Overclocking without upping vcore

timmothy

timmothy

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Hi 8 pack

Sorry for all the questions lately, im still trying to get my head around overclocking with a new system.

I have managed to update the bios, needed to get a file from the v2 of my board and rename the .bat file.

I have been playing around with the settings and managed to get to 4.2. The problem is this board cannot up the vcore, there is just no option, I have dones some research and see it is a fault of this Bios but no fix unfortunately.

So would you be able to help me to get a higher overclock than 4.2 with stock volts.

Hope you can as I really wanted 4.5 as a milestone.

My specs are-
Silver arrow SB-E Extreme
3570k
Gigabyte Z68ap-d3
5850

Currently this is what everything looks like.
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No option on there, no offset either :(.
Only voltage options are
pll
vtt
Ram x4 different settings
and then one that is default 0.9 but cant remember name off by heart
 
I couldnt to begin with, I can change it since messing about with unofficial bios updates. The thing is the cpu fails prime when i overclock it further that 4.2 so im guessing I need more voltage.

I have asked in the wanted section but Im pretty strapped for cash and want to get the most out of this board.

Would I notice a big jump from 4.2 to 4.5?
 
Just to update managed to get 4.32 with overclocking the bus speed slightly higher. This is the max though, anymore and I get the 124 BSOD.

I am feeling slightly happier just feel this chip is capable of far more. Been running Prime with the 4.32 overclock and the hottest core is number 3 at 52 degrees.
 
Yes thats how I updated. I did let the flashing process complete.

The file I got off of the Gigabyte forums only had the Bios update, I got the other two files from the V2 official update and then renamed the .bat file to the name of my Bios. Seemed to all work fine apart from the loss of settings but from what I have read this is what happens?

If I go back to the Award bios I cant overclock the multiplier on my Ivybridge so the situation is even worse.

Really appreciate the help so far Nick, two heads are always better than one and I am hoping a solution may get mentioned.

So far still running prime and all seems okay at 4.32. I want the magic 4.5 though :(
 
I was using the newest one. Unfortunately its my own fault I didnt research the board enough before purchasing. I saw it for £35 on the B grade section and just bought it after reading good reviews.

Then I noticed the multiplier was locked and did some reading and found out my board doesnt allow overclocking of the multiplier with Ivybridge processors.

I then found out about the unofficial update but heard it did have its share of issues and it looks like this is one of them.

Gigabyte have oficially updated version 2 of my board to the Uefi Bios but have not done the same with my Version 1. I was thinking of trying to update the Bios with the version 2 update but I am worried about bricking my board.
 
Hi Nick, just checked those files, exactly the same as what I have. The .bat file is the same too, needs to be renamed before using. Where did you find all 3 together by the way? Your google skills are far superior to mine.

This is where I currently stand-
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See that one only has one file which is the bios file, thats what originally stumped me as I didnt know what the other two files they were talking about were.
 
I was using the f8 bios previously. It is unfortunately just a fault with my board and Ivybridge when using the Award Bios.
I purchased it from the B grade section so only 7 days to return and i bought 2 weeks ago now
 
Well left it for 3 hours and thats the most I ever do in prime. Im not one to leave my PC stress testing for 16+ hours.

So stable at 4.32 with good temps, wonder why it wont go that extra 80mhz
 
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So been playing around and I can still only make 4.32, even 4.35 brings up a prime error within minutes.

Have been playing with the RAM and also not having much luck with that. Managed to get
2015mhz with 9-9-9-21 timings. Any higher frequency and I cant boot. Was hoping for 2.4ghz with slightly slacker timings but doesnt seem to work.

Anyone have any suggestions for getting that little bit extra from my components?
 
Yes just changed from a q6600. I guess I will have to stick with 4.3.
I have the ram at 1.65 so I will try and lower that to see if I can get a higher clock
 
Thanks for the advice all. I have just kept everything as is for now. Will maybe get a better board in the future when this starts to struggle.
To be honest I am dissapointed with the 3570k, the jump from my overclocked q6600 was minimal to say the least. I know I am bottlenecked by my 5850 but I was expecting a lot more.

The difference in day to day usage is non existent and games have only had a slight improvement in speed. I have had the q6600 for 4 years now. I cant believe it still holds its own. I remember when I got my first core2duo, the difference from my AMD 64 3000+ was huge and the step from my e6600 to q6600 was large too. I am glad I did it as I was always wondering what it would be like to have an i5. Just wish it was the big step I had hoped for.
 
Hi Nkata. Not actually tried that and didnt even occur to me to try. I will give it a go when I get home. Would be great if it worked, not sure if the CPU will like being that high without putting the vcore up.

Thanks for the input, its suggestions like this that are great.
 
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