Soldato
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Hey all.
My old i5 ran at 4Ghz for years on end, but the motherboard died last summer so went for a new(er) setup from the MM. First I got a new GPU, then when the motherboard died I got a new case, CPU and motherboard.
My specs are as per my signature.
As this is the micro version of the motherboard most of the fancy overclocking features (all the overclock genie) are not there in the bios. I have the latest bios.
I can only have up to a maximum of +0.06v CPU voltage increase. I have gone for what I believe to be a conservative 4.2Ghz, yet now and then on BF4 the PC resets or turns off.
I have run prime 95 4 threads and IBT, but these are just programs from my 2010 1st gen i5 stability test and I am a little out of date I'm sure.
I used to get BSODs but that was when I just installed the new hardware onto an existing setup. I have since formatted and this has gone away.
As I do not have BSODs I have concluded that the ram is OK. I have had many sets of faulty ram in the past and when at fault the result has always been a BSOD. The ram I have is matching 4 x 4GB sticks.
I am just looking for general pointers. It could be that BF4 is just buggy as hell, but at the moment this is the only PC game I am playing.
Just looking for general pointers etc. as I have not got previous experience with a 3rd generation i5 overclock. I can post the exact overclock settings if required.
My old i5 ran at 4Ghz for years on end, but the motherboard died last summer so went for a new(er) setup from the MM. First I got a new GPU, then when the motherboard died I got a new case, CPU and motherboard.
My specs are as per my signature.
As this is the micro version of the motherboard most of the fancy overclocking features (all the overclock genie) are not there in the bios. I have the latest bios.
I can only have up to a maximum of +0.06v CPU voltage increase. I have gone for what I believe to be a conservative 4.2Ghz, yet now and then on BF4 the PC resets or turns off.
I have run prime 95 4 threads and IBT, but these are just programs from my 2010 1st gen i5 stability test and I am a little out of date I'm sure.
I used to get BSODs but that was when I just installed the new hardware onto an existing setup. I have since formatted and this has gone away.
As I do not have BSODs I have concluded that the ram is OK. I have had many sets of faulty ram in the past and when at fault the result has always been a BSOD. The ram I have is matching 4 x 4GB sticks.
I am just looking for general pointers. It could be that BF4 is just buggy as hell, but at the moment this is the only PC game I am playing.
Just looking for general pointers etc. as I have not got previous experience with a 3rd generation i5 overclock. I can post the exact overclock settings if required.
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