Wanting a stable overclock,

[Watashi]

My i5 6600k, is currently idiling around 25C. I want to overclock it from 3.5, to 3.7. (3.7 is a lucky number, and I mainly just want to learn how to overclock the thing)
I believe the first thing I should do, is download a software to check the temps under load. Any suggestions on what software I should use? And any other suggestions that you guys can give me? Like should I even change the volts on it

[AlwaysFSX]

[Pheelo]

You dont need software for an overclock that small when your idle temp is 25
Just go to the bios and turn up the speed.

 

EDIT: my i5 6600k is overclocked to 4,5 ghz in an ncase m1 aircooled (12 liter case), and is not even close to 80C when benchmarking in OCCT.

[tarfeef101]

@Pheelo is correct.

 

However, to monitor CPU temps, RealTemp is quite popular. MSI afterburner is also nice for fancier applications, and if you have a GPU as well.

 

Also, I recommend watching the videos suggested, and maybe overclocking a bit more once you are familiar. My 6600K is at 4.9 GHz, so there is plenty of performance you can "unlock"

[Watashi]

4 hours ago, tarfeef101 said:

@Pheelo is correct.

 

However, to monitor CPU temps, RealTemp is quite popular. MSI afterburner is also nice for fancier applications, and if you have a GPU as well.

 

Also, I recommend watching the videos suggested, and maybe overclocking a bit more once you are familiar. My 6600K is at 4.9 GHz, so there is plenty of performance you can "unlock"

what stress test do you use?

[tarfeef101]

1 minute ago, Doomerson said:

what stress test do you use?

I use a few. MSI kombustor has a basic one, as does the popular free program heavyload. For more intensive tests, I like Prime95. Also, when stressing my GPU, I again like MSI kombustor or Unigine Valley or Unigine Heaven.

[Watashi]

4 hours ago, tarfeef101 said:

I use a few. MSI kombustor has a basic one, as does the popular free program heavyload. For more intensive tests, I like Prime95. Also, when stressing my GPU, I again like MSI kombustor or Unigine Valley or Unigine Heaven.

so the "popular free program" is named heavyload?

[tarfeef101]

1 minute ago, Doomerson said:

so the "popular free program" is named heavyload?

All of those are free, heavyload is just the first thing in google for free stress test (last time I checked)

[Watashi]

4 hours ago, tarfeef101 said:

All of those are free, heavyload is just the first thing in google for free stress test (last time I checked)

 Does it also monitor temps? Or should I use CPU-Z while testing?

[Pheelo]

First i used Aida64, which suggested my OC was stable, but while playng counterstriker for 2 hours i crashed 5 times.
This caused me to switch to OCCT which has been working for me so far.

[tarfeef101]

1 minute ago, Doomerson said:

 Does it also monitor temps? Or should I use CPU-Z while testing?

No, use MSI afterburner or RealTemp for temps

[Watashi]

4 hours ago, tarfeef101 said:

No, use MSI afterburner or RealTemp for temps

Sorry. I know I'm asking a lot of questions here lol, but I have one of the newest MSI motherboards. Is afterburner just downloadable online, or is it built in the motherboard?

[tarfeef101]

2 minutes ago, Doomerson said:

Sorry. I know I'm asking a lot of questions here lol, but I have one of the newest MSI motherboards. Is afterburner just downloadable online, or is it built in the motherboard?

online, just google it, should be first link

[Guest]

your chip turbos to 3.9 out of the box. 

 

you'd be losing some performance in circumstance running a 3.7 on all cores. 

 

 

[Watashi]

5 hours ago, Alexokan said:

your chip turbos to 3.9 out of the box. 

 

you'd be losing some performance in circumstance running a 3.7 on all cores. 

 

 

Thanks for the heads up, does it automatically turbo clock itself?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Doomerson said:

Thanks for the heads up, does it automatically turbo clock itself?

It will run at 3.9 on a single core. 

 

It will run 3.5 on all the cores (at minimum, in my experience it will likely run at 3.6).

 

It will run 3 cores at 3.7. 

 

It will run 2 cores at 3.8.

 

It does this the second it's slapped into it's socket without any manipulation.