Ok i will have a go again tomorrow. Im also picking up Corsair AF120 twin pack to help out with overclocking. Right now i only have one in front and one in back. Am i best putting two in front pulling air in or two in top pullijg air in?
Should/Can I Overclock?
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Are you 100% sure your uncore isn't boosting? I keep having a nagging feeling in my head that gigabyte boards will boost the uncore to 40 even if you set it in the uefi. Hwmonitor doesn't show uncore speed that I can see in your pictures.
Giz
Giz
No but it might be worth either setting your uncore (ring) voltage to 1.12 which should be enough for the boost to 4ghz or just set it to 33 which should stop the boost totally
You can use hwinfo to check your uncore speed
Im just suspicious of it because you seem to be getting a lot of freeze crashes instead of blue screens and that is generally a uncore issue
Giz
You can use hwinfo to check your uncore speed
Im just suspicious of it because you seem to be getting a lot of freeze crashes instead of blue screens and that is generally a uncore issue
Giz
Ok ive got it set to 4.3GHz @ 1.185v (Encore 36, 1.9 VRIN).
I had a look around the BIOS but I couldn't see uncore ring voltage, would it be called something else?
I also downloaded HWInfo64, here is a screenshot of it currently:
Any help??
I had a look around the BIOS but I couldn't see uncore ring voltage, would it be called something else?
I also downloaded HWInfo64, here is a screenshot of it currently:
Any help??
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You need the sensor screen really but thats ok I can see your uncore was staying at 36 so it was just vcore - what temps were you up to with that?
Next step is to find your uncore voltage (it might be called ring override) and try and get your uncore up to at least 42. Don't stress about getting 43 it makes little to no performance difference.
Once you have it you can then leave it - it will be stable with those settings if you try and increase your core to 44 or 45 later on
Giz
Next step is to find your uncore voltage (it might be called ring override) and try and get your uncore up to at least 42. Don't stress about getting 43 it makes little to no performance difference.
Once you have it you can then leave it - it will be stable with those settings if you try and increase your core to 44 or 45 later on
Giz
On these current settings my temperatures are:
IDLE: 39
MAX: 85
I ran IntelBurnTest on Medium and it passed no problem (that's where I got these stats).
I also loaded League of Legends and I have my FPS capped at 144 and it played no problem..
IDLE: 39
MAX: 85
I ran IntelBurnTest on Medium and it passed no problem (that's where I got these stats).
I also loaded League of Legends and I have my FPS capped at 144 and it played no problem..
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You don't need lots of tests just get 4.3 sorted with prime avx and you'll be solid. If you want more move on to real bench and you'll be stable in everything day to day including video encoding etc
A lot of people would say don't even bother with prime but I like to have a known rock solid baseline to work from
A lot of people would say don't even bother with prime but I like to have a known rock solid baseline to work from
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No problem m8 
Ill leave it until 8pm and that's just over 2 hours...
If it passes then I can assume the settings 4.3GHz @ 1.185 (Enc 36 / VRIN 1.9) are stable settings..
So from there do I try moving multiplier up, or Enc up, or Volts down? And obviously need to make sure temperature stays under 95 degree max in P95.
Also when you said change the Uncore Voltage to 1.12, I found this image online which is similar to my BIOS screen:
Would it be CPU RING VOLTAGE ? Is that the volts for the 3.6GHz Cache/Uncore?
Ill leave it until 8pm and that's just over 2 hours...
If it passes then I can assume the settings 4.3GHz @ 1.185 (Enc 36 / VRIN 1.9) are stable settings..
So from there do I try moving multiplier up, or Enc up, or Volts down? And obviously need to make sure temperature stays under 95 degree max in P95.
Also when you said change the Uncore Voltage to 1.12, I found this image online which is similar to my BIOS screen:
Would it be CPU RING VOLTAGE ? Is that the volts for the 3.6GHz Cache/Uncore?
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Did you try any voltages lower than 1.185 with 4.3ghz ? if not then yes try and get lower volts on your core first. Start from 1.180.
Next get your uncore up you should be able to get 42 on that - i think the voltage is cpu ring voltage, work up from 1.10.
Once that is sorted and you pass another 2 hours of prime you can put your core multiplyer up to 44 and run realbench. Run the stress test set to "up to 8gb" for 4 hours. I'd reccomend you close things like steam / origin and browsers to free up memory It'll crash pretty quickly if you aren't stable - generally within an hour if I remember correctly. All your other voltages are set and stable so just increase vcore until it passes.
If you still have temp headroom then you can try for 45
Giz
Next get your uncore up you should be able to get 42 on that - i think the voltage is cpu ring voltage, work up from 1.10.
Once that is sorted and you pass another 2 hours of prime you can put your core multiplyer up to 44 and run realbench. Run the stress test set to "up to 8gb" for 4 hours. I'd reccomend you close things like steam / origin and browsers to free up memory It'll crash pretty quickly if you aren't stable - generally within an hour if I remember correctly. All your other voltages are set and stable so just increase vcore until it passes.
If you still have temp headroom then you can try for 45
Giz
