6600k overclock

[KING_OF_SAND]

Originally Posted by zan76

idle were 15/20c went up to 40c when stress test but was expecting 60/70c like the chip i had a few years but being doing some looking today on the old goggle and they appear to be at lot cooler.

Yeah, that would be likely due to the smaller more efficient die. I am currently using a 3570k and even that was better than my 2500k wen it came to heat.

[zan76]

Right been test for days and the overclock is good apart from i play games & alt tab on the desktop the mouse is very sluggish any thoughts should i have turn of intel speed step and that stuff like before

[KING_OF_SAND]

Originally Posted by zan76

Right been test for days and the overclock is good apart from i play games & alt tab on the desktop the mouse is very sluggish any thoughts should i have turn of intel speed step and that stuff like before

There is no reason you need to turn off speedstep unless you are trying to achieve a crazy benchscore temporarily with an extremely high OC. What scores do you get on benchmarks like 3Dmark? What CPU scores? You could also be experiencing a memory issue if switching between things causes sluggishness.

[zan76]

Originally Posted by KING_OF_SAND

There is no reason you need to turn off speedstep unless you are trying to achieve a crazy benchscore temporarily with an extremely high OC. What scores do you get on benchmarks like 3Dmark? What CPU scores? You could also be experiencing a memory issue if switching between things causes sluggishness.

reset everything back to default try for at 4.5 @ 1.3v only changed the voltage and the multiplier really losing the will to live reading all this stuff on the web, if i try to get 4.6/4.7 and run prime95 with cpuz i can see i'm getting down clocked wtf is going on just need help

[KING_OF_SAND]

Originally Posted by zan76

reset everything back to default try for at 4.5 @ 1.3v only changed the voltage and the multiplier really losing the will to live reading all this stuff on the web, if i try to get 4.6/4.7 and run prime95 with cpuz i can see i'm getting down clocked wtf is going on just need help

What you described with downclocking normally indicates an unstable overclock. Do your voltages also drop when this happens? I take it this is not an issue with stock clocks?

[zan76]

Originally Posted by KING_OF_SAND

What you described with downclocking normally indicates an unstable overclock. Do your voltages also drop when this happens? I take it this is not an issue with stock clocks?

No issue with stock clocks, voltage seems fine just getting down clocked tried playing with the voltage up to 1.38v with no luck

[zan76]

Hoping to get your thoughts & advice on this guys i have a stable overclock at 4.4 with 1.35v but i try to get over that with 4.5 .46 .47 with the volts need and run prime95 & occt i can see that i'm getting downclocked under load my cores jump down to say 4.2 or 4.3 then jump backup again temps never go over 65c but i dont get downclocked on aida64 or realbench just prime95 & occt

[AlienALX]

Real overclockers leave Speedstep on, or so I am told.

I gotta admit, I have turned it off in the past (and do now with my 60w Xeon) but yeah, from what I have been told you should leave it on. I would imagine it would prolong the life of your CPU also.

[zan76]

Originally Posted by AlienALX

Real overclockers leave Speedstep on, or so I am told.

I gotta admit, I have turned it off in the past (and do now with my 60w Xeon) but yeah, from what I have been told you should leave it on. I would imagine it would prolong the life of your CPU also.

Thats the thing i don't have it off speed step is on