Setting my overclock to idle?

[Gamepro105]

Hi guys!
Please understand I'm a massive overcloking noob who's read forums and watched videos this is my first overlclock!

My system is an Asrock extreme 7 Z68 with a i5-3570K cooled with a h100i and i've found myself a stable overclock of 4.2 that I am happy with.

See here:

I don't want to go to high due to heat as my room warms up enough as it is!

But my clock speed even at idle stays at 4.2 is there any way to make my cpu idle when not used?

Also as a side note do my voltages look ok?

Thanks all!

 

[RadeonHDx]

I don't know about the vols but they look okay. As for setting an idle overclock, you would have to do this by setting your overclock as a turbo I would have thought, however, these overclocks are usually more unstable.

 

[shambles1980]

i use turbo mode clocks for over clocks. they work well if you spend the time setting up the offsets and vdrop's properly.

 

[Gamepro105]

I don't know about the vols but they look okay. As for setting an idle overclock, you would have to do this by setting your overclock as a turbo I would have thought, however, these overclocks are usually more unstable.

i use turbo mode clocks for over clocks. they work well if you spend the time setting up the offsets and vdrop's properly.

Thanks for the info guys! I will try that if I can find out where the turbo clock multiplier is if any one knows or has a guide?

I will look into the offsets and vdrop's to ensure its stable

 

[RadeonHDx]

As I said earlier, it's harder to find stable clocks with turbo modes so you'll likely need more voltage than initially thought and so more heat.

 

[Gamepro105]

As I said earlier, it's harder to find stable clocks with turbo modes so you'll likely need more voltage than initially thought and so more heat.

so far i've come up with this it seems stable so far

 

[RizeAllard]

If you enable the EIST function and the other steppings it may harm your overclock stability because every state needs different core voltage, and if you reach a point the board may cannot follow in time the needs of the cpu and will be freeze, or drop performance. Sometimes vdrop function can help or you can adjust on some board the voltage for each state but its much complicated you don't want to deal with.

If your OC is stable with EIST enabled you can go on with it. And don't care too much abaout it unless the voltages are high. But as I can see your board gives the good amount of it.