First off. I'm terribly sorry if this is in the wrong part of the forum. I didn't see another category where this would fit.
I'm not a power user or amazing at computers by a long shot but I've built and OC'd computers for about 10year as a hobby and XMP has never failed me in the past.
System:
WIn10 64bit.
CPU: i7-6700k
MB: MSI z170a Pro Gaming Carbon.
Ram: Corsair Vengeance white LED 3200mhz 16gb (8x2)
Cooler: h80i V2
SSD: 256gb Samsung EVO something.
All drivers and bios are up to date.
After a week of fiddling about with this setup trying to overclock and optimize I've found some strange results that I'd like to share in hopes of both enlightenment for myself and help for others
There is a problem with XMP on this setup.
After all my tests here is what I found to be the only stable OC with XMP.
XMP on
Game boost off
EIST on
C-states. Off.
4.2ghz 1.36v 79c during stress test. Any less voltage would cause BSOD or problems during Boot.
3200mhz ram.
As you can see, this seems quite off. a liquid cooled 6700k that can only go to 4.2 and peaks at 80c during use. What the heck?
Even with everything at default settings and only turning on XMP, I would still get 70c temps during stress test and voltage would hit 1.36 on the CPU.
I decided to turn off XMP and try Game boost and manually setting the Ram timings and voltage.
What I'm currently runnning:
XMP off,
Game Boost on.
EIST off
C-states off.
4.4ghz 1.32v 62c during stress test.
3200mhz ram.
I've got more things to test but I just wanted to mention that if you have this chip and it doesn't seem to overclock well, definitely try not running XMP.
I'm curious now too regarding voltage. Since I went for game boost which is an automated overclock, can I run 4.4 with less voltage? can I get higher than 4.4?
Suddenly the forum threads from people Overclocking this to 4.6 at 1.3v doesn't sound so outlandish.
I apologize if this is common knowledge or something and I just missed it but I've OC'd stuff before while using XMP for my ram and never had these types of issues..
I'm not a power user or amazing at computers by a long shot but I've built and OC'd computers for about 10year as a hobby and XMP has never failed me in the past.
System:
WIn10 64bit.
CPU: i7-6700k
MB: MSI z170a Pro Gaming Carbon.
Ram: Corsair Vengeance white LED 3200mhz 16gb (8x2)
Cooler: h80i V2
SSD: 256gb Samsung EVO something.
All drivers and bios are up to date.
After a week of fiddling about with this setup trying to overclock and optimize I've found some strange results that I'd like to share in hopes of both enlightenment for myself and help for others
There is a problem with XMP on this setup.
After all my tests here is what I found to be the only stable OC with XMP.
XMP on
Game boost off
EIST on
C-states. Off.
4.2ghz 1.36v 79c during stress test. Any less voltage would cause BSOD or problems during Boot.
3200mhz ram.
As you can see, this seems quite off. a liquid cooled 6700k that can only go to 4.2 and peaks at 80c during use. What the heck?
Even with everything at default settings and only turning on XMP, I would still get 70c temps during stress test and voltage would hit 1.36 on the CPU.
I decided to turn off XMP and try Game boost and manually setting the Ram timings and voltage.
What I'm currently runnning:
XMP off,
Game Boost on.
EIST off
C-states off.
4.4ghz 1.32v 62c during stress test.
3200mhz ram.
I've got more things to test but I just wanted to mention that if you have this chip and it doesn't seem to overclock well, definitely try not running XMP.
I'm curious now too regarding voltage. Since I went for game boost which is an automated overclock, can I run 4.4 with less voltage? can I get higher than 4.4?
Suddenly the forum threads from people Overclocking this to 4.6 at 1.3v doesn't sound so outlandish.
I apologize if this is common knowledge or something and I just missed it but I've OC'd stuff before while using XMP for my ram and never had these types of issues..