ASRock Z68 Extreme4 - CPU Overclocking
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I have the same board and am in the process of overclocking it at the moment. I haven't found any board specific guides but there's some good advice about for the asrock p67 range boards which will be helpful.
also check the BIOS version when you get it as mine didn't get shipped with the latest BIOS and its real easy to flash
also check the BIOS version when you get it as mine didn't get shipped with the latest BIOS and its real easy to flash
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my 2500k is here today so when i get home willbe sticking it in, only want something modest, say around 4GHz. i have seen loads of guides for asus, gigabyte...mobos but very little for asrock unfortunatly. so will post up my findings(if im successful) later.
so when i get home willbe sticking it in, only want something modest, say around 4GHz. i have seen loads of guides for asus, gigabyte...mobos but very little for asrock unfortunatly. so will post up my findings(if im successful) later.
I have the components you have, just for a 2 days, my AKASA 775 did not want to go into the CCO holes though so am on the stock cooler for the moment.
There are preset overclock profiles in the BIOS starting from 4.0Ghz and going up in 200mhz increments, you could give one of them a go and then check what it has done with the overclock utility when you are in windows to see what v-core it has assigned.
There are preset overclock profiles in the BIOS starting from 4.0Ghz and going up in 200mhz increments, you could give one of them a go and then check what it has done with the overclock utility when you are in windows to see what v-core it has assigned.
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Are the 775 mounting holes not quite right then? Was looking at this board so I don't have to replace my WC block.
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i whacked the auto oc up to 4.4GHz (CPU-Z said vcore was 0.9** idle and 1.3** under load) and it is stable although temps are a tad high for my liking 75-79c during prime.
the 4.6GHz was also stable but after 20mins of prime it hit 83c so i stopped.
i think both these would be achievable with some voltage settings, but i just wanted to play games and try out the chip so didnt have a play. will have a better look on sat when i have a day off.
the 4.6GHz was also stable but after 20mins of prime it hit 83c so i stopped.
i think both these would be achievable with some voltage settings, but i just wanted to play games and try out the chip so didnt have a play. will have a better look on sat when i have a day off.
The 775 alternative holes are in the correct positions but it was as if the 1155 socket had more height than the 775, I think if the cooler had spring mounted screws it would be fine, but having a solid plate to hold the cooler down with pushpins did not give enough flexibility to get the old cooler on. It was worth a shot tho.