i7 2600k Overclocking Help

Br4d · 26 Mar 2011 at 14:52

Hello.

Im reletively new to Overclocking. On my old E8400 Core 2 Duo (3Ghz) i overclocked it to 3.8Ghz buy upping the FSB, i kept it on stock voltage because i was a bit worried that increased volts would damage the CPU its self.

Now that ive Upgraded to an i7 2600k, Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3, and 8Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz Ram i thought id give the i7 a good overclock while staying on stock voltage.

Here is my First Attempt:

Set all CPU voltages in the Bios to "Normal" instead of "Auto" and disabled LLC.
i then upped the multiplyer from 34 to 40.

Is this Ok to do? What exactly is LLC? and how does it affect my system?
Will keeping the voltage on all the other CPU related volts on normal have any adverse affects?

Thanks.

Br4d · 26 Mar 2011 at 19:55

Anyone?

Liquid · 26 Mar 2011 at 22:49

set your multipler around 46/47, set vcore to 1.32 or somewhere around there, and fine tune, if it runs fine under prime try backing voltage down until it fails and move slightly up again

LLC is loadline calibration and designed to combat vcore dropping(cpu voltage), use cpu-z to monitor vcore and when trying 1.32, set your bios vcore so that in cpu-z it says 1.32, chances are you will need to set higher in bios to compensate along the way.

I would recommend reading this thread before doing anything really, there is some essential information

Br4d · 26 Mar 2011 at 23:43

Thanks for the help

If i am using stock vcore is it ok to Disable LLC?

SeeknDestroy · 27 Mar 2011 at 00:02

Br4d said:
Thanks for the help

If i am using stock vcore is it ok to Disable LLC?

If you want to stay at stock voltages, leave everything on auto and change the multiplier to 43. If you pass intel burn test and prime 95 tests. Crank the multiplier a bit up till it fails.
If it fails on the first run set it to 42. I think any cpu can do 42 on stock volts

Br4d · 27 Mar 2011 at 00:23

SeeknDestroy said:
If you want to stay at stock voltages, leave everything on auto and change the multiplier to 43. If you pass intel burn test and prime 95 tests. Crank the multiplier a bit up till it fails.
If it fails on the first run set it to 42. I think any cpu can do 42 on stock volts

Cheers mate

But is disabling LLC fine? or should i turn it back onto auto? i was just worried about the motherboard upping the CPU voltages on its own.

mecca · 27 Mar 2011 at 02:07

use 44 as your multiplier and set the voltage to 1.28 to 1.29 leave everything on auto and set the voltage manually.

mine runs perfectly 24/7 like that and i encode 24/7 never failed me