Hi all

[Savage Edge]

Hello to everyone at OC3D.

Obviously im the new guy lol
I found this amazing place buy chance while i was searching for new components for my system upgrade.
I have never really overclocked before, was too scared of killing my chip, after i finish upgrading a few things i will give it a try
The community looks fun here and looks like everyone is happy to offer words of wisdom to new members or tell them straight if need be.

My Current Rig

Intel I5 (Ivy Bridge) 3570k @3.8 ghz,
Stock Cooler ( LOL i know )
8GB 1600 Mhz Corsair Vengance,
Gigabyte AMD HD 1GB 6870 OC,
Biostar TZ77A Motherboard,
Corsair GS 700W PSU,
500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 3 HDD,
Samsung DVD/RW, Gigabyte Sumo Alpha Case

 

[19Dan81]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Chris_taylor]

hello mate

 

[Mathius]

Welcome to oc3d,

We all know overclocking is a bad idea on the stock cooler, but why not undervolt...

Tom's Gigabyte overclocking video shows how to...(same principle should apply to biostar)
You should be able to bring just the cpu volts down to around 1.050v

 

[Savage Edge]

Thanks all

True, Tom's guide was very helpfull when i was looking around the forums.
I have tried playing with the voltages but my motherboard is slightly alien, when i use CPU-Z the v-core changes from 0.750 ish to 1.25 then drops again using the turbo feature.
So for now, im going to keep things running as they are currently till i can get my hands on a h100i before trying to clock it any higher. I dont game for long sessions or edit videos so the sys dont get that stressed tbh ( i hope lol )

 

[NeverBackDown]

The voltage changes due to LLC(load line calibration) being enabled in the BIOS. It's best to keep it enabled for a first timer. DOn't worry about it though..

Welcome!

 

[Excalabur50]

G'day Welcome to OC3D

 

[computergeek]

Welcome.

 

[Savage Edge]

Thank you

When the rig first arrived in my hands it was actually clocked to 4.1 ( with the stock cooler ) I set it back to the turbo clock as i thought it would be safer for the cpu, on the mobo i can set loadline to off, 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%.
Tried a few quick tests but OCCT always fails after a few mins due to the heat of 1 or 2 cores breaking the 80c limit. I will keep trying to find the stock voltage for the cpu for now till my funds allow for better cooling

 

[WYP]

Welcome to the forums