Can someone please help me get 5.0GHz from my 7700k?

Plug the pump into the pump header on the mobo if it has one and run it through bios for profile. Same with fans. Run q-fan control then enable turbo for fans and it'll still keep them relatively quite yet give you better cooling. Or set a manual profile, you can configure temp/speed for a quick note dirty curve. (All under 'monitor').

Yes, you need to enable xmp for 3k mem freq. Under extreme tweeker select the first drop down (ai overclock tuner or whatever it's called, xmp then select no when the pop up window appears. You'll need to re-apply sync all cores and multi once you do this. Xmp/timings/vDIMM will be applied automatically. You might find if you go into dram timings (beside digi power) and change default mode 1 to mode 2 to be better).

3000mhz ram shouldn't be taxing and doubt you'll need to do anything to your oc profile for stability.

You can also bring up cache as well now.

The slight drop in vcore on load is correct, llc5 is the closest to what you set in bios without overvolting. So right now you're about 1.37v actual on load, if you used llc6 you'd be about 1.41v in load keeping bios at 1.39v.

I'd suggest using coretemp to monitor temp whilst running. Taking a reading from the liquid will be highly inaccurate. The cpu will be running hotter than the liquid. Best checking this out 1st before doing anything else.
 
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Thank you, the only problem is I don't think I can plug my pump into my motherboard. The cable it came with has a 2pin connector on one end that is supposed to connect to the CPU header on the board and 4x fan plugs on the other end with a SATA plug half way along (for its power I assume). I believe the actual pump is controlled via USB as there is a plug coming straight off the pump that goes to a USB header on the board.

I'm completely with you on the fact that I need to be taking CPU temp from the CPU and using QFAN. I've already managed it with my radiator fans but I'm not exactly sure what's controlling my pump right now. I've uninstalled CAM so either my pump is running at a default setting or the motherboard is doing it. But without installing CAM again to see the pump rpm I just don't know. And if I do install CAM again then I won't know whether it's that that's controlling the pump or the BIOS?!!
 
I have found NZXT support to be pretty good in the past , maybe worth going to the source? IE is is possible to control by mainboard or are you wasting your time etc :)
 
I couldn't even sign up on the NZXT website, every time I put my details in and clicked 'sign up' nothing happened, I tried 3 desktop browsers and a mobile device! I've been logging into CAM with my Google account!
 
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I've managed to sign up to NZXT so I've emailed them.
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How have you gotten on? I Was trying for 5.1 but just can't seem to get there. Had 5 stable with prime95 26.6 but anything with avx about fries the chip with near 100 degree temps even at stock speed. Probably my locked voltage
 
NZXT assure me the Kraken will keep its last known settings but for some reason I just don't believe them. CAM just keeps crashing and forgetting the Kraken so I've just disabled CAM at start up and I'm just seeing how things get on.

I've left my OC at 4.9GHz (1.35v and 84°C under stress) as whenever I try for 5.0GHz I seem to have to jump all the way to 1.4v+ which puts my temps under stress test to 90°C which may or may not be OK I'm not sure? So I've been playing it safe for now. I will try for 5.0GHz again though when I get time.

During gaming my temps are pretty reasonable at 4.9GHz, usually around 70-75°C
 
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Ah that's a shame. It's weird because my bios shows my pump rpm as n/a, but HWinfo reads it. The x62 looks so nice, but I think it'd stick with the x-1 if it gives more freedom for controlling it.
 
I seem to have the same cpu and cooler combo as you.

I'm running 1.4v adaptive, 5.0 and an AVX offset of 3 so when Prime95 runs it is stable at 4.7 but anything else it will reach 5.0

So with AVX offset capping at 4.7 it reached 57 degrees with a min temperature of 17 degrees (was in kitchen overnight) for over 13h in prime with AVX

Currently doing Realbench hitting its max of 5.0 and its reaching 56 degrees

Main difference is that I did delid my chip, cleaned it up, used liquid metal, superglued it down again and used liquid metal as cpu paste also.

Probably gonna whack the kit back on the MM where I got it since I'm not going to use it ever again and its really easy.
 
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I seem to have the same cpu and cooler combo as you.

I'm running 1.4v adaptive, 5.0 and an AVX offset of 3 so when Prime95 runs it is stable at 4.7 but anything else it will reach 5.0

So with AVX offset capping at 4.7 it reached 57 degrees with a min temperature of 17 degrees (was in kitchen overnight) for over 13h in prime with AVX

Currently doing Realbench hitting its max of 5.0 and its reaching 56 degrees

Main difference is that I did delid my chip, cleaned it up, used liquid metal, superglued it down again and used liquid metal as cpu paste also.

Probably gonna whack the kit back on the MM where I got it since I'm not going to use it ever again and its really easy.
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I'm actually quite happy at 4.9GHz for now as it seems to handling everything quite well with decent temps. I've not done any video rendering yet though, I have a video waiting to be transcoded using Handbrake so we'll see what happens when I get round to doing that. I think I read that Handbrake uses AVX instructions?
 
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