Asus' Overclocking software turns off XMP & turning on XMP screws up the overclock...

[Chris Nahhas]

I don't know how to overclock so I've been playing around with Asus' Dual Intelligent Processors 5 and the EZ Tuning Wizard in the BIOS.

Dual Intelligent Processors 5 is overclocking my 4790k to 4.7GHz but it disables my RAM's XMP profile.

If I run EZ Tuning Wizard it turns my RAM's XMP profile back on but it reduces my 4790k's speed to 4.4GHz

...so I went back into the BIOS after running EZ tuning Wizard and adjusted the CPU multiplier back to x47 just to see if it might work but when I ran Cinebench it crashed.

Is there an easy way I can keep my 4.7GHz overclock and have my RAM's XMP profile turned on?

If there's not an easy way, if I put the work in to learn how to overclock, is it at least possible to have the XMP profile on and the 4.7GHz overclock at the same time?

 

[Chris Nahhas]

Yes

Right down the settings for 4.7ghz overclock, enter them manually in the bios . Test

If stable then try xmp profile.

Thanks for responding, it's most appreciated.

It turns out it was user error: when I tried to enable the XMP profile it was giving me an option that I thought I had to click yes to for it to work. I just clicked "No" instead and it turned on the XMP profile and let me keep the 4.7ghz overclock.

So I've got a 4.7GHz overclock at 1.370 volts. Is that good, or is the voltage too high?

Should I try and lower the voltage and see if it still stays stable?

Not really sure what I can do to tweak it or if I should leave it as is.

 

[Chris Nahhas]

4.7ghz @ 1.370 volts is good some people have to go way past that, I wouldn't push it anymore.

I would start lowering the voltage to find the lowest stable .

Whst cooler hsvd you got and What temps are you getting under load ?

I've got a Conductonaut liquid metal de-lid with a Rockit Cool custom copper IHS under a Corsair H115i Pro that I've fitted with two Akasa Viper R 140mm fans (5.05 cfm per dB(A) at 2.91 mm-H2O, at full speed)

CPUID HWMonitor & Intel Extreme Tuning Utility are showing the CPU reaching around 76C when running Cinebench, with the Viper R's on the H115i Pro running at just under 70% of their full RPM.

I also took a temperature reading from Speedfan but the delta between Speedfan and both CPUID HWMonitor & Intel Extreme Tuning Utility is -36C so I'm guessing Speedfan's probably not accurate?


I'm not sure how to lower the voltage as the values are set to Auto...I'm guessing I just input a numerical value in the text field to limit the upper voltage?


I've got, among others, the following voltage options:


CPU Core Voltage

CPU Input Voltage

CPU Cache Voltage


I'm guessing it's the CPU Core Voltage I need to adjust...? ...because the CPU Input Voltage is already at 1.792v at idle in BIOS (?)


I also want to increase the CPU Cache Voltage because I want to to try and get the CPU Cache stable at a higher frequency. My core clock is stable at 4.7GHz but the CPU cache is only stable up to about 4.3GHz and I want to get the CPU Cache as as close to 4.7GHz as possible as I've read that having them the same speed increases the overall performance.


EDIT: Just figured out how to set the voltage overrides and it's still stable at 4.7GHz with 1.29v.


I can't feed the CPU Core any more than 1.37v without moving a jumper on the motherboard to unlock higher voltages. I'm reluctant to unlock the higher voltages and push it past 1.37v because I don't really want to reduce the lifespan of the CPU.

 

[Chris Nahhas]

You are using an auto overclock on your motherboard the only way to adjust voltages ,etc is to manually overclock your cpu.

There are many overclocking guides

Manually overclocking should unlock xmp profile.

It doesn't look like you read my response...it's was quite detailed in reply to your last post.

I'm overclocking from the BIOS now and have been playing around with the voltage overrides. I think I can probably handle it from here. Thanks gain.

 

[Chris Nahhas]

My mistake, woke up didn't digest your response properly had auto overclock in My head.

It's still worth checking out some of the guides for tips and tweaks .

Good luck.

'k thanks :0)