Overclocking 3570k on gigabyte z77x-ud3h

[sonrise]

I would like someone who has played around with this cpu already, to give me tips about were to start from.
I will be air cooling, and i dont wanna go higher than 4.5ghz, as this cpus get hot.
I'm pretty new to overclocking on CPUs, just done it on GPUs a couple of times.
Thanks,
Sonrise

 

[Chewme]

Well i haven't done much for mine, cause i see no point in it with my current GPU.
All i did was set XMP profile for ram and raised the turbo multiplier for cpu, left everyting else on auto and it runs stable @4.2ghz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxCPyF-1tTc this explains some of the stuff

 

[sonrise]

Well i haven't done much for mine, cause i see no point in it with my current GPU.
All i did was set XMP profile for ram and raised the turbo multiplier for cpu, left everyting else on auto and it runs stable @4.2ghz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxCPyF-1tTc this explains some of the stuff

so you left voltage on Auto?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Auto voltage is a n000b way of doing things. This forum is FULL of overclocking threads dude just go look for them.........

 

[Chewme]

so you left voltage on Auto?

Yes it's on auto atm and it's giving 1.20v @4.2ghz, temp were around 65'C with prime small FFTs. But like Tom said, its always better to set them manually. I just haven't had time fine tune anything

EDIT: I did some tweaking and got mine running at 4.2ghz with 1.160v, temps dropped about ~5'c compared to the auto voltages

EDIT: This is what i ended up with
-Vcore LLC: Turbo
-Cpu vcore: 1.165v (1.160 gave WHEA errors in event log, althought prime ran without errors)
-Cpu PLL: 1.600v
-Disabled turbo-boost and set base multiplier at 42x
-Set XMP profile for Ram
-Rest is on auto