6600k Overclocking problems

[SpeederT12]

Hey guys,

So I am trying to overclock my 6600k with hyper 212 evo and a gigabyte z170 hd3p mobo using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and I ran into a problem. The benchmark at stock showed 1048 marks. After that, i got into basic tuning and upped the multiplier so that the core and cache should've reached 4.00ghz. So, the cache did that, however, the cpu locks itself at around 3.89ghz. Dropped cache to 3.80 instead of 4.00 and same result. Upped both at 4.20ghz and still 3.89ghz. Any advice?

[VictorianReaper]

thr

1 minute ago, SpeederT12 said:

Hey guys,

So I am trying to overclock my 6600k with hyper 212 evo and a gigabyte z170 hd3p mobo using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and I ran into a problem. The benchmark at stock showed 1048 marks. After that, i got into basic tuning and upped the multiplier so that the core and cache should've reached 4.00ghz. So, the cache did that, however, the cpu locks itself at around 3.89ghz. Dropped cache to 3.80 instead of 4.00 and same result. Upped both at 4.20ghz and still 3.89ghz. Any advice?

throttling maybe

[SpeederT12]

Just now, VictorianReaper said:

thr

throttling maybe

57 degrees celsium

[arch_linuxos]

1 minute ago, VictorianReaper said:

thr

throttling maybe

What are your temps? EDIT: Was posted above while I was writing

What is your voltage?

 

Also, leave cache stock while you're changing the multiplier for cores. Do cache after you've done the rest.

[SpeederT12]

Just now, arch_linuxos said:

What are your temps? EDIT: Was posted above while I was writing

What is your voltage?

 

Also, leave cache stock while you're changing the multiplier for cores. Do cache after you've done the rest.

Havent touched voltage so that is stock... Also noticed that it thinks that my 1070 has 4gb of vram...

[arch_linuxos]

Just now, SpeederT12 said:

Havent touched voltage so that is stock... Also noticed that it thinks that my 1070 has 4gb of vram...

Mine said that too for a little bit. Check in GPU-Z.

 

Try increasing your voltage to 1.325 and see if it helps. That should be a safe level and should allow multiplier over 40 easily.

[vorticalbox]

my 8350 does this all time and it seems to be due to the front side bus dropping below 200mhz (100 on intel). 

[SpeederT12]

6 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

Mine said that too for a little bit. Check in GPU-Z.

 

Try increasing your voltage to 1.325 and see if it helps. That should be a safe level and should allow multiplier over 40 easily.

ohh wait, could it be the turboboost speed im changing? And I want to use the basic tuning first before fiddling with advanced tuning with voltages and per-core multipliers

[vorticalbox]

Just now, SpeederT12 said:

ohh wait, could it be the turboboost speed im changing? And I want to use the basic tuning first before fiddling with advanced tuning with voltages and per-core multipliers

You could be very well increasing the turbo rather than base clock.

[SpeederT12]

3 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

You could be very well increasing the turbo rather than base clock.

Hmm, which program did you use to oc? Did you use XTU?

[SpeederT12]

Just now, SpeederT12 said:

Hmm, which program did you use to oc? Did you use XTU?

Oops, sorry, you are the one with the 8350, wrong quote.

[SpeederT12]

15 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

Mine said that too for a little bit. Check in GPU-Z.

 

Try increasing your voltage to 1.325 and see if it helps. That should be a safe level and should allow multiplier over 40 easily.

Alright, which program are you using to overclock? I am kinda new to overclocking (like voltages freak me out) soo yeah

[Captain_Sisko]

1 minute ago, SpeederT12 said:

Alright, which program are you using to overclock? I am kinda new to overclocking (like voltages freak me out) soo yeah

You should only be overclocking with your bios. Use a program such as HWMonitor along with prime95 to stress test your cpu.

[arch_linuxos]

1 minute ago, SpeederT12 said:

Alright, which program are you using to overclock? I am kinda new to overclocking (like voltages freak me out) soo yeah

Use the BIOS. It's the most failsafe way - if you really mess up, you just reset it to default and voila you're fixed (most of the time).

 

Basically I'd recommend BIOS, but if you really want software then Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) works well.

[SpeederT12]

3 minutes ago, arch_linuxos said:

Use the BIOS. It's the most failsafe way - if you really mess up, you just reset it to default and voila you're fixed (most of the time).

 

Basically I'd recommend BIOS, but if you really want software then Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) works well.

Alright, will do, thanks!

[arch_linuxos]

1 minute ago, SpeederT12 said:

Alright, will do, thanks!

Set voltage to manual mode and type in 1.325. Then increase the CPU core multiplier to 4.3 or whatever (that should work, you can raise this and/or lower voltage later).

 

Test using AIDA64 or Prime 95 - be careful with prime though, it can overheat too much. Have CPU-Z open to watch the clock speed/temps.

[Imakuni]

2 hours ago, arch_linuxos said:

Set voltage to manual mode and type in 1.325

You know, that's a pretty high voltage for a hyper 212. That cooler isn't as good as people think. I wouldn't recommend going with that straight away. Rather, OP should start at something lower (say, 1.25) and work his way up.

[arch_linuxos]

4 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

You know, that's a pretty high voltage for a hyper 212. That cooler isn't as good as people think. I wouldn't recommend going with that straight away. Rather, OP should start at something lower (say, 1.25) and work his way up.

I didn't know that - haven't ever used one myself, just assumed it worked as well as everyone says. Good to know!