i5 3570k overclock tuning

[Wiflare]

I'm looking for a little insight to get the absolute most out of my OC. 

 

My 3570k has been steady at 4.5ghz at a cool 1.17-1.18v for about 3 and a half years now. Just doing a bit of maintenance, and trying to see if I can get a little more speed without sacrificing too much stability. 

 

Specs :

i5 3570k 

Msi Z68a-gd65 (g3) 

Gigabyte r9 280x

4x4 (16 gigs) crucial ballistix tactical tracer 1866mhz cl9

 

Current settings:

 

[JoostinOnline]

I don't know about that, but I can tell you that you can take screenshots by clicking the camera icon in the top right corner.

[Wiflare]

8 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

I don't know about that, but I can tell you that you can take screenshots by clicking the camera icon in the top right corner.

Yeah, it's never worked out too well for me. It says I need to insert a flash drive or something but it doesn't ever save.

[JoostinOnline]

Well it can handle much higher voltage than that.  I'd recommend turning it up to 1.3V (assuming you have a good cooler) and seeing if you can get 4.7GHz at decent temps.

[killcomic]

6 hours ago, Wiflare said:

I'm looking for a little insight to get the absolute most out of my OC. 

 

My 3570k has been steady at 4.5ghz at a cool 1.17-1.18v for about 3 and a half years now. Just doing a bit of maintenance, and trying to see if I can get a little more speed without sacrificing too much stability. 

 

Specs :

i5 3570k 

Msi Z68a-gd65 (g3) 

Gigabyte r9 280x

4x4 (16 gigs) crucial ballistix tactical tracer 1866mhz cl9

 

Current settings:

 

You got a good chip there. My old 3570k could only pull 4.2Ghz with 1.225V before hitting a wall.

Up the voltage to 1.25 or 1.3 and see how far that gets you... provided you got decent cooling, of course.

[A6aKaH_Anastasiya]

Got my 4690k @ 4.3 with 1.255 atm. I'm trying to push it further, 4.4 is not stable at this voltage tho. I'm cooling with a H100i v2 (since a few days, it's amazing xd).

[Columbo]

I have the same CPU. To get rid of blue screens I cranked up the voltage on mine years ago to 1.21v. Check with CPU-z to see what your CPU voltage is. The motherboards have a bit of v-droop. Some under volt and some over volt showing different voltage in CPU-z. Mine is set @ 1.27v and in CPU-z it says 1.21v. I have never had a blue screen on this since. I used to run it at similar settings to what you have but I got too many blue screens from time to time for my taste. 

 

The 3570K doesn't like to go much over 4.5ghz. You really have to crank up the voltage to get it any higher without getting blue screens. It's not worth the effort. The older Intel CPU's over the years used to need more voltage as the CPU's aged but not with these ivy bridge chips. Mine is set with the 45 multiplier with no turbo, throttling or power saving features so it runs @ 4.5ghz all the time. That last bit of information would be my only suggestion for better performance. Eliminate all throttling features. 

[Jeroenv92]

You got a nice chip. I'm currently running 4.6 Ghz on my 3570k at 1.25v. Using a evo 212 and reaching 75° in p95. (Case side panel isn't on, pc is in desk = not so good air flow). I test my oc first in p95 and if that works i start playing games. If i dont have issues i crank the oc up one notch and test it again.

 

Not the best testing method but it works for me ?

 

 

Short version, tweak settings, test, adjust if needed

[Wiflare]

I ended up going for 4.7 ghz and i got it with 1.27v, and unstable at 1.265v. 4.8 doesn't seem to be achievable under 1.3v, too bad.
Cpu-z reports 1.240v, it's always reported about 30mV low though.

Unfortunately, it seems to have the IHS issue, jumping from 50 C to 80 C every few seconds.