42 so it was 4.2 ghz. is this all i need to do or is there a complex of other things that i am unaware of. 

thanks -Tim

[Hydraxiler32]

go ahead and overclock it, but you can't because you need a Z170 board.

[alexjt11]

Hi,

I did some minor research on youre mobo after seeing it was a B type not Z type.

This link:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2880342/6600k-overclocking-msi-b150.html

will tell you that the mobo is not designed for overclocking. The person says ' So the answer is no, bios won't allow OC on a B board. '

 

Maybe im wrong but here is what I found! 

 

I believe the comment above is somewhat harsh. Don't worry, we aren't all like them!

[Hydraxiler32]

34 minutes ago, alexjt11 said:

Hi,

I did some minor research on youre mobo after seeing it was a B type not Z type.

This link:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2880342/6600k-overclocking-msi-b150.html

will tell you that the mobo is not designed for overclocking. The person says ' So the answer is no, bios won't allow OC on a B board. '

 

Maybe im wrong but here is what I found! 

 

I believe the comment above is somewhat harsh. Don't worry, we aren't all like them!

I am just saying, you can't overclock an Intel cpu unless you have an Z chipset motherboard. 

[alexjt11]

3 minutes ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

I am just saying, you can't overclock an Intel cpu unless you have an Z chipset motherboard. 

Now you say it in a less patronizing way!

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

My rule of thumb, run the system stock for a while, then overclock. If you run into instability while in stock settings, it's for sure ain't going to be stable overclocked.
The board does seem to have overclocking enabled according to MSI's website. Go into the BIOS and see if it allows you to change the CPU Ratio.

 

https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/B150-GAMING-M3.html#hero-overview

[TimBoBaggins]

28 minutes ago, alexjt11 said:

Hi,

I did some minor research on youre mobo after seeing it was a B type not Z type.

This link:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2880342/6600k-overclocking-msi-b150.html

will tell you that the mobo is not designed for overclocking. The person says ' So the answer is no, bios won't allow OC on a B board. '

 

Maybe im wrong but here is what I found! 

 

I believe the comment above is somewhat harsh. Don't worry, we aren't all like them!

 

23 minutes ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

I am just saying, you can't overclock an Intel cpu unless you have an Z chipset motherboard. 

in the bios all the options i need are there for me to overclock and i have complete controll of the ratios and voltage etc. or are these 'just there' for looks or to decieve me lol and that is the first i heard of only z type mobo's strange they would do that and still include the overclocking features on the b series and the bios that is released for it if you physically cant do it.

[Hydraxiler32]

30 minutes ago, TimBoBaggins said:

 

in the bios all the options i need are there for me to overclock and i have complete controll of the ratios and voltage etc. or are these 'just there' for looks or to decieve me lol and that is the first i heard of only z type mobo's strange they would do that and still include the overclocking features on the b series and the bios that is released for it if you physically cant do it.

The chipset itself doesn't allow overclocking.

[TimBoBaggins]

5 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

My rule of thumb, run the system stock for a while, then overclock. If you run into instability while in stock settings, it's for sure ain't going to be stable overclocked.
The board does seem to have overclocking enabled according to MSI's website. Go into the BIOS and see if it allows you to change the CPU Ratio.

 

https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/B150-GAMING-M3.html#hero-overview

it does. my local pc shop said it can but it isnt great for massive oc. i am sure 4.2 wouldn't be too bad. read an article of one guy doing it and his rig was stable at 4.2 (different mobo)

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 minutes ago, TimBoBaggins said:

it does. my local pc shop said it can but it isnt great for massive oc. i am sure 4.2 wouldn't be too bad. read an article of one guy doing it and his rig was stable at 4.2 (different mobo)

Go for it then. As I said before, see if it's stable stock first, then overclock.

[TimBoBaggins]

just to further show i have acces to oc controlls here are some images i took of my bios. you can see the 'OC' menue. i click tahat and it brings up the list shown in the next two images. i have access and can change all of these options (yes those are two rows of dead pixels,yes they annoy me,  yes that is a tv screen, yes it is nine years old) 

[alexjt11]

Just be careful. I haven't heard of people overclocking on B series mobos. Maybe they use the same bios across the B and Z mobos, so its just going to be the same, maybe? Also there might be a difference in the power phases, and other parts for overclocking. Just please be careful and dont push it!

 

[TimBoBaggins]

ok, could you clarify for me if it is only the core ratio and the voltage i need to change though?

[Crusader93]

You should use Msi afterburner to check your CPU's work rate before overclocking. If the cpu is below 80% load in every game you play, while your gpu is at 99%, there is no reason to overclock it(assuming you are using the computer for gaming). For gaming, you should only overclock if the CPU is bottlenecking your graphics card. If the CPU is not a bottleneck, do not overclock, then IT'S A TRAP.

[TimBoBaggins]

2 minutes ago, Crusader93 said:

You should use Msi afterburner to check your CPU's work rate before overclocking. If the cpu is below 80% load in every game you play, while your gpu is at 99%, there is no reason to overclock it(assuming you are using the computer for gaming). For gaming, you should only overclock if the CPU is bottlenecking your graphics card. If the CPU is not a bottleneck, do not overclock, then IT'S A TRAP.

ok, well in all honestly it never really goes over 70% using the in game setting i play with. currently i am using the in built intel hd 530 graphics. (to say they are not too great woud be an understatement)~ BUT i am going to buy the AMD rx 480 on or near release and will defiantly consider the aftermarket cards

[Crusader93]

10 minutes ago, TimBoBaggins said:

ok, well in all honestly it never really goes over 70% using the in game setting i play with. currently i am using the in built intel hd 530 graphics. (to say they are not too great woud be an understatement)~ BUT i am going to buy the AMD rx 480 on or near release and will defiantly consider the aftermarket cards

If you are below 70% work rate, there is no reason whatsoever to overclock. By all means, you can if you want to, but it is not necessary at all. I suggest you get yourself a graphics card

Gtx 970 and such cards should be cheap on the "used market" right now, so you can always buy one of those.

 

Set the ingame settings to what you want it to be, and see how the cpu performs. If it is often above 80%, an overclock is not a bad idea.