Hi Everyone, this is my first post here. I want to start by thanking kennyparker1337 for the great guide on page one.
This is my first attempt at overclocking a Ivy Bridge. My last CPU was an AMD 965BE, and I got a modest overclock out of it - I also had a Q6600 @ 3.0GHz pretty easy for a while. Your guide made a lot of the settings that seemed a little overwhelming at first easy to understand.
I hit some frustration over the weekend when I started trying to overclock this new rig. It seems the stability problems I was seeing was due to me having my RAM set at the XMP settings of DDR3-1866 @ 1.65V. I dropped down to DDR3-1600 @ 1.5V w/ 9-9-9-24 timings, and it seems better. Before I kept upping CPU voltage, generating more heat but still failing Prime95 using your custom test after about 30 mins. I've been going on for about 2 hours now with no failures.
I'm running a 3570K @ 4.4GHz with a +0.05V offest/0.027+ turbo now. CPU-Z is reporting 1.184V right now under Prime load. My cooler is a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO. My highest load temp now has been 85C. I'm debating if I should get back into the 1.2-1.25V neighborhood and try for 4.5GHz, or is that just being greedy, and/or are my temps already a little too warm to attempt that?
Edited by jaysonr - 2/18/13 at 7:02pm
This is my first attempt at overclocking a Ivy Bridge. My last CPU was an AMD 965BE, and I got a modest overclock out of it - I also had a Q6600 @ 3.0GHz pretty easy for a while. Your guide made a lot of the settings that seemed a little overwhelming at first easy to understand.
I hit some frustration over the weekend when I started trying to overclock this new rig. It seems the stability problems I was seeing was due to me having my RAM set at the XMP settings of DDR3-1866 @ 1.65V. I dropped down to DDR3-1600 @ 1.5V w/ 9-9-9-24 timings, and it seems better. Before I kept upping CPU voltage, generating more heat but still failing Prime95 using your custom test after about 30 mins. I've been going on for about 2 hours now with no failures.
I'm running a 3570K @ 4.4GHz with a +0.05V offest/0.027+ turbo now. CPU-Z is reporting 1.184V right now under Prime load. My cooler is a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO. My highest load temp now has been 85C. I'm debating if I should get back into the 1.2-1.25V neighborhood and try for 4.5GHz, or is that just being greedy, and/or are my temps already a little too warm to attempt that?
Edited by jaysonr - 2/18/13 at 7:02pm
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