i7 6700k Owners Club

Daytrader · 5 Sep 2015 at 00:24

uscool said:
well i got my issues sorted , running at 4.6ghz , 1.35v maybe can get this lower , and idles to 0.768v, im ready for the 980ti which should arrive tomorrow

So your overclock is 4ghz that boosts to 4.6 ? did you use a guide, or done overclocking before.

uscool · 5 Sep 2015 at 10:31

Daytrader said:
So your overclock is 4ghz that boosts to 4.6 ? did you use a guide, or done overclocking before.

is from idle 800mhz to 4600mhz when stressed, if you read through this thread you can find out what others are getting and voltage used so can get an idea, and then stress test with tools to see if stable,

i think for 4.5ghz 1.3v , think all 6700k can do this

Thanks

D3lirious · 5 Sep 2015 at 13:22

What's the best program for seeing temperatures with this platform?

mikeo · 5 Sep 2015 at 13:51

D3lirious said:
What's the best program for seeing temperatures with this platform?

Realtemp or HW monitor work just fine.

skiersteve12345 · 5 Sep 2015 at 13:51

D3lirious said:
What's the best program for seeing temperatures with this platform?

i use hwmonitor and real temp, seems to work good but also using z170 delxue and asus has there own software, but temps match what real temp and hwmoniotor say so id say they are both good

Daytrader · 5 Sep 2015 at 13:59

So many settings in the cpu section for overclocking in bios, dont know where to start, is there a really really easy guide anywhere for ths cpu.

Daytrader · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:00

Oh, and what is the best intel cpu test program to use, thx

w00dy85 · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:17

Daytrader said:
Oh, and what is the best intel cpu test program to use, thx

If you mean for testing your CPU overclock, I use intelburn test.

Daytrader · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:27

w00dy85 said:
If you mean for testing your CPU overclock, I use intelburn test.

Yeh i mean that, is 2.54 the latest version ? cheers, any other little programs i may need to test overclocking or for memory overclocking, benchmark programs etc, thx

mikeo · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:54

Just be a wee bit careful with Prime95 and IBT on these chips if you are testing in stock, or with adaptive/dynamic voltage control. As they can cause some pretty high voltage spikes (or at least that's what found). And I personally would not recommend OCT (at least the CPU intensive tests) myself, for the same reason.

Things like Wprime, Handbrake and basically just using your PC as normal, are probably better options. Though everyone has their own opinion on this of course. Up to the individual really.

PS. Maybe I should add a comment that tools like Prime95 / IBT wont cause your CPU to melt. If you want to use them, then fine. Skylake chips certainly seem to run a fair bit cooler than Haswell did. It's just that in my testing with my I7-6700K I found that these sorts of stress test tools (at least in adaptive/dynamic Vcore) caused sizable voltage spikes (IE. even at stock I was seeing 1.4v + at times). Now this isn't going to blow the chip up, but for prolonged testing... maybe not a good idea. Anandtech article on Skylake chips seemed to find the same sort of behavior as well.

Daytrader · 5 Sep 2015 at 17:11

Cheers for that, if i want to just overclock to 4.5, is it just changing one thing in bios, and thats 45 x 100 and nothing else ?

mikeo · 5 Sep 2015 at 17:32

Daytrader said:
Cheers for that, if i want to just overclock to 4.5, is it just changing one thing in bios, and thats 45 x 100 and nothing else ?

Change multiplier to 45 (as you say) and set a fixed Vcore to say 1.3v and see how it goes. Should run hopefully at 4.5 ... if not increase slightly till stable. Or more likely if it runs OK at 1.3v ... try reducing the Vcore until it fails while testing, then increase it slightly until it's fine. Just don't leave the Vcore on adaptive/dynamic, as you will probably find it pulls some serious voltage under heavy testing!!!

Lots more to fiddle with if you want to. Have a GOOGLE for skylake overclocking guide, there should be a few about now.

Have fun

Daytrader · 5 Sep 2015 at 18:34

Cheers, if i do thouse 2 simple things, that wont overclock my memory will it.

uscool · 5 Sep 2015 at 19:00

mikeo said:
Change multiplier to 45 (as you say) and set a fixed Vcore to say 1.3v and see how it goes. Should run hopefully at 4.5 ... if not increase slightly till stable. Or more likely if it runs OK at 1.3v ... try reducing the Vcore until it fails while testing, then increase it slightly until it's fine. Just don't leave the Vcore on adaptive/dynamic, as you will probably find it pulls some serious voltage under heavy testing!!!

Lots more to fiddle with if you want to. Have a GOOGLE for skylake overclocking guide, there should be a few about now.

Have fun

i have adaptive on, as i have my pc for long periods left on idle so like voltage to reduce when idle , drops down to 0.764v ,, on load it goes to 1.35v at 4.6ghz, im sure i can lower that or even increase overclock, but i just left it and seems fine and not enough time to keep playing ,

Kaapstad · 5 Sep 2015 at 19:52

What sort of overclocks does the 6700k manage ?

Thanks

mikeo · 5 Sep 2015 at 20:15

Daytrader said:
Cheers, if i do thouse 2 simple things, that wont overclock my memory will it.

No.

mikeo · 5 Sep 2015 at 20:23

uscool said:
i have adaptive on, as i have my pc for long periods left on idle so like voltage to reduce when idle , drops down to 0.764v ,, on load it goes to 1.35v at 4.6ghz, im sure i can lower that or even increase overclock, but i just left it and seems fine and not enough time to keep playing ,

Fair enough in day to day use. I can appreciate what you are saying.

But if you were to try something "really" heavy, I think you would find that it pulls a fair bit more than 1.35v . Also when you say "on load" what exactly are you talking about? As obviously different apps / programs will demand different voltages.

Daytrader · 5 Sep 2015 at 20:23

mikeo said:
No.

Thx for confirmation.

uscool · 5 Sep 2015 at 20:57

mikeo said:
Fair enough in day to day use. I can appreciate what you are saying.

But if you were to try something "really" heavy, I think you would find that it pulls a fair bit more than 1.35v . Also when you say "on load" what exactly are you talking about? As obviously different apps / programs will demand different voltages.

i ran aida64extreme530 for around 1 hour , which stresses cpu 100%, cpu voltage is between 1.344v and 1.354v

i play games mostly which dont seem to stress as much and get lower temps , and generally zipping up and extracting with winrar

mikeo · 5 Sep 2015 at 21:26

uscool said:
i ran aida64extreme530 for around 1 hour , which stresses cpu 100%, cpu voltage is between 1.344v and 1.354v

i play games mostly which dont seem to stress as much and get lower temps , and generally zipping up and extracting with winrar

Fair do.

aida64extreme530 is a nice little program