Overclocking 6800K!

[TheNaitsyrk]

Hiho,

 

I finally decided to overclock my 6800K.

 

The thing is it's the first time for me to own anything higher than 4 cores. All the guides on the internet are not really helping me much, as I don't even know how to begin. Could someone guide me on how to OC this thing?

Thanks in advance! My signature says 4.5Ghz 'cause it was tested by someone and he could easily reach it on my chip with the same cooler, but my setting are reset and I don't know what voltage he used etc. I just want to fresh start this.

[Ezzy-525]

Maybe these will help you. 

 

http://edgeup.asus.com/2016/06/17/broadwell-e-overclocking-guide/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-6950x-6900k-6850k-6800k,4587-7.html

[vorticalbox]

1. Enter BIOS
2. increase CPU multiplier 
3. boot into OS and stress test
4. if stable increase multiplier else increase the voltage

Another way is to increase the voltage to the max you are comfortable with then increase multiplier until  it isn't stable then step it back.

[TheNaitsyrk]

11 minutes ago, Ezzy-525 said:

Maybe these will help you. 

 

http://edgeup.asus.com/2016/06/17/broadwell-e-overclocking-guide/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-6950x-6900k-6850k-6800k,4587-7.html

Seen both, not helpful. Both are not clear to me / they say different things.

 

Should I just increase voltage to 1.38V CPU Core ratio to 44 (4.4Ghz) and see what happens? Worst case scenario it will throttle down or blue screen me.

[Matias_Chambers]

1. Go to the BIOS.

2. Increase the multiplier a bit at a time and stress test using Aida 64, Realbench, Prime 95, Intel Burn Test or Intel XTU for at least 10 minutes each time you bump up the multiplier.

3. Once it becomes unstable, try increasing the vcore by a little bit. Stresstest again once you increased the voltage.

4. Keep doing this until you hit temp limits or you are using 1.4V.

 

Max temp your CPU should run at: 85C

Max voltage you should use: 1.4V

Remember that a higher multiplier doesn't = higher temps. Higher voltage does. 

 

[TheNaitsyrk]

1 hour ago, vorticalbox said:

1. Enter BIOS
2. increase CPU multiplier 
3. boot into OS and stress test
4. if stable increase multiplier else increase the voltage

Another way is to increase the voltage to the max you are comfortable with then increase multiplier until  it isn't stable then step it back.

Your instructions are not clear, but I increased voltage to 1.35V and synced all cored to 4.3Ghz. XMP profile enabled 3200Mhz RAM. Screenshot speaks for itself. Hoovers arounder 60-72 most of the time. I guess it will reach 4.4Ghz and 80 degrees. Happy with the result! I tested it for 30 minutes. Very rarely it jumped to 80 degrees on only one core. I think it did it once.

[TheNaitsyrk]

6 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

1. Go to the BIOS.

2. Increase the multiplier a bit at a time and stress test using Aida 64, Realbench or Intel XTU for at least 10 minutes each time you bump up the multiplier.

3. Once it becomes unstable, try increasing the vcore by a little bit. Stresstest again once you increased the voltage.

4. Keep doing this until you hit temp limits or you are using 1.4V.

 

Max temp your CPU should run at: 85C

Max voltage you should use: 1.4V

Remember that a higher multiplier doesn't = higher temps. Higher voltage does. 

 

Thanks for the reply. Now this is the kind of short and precise guide I needed. Perfect. Thanks a bunch!

[Matias_Chambers]

21 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

Thanks for the reply. Now this is the kind of short and precise guide I needed. Perfect. Thanks a bunch!

Check the post again I changed something. 

[TheNaitsyrk]

6 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Check the post again I changed something. 

I'll keep it at 4.3Ghz for now as temps are ultra good. When GTX 1080 TI is released and I get it, I'll OC further.

 

I still think 85C is good temps under fullest load. It will rarely hit 100% to be fair, and even if it hits 85C, it's not that bad.

[vorticalbox]

1 hour ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

Thanks for the reply. Now this is the kind of short and precise guide I needed. Perfect. Thanks a bunch!

but this is exactly what I said just with less words.

[TheNaitsyrk]

1 minute ago, vorticalbox said:

but this is exactly what I said just with less words.

You didn't include temp,  maximum voltage or how to do it exactly.

[Matias_Chambers]

11 hours ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

I'll keep it at 4.3Ghz for now as temps are ultra good. When GTX 1080 TI is released and I get it, I'll OC further.

 

I still think 85C is good temps under fullest load. It will rarely hit 100% to be fair, and even if it hits 85C, it's not that bad.

I also always thought 85C was fine and I let my CPU run at 85C at 100% load for a few hours at a time and now it's not stable at 4.5 GHz with 1.3V which it was when I first got it. That's a sign of hardware degradation. 

[TheNaitsyrk]

9 hours ago, Matias_Chambers said:

I also always thought 85C was fine and I let my CPU run at 85C at 100% load for a few hours at a time and now it's not stable at 4.5 GHz with 1.3V which it was when I first got it. That's a sign of hardware degradation. 

That's why you don't let it sit at 85C for God knows how many hours. 5C Delta wouldn't change much to be fair. Mine's only going to work at 100% power in short bursts.

[Matias_Chambers]

Just now, TheNaitsyrk said:

That's why you don't let it sit at 85C for God knows how many hours. 5C Delta wouldn't change much to be fair. Mine's only going to work at 100% power in short bursts.

I have to when I render stuff that takes hours to render. 

[TheNaitsyrk]

30 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

I have to when I render stuff that takes hours to render. 

Now you know what overclock you can have at least. Bit too late, but oh well.