Should/Can I Overclock?

Only weird thing is everytime I have what I think is stable.. I open a game and it lags like mad. I tried restarting computer and my test game is running 30FPS instead of 60.

The last time it done it I just upped my core by 0.005 and it fixed it but I don't really want to keep upping it for temperatures sake..

Also should I drop like you said in previous post, is it worth dropping 0.010 for cache going down by 100MHz?

My 2 stables settings for 2 hour P95 are:

4.3GHz @ 1.185 / Cache 3.6GHz @ AUTO
4.3GHz @ 1.210 / Cache 4.1GHz @ 1.200
 
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Have you restarted your PC before you start the game? If you have afterburner check that your CPU and graphics card are being utilised properly it could be another issue games will still run at full speed even with a bad oc they'll just crash .

It's worth it in a way because with every test you learn something and of course you save power and electric.

Dropping cache by 100mhz will have no effect on performance.

Your core can't be stable at 1.185 and at 1.210 that is why I recommend setting cache back to 36 at auto and then running core at 43 with 1.19 volt. If it crashes you know that you need to go back towards 1.21 . If it passes you know that your other issues were from cache and the most you can get at 4.3ghz core is 40 on uncore
 
Yeah I restarted,

What I will do then is I will leave 4.3GHz @ 1.19 / Cache 3.6 @ AUTO on overnight and hopefully it will pass the 2 hours I manage to get the other night, if thats the case at least I can mark that setting down as 100% stable..

Is prime safe to leave on overnight for 9-10 hours?
 
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Checked this morning and it was back to my windows login screen. Opened results.txt and last entry was around 2.30am.

I moved core to 1.200 so I could run a test while I was at work but only cores 2, 3 and 4 would run in prime. I reatarted and it was same outcome.
 
Ah that sometimes happens - if you check the window menu of prime the one for core 0 has just become hidden behind the others
 
Ok came in from work and it was still running so successful stable build confirmed. Here are the stats:

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So from here should I try lowering the core volt or raising the cache?

Also is there a quicker way to test rather than leaving it for 5+ hours no?
 
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Cache 41 @ 1.20 seemed to work but let's try it at 42 @ 1.19 if that fails drop it to 41 at the same voltage. If that fails then put it up to 1.195

Keep core as it is

At this stage no sorry it's full runs only really. You have to watch cache carefully as it'll generally freeze with a cache problem so you might think it's running ok but it isn't
 
So far 42 @ 1.190 froze after 10mins.

Currently got 41 @ 1.190 going now and has been for 20mins or so.

1hr 15mins still going strong.. max temp 87, average temp 73

So I take it this is me hit my potential? I cant get to 4.4ghz without hitting high 90s max temperature and cant get 4.2 cache unless I raise the cache volts which would mean raising core volt?
 
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If it gets to 2 hours drop it to 1.180

This is your max for prime avx but I reckon you'll get 4.5 with real bench
 
Whats the difference in terms of usage though by using Prime or RealBench?

Like if something failed on P95 but worked in Real Bench doesn't that mean I shouldn't really be using it?

Also how long does a Real Bench test take?

UPDATE: Passed 2 hours test on 4.3 (1.200) w/ Cache 4.1 (1.190). I will run a full overnight test with these settings later.

Should I try finding a RealBench setting then? Try for a higher multiplier?
 
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Still 100% load but it's a different sort of load more like what real programs use and much cooler than prime.

A real bench oc is not prime stable but trust me it won't let you down.

If I remember correctly a full real bench run is 4 hours but it will fail much quicker than that if it's not right. Also all you'll be doing now is adjusting core voltage so in that regard it's much easier
 
Try your uncore at 1.18 first, if it doesn't fail you can leave it running over night if it does you can do what you were going to do anyway and run 1.19
 
So lets say my last test was the benchmark to go by, I would now just increase the multiplier and run RealBench. If it fails then I need to increase the core volt until it works, but if my max temperature goes beyond 95 degree then I cannot make it any higher without better cooling.

Once I have found the highest multiplier using RealBench I then do the same for cache again starting from where I found the best point to be, and slowly increasing the uncore and ring volts?

Or should I reset the cache back to 36 AUTO and start from there?
 
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