I bought my rig from Overclockers, here are the specs:
Intel Core i52500K 3.3GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA 1155
Corsair A50 High Performance CPU Cooler
Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6GB/s Solid State HD
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache HD
Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Gfx Card
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit OS.
When i ordered the rig, i asked for an Overclock of the CPU (20%), which i figured would give me 4.0GHz. However, when i received my rig i saw that the CPU was clocked at 4.4GHZ. I wasn't too concerned at that point and so just left it.
After a few days gaming and the odd benchmark i was getting a few blue screens, one of them while the PC was idle at desktop. So i called Overclockers and was told to remove the overclock in Bios and take it from there. I did this and ran with default settings for a week. No blue screens. I then went back to Bios, loaded the OC profile with the overclock on and set the multiplier to 40. I've been running at 4.GHz for about 2 weeks with no problems. So, today i've upped the multiplier to 42 and am going to run it for a week or so at 4.2GHz.
My problem is, if my 4.2GHz overclock proves stable, i'm wanting to try 4.4GHz which means loading the Bios profile Overclockes made and hence putting my PC back to how it was when i first got it, including blue screens.
I know voltage settings can be tweaked to acheive a stable overclock. So what i want to know is, what CPU voltage (In my Bios i see a setting for CPU Offset Voltage, is this the one i need to tweak ?) would you recommend for a 4.4GHz overclock ? Any help is much appreciated.
Intel Core i52500K 3.3GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA 1155
Corsair A50 High Performance CPU Cooler
Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6GB/s Solid State HD
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache HD
Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Gfx Card
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit OS.
When i ordered the rig, i asked for an Overclock of the CPU (20%), which i figured would give me 4.0GHz. However, when i received my rig i saw that the CPU was clocked at 4.4GHZ. I wasn't too concerned at that point and so just left it.
After a few days gaming and the odd benchmark i was getting a few blue screens, one of them while the PC was idle at desktop. So i called Overclockers and was told to remove the overclock in Bios and take it from there. I did this and ran with default settings for a week. No blue screens. I then went back to Bios, loaded the OC profile with the overclock on and set the multiplier to 40. I've been running at 4.GHz for about 2 weeks with no problems. So, today i've upped the multiplier to 42 and am going to run it for a week or so at 4.2GHz.
My problem is, if my 4.2GHz overclock proves stable, i'm wanting to try 4.4GHz which means loading the Bios profile Overclockes made and hence putting my PC back to how it was when i first got it, including blue screens.
I know voltage settings can be tweaked to acheive a stable overclock. So what i want to know is, what CPU voltage (In my Bios i see a setting for CPU Offset Voltage, is this the one i need to tweak ?) would you recommend for a 4.4GHz overclock ? Any help is much appreciated.
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