Light overclock

para08 · 27 May 2013 at 12:59

My components:

maximus v gene
3570k + 920 h20 kuhler
samsung green 8GB

Hi there

Bought these a while ago but have been running stock since.

What i'd like is a 'light' overclock but not really 100% sure how to go about it. I take it something like 4.4 on the cpu will be fine? As for the memory, I haven't a clue tbh.

I suppose what i'm asking is whats a good light oc for my setup that can be used stable 24/7, and what are the necessary settings that need changing in bios?

thanks for any help.

para08 · 27 May 2013 at 14:00

haha sometimes less is more

Thanks for the help. will test it out later..

I have a couple of questions though if you have time.

vcore - are those settings 'fixed'. what i mean is will it still drop to idle volt?

spread spectrum - is this necessary to turn off? it's just I remember reading somewhere is should be on for better stability or something.

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para08 · 27 May 2013 at 16:02

righto

what about the other VRM spread spectrum, I take it this is ok on?

also is a lighter overclock for memory possible? I really don't want to go over 1.5v

btw I did tried all the settings and got blue screen lol

para08 · 27 May 2013 at 16:07

another thing, don't know if it's worth mentioning but I origianlly had the cpu running stock with minus-offset of 0.055 and it was stable no crashes.

para08 · 29 May 2013 at 18:05

My last cpu 2500k died after only 2 years at stock clock. The ram I was using was 1.65v XMP which i used 24/7 as everyone said it is fine. I now feel this is what broke the cpu as Intel say ram over 1.5v will shorten cpu life.

tbh it was a lot of grief trying to figure out the problem at the time and dealing with returns/etc, so you can understand why I want to listen to Intel and not go above 1.5v this time.