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Leeroy123

Leeroy123

Leeroy123

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Hey guys, ive got my 2600k stable now on 4.7ghz which is great. Im having to use 1.41v which is prob a little high for some people but its fine for me. Was just wondering about this offset option, where it automatically lowers and highers the vcore when need be. Ive read up on offset but ive gotta be honest, i cant get my head around it at all.... Does anyone know what i would have to set offset to for this 4.7 overclock? or 4.8 - 4.9 - 5ghz. If i could have the vcore highering and lowering then i would gladly use more vcore as it wouldnt be 24/7. It does seem really hard to work this offset option out though, ive messed with values on the + and - and they have both given me boot issues.
Obviously i have no idea what im doing with it, but ill gladly admit that.
So if anyone knows where to start with this that would be great.

Thanks as always.
 
For 4.7ghz I have normal Vcore set at 1.360 with a +offset of 0.020 which gives me 1.380 in idle and 1.368 under full load.Which shows im getting an obvious Vdroop of .12 which isnt too bad really.Thats on a Gigabyte P67-UD4-B3 btw.That should give you some sought comparison of how it works.
 
There must be some where, I also have the P67 Pro B3 version of that board which I only installed for about 10 mins to check if it worked then boxed it backup.I never got into the layout of it so cant really advise you.
 
That's not how it works on ASUS boards. You'll need to observe the default VID that the cpu draws under load, then calculate your offset based on that.
 
ok well i really find this hard to understand. My manual overclock is 4.7 1.41v . the VID on core temp say its 1.361 on load. So what exactly would i need to do? does this make sense to you guys? CPUZ says 1.41 on full load.
 
1.410-1.361=0.049, so try a positive offset of 0.05. This way the cpu should get the 1.41 under load, but make sure to check this and adjust as necessary for vdroop ect. It can be a bit fickle using an offset but this should get you close enough to start.
 
Clum thanks mate, ive just clicked onto how this works and omg its easy. So now i have offset set on 0.5. With the 2600k it downclocks itself as everyone knows when not on load. So now my vcore is 1.41 when load and 1.048v when just on the net. Thats brilliant. Now i know how it works , i can try for higher clocks. Thanks again mate, its so much easier than it looks :)

With me needing 1.41v for 4.7 what do u guys reckon is a good guess for 4.8, 4.9 and 5. I was thinking 1.45v attempt for 4.8?
 
Leeroy123 said:
With me needing 1.41v for 4.7 what do u guys reckon is a good guess for 4.8, 4.9 and 5. I was thinking 1.45v attempt for 4.8?
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I was thinking your voltage is already high enough.

If you want to use more just for a quick bench that's up to you but I wouldn't run the system regularly on any higher voltage than you have now. Ideally it should be lower.
 
You might find that you can run 4.6ghz at considerably less volts than is required for 4.7ghz, thinking long term is 0.5-0.8v extra v-core really worth it for a measly 100mhz?
 
i only put it under load for 1 or maybe 2 hours a day whilst gaming. The rest of the time it isnt going to be under load. So the volts are fine for me lads.
 
mmj_uk said:
You might find that you can run 4.6ghz at considerably less volts than is required for 4.7ghz, thinking long term is 0.5-0.8v extra v-core really worth it for a measly 100mhz?
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Hopefully you mean 0.05-0.08 volts.

An extra 0.5-0.8 volts might be a bit dangerous :eek:
 
Leeroy123 said:
i only put it under load for 1 or maybe 2 hours a day whilst gaming. The rest of the time it isnt going to be under load. So the volts are fine for me lads.
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Then why ask?

Every chip is different so no one can tell you what to use for 4.8, 4.9 and 5GHz.

If you don't think it's a problem then just keep upping the volts until you get there or something blows :eek:
 
Surveyor said:
Hopefully you mean 0.05-0.08 volts.

An extra 0.5-0.8 volts might be a bit dangerous :eek:
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yeah my bad. 4.6ghz should be doable on less than 1.35v, these chips seem to hit a wall beyond that.. it just seems silly pumping an extra ~0.06v for what is about an extra 2% performance.
 
Thanks for advice lads. surveyor tbh im fed up of hearing people say that, i upgrade in 9 months time, so lets be honest it aint gonna blow up. Thanks for the help though.

mmj i am going to be going much higher mate not just the extra 0.06v. My temps are below 65 after 4 hours prime so ill keep going.
 
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Leeroy123 said:
Clum thanks mate, ive just clicked onto how this works and omg its easy. So now i have offset set on 0.5. With the 2600k it downclocks itself as everyone knows when not on load. So now my vcore is 1.41 when load and 1.048v when just on the net. Thats brilliant. Now i know how it works , i can try for higher clocks. Thanks again mate, its so much easier than it looks :)

With me needing 1.41v for 4.7 what do u guys reckon is a good guess for 4.8, 4.9 and 5. I was thinking 1.45v attempt for 4.8?
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Glad you got it figured. No real telling how much you'll need for 4.8, you'll just have to give it a try. Would be surprised if it were as much as 4.5 though.
 
Leeroy123 said:
Thanks for advice lads. surveyor tbh im fed up of hearing people say that, i upgrade in 9 months time, so lets be honest it aint gonna blow up. Thanks for the help though.

mmj i am going to be going much higher mate not just the extra 0.06v. My temps are below 65 after 4 hours prime so ill keep going.
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Your temps are good after 4 hours prime in this weather.Mine runs hotter than that while using prime by a couple of degrees.I wouldnt even analyse it unless mine started running into the late 70s.
 
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