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Hey,

 

I have a MSI Z170A Gaming M5 and I5-6600K 3.50Ghz with a Cooler Master EVO 212

 

So yesterday I finally overclocked my PC, I was a little scared of ruining something so I went easy and overclocked the CPU first to 4Ghz, then to 4.2Ghz at 1.230V, everything booted sucessfuly and every tests, benchmarks and games ran ok with slightly better performance, but now I'm wondering, what should I do now? Clearly I can do better with this CPU

 

So, what am I supposed to do? overclock the cpu until it reaches like 80ºC? What temperature is to hot? And what should be the maximum voltage I can set it to?

 

My goal is to reach the higher clock possible, mantaining the lowest voltage possible and preferabily below some max temperature right? And am I supposed to keep trying higher clocks, constantly crashing my PC and BSoDing until it reaches the max clock within reasonable voltages and temperature?

 

Basically what I'm asking is when should I stop overclocking, and how to I get there.

 

Thanks

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everything's stable at 4.2ghz. add 100mhz, add about 0.005v or 0.01v to core and test again. if it doesn't boot or you get a BSOD or lockup add a bit more voltage. if you have to add a lot of voltage to get stability you've reached your chip's limits. if your chip gets too hot you hit the limits of your cooling. you can break these by delidding or getting a better cooling solution 

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45 minutes ago, Efanel said:

So, what am I supposed to do? overclock the cpu until it reaches like 80ºC? What temperature is to hot? And what should be the maximum voltage I can set it to?

 

My goal is to reach the higher clock possible, mantaining the lowest voltage possible and preferabily below some max temperature right? And am I supposed to keep trying higher clocks, constantly crashing my PC and BSoDing until it reaches the max clock within reasonable voltages and temperature?

Keep raising the voltage until your peak temp get's to 80~83C. Given that you have a 212 EVO, it's probably going to be at 1.3v, perhaps a bit less. If you are going more than 1 or 2 steps over 1.3v, then you are probably doing something wrong... or have the chillest ambient temps out there.

 

Anyhow, go increasing the voltage to the limit. Then, proceed to increase the multiplier - find it's limit next. Once you do, proceed to increasing the Bclk, as it'll allow you to go from, say, 4200 to 4263 if 4300mhz isn't stable (those are my numbers). Keep pushing it up as much as you are willing to invest time.

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I overclocked to 4.4Ghz on 1.29V I tried 4.5Ghz but 1.31V wasn't enough and I was afraid of trying to put more voltage because of what Imanuki said about my Hyper 212, however I was only getting about 65ºC at max... Is it cool to try 1.33V or 1.34 to see if I make it to 4.5Ghz or more? As long as I'm below 80ºC there is no problem, right?

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13 minutes ago, Efanel said:

I overclocked to 4.4Ghz on 1.29V I tried 4.5Ghz but 1.31V wasn't enough and I was afraid of trying to put more voltage because of what Imanuki said about my Hyper 212, however I was only getting about 65ºC at max... Is it cool to try 1.33V or 1.34 to see if I make it to 4.5Ghz or more? As long as I'm below 80ºC there is no problem, right?

Are you stressing with Aida64? That would explain the low temps...

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Just now, Efanel said:

yes, aida 64, what should I do then?

Knew it. Don't use AIda64, it's a potato test that doesn't stress anything, despite what Linus would want you to believe. Use something else. Personally, I always recommend Prime95 (ver 28.9), but I've heard IBT and OCCT also do good for stress testing.

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1 hour ago, Efanel said:

Doens't Prime95 have a possibility of damaging your system? I don't wanna take that risk... I might try to search some intel or MSI stress test software

No. It won't hurt your system if you do as I say and take it slowly, carefully minding your temps. P95 will only damage your CPU if you go ballz to the wallz on a "shoot for the moon" approach and go for a high voltage straight away (and even then, only if you let it run for a long while). Do things the proper way, finding your limits before hitting them, and you'll be fine.

 

Really, there's no nee to be afraid. I know many people that run P95 24/7 on their machines. I, myself, do it as well, and I'm yet to see my...

 

*sniff* *sniff*

 

Hey... what's that smell of smoke that seems to be coming from..... OH SHJ---

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5 hours ago, Efanel said:

Hey, does this mean I need more voltage? The failiure on worker 2

Wait... are you using the latest 28.9 version? It should be saying "FMA3" instead of Pentium 4. Also, are you running the latest motherboard bios? I'm asking both of those because we could blame that "hardware failure" on a few problems realted to software (that were patched in later versions) and firmeware (patched via BIOS update).

 

At any rate, assuming you are using the latest ones available, "hardware failure" = unstable OC. Either increase voltage or reduce the clock.

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15 minutes ago, Efanel said:

now i get this

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Oh, okay, now's working as it's supposed to. And now we can properly say, hardware failure = unstable OC. As per before, increase your voltage and/or lower your clocks.

 

Also, please quote / mention people when you respond to them, otherwise they might miss your response.

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