Overclocking my 6700k using Asus UEFI Bios?

[Iron Knickers]

So I know the basics about overclocking a processor. I want to reach a 4.6 GHz stable overclock with my 6700k using Asus' bios, and I have a few questions:

 

Should I be using offset mode or adaptive mode when tweaking my cpu voltages, and what do these modes mean exactly? Does offset mode just apply a manual voltage offset - or + depending on what you put in? What does adaptive mode do? Which mode would be best once I find a stable manual voltage overclock?

 

Should I use the automatic turbo boosting thing for intel or should I disable it?

 

What is the maximum voltage I should pump into my CPU without any decrease in CPU lifespan? After doing a little research I found the answer to be about 1.35v?

[arch_linuxos]

Just now, Iron Knickers said:

So I know the basics about overclocking a processor. I want to reach a 4.6 GHz stable overclock with my 6700k using Asus' bios, and I have a few questions:

 

Should I be using offset mode or adaptive mode when tweaking my cpu voltages, and what do these modes mean exactly? Does offset mode just apply a manual voltage offset - or + depending on what you put in? What does adaptive mode do? Which mode would be best once I find a stable manual voltage overclock?

 

Should I use the automatic turbo boosting thing for intel or should I disable it?

 

What is the maximum voltage I should pump into my CPU without any decrease in CPU lifespan? After doing a little research I found the answer to be about 1.35v?

Don't go above 1.4V. 1.35V is safe too.

 

Keep turbo on.

 

I'd find stable OC with manual mode, and once you've gotten that, switch to offset. Offset will allow the CPU to lower its voltage when at idle, but will bring it back up when necessary. You put in +/- X number of volts (probably like .01) and it'll add/subtract that. It's easiest to set this up once you know what the required voltage for your OC is though. ROG has a good article on offset voltage if you want to read more.

 

Adaptive works, but often overestimates how much voltage you need (it's automatic).

[Iron Knickers]

Just now, arch_linuxos said:

Don't go above 1.4V. 1.35V is safe too.

 

Keep turbo on.

 

I'd find stable OC with manual mode, and once you've gotten that, switch to offset. Offset will allow the CPU to lower its voltage when at idle, but will bring it back up when necessary. You put in +/- X number of volts (probably like .01) and it'll add/subtract that. It's easiest to set this up once you know what the required voltage for your OC is though. ROG has a good article on offset voltage if you want to read more.

 

Adaptive works, but often overestimates how much voltage you need (it's automatic).

Yeah I noticed that for some reason when I enable adaptive mode it won't let me set a - offset, (it was stuck on auto), but it would let me set a manual + offset, but I was able to change the adaptive boost additional voltage. 

[Iron Knickers]

3 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

Don't go above 1.4V. 1.35V is safe too.

 

Keep turbo on.

 

I'd find stable OC with manual mode, and once you've gotten that, switch to offset. Offset will allow the CPU to lower its voltage when at idle, but will bring it back up when necessary. You put in +/- X number of volts (probably like .01) and it'll add/subtract that. It's easiest to set this up once you know what the required voltage for your OC is though. ROG has a good article on offset voltage if you want to read more.

 

Adaptive works, but often overestimates how much voltage you need (it's automatic).

What does turbo do?

[arch_linuxos]

2 minutes ago, Iron Knickers said:

Yeah I noticed that for some reason when I enable adaptive mode it won't let me set a - offset, (it was stuck on auto), but it would let me set a manual + offset, but I was able to change the adaptive boost additional voltage. 

I'd stick with manual while you're finding out what your CPU can do at what voltages. Easiest to tell where it's stable when you know exactly what voltage it is. I wouldn't change to offset/adaptive until after (although I'd change eventually, it's better to have lower voltage when you don't need it higher).

 

EDIT: Turbo just increases the clock speed when there's increased load on the CPU. It's helpful.

[Iron Knickers]

31 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

I'd stick with manual while you're finding out what your CPU can do at what voltages. Easiest to tell where it's stable when you know exactly what voltage it is. I wouldn't change to offset/adaptive until after (although I'd change eventually, it's better to have lower voltage when you don't need it higher).

 

EDIT: Turbo just increases the clock speed when there's increased load on the CPU. It's helpful.

Well I tried to set a manual voltage but hwid says my VID keeps fluctuating, not at the manual voltage I set?