First overclock - 3570k

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I know there's a lot of threads just like this one, so I start by apologising for adding to it. I'm sorry. But not sorry enough to go right ahead and post it anyway :D

I'm at complete n00b at overclocking, but I've been reading a few guides, and rooting through this forum, and last night and today have been giving it my first try.

Some of it I'm pretty sure I understand, and some of it still baffles me a bit, but I'm sure I'll get there.

Anyway, this is what I've got. I'm not sure if I'm confident enough not to revert back to stock setting yet, but we'll see.

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CPU Clock Ratio - 45
Internal CPU PLL Overvoltage - Auto
Turbo Boost - Disabled
C1E - Disabled
C3/C6 - Disabled
CPU thermal monitor - Disabled
EIST - Disabled

Vcore loadline calibration - turbo
Vcore - 1.33v (1.32v crashed on prime95 after 5mins)

Everything else set to auto, or at stock settings.

CPU z
Voltage idle - 1.320v
Voltage load - 1.308v

Voltage seems high compared to other people's, is that just a below par chip, or am I missing something?
Will this be ok for everyday use, or should I knock it back to 4.4ghz?
I'd like to use DVID for my overclock, but still don't completely understand the process. Any good guides you can point me in the direction of? Will my current settings translate over in some way?

I'm probably missing something somewhere, or making a silly mistake, any help/advice/criticism would be greatly appreciated.
 
Thought i'd have a crack at setting offset voltage for my overclock, trouble is the option is greyed out in my BIOS :(
I'm guessing this is related to another setting, maybe a powersaving feature?
 
Well I'll be doing mine later and going for 4.5.. I still need to work out what to leave standard and what to disable power wise.

What board you got mate?
 
I've got the Gigabyte UP5 TH.
Went a bit mad when ordering parts :D you only live once aye.
I did a forum search on "3570k overclock" titles only. And read all the threads that seemed relevant, got most of the info i need from there.
Struggling a bit with this offset stuff though, there seems to be conflicting views on it, it doesn't help that different board manufacturer have different names for stuff either.
Good luck with it, maybe post here with how you get on, or start your own thread, i'll keep an eye out. Will be interested in hearing how you get on.

edit: Did you get your mug?
 
I've left prime on for 10hrs, to really test stability. No errors in prime, but I got a window with "desktop window manager has stopped working". ???
 
Mine seems to be the same as yours, 45 @ ~1.32. Temps are about 60c full load and under 30c idle so not bad, still got a lot of tinkering to do though..

No! i forgot the mug haha i'll get it when i order some odd bits soon.

edit, oh and i turned back on the power saving bits so it can throttle down when i'm not needing the power..
 
To set offset you need to just change it from "Auto" to "Normal" by pushing + when it is on Auto. You then go to the offset and just type "0" and enter it to get to the +0.000V offset. Enable C1E. Disable C3/C6, EIST. Good to go!

My old chip needed 1.28V, new one needs 1.24V for 4.5GHz. Some chips are better at lower volts but all perform the same and 1.32V isn't that bad really as long as temps are good nothing to worry about.

You can also try to lower PLL voltage to 1.500V and VTT at 1.050V.

Remote_zero said:
I've left prime on for 10hrs, to really test stability. No errors in prime, but I got a window with "desktop window manager has stopped working". ???
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Usually happens to me when my CPU hasn't got enough voltage, or memory isn't stable. Running memtest is never a bad idea. Use HWMonitor keep an eye on your motherboard temps under load. :) Should be nice and cool on a UP5 TH. I got the UP4.
 
Great stuff, thanks Brian, i'll give that a try. Have been playing around a bit and got 4.6ghz but temps were touching 80c so I put it back again.
I'll give memtest a go, it might need a touch more voltage then?

@Demons. Glad you got there, temps look great.
 
Might need a tiny tiny bit more, try with offset voltage and Gigabyte 3D Power, it lets you change the Load Line Calibration inside windows, even while you are running at full load, if you look at CPU-Z etc you can see it changing your Vcore. :D

Imo 4.6GHz is a push on air, unless you have a super low volt chip that will do it at 1.25V or so. 4.5 is fast so is 4.4 lol, I just like 4.5 as a number. 4.4 uses even less volts and way less heat. I have a D-14 and mine goes way over 80C at 4.6GHz in Prime, needs 1.28V I think.

Make sure ram is stable, then add more voltage yeah. :)

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Mine seems to be the same as yours, 45 @ ~1.32. Temps are about 60c full load and under 30c idle so not bad, still got a lot of tinkering to do though..

No! i forgot the mug haha i'll get it when i order some odd bits soon.

edit, oh and i turned back on the power saving bits so it can throttle down when i'm not needing the power..
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60C? Damn, I thought mine at 66C was good but I'm at 1.24V. Are you under water or what cooler do you have, I must get one. :D
 
just knocked the vcore back to 1.31 and it passed the burn test but don't want to keep pushing it for now as every time it reboot orgin looses its download and has to start again! POS lol.

60c was the coolest core, i'd say average 64 but one core does like 68 when at 1.32. Its this;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-099-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2352

Certainly tell when it comes under load!

edit, i've been using gigabyte tweak launcher and think its pretty good really, simple atleast.
 
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Will just mean lower idle voltage, less power consumption, I don't think it makes any difference if the LLC makes it hit the same temp under load. If you want the max power performance then tweak the offset. :) I am trying currently at -0.020V offset Extreme LLC.

My old chip needed +0.090V offset, with medium LLC for 4.5GHz, depends what your cpu needs.
 
Just upgraded the bios as there was around 5 revisions and maybe its just in my head but stability seems better and temperature monitoring seems better.

Will have alittle play see if i can get the v-core lower..
 
Enhanced memory capability/system compatibility, yep, should be more stable. Unlikely to get a lower Vcore, but might get a lower ram voltage and better timings. :) Good luck.

Try pushing ALT+F10 at boot to flash the new BIOS onto the backup BIOS. :) Should work if you just hold ALT after pushing power on then pressing F10 till it starts the backup utility.
 
ok cheers bud i'll give that ago later.

I'm starting to think 4.4 might suit my chip a lot more, real world difference is nothing I'm going to see or feel?
 
yeah, temps are still good and they won't even reach these synthetic benchmark highs in game so the voltage isn't hurting.
 
I'm not completely sure how it works, but 1.4V for example at 50% load is still 1.4V? Heat is different and faster death than voltage. I'd personally be happy up to 1.35V if temps were still low, my cpu spends 90% of the time at 1.6GHz 0.86V so I'm not worried about lifespan. :)
 
Yeah, not sure how it works either but i feel testing on prime is pretty hefty and when playing games the pc never throttles up like it does on that.

Yeah been running prime for 20 minutes now @ 1.33 and there is no problems, ~64c average.
 
most odd, had some stabilty issues this morning so wiped it all and started again.

Set it to 1.32 @ 45 and it seems stable in prime with no issues and temps at there hottest at 65, 64, 65 and 64..

Only thing thats changed is i've got both front fans running at 12v now both pulling one from the front and another behind on the hard drive caddys... oh and i set it all in bios not using any programs.
 
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