overclocking problem

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 17:13

i reset my bios i have i5 3570k nd its ment to be 3.4ghz but something has it at 3.8 and i dno what it is and when i try overclock myself in the bios to 4.5 or 4.7 my pc goes abit mad and starts to shut down and keep restarting by itsself :S
i have a good pc that can overclock to 4.7

greenbrucelee · 16 Mar 2013 at 17:30

did you properly reset the BIOS or did you just select optimised defaults?

what overclocking settings did you use? if your pc is rebooting and stuff then your overclock is not stable and you probably need to increase voltages.

Incrauze · 16 Mar 2013 at 17:39

You have Turbo enabled in BIOS which the CPU goes to 3.8GHz instead of stock 3.4GHz

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 17:53

yh it fully reset the bios and im jut changing it from 34 to 45, nd my pc can handle it because when i fist brought this like 1 month ago i had it at 4.7 but turned it back to normal till i tryed again today

Doomedspeed · 16 Mar 2013 at 17:58

What voltage are you using?

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:14

Okay heres all the voltage
VCORE 1.224V nd i saw it jump to 1.248v twice
DRAM VOLTAGE 1.524v
CPU VCORE 1.245v
CPU VTT 1.050v
CPU PLL 1.800v
IMC 0.925v
and heres my pc

ARCTIC FREEZER I30

G.SKILL RIPJAWSX 16GB (2X8GB) DD

SEAGATE 7200.12 1TB 6GB/S

SAMSUNG SH-224BB 24X DVDRW OEM

INTEL I5 3570K RETAIL

GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H MOBO

GIGABYTE AMD RADEON HD 7970 OC

ZALMAN Z11P CASE

XFX CORE SERIES 650 WATT PSU

greenbrucelee · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:17

increase your vcore. lowest I had mine SB at 4.5 was 1.3 but most people use 1.35

have you ever stress tested your system?

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:21

Nope i aint, im new to computers like ive had 1 growing up but never done this type of stuff or owned a high end rig

8 Pack · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:32

For 4.5 ghz try Enabling XMP. Then Vcore 1.3v (LLC xtreme), VTT 1.1. IMC 1.05 PLL 1.9v see how this goes by just using your computer.

Should it crash note the BSOD code and report back.

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:35

Okay is there like a video on this because im really not that good lol and im abit confused
p.s i finished a stress test with PerformanceTest 8.0 and i scared
3213.9
is that good?

greenbrucelee · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:38

you cant just put some numbers in and think that everything is ok if it gets into windows.

Stress testing your system tells you whether your overclock is stable or not.

Following guides is a good idea but they are just guides people with the exact same system can get different results because not every cpu is made equal.

When you overclock the main thing to do is increase the vcore and then you lower it if your system is stable after stress testing and when you get a bsod or issue like you are having now then you increase to a vcore that is stable.

change your multiplier to 45, change the vcore to 1.3 and see if you get into windows, take all c-states off but keep speedstep enabled and disable any power saving modes. Then download prime95 and real temp. start real temp then run prime for 6 hours whilst monitoring the temps.

Or you can download IBT select test on very high and run it for 20 passes. IBT is more stressful than prime but it doesn't have to be run for aslong as prime. If stressing your system fails lower your overclock or increase the vcore.

8 Pack · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:38

Follow what I said initially and see where that gets you. I am not familiar with that bench so cant comment.

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:41

Okay im on a laptop now so i can stay on here and go into my bios

bare with me guys

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:51

where is XMP ?

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:55

XMP is enable all the voltages are what you put, i turned it to 4.5ghz then pc started up and i loaded up speccy and CPU-Z and there just saying its at 3.8ghz even tho i didnt get a crash this time and it loaded up fine

8 Pack · 16 Mar 2013 at 19:24

OK. CPU Z should show 4.5ghz.

Load the CPU and see what it says. I think you will probably need to disable Turbo.

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 19:24

What you mean load the cpu? and were in the bios can i turn of the turbo

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 19:29

Okay i turned of the turbo and kept the overclock on and now its just staying at 3.4 :/ and ive done everything you said to

8 Pack · 16 Mar 2013 at 19:29

greenbrucelee said:
you cant just put some numbers in and think that everything is ok if it gets into windows.

Stress testing your system tells you whether your overclock is stable or not.

Following guides is a good idea but they are just guides people with the exact same system can get different results because not every cpu is made equal.

When you overclock the main thing to do is increase the vcore and then you lower it if your system is stable after stress testing and when you get a bsod or issue like you are having now then you increase to a vcore that is stable.

change your multiplier to 45, change the vcore to 1.3 and see if you get into windows, take all c-states off but keep speedstep enabled and disable any power saving modes. Then download prime95 and real temp. start real temp then run prime for 6 hours whilst monitoring the temps.

Or you can download IBT select test on very high and run it for 20 passes. IBT is more stressful than prime but it doesn't have to be run for aslong as prime. If stressing your system fails lower your overclock or increase the vcore.

Using your system is stress testing. Who cares if it can do days of Prime or years of IBT unless this is your primary use for the system. Systems that are prime IBT stable may not run a game for example as now the PCI controller is on die.

The best stress test by far is using the system.

jaackla · 16 Mar 2013 at 20:13

Okay you no what can someone tell me how to fully format it so i can install everything again and start fresh ive had enough lol