Help Overclocking CPU

[Dani90915]

I just finished my build, and I wanted to overclock my cpu to get the most performance out of it I’m unsure on how I should overclock I went into the bios and didn’t know what to do from there 

 

DEEPCOOL Captain 120EX Gamer Storm 120mm - CPU Cooler AIO

 

i7 8700k - CPU

 

MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS - motherboard 

 

 

[joshuawi99]

I suggest u to go on youtube and serach for i7 8700k overclocking Tutorial. Almost all Bioses are very similar.

[Nocte]

You don't want to overclock a 8700k with a 120mm AIO. You cannot dissipate enough heat. 

[Frankieanime158]

I wouldn't OC on that cooler (at least not much higher), since the 8700k is an incredibly hot and power hungry monster. However, OCing is very simple once you learn how. I highly suggest watching a tutorial.

Otherwise..

1. Disable any sort of power saving features

2. Learn what default voltage is, and set it to that manually (never touched an 8700k, not sure).

3. Set the clock to it's default default clock (maybe 4.2-4.5ghz)

4. Stress test for 30 minutes. If passed, increase the clock 100mhz at a time. If it crashes, increase voltage by one step (if at 1.24v, try 1.25v), and repeat the stress test.

Basically go until you either can't push it any further, or until the temp hits an extreme. I would turn down the clock and voltage if it hit 80c during a stress test. A stress test is pretty unrealistic, and while gaming, your PC will not hit those temps, but it's a good reference for 'worst case scenario'.

ALSO, lower end motherboards will lose voltage while under load, this is known as vdroop. If you're crashing, this could be why, NOT because you need more voltage. If you set the vcore (example) to 1.3v, but once you stress test, you see it dip to 1.26, that might be too much vdroop to maintain that clock. The setting to counter this, is called LLC (load line calibration). Be careful with this, because it forces more voltage to counter it.

This is just a quick run down. I advise looking into HOW this works, and WHY before tampering with these settings.

Good luck

 

[Simon771]

First you should run AIDA64 or prime95 stress test to see what are your temps under load.

For aida64, select CPU+FPU+Cache stress test and report back your results.

 

If you have enough headroom for overclocking, just change voltage to something like 1,325 and frequency 4,8GHz.

Then check again your temps.

[thenotoriousmma]

 

 

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