2600k overclock

[Nathn]

System - 2600k, Z68X-UD5-B3 and a air cooled d-14 noctua system.

Hey guys. I'm running 4.5 ghz with my vcore as 1.345. Does this setup seem ok? Is there a min and max range I should be in range with with 4.5ghz for the vcore?

I also wanted to ask a few questions in regards to my bios settings I have PWM frequency control, CPU over current protection and internal CPU PLL over voltage all enabled on auto. Does this seem to be ok?

Everything under power management is set to auto except for the Multi Steps load line that I have put under level 2. I would like to know what this means aswell

I obtained my settings from a guide and have found this setup to be stable so far under prime 95 and temps to be fairly good aswell.. In saying that what temps should I be looking at with idle and under load?

Cheers.

*update* I'm upping the vcore little by little from 1.35 to find stability from prime 95 (keeping a eye on temps from HW Monitor) . Are you guys running prime in the mode of in place large ftt's with 8 torture test threads to run? thats what I'm currently testing it under.. is this correct?

 

[Nathn]

I've been running into problems last few days..

These are my bios settings at the moment.

I played around with the vcore and found when I put it on auto it seems to be stable under prime 95.

I have a few questions though.

Voltage:

- Is it ok for my cpu vcore to be set on auto?

- Should I be changing the multisteps load line?

- Should I be changing any other settings?

Ghz:

- Do these setting look ok to you guys?

Help and advice would really be appreciated as I just want my computer to function normally.

Cheers

 

[marsey99]

auto tends to overvolt more than needed, you could try setting them to normal or manually setting them as they are on the left.

1.35v is around normal for 4.5ghz, my 2500k only needs 1.308, others need even less but what you dont say are the rest of your specs, cooling/mobo/ram/psu as these all have an impact on oc too.

also i dont think you will get much more than 4.5 from 120w.

 

[Nathn]

I have a noctua d14, corsair vengeance ram, gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 and its in a CoolerMaster HAF X Case.

what do you mean 120w?

Ok, I'll change my v core back but as far as you can see should I be changing anything else in my bios setting for voltage? What should I be doing with the multi-step load line? What does that even do?

Does everything look normal from the Ghz bios section to you?

 

[marsey99]

in your last picture it shows the bios limiting your cpu turbo to 120w and i think it will limit how far you can go.

 

[Nathn]

but I've disabled that area, that was part of the turbo boost funtion. I've been playing around with the load line function in my bios and have found its been more stable on 8 (from what ive gathered people are putting it on 6-8).. does anyone who has a gigabyte motherboard know what this means and where I should be with this?

 

[Firat]

Set your vcore to 1.34 and multistep load line to level 6 for 4.5ghz and you'll be fine!

Source: I have the Z68-UD7 + 2600K

 

[Nathn]

Much appreciated Wise_Silence!!!

Could you explain to me when I should be raising the load line and the meaning behind it? Just in case in the future I decide to up my ghz a little more I'll know by how much I have to increase the load line along side with the v-core.

I would also like to ask you if the last 4 options in the ghz section of the bios will be ok to leave as disabled? What have you got enabled and disabled? I've been told everything under cpu multi-threading would be ok to leave as enabled but I've read in a guide to disable it.. unsure.

Agian, if you can help me out with this its much appreciated.

 

[Firat]

Disable everything under multi-threading as all they do is down clock the CPU when idle and also lowers voltage in response to temp all of which is unneeded. So your bios setup looks perfect.

Load line calibration basically prevents the vcore from dropping on load, let's say you don't use load line and you put a 1.34vcore in bios, on load you may notice your vcore drops to 1.3v this is because of vdroop.

Load line counteracts this and allows for vcore to either stay the same during idle and load or allows the vcore to increase slightly on load.

I have found that when I use load line 6 my voltage doesn't change on load thus 1.34v is used both on load and idle.

If you use a higher load line like level 10 it would boost you vcore during load I.e from 1.325 idle to 1.392v on load.

From this I find level 6 most stable as vcore fluctuates less.

Hope this helps

 

[Nathn]

Thanks, that does help.

If ever in the future I want to go to 4.7ghz what would you suggest for v-core and load line?

Also, I have corsair vengeance ram (1600mhz) at a total of 16gb. It's set from factory to 9-9-9-24. Do you think I should be looking into overclocking the ram aswell? I've heard that people don't bother with overclocking vengeance ram because it comes out of the factory pretty quick. Whats your thoughts on this?

Like you would have guessed at the start of this thread I'm just learning about everything.. :/ but I am getting there now

 

[kilobravo]

Corsair vengeance is rubbish for oc.I had luck with my 16gb 1866mhz 9-10-9-27-2T,1.5v.Have them running 2133mhz 11-12-11-30-2T,1.65v on a gigabyte x79-ud3.

But youll be lucky to tighten timings even if you use more voltage.

 

[Nathn]

ok, so it seems as if i'll just leave it alone.. Would you say as for ram itself without o/c'ing it it does a decent job?

 

[Firat]

yes the ram should be fine, you could try as kilobravo did, but ram overclocking is not as easy as CPU overclocking

 

[kilobravo]

The vengeance rams is fine at rated settings.

No need to replace them,unless you want something faster.Next step from 1600mhz is 2133mhz.1866mhz with a 2500k/2600k wont give you value for your money.

 

[Nathn]

no problem.. cheers mate. Thanks to everyone for there help especially Wise_Silencer

 

[Firat]

You are welcome