4690K Overclock - Help Needed :)

[jumeeno]

Evening all.

Been running all cores @ 4.0 GHz using manual override of 1.07v for a while now, all good. All BIOS settings on AUTO apart from BUS=100, MULTI=40 and VCORE=1.07. System as follows:

Core-i5 4690K
Gigabyte Z97N-Gaming 5
2 x 4GB HyperX 2400 MHz

Just been messing about trying to push a little higher and struggling - help!

I've tried MULTI=41 and VCORE=1.18... and keep getting a full system reset after ~10 minutes of Asus RealBench. To be clear, 4.0 GHz at much lower volts is fine in this scenario.

What am I doing wrong as these kinda volts seem to get others much higher clocks??

 

[jumeeno]

Thanks Danny75.

The reason I have brought this up is that I have just transferred my ITX system into a bigger Fractal Define case, but am yet to upgrade the cooler - I currently have a low profile SilverStone AR06.

In terms of temps, I am getting up to 80 in synthetic stressing, and up to about 70 in actual full load usage. BIOS is also bang up-to-date.

It's not a huge issue, I just wanted to see how much headroom I might have over 4.0 GHz before upgrading the cooler now I have the room in a bigger case!

 

[jumeeno]

Thanks Pasty.

This is all sounding good advice - as long as there is not some sort of BIOS tweak I should be doing other than more VCore then I'll just give that a go (perhaps after buying a more substantial cooler).

I'd heard all sorts about Uncore this, and Ring Voltage that, and was worried I was missing loads of settings. To be clear, I don't want MEGA-megahertz, just a nice round 4.3 or 4.4ish with as low a voltage and as little faff as possible