Quick Question

[gamerxxl12]

In this video:

They show how to overclock the cpu to 4.2 ghz, I was wondering if I could use the same settings (expect the clock speed) to over clock to 4.4-4.6 ghz? Or will I need to add more voltage or anything else? This is the first time I'm doing it myself

I'm using a Asus Maximus 6 Hero with a i5 4670k. The cooler is a Thermaltake Frio.

[nsyedhasan]

Maybe it depends how good your CPU is.

[bob345]

for a 4.2 ghz oc, just try their settings and if it works awsome, if it does not, start tweeking. You should be able to get 4.2 ghz at 1.2 vcore if you have a decent chip. If you end up tweaking a bit more just make sure you never get the voltage above 1.3 for a daily overclock unless you have a good cooling setup.

[FloRolf]

Unless their chip was really crappy and yours is really good, theres no way you could reach a 4.6ghz oc with 4.2ghz voltages.

[target39]

Usually it would all depend on the silicon of the CPU. But this time, Intel screwed up so badly with the IHS, good quality CPUs are being ruined by horrible heat dissipation by the IHS.

[gamerxxl12]

I'm when I did their exact steps my computer crashed so I revert back to my old settings...

[deathjester]

You can't just copy settings on Haswell. The swing of the OC is huge from CPU voltage, VCCIN ringbus on cache and eventual clock speed.

 

Some chips need 1.9 and up VCCIN to get a high oc. As far as 4.4 at 1.180? That is on the super rare side. Many people get stuck at 4.2 at 1.3v which I wouldn't do on your air cooler (would run too hot).

 

1.25 is prob what you are looking at on a Frio, maybe slightly higher with the I5 instead of the I7.

 

It is going to take some reading, that is all. 

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-thread-with-statistics

 

That guide is pretty in depth and he at least shows that 1:1 ratio is a joke. On your Frio I would set 1.25 as a max for now.  Getting that max OC might take putting cache at 3500 for now and raising the cache later. Check cache stability with Aida 64 and just cache checked.

 

Your chip might be better then mine on Vcore and do 4.5 at 1.2 core voltage, but might need 1.9 vccin which also adds a little heat. It might do 4.6 at 1.25 which is much better then mine which needs 1.27 and makes it impossible on air on an I7. Only way to know is try. You aren't going to hurt the chip by windows crashing. Heat and voltage is what ruins the chip. You are going to crash A LOT finding a max oc. You might even need to reset the Cmos if you go too low on voltage and can't get into the bios. It is no biggie. This is just part of OC'ing. 

 

Personally I test clock with 10 min of aida, a few minutes only of prime BLEND, asus real bench h264 encode, a few stress tests on asus real bench, 3d mark vantage, putting the computer to sleep in between. If it passes all that? Open close a few games (which will crash or close oddly if not stable). Then I game. If it crashes? Play with voltages and do it all over again.

 

Hours of stress tests should only really be done on water cooling or minimal OC's. Add to that? 30 min doing all those other tests? Will save you from 2-3 hour crashes that are frustrating as hell. Trying to dial in cache and max clock at the same time? That just might drive you insane.  

[martinrox1568]

I'm when I did their exact steps my computer crashed so I revert back to my old settings...

just keep increasing the voltage by 25mv until your computer is stable. Don't worry if your computer crashes, and it won't do any damage to your pc

[LogicalDrm]

Imo copying OC settings on any hardware is going past the point of overclocking. Its half fun of doing it and half of performace boost.