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It was tested using a prolimatech megahalems and 2 EK vardar 2200RPM push and pull auto profile. Cheers
is this cpu decent, clocked 5960x?
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oops it should be in overclocking & cooling sub forum. Please move it sorry for the inconvenience. 
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I'd say yes.
Andi.
Andi.
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Nah its needs to be at least 4500mhz, 4498.95 is subpar 
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I'm just about to start trying an overclock on my new 5960X. I'm running an Asus X99-A II, 32gb of 3200 mem.
I'm not used to this separate cache overclocking. Any pointers on a good starting point?
I'm not used to this separate cache overclocking. Any pointers on a good starting point?
I'm a noob in cache overclocking as well. The only cache overclock I do now is raising the max cache ratio to 42, leaving min cache ratio default and +0.15v to the cache offset voltage. Will try to raise it further and let you know how it goes.
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ok thanks, i'll go give it a try now
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I just left all of the voltage settings to auto, set ram XMP @3200. Booted to Windows fine - Idle temp is now 37.5C. Stock @ 3.5ghz was only 28 lol. I set main multi to 45 and cache to 42.
I just ran CPU-Z it's showing 1.309v. Stress testing now in Aida64 extreme core 4 reached 75c. Time to take the voltages down a bit at a time and retest
I just ran CPU-Z it's showing 1.309v. Stress testing now in Aida64 extreme core 4 reached 75c. Time to take the voltages down a bit at a time and retest
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What ram speed and timings are you using? I has such problems with my rams XMP @ 3200. In the end I lowered ram speed to 2666 with 13, 14, 14, 35. 1T timings. Now i'm at 4.4Ghz on the cpu, AIDA64 stable for 5 hrs with only 1.130v on the core. I just lowered the vcore to 1.120v and am running another AIDA64 system stability test. Load temps are great too at 50-60c.
One thing I've found is that for temps 4.4 seems a sweet spot. The temps go up considerably beyond this. Hardly worth it for a couple of hundred Mhz methinks.
I'm gonna keep dropping the core voltage by 0.010 until it becomes unstable then go back up to the last stable setting and call it a day.
Incidently, I had it boot at 4.8Ghz with only 1.250v but the temps were up in the 70's when I started the test so I just ended it after a few seconds. I'm not interested in pushing the chip that much anyway. 4.4 at the volts i'm using now and super low temps are perfect for what I want.
One thing I've found is that for temps 4.4 seems a sweet spot. The temps go up considerably beyond this. Hardly worth it for a couple of hundred Mhz methinks.
I'm gonna keep dropping the core voltage by 0.010 until it becomes unstable then go back up to the last stable setting and call it a day.
Incidently, I had it boot at 4.8Ghz with only 1.250v but the temps were up in the 70's when I started the test so I just ended it after a few seconds. I'm not interested in pushing the chip that much anyway. 4.4 at the volts i'm using now and super low temps are perfect for what I want.
I am not actually spending too much time in memory overclocking so could not give you any detail information .
About CPU overclocking, 4.5Ghz is like my standard overclocked frequency, I always test/run my chips at that particular clock speed. You could say it is an OCD issue
. About CPU overclocking, 4.5Ghz is like my standard overclocked frequency, I always test/run my chips at that particular clock speed. You could say it is an OCD issue
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16 threads at 4.5GHz? Nah its a rubbish CPU. You need an AMD Turion 64. 