Should/Can I Overclock?

These are some results I have had so far:

4.5GHz
@1.225 - Blue screen
@1.245 - Blue screen
@1.275 - Ran for 5mins then blue screen.

I would try to go higher but is it not true I shouldn't go past 1.3 or I can blow the CPU?

4.4GHZ
@1.215 - 2x workers stopped in P95
@1.220 - Blue screen after 10mins in P95
@1.225 - Ran for 20mins, max temperature 94 degree
@1.240 - Blue screen
@1.260 - Ran for 2mins, max temperature 99 degree and THERMAL THROTTLED

By the looks of 4.4 I can't get it stable without hitting nearly 99 degree.

4.3GHz

@1.185 - Ran prime 20mins max temperature 87 degree
@1.180 - Running now, max temperature is 86 degree


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All of these tests were on Uncore of 40 and VRIN of 1.9, I didn't change anything else..

Am I right in saying that it looks like I won't be able to go past 4.3GHz without much better cooling? I should stick to 4.3 and try and tweak the uncore up past 40?
 
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Yep 4.3 GHz is your max with your cooling

You can go over 1.3 but you'll never cool it . Tbh your chip seems quite similar to mine and the voltage increase to get 4.6 GHz with real bench won't be worth it.

Is your uncore / ring voltage on auto at the moment then?
 
Im pretty sure its on AUTO yeah.

I dropped to 1.180 to test, but when I went into a game it was really laggy, like 15FPS. I changed it back to 1.185 and it ran 60FPS no problem, idle was around 40 and under load of game it was 60.. Running full load in P95 gets off about 87 degree max.

So if I change the uncore to 41 and it fails/crashes, what do I alter to fix that then?

I think tonight I will leave it set as 4.3GHZ @ 1.185v (Encore 40 / VRIN 1.9) and run a full overnight test in either P95 or Real Bench to see if it passes in the morning, then I know its 100% stable to tweak the encore on.
 
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Yep, do it in prime though as that's the tougher test. If that works then you can try and put your uncore up to 41 tomorrow. We know the core is stable so all you change is ring voltage until it stops freezing. I'd start from 1.16 on ring
 
No problem.. if I put my uncore to 42 can my ring volt go higher than core volt because I just tested 1.180 on 32 uncore and it froze after 2mins of prime.

Currently testing uncore 4.1 @ 1.170
 
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I will leave this uncore 41 @ 1.170 running overnight on prime and that will hopefully give me a stable platform from tomorrow..

So if I had to increase the uncore to say 1.9 i would need to increase the core higher than that too?
 
Yes... I hope you mean 1.19 lol

But don't put the core up just to raise the uncore it's not worth it.

If you go for 4.5 with real bench after 4.3 is sorted then you will have to raise the core voltage to do it and then you can try and raise the uncore a little
 
Unfortunatley I went down to check it there, been running a few hours but my computer had restarted so I can only assume it blue screened.

Can see why overclocking is a time consuming process lol..
 
1.19 on core, uncore was OK 41 @ 1.17 wasnt it?

Generally uncore will freeze and core will blue screen
 
41 @ 1.17 must have blue screened last night because my computer had restarted during prime.. so I would need to up the ring voltage.

Ill try putting core to 1.20 and then that lets me raise ring voltage up to 1.195 max

Update.. currently testing core 1.195 and ring 1.185 on 4.3ghz with 4.1ghz encore
Update.. computer restarted..

Currently running Core @ 1.210 and Cache @ 1.200
 
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OK slow down a bit put the uncore back to 36 , get the core sorted first or you won't know which one is causing the issues. Restarts I'd expect it to be core.

Run 43 core @ 1.2 with 36 uncore at auto
 
From what I can see in my notes my last stable settings were 4.3GHz @ 1.185v, Encore 36 @ AUTO, VRIN @ 1.9. That was the test that lasted the 2 hours and max temperature was 87 degree.

The test I am running at the moment is still going strong (been running 30mins) with max temperature of 86 degree... Should I cancel this one then and start from uncore 37 auto, then 38 auto, etc ?

Update: 1 hour and previous settings still running, Max 88, Average 75.
 
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You have made quite a big jump in voltage it'll probably work but using more power than you need.

If it does pass however i suppose you can do it the other way round and lower the voltage until it becomes unstable again
 
Yeah no problem, so my MAX temperature can't go over 95 degree and my AVERAGE temperature has to be what?

I thought 76 average was good but a lot of posts im reading say you want to be under 70.

When/If I am dropping down after successful 2 hours, will I just drop both down at the same time or only move cache volt down till it fails? And also could I not try for cache of 4.2 now?
 
I know it seems like a long time but the time you are stressing for isn't that long in the overall life of the chip so your current temps are fine. In real world use they won't be near it.

The power and speed of your CPU are greater and more important than your cache. Lower core voltage to 1.20 and uncore to 40 @ 1.19 see if that does 2 hours
 
Nice!

OK you can either refine this to find your best prime stable settings like I suggest above or just leave it as good enough and move onto real bench

I would suggest whatever you do you put it back to these settings and test overnight with prime just to be sure
 
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