Posted December 27, 2016 Hey, I have a 4930k, and its clocked at 3.4 on factory, but now after doing some tuning in the BIOS I'm left with this in HWMonitor: https://gyazo.com/68a26d89b810befb1b0fb2ac501f73a8 Also for some reason PCIE Gen3 wasn't on in the BIOS (I enabled it now). Could that mean much more performance out of my GTX 1080? Thanks! Here's what Task Manager says (not under load): https://gyazo.com/5d018c33faf5fd7884e77987275eb9a9 Also there's some voltages here if that's useful: https://gyazo.com/21b4057868a3dcf346a2405f1252bb34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 Do not Enable PCIE Gen 3 cuz Nvidia cards do not support it. 2. WHats your MotherBoard's name? 3. What exactly is your problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 is your Problem that it is stepping down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, VeryDogeTV said: 1 Do not Enable PCIE Gen 3 cuz Nvidia cards do not support it. 2. WHats your MotherBoard's name? 3. What exactly is your problem? Wtf? Nvidia cards do support pcie gen 3. I have no idea what you're talking about. Make sure to quote me or tag me when responding to me, or I might not know you replied! Examples: Do this: Quote And make sure you do it by hitting the quote button at the bottom left of my post, and not the one inside the editor! Or this: @DocSwag Buy whatever product is best for you, not what product is "best" for the market. Interested in computer architecture? Still in middle or high school? P.M. me! I love computer hardware and feel free to ask me anything about that (or phones). I especially like SSDs. But please do not ask me anything about Networking, programming, command line stuff, or any relatively hard software stuff. I know next to nothing about that. Compooters: Spoiler Desktop: Spoiler CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync) Home Server: Spoiler CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter? Laptop (I use it for school): Spoiler Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050 And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, DocSwag said: Wtf? Nvidia cards do support pcie gen 3. I have no idea what you're talking about. yeah you are right, sorry, but as far as i know it makes close to zero difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Also, those voltages seem a bit high. At 4.1 ghz it should be more like 1.15-1.2 volts. What do you have it set to in the bios? And have you tried booting with a lower voltage? Make sure to quote me or tag me when responding to me, or I might not know you replied! Examples: Do this: Quote And make sure you do it by hitting the quote button at the bottom left of my post, and not the one inside the editor! Or this: @DocSwag Buy whatever product is best for you, not what product is "best" for the market. Interested in computer architecture? Still in middle or high school? P.M. me! I love computer hardware and feel free to ask me anything about that (or phones). I especially like SSDs. But please do not ask me anything about Networking, programming, command line stuff, or any relatively hard software stuff. I know next to nothing about that. Compooters: Spoiler Desktop: Spoiler CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync) Home Server: Spoiler CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter? Laptop (I use it for school): Spoiler Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050 And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Quote: " There's a slight difference between a high end graphics card running at 8x 3.0 and 8x 2.0 but no noticeable difference between a card running at 16x 3.0 and 16x 2.0. 8x 3.0 is understandably on par with 16x 2.0 " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, DocSwag said: Also, those voltages seem a bit high. At 4.1 ghz it should be more like 1.15-1.2 volts. What do you have it set to in the bios? And have you tried booting with a lower voltage? Zentex, If you tell me your Botherboards name i can help you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, VeryDogeTV said: yeah you are right, sorry, but as far as i know it makes close to zero difference Ya. I don't think there should be much of a performance difference between pcie 2.0 x16 and 3.0 x16. I think OP is asking if the overclock looks good. Make sure to quote me or tag me when responding to me, or I might not know you replied! Examples: Do this: Quote And make sure you do it by hitting the quote button at the bottom left of my post, and not the one inside the editor! Or this: @DocSwag Buy whatever product is best for you, not what product is "best" for the market. Interested in computer architecture? Still in middle or high school? P.M. me! I love computer hardware and feel free to ask me anything about that (or phones). I especially like SSDs. But please do not ask me anything about Networking, programming, command line stuff, or any relatively hard software stuff. I know next to nothing about that. Compooters: Spoiler Desktop: Spoiler CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync) Home Server: Spoiler CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter? Laptop (I use it for school): Spoiler Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050 And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, VeryDogeTV said: If you tell me your Botherboards name i can help you His description in his profile says he has Alienware mobo. Make sure to quote me or tag me when responding to me, or I might not know you replied! Examples: Do this: Quote And make sure you do it by hitting the quote button at the bottom left of my post, and not the one inside the editor! Or this: @DocSwag Buy whatever product is best for you, not what product is "best" for the market. Interested in computer architecture? Still in middle or high school? P.M. me! I love computer hardware and feel free to ask me anything about that (or phones). I especially like SSDs. But please do not ask me anything about Networking, programming, command line stuff, or any relatively hard software stuff. I know next to nothing about that. Compooters: Spoiler Desktop: Spoiler CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync) Home Server: Spoiler CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter? Laptop (I use it for school): Spoiler Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050 And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 a sucsessfull OC should look like mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, DocSwag said: His description in his profile says he has Alienware mobo. alienware has custom mobos? damn they make it all complicated.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author 1 minute ago, VeryDogeTV said: alienware has custom mobos? damn they make it all complicated.. Yeah they do, when I bought this, I only wanted the case, and I realized I also needed the mobo to get the RGB on the R4 ALX case to work, so I'm stuck with a dell mobo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, VeryDogeTV said: alienware has custom mobos? damn they make it all complicated.. Don't know. OP probably means whatever mobo came with an Alienware system that had a 4930k. Idk if Alienware designs it themselves or if they borrow the design from Dell (who owns them). Make sure to quote me or tag me when responding to me, or I might not know you replied! Examples: Do this: Quote And make sure you do it by hitting the quote button at the bottom left of my post, and not the one inside the editor! Or this: @DocSwag Buy whatever product is best for you, not what product is "best" for the market. Interested in computer architecture? Still in middle or high school? P.M. me! I love computer hardware and feel free to ask me anything about that (or phones). I especially like SSDs. But please do not ask me anything about Networking, programming, command line stuff, or any relatively hard software stuff. I know next to nothing about that. Compooters: Spoiler Desktop: Spoiler CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync) Home Server: Spoiler CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter? Laptop (I use it for school): Spoiler Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050 And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Just now, Zentex said: Yeah they do, when I bought this, I only wanted the case, and I realized I also needed the mobo to get the RGB on the R4 ALX case to work, so I'm stuck with a dell mobo. in Hard Ware Monitor at the TOP it should say your MoBos Name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author 2 minutes ago, DocSwag said: Don't know. OP probably means whatever mobo came with an Alienware system that had a 4930k. Idk if Alienware designs it themselves or if they borrow the design from Dell (who owns them). Just did a Time Spy* bench. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/16957515 Look good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author Just now, VeryDogeTV said: in Hard Ware Monitor at the TOP it should say your MoBos Name. Alienware 0FPV4P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, Zentex said: Just did a Time Spy* bench. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/16957515 Look good? Look a bit worse than normal 1080, but okay i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author 1 minute ago, VeryDogeTV said: Look a bit worse than normal 1080, but okay i guess Okay, this is interesting. Bench today vs before I OCd and enabled Gen3 https://gyazo.com/f1d54c303d157893c5e1a983f5591568 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Go in your Bios: Intel Speed Step Technoligy OFF Core Clock Multiplayer x42 CPU Voltage OVERRIDE MODE PCIE GEN 2 ( Voltage should be at 1.2 - 1.3 volts, if not set it on that manually. ) DO NOT CHANGE THE CPU CASHE RATIO! only core ratio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author Here's a comparison http://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/952189/spy/893051 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author Just now, VeryDogeTV said: Go in your Bios: Intel Speed Step Technoligy OFF Core Clock Multiplayer x42 CPU Voltage OVERRIDE MODE PCIE GEN 2 ( Voltage should be at 1.2 - 1.3 volts, if not set it on that manually. ) DO NOT CHANGE THE CPU CASHE RATIO! only core ratio! Why Speed Step off? What exactly is that? The Alienware BIOS is more confusing then you'd expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 1 minute ago, Zentex said: Why Speed Step off? What exactly is that? The Alienware BIOS is more confusing then you'd expect. speed step is intel autmaitcly stepping down the CPU, you dont need that cuz if you have such a rig i do not think you care about 3-5 more wats its consumes .. it can also fix your bad score in 3dmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author 1 minute ago, VeryDogeTV said: speed step is intel autmaitcly stepping down the CPU, you dont need that cuz if you have such a rig i do not think you care about 3-5 more wats its consumes .. it can also fix your bad score in 3dmark Okay. Now I really am lost on all the other things you were saying. I saw SpeedStep in the BIOS but I really don't remember seeing the other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 27, 2016 Author MSI Afterburner Screenshot: https://gyazo.com/89132d6179f22d096f5357092bd2932f I don't really want to touch the voltage to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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