i5 3570K Overclocking Help

Casterina · 11 Sep 2012 at 17:57

I want to overclock the i5 3570K but don't know where to start, need some help please

Phage · 11 Sep 2012 at 19:32

What are the specs of your rig ?
Overclocking is done in the BIOS by changing the multiplier and then running stress tests. If the system crashes up the voltage a notch.
You're probably looking at 4.4Ghz with ~1.2v and a max temp of ~70c
You'll need a good cooler of course, the OEM isn't good enough.

Casterina · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:13

Phage said:
What are the specs of your rig ?
Overclocking is done in the BIOS by changing the multiplier and then running stress tests. If the system crashes up the voltage a notch.
You're probably looking at 4.4Ghz with ~1.2v and a max temp of ~70c
You'll need a good cooler of course, the OEM isn't good enough.

Intel Core i5 3570K
Gigabyte Z77 D3H
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler

Phage · 11 Sep 2012 at 20:29

Excellent, Now just google up some guides like this one.
http://fatoo.co.uk/mb/gigabyte-z77-d3h-review-and-overclocking-guide/

ashagplz · 11 Sep 2012 at 22:53

what can you get with the stock cooler?

Phage · 12 Sep 2012 at 08:29

ashagplz said:
what can you get with the stock cooler?

Very variable depending on your airflow. I probably wouldn't bother at all given that the chip will turbo to 3.9GHz anyway.

Casterina · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:41

Need help on how to start overclocking

Phage · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:57

The guide I linked to isn't bad. Do you know how to get into the BIOS ?
What exactly is the issue ?

java33 · 13 Sep 2012 at 18:26

I have same chip, board, cooler. Bios settings are "cpu clock 44. Turbo Power Limit 250. Core Power Limit 250. Cpu cll 1.65. Cpu Vcore 1.25." for a 4.4ghz OC.

Casterina · 13 Sep 2012 at 19:10

Phage said:
The guide I linked to isn't bad. Do you know how to get into the BIOS ?
What exactly is the issue ?

The guide you provided only shows the settings to 4.8GHz, do I not need to go up each GHz step by step?

BrianB · 13 Sep 2012 at 19:20

You must read about it, or watch a youtube video, theres loads of them, will even be on gigabyte bios too.

Phage · 14 Sep 2012 at 09:19

Casterina said:
The guide you provided only shows the settings to 4.8GHz, do I not need to go up each GHz step by step?

There are many others. Google for overclocking on the D3H.
But look at the quote above.
"cpu clock 44. Turbo Power Limit 250. Core Power Limit 250. Cpu cll 1.65. Cpu Vcore 1.25." for a 4.4ghz OC."

1) Get into BIOS
2) Change CPU clock to....ooooh....42 say
3) Save to CMOS and restart
4) Test with Real Temp and prime95. If temps go too high your cooling is insufficient or your volatge is too high. If it BSODs try upping the CPU volatge a little and trying again. If everything is OK...
1) Go into BIOS
2) Change CPU clock to 43 and off you go again
etc

With good cooling you should see a 44 Multiplier, at around 1.2v with peak temps of 70c as achievable.