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Jamesyboyjim

Jamesyboyjim

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Hey guys, built my first ever intel system the other day after always been a faithful amd fan and decided to have a go at over clocking, read a thread that 8pack advised someone to start with. To sum it up, i changed:

core ratio on all cores to 43 (45 bsod'ed when windows started to load)
cache ratio to min 8 max 43
and the vcore to 1.25
and cache volts to 1.25
the ram is running at its xmp profile

this is all ive done so far, everything else should be on auto or whatever their defaults are. seems stable so far but is there anything i've missed or something else i should do to even get that 4.5 stable clock? im cooling with a h100i on a maximus vi hero motherboard. I'm not familiar even with all hew bios options but i couldnt resist but try and test the chip straight away as I hear how different these haswell chips are, wanted to see if it was a good one. (so far it seems average, but thats where you guys come in) :D
 
Well I've just ran prime 95 and in about a minute the system just hard locked up and I had to switch the power off which means im still not stable running prime. Temps reached 70c before this happened, so back to the drawing board I suppose :(

this thread now becomes a overclocking, where to start thread :(
 
put your vcore @1.260v
put your cache @1.27v
put your multi @4.4
and set your cache ratio @4.2
remove your xmp profile and leave everything else on auto to rule out memory issues.

then run the test again.
 
Do you run prime as a primary task for your PC?? Then your wasting time using it as a test.

The above advise is sound although I would actually set XMP and mem test the system at stock CPU first to ascertain if your memory is working fine. Using XMP throughout set the above voltages and overclock.

Then test by using your PC as you normally would. Come back with any results / problems.
 
8 Pack said:
Do you run prime as a primary task for your PC?? Then your wasting time using it as a test.

The above advise is sound although I would actually set XMP and mem test the system at stock CPU first to ascertain if your memory is working fine. Using XMP throughout set the above voltages and overclock.

Then test by using your PC as you normally would. Come back with any results / problems.
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Thanx guys I shall try those settings. Didn't run into any trouble at 4.3 using windows but like I said, prime killed it in under a minute which worries me if I start gaming it might die mid game. I'll revert everything back to stock, set xmp and run men test to rule that out but to be honest I was running the ram flawlessly for well over a year in my amd system at xmp with no issues so I don't suppose the rams at fault. I'll report my findings later!

Is there any benchmarking apps I can install that's worth trying?
 
Obviously take advice from 8 Pack as he's the dogs danglies when it comes to O/C!

What I found initially when I built my machine from all new parts (Running Windows 8) that any attempt to O/C initially resulted in complete lock up/BSOD.

I'm a firm believer of letting the system 'bed in' - so do what 8 Pack suggests and bed the system in, keep it running 24/4, reboot it regularly, sometimes put it through it paces and then back it off and generally use it. It will help all the component's to 'gel' with each other, so to speak.

When it's stable (And it will settle down) - You can then use that as a platform for O/C.

That's what I did and I'm now running a good, stable O/C so don't get too worried if it goes bat**** initially!
 
Thanx all, I'm home from work now so will start playing shortly :)

Although if 8pack is saying not to worry about prime I may have a gaming sesh this afternoon as is and see how it copes, I have just ran cinebench twice just to see and it was fine so maybe i'll spend the afternoon 'mucking about' and see how i fare!
 
Another vote for avoiding p95/ibt etc. Play a few demanding games, ive found crysis 3 and bf3 to be good stability testing games. Id download this program.

http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

Any bsod codes etc will be displayed in the above program, therefore allowing you an idea of what needs adjusting. Also look out for whea errors in event viewer. Theese often show up after errors in games. For me the temps that p95 etc generate are way too high for my liking. But in normal use, this haswell chip is no hotter than any of my previous bloomfields or ivy bridge chips.
 
also i have found out that a quick cpu voltage stability tester is a program called Cinebench :D it will freeze your system up in no time if there is any slight instability running its cpu test for 5 loops should take about 4 minutes :D to rule out slight stability issues with all cores maxed.
good for testing but not for overall testing like 8pack says just use your system until it breaks lol
 
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