Overclocking on Maximus V Gene

[snips86x]

I've managed to find all the settings which allow me to specify overclock settings, but for the life of me, I cannot find where to set/change the cpu multiplier.

What would it be called? Where is it?

 

[wazza300]

maximum turbo ratios setting

don't think it has a cpu multi

 

[snips86x]

maximum turbo ratios setting

don't think it has a cpu multi

Great, thanks!

It would seem this new board has baffled me, going to try AI Suite!

 

[snips86x]

On another note, AI Suite has successfully overclocked my chip to 4.5ghz. Would there be any issues with manually clocking my RAM?

 

[wazza300]

don't thinkso

how much cpu voltage at load? be carefull it doesn't apply too much

just up the ram multi/speed and set the dram v to suit,anywhere from 1.5v to 1.65v 1.55v tends to be the sweetspot

vccio/sa should be ok unless you have 16gb,then two/three clicks more over stock

 

[snips86x]

It looks like the vCore is 1.328 under Prime95!

 

[wazza300]

seems a bit high,

try high llc
cpu voltage offset mode
+0.010v in offset
cpu current capability 120%
phase control extreme

heres what I use on an asus board they are all pretty similar,can use less llc and less offset later depends if you remain stable

http://forums.tweaktown.com/asus/47510-asus-z68-v-pro-4-5ghz-bios-screenshots.html

 

[snips86x]

seems a bit high,

try high llc
cpu voltage offset mode
+0.010v in offset
cpu current capability 120%
phase control extreme

heres what I use on an asus board they are all pretty similar,can use less llc and less offset later depends if you remain stable

http://forums.tweaktown.com/asus/47510-asus-z68-v-pro-4-5ghz-bios-screenshots.html

Thanks for that - it would seem that even with the defaults loaded in the BIOS, 1.328v is the default.

I've applied your recommendations and will run BF4 to see how it goes. I assume if I get a BSOD on 124 it'll be more offset.

 

[wazza300]

Yh,you can also undervolt the CPU by using less offset and switching to a negative - offset if needed

 

[snips86x]

Yh,you can also undervolt the CPU by using less offset and switching to a negative - offset if needed

Just had an hour on BF4 and all good so far!

You think I could to +100/200mhz on the setting you recommended?

 

[wazza300]

You can try it,try 4.6ghz then 4.7ghz

 

[snips86x]

You can try it,try 4.6ghz then 4.7ghz

4.5 works a treat - pushed for 4.6 on the same settings and got a BSOD - 3B ( I think)

This is how it looks under prime, testing with BF4 shortly:

Happy with that, was less trouble compared to my old AsRock board.

 

[8 Pack]

Looks fine

 

[snips86x]

Looks fine

Seems to be happy with a few hours of BF4, so I'm happy with that!

If I wanted to experiment, what would be recommended for 4.7ghz?

A few more v's on the offset?

 

[wazza300]

how much cpu v at load now? for 4.6ghz you can try with offset at +0.020v,maybe +0.025v +0.030v for 4.7ghz

 

[snips86x]

How accurate is the AI Suite monitoring software? I just got a popup warning the CPU vCore was at 2.02v!!!

 

[wazza300]

haha yh its poor,i used to get that and temp at 100c+

it hasn't done it for a good while though but I remember it doing it

 

[snips86x]

Started getting bug check code 124.

Should I increase the offset, currently set to +0.015 or increase QPI/VTT?

Running 8gb RAM in dual channel

 

[wazza300]

try just one click more vtt than stock,i have to do that on my asus z68

and try one click more offset