Hi guys
Been reading a few of the guides on overclocking and thought I would have ago myself.
I have the Intel i7 4770k with Corsair H80i watercooler. (GELID Solutions Extreme Performance GC-3 Cutting Edge - Thermal Paste)
I started of by putting the CPU voltage on 1.2v and upping the core multiplier to around 4.0Ghz. This seems to hold fine with no issues. Increasing the multiplier past this on 1.2v fails to boot with a BSOD when loading. Applying 1.25v I am able to achieve 4.2Ghz but causes random BSOD occasionally so again I bumped up the voltage to 1.28v.
This allows me to achieve a somewhat stable overclock of 4.2Ghz including running Prime95 stress test. Temperatures seem fine idling around 30-40c and load is around 60c.
I then wanted to see what the max clock I could get, I bumped voltage up to 1.3v and tried 4.4ghz.. Straight away BSOD on load. I also tried 1.31 / 1.32v (Although I know this is pushing it and the heat is becoming a problem at this level)
It almost seems like I can barely achieve 4.2Ghz and was wondering if theres any tips on getting this higher? My ram is currently underclocked to 1333Mhz just incase it running at 1800Mhz was an issue?
The BSOD produces: whea_uncorrectable_error
My Rig:
MSI z87s Krait Edition (SLI)
i7 4770k
16GB 1600Mhz Corsair Vengence
2x Samsung evo SSD
EVGA GTX 970 TI Boost
Any help would be appreciated
Been reading a few of the guides on overclocking and thought I would have ago myself.
I have the Intel i7 4770k with Corsair H80i watercooler. (GELID Solutions Extreme Performance GC-3 Cutting Edge - Thermal Paste)
I started of by putting the CPU voltage on 1.2v and upping the core multiplier to around 4.0Ghz. This seems to hold fine with no issues. Increasing the multiplier past this on 1.2v fails to boot with a BSOD when loading. Applying 1.25v I am able to achieve 4.2Ghz but causes random BSOD occasionally so again I bumped up the voltage to 1.28v.
This allows me to achieve a somewhat stable overclock of 4.2Ghz including running Prime95 stress test. Temperatures seem fine idling around 30-40c and load is around 60c.
I then wanted to see what the max clock I could get, I bumped voltage up to 1.3v and tried 4.4ghz.. Straight away BSOD on load. I also tried 1.31 / 1.32v (Although I know this is pushing it and the heat is becoming a problem at this level)
It almost seems like I can barely achieve 4.2Ghz and was wondering if theres any tips on getting this higher? My ram is currently underclocked to 1333Mhz just incase it running at 1800Mhz was an issue?
The BSOD produces: whea_uncorrectable_error
My Rig:
MSI z87s Krait Edition (SLI)
i7 4770k
16GB 1600Mhz Corsair Vengence
2x Samsung evo SSD
EVGA GTX 970 TI Boost
Any help would be appreciated
