My i7 3930K 3.20 OCing Follow Along!
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How's this looking?
Very good
I'm hitting 80c~ at 4.6 do you've got a fair distance to go yet 
What increments shall I go by? and what would you say now is the MAIN thing to tweak from the settings now.
Am I just adjusting cpu vcore voltage vccsa voltage and vttcpu?
I just put the cores to 48 and kept voltages and got bsod so shall i just adjust those voltages by a certain amount?
Am I just adjusting cpu vcore voltage vccsa voltage and vttcpu?
I just put the cores to 48 and kept voltages and got bsod so shall i just adjust those voltages by a certain amount?
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Soldato
You've got the correct voltages in mind, but the main one to adjust by far is vcore. Also, don't expect to get 4.8, it usually requires a lot of voltage and watercooling. Aim for 4.5-4.6 with vcore @1.35v and and LLC @ High then take a breather, get it nice and properly stable and then sit in for the log haul to push further.
Would drop the voltage if it's possible.
From all my reading, I have been unable to determine whether 1.4V or 1.35V is safe for long-term 24/7, but there's no clear answer, but 1.4V is as far as I'd go.
But if you are staying at 4.7 and it will so so on lower voltages, then it would be worth trying to lower them.
Problem I got now is, I was only aiming for a 4.5GHz OC with the coolers I had, but now that I am getting better coolers, I won't be able to stop myself from seeing how high I can push it
From all my reading, I have been unable to determine whether 1.4V or 1.35V is safe for long-term 24/7, but there's no clear answer, but 1.4V is as far as I'd go.
But if you are staying at 4.7 and it will so so on lower voltages, then it would be worth trying to lower them.
Problem I got now is, I was only aiming for a 4.5GHz OC with the coolers I had, but now that I am getting better coolers, I won't be able to stop myself from seeing how high I can push it
Soldato
Would not go higher than 1.4v.
Next step i would advise the same as eyetrip, try and get the vcore as low as possible whilst keeping it stable.
Also, run IBT 5 times using all threads (12) on maximum RAM setting to find it's hottest point.
Very good
See what i mean...
really need to replace the 140mm exhaust and get a fan pointing at the vrms, Asus Suite II doesn't like the vrms (vcore) over 80c.
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Right, what i'm doing is stepping it down to 1.350 and will stress from there and step up by increments if needed, see where we end up. Running IBT on max ram.
Update: Ok, on vcore 1.350 and running IBT at max ram and 12 threads I get some error from IBT after a while. So from here shall I up the vcore slightly?
Update: Ok, on vcore 1.350 and running IBT at max ram and 12 threads I get some error from IBT after a while. So from here shall I up the vcore slightly?
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Nice, good temps for that voltage.
So do you think I'm good leaving it there if all tests have been stable?
Also, next part is looking to OC my GTX680! Anyone up for some tip giving here, I had a little mess about but not 100% sure how to play it as voltage is locked (although I probably won't touch voltage)
Also, next part is looking to OC my GTX680! Anyone up for some tip giving here, I had a little mess about but not 100% sure how to play it as voltage is locked (although I probably won't touch voltage)
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Yup, your cooling looks good enough and it's stable. I don't know if the vcore will cause degradation but as it's on the absolute max Intel spec, probably not.
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I find IBT Very High stresses the CPU much much more than Maximum for some reason; could be something specific to my setup, don't know. Could you give it 10 of Very High and check temps? I just tried Custom 8192, that got it hot
