Overclcocking the 4670K

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Hi all,

I've recently built my first gaming rig but not yet had a chance to look into overclocking my CPU. I just wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction on what to do in regards to actually overclocking. Any tips and info will also be greatly appreciated.

This is a totally new experience for me so prepare yourselves for 'noobish' questions.

Thanks in advance.

 

[pastymuncher]

I had to learn how to overclock all over again when i got mine. The different things in the bios is mind boggling now.

What board do you have as all the manufacturers have different names for everything in the bios?

 

[Make]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1401976/the-gigabyte-z87-haswell-overclocking-oc-guide


Hope ya have a giga. The ready template works really well.

 

[« VK »]

I had to learn how to overclock all over again when i got mine. The different things in the bios is mind boggling now.

What board do you have as all the manufacturers have different names for everything in the bios?

Apologies for the late reply, I've got the MSI Z87-G45 motherboard.

 

[starmanwarz]

Don't use ready templates, every chip is completely different.

Read the guides to get a general idea.

This is how I OCed my 4770k (took me over a week to get it stable)

I started straight with 46 multi (I don't recommend it, start lower, 42-43 for example) and 1.2Vcore. Leave everything else at stock. I then run x264. If it crashed, I increased VCore by 0.005 until I got it stable. For each 0.005Vcore, I was also adding 0.01Vrin, starting from 1.8v and ending at 2v. If x264 crashed with my set Vcore and all Vrin values I would add another 0.005Vcore, reset Vrin to 1.8v again and raise it all the way up to 2v.

I found my sweet spot @1.29Vcore and 1.9Vrin. It took me over a week to get it stable and more than a hundred BSOD's and 2 formats. Once it was x264 stable, I run XTU for 9 hours.

Once you do this you must OC Uncore as well, same thing but instead of adding Vcore you just increase Vring and Vrin if necessary.

It's hard and very time consuming. You might not be able to get good OC results because some chips are not good overclockers and require too much voltage. Also, make sure you keep an eye on your temps. I suppose you got a cooler as well?