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overclocking the 4770k ? how to :confused:

garyfl

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First of all i apolagise if this is supposed to be in the overclocking section

ive just gotten hold of an asus z97 pro wifi motherboard and a 4770k the past time i had a pc was with an i7 920 years ago. im wanting to oc it slightly to 4.2 and just wondered how to go about it. ive searched the web and i cant seem to take in all the indepth stuff they mention about LLC etc, i just wondered if someone could say in laymens terms how to do it, i suspect i dont even need a voltage increase to 4.2 or even 4.0 id be happy with

cheers
 
Just increase the multiplier to overclock a K series. It's x10 easier than overclocking a 1366 based 920 system. You don't touch the FSB, just multiplpier, voltages etc.
 
Way I've always done it in the most simplistic way possible is increase the clock speed step by step until you either reach what you want or it crashes running a stress test after each step up. If it crashes and you haven't reached your desired clock then you most likely need to up the volts slightly (tiny amount bit by bit) running stress tests again.

If you get to your desired clock on stock volts you could then see if its stable with reduced voltage.

This seems pretty self explanatory;

http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/overclock_intel_4770k_guide/

Obviously they're aiming for the highest possible so I don't see any issues with your aim.

To be fair there's a pretty good chance you could just jump straight to 4.2ghz and stress test. I imagine it will be stable unless its a really poor clocking chip.

Just keep an eye on temps when OC'ing. I assume you're air cooling so when stress testing make sure you don't get any stupid temps.
 
the only issue is i cant seem to find the ratio selection i only can see the blk to change

maybe its somewhere im not sure of in the bios

edit - im using a h100i. but thats naother problem in itself, corsair link isnt recognising it - i have the header going into the usb so i cant see why it wouldnt
 
I think it is the advanced>AI tweaker > cpu core ratio rather than called "multiplier" on this board :confused:

Or hit f11 and use the auto tune wizard. Might be easier if you don't want to get into the nitty gritty.
 
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Go onto the BIOS, look for a setting along the lines of "CPU upgrade". Mine contained a drop-down of preset overclocks from 3.9-5.0 Ghz.

This basically cuts out the manual voltage adjusting, though they may need altering..
 
I used 8 packs method on another thread, on that note it's purring at 4.3ghz #1.2volts is that good?
 
Is that 45c at idle? Try Asus real bench and check what load temps are like, avoid the likes of prime 95 as they generate unrealistic loads and cause extremely high temperatures.
 
Yeah I used the thermal paste that came with the h100i I also have it in the h440 nzxt case the cpu never goes over 68.c load when playing arma 2 though, ever.
 
Let me start by saying im in no way an expert or even very good at overclocking the haswell chip but what i did or have done so fare was to go into my bios default everything, shutdown and restart the machine and go back in and set all the voltages that is important to OCing a cpu to the value the mobo had selected and then i started OCing from there. Boards can overvolt like crazy from time to time. So fare ive reached 4.2@ 1.140 volts where before i was sitting at 4.5ghz at 1.3volts and it wasnt completely stable, where it is now.

Sure it may end up with the same results, but it gives you more control and a better understand where something goes wrong and what might be needed to fix it as values wont be changed unless you make the change yourself and i think this is important if you are like me, a newbie to Intel/Haswell OCing.
 
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