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#205263 6-Nov-2016 07:46

Hi I'm trying to do a safe overclock of 6700K, safe as must not fail, temps below 80 deg, as doing it to render videos, photos, and don't want it to crash. Trying to basically achieve a completely normal CPU that "turboclocks all cores to 4.5 instead of 4.2" otherwise behaves the same ie goes to 800 when idle. Don't want to touch ram, leave at 3200MHz XMP.

So I'm guessing 4.4-4.6GHz, but if you like, at point where voltage is as low as possible. (I am guessing it's not a linear response, eg 4.5 needs much less V than 4.6 for example, then i'd go 4.5?

After watching many youtube videos I have more questions that I have where to start.

Other components: Asus VIII Hero mobo, Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x @3200 (XMP), badass air cooling and 850W PSU. Qs:

1. I've watched Paul, Linus, and Joanne

All different parameter changes! Do i need to change what Joanne changes?

Thanks for any tips on what parameters to change and to not change to achieve that.

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#1664464 6-Nov-2016 08:05

surely most motherboards have a "wizard" that will do it all for you? i know asus have/had a good one that you can do from the UI in windows or from bios.

i did it the other day on my i5 2500k, just leave it for 10mins while it works things out for you.

i dont know if you can increase the turbo clock with out increasing the normal clock though, and i believe ram is linked to the clock so you change that and the ram changes

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#1664490 6-Nov-2016 09:30

I was told avoid the Wizard if possible (by the internet)

Apparently Skylake's bits aren't as connected to the RAM as previous gens. But yeah trying to get my head around all the acronyms and what they do. I will slowly work through the list ...

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#1664527 6-Nov-2016 12:07

Ok read up on all the whatever they mean and did what I set out to do: essentially make it turbo boost at 4.6 instead of 4.2GHz.

Using all that it's going ok and stress testing now ... wow

Q: for everyday use should I set voltage to adaptive instead of manual?

Edit: I've answered my own question. Manual. Manual gives for some reason stock Vs at stock clock, whereas adaptive is all over the show! Do not use adaptive!

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#1664643 6-Nov-2016 18:42

Using the wizards will not give you the Best possible overclock, but it will get you a fair way there.

They are designed to be slightly conservative, depending on what system is used to do it some favor pumping more power in, others favor simply increasing the multiplier.

i run 4.6Ghz on my 3770K, used to run it at 5.2Ghz but didn't really like pumping the extra volts to keep that stable.. I simply use a Hyper 212+ and a reasonably good win in the silicon lottery.

Think last time i let the tool do it itself it landed at 4.5 but jumped the volts rather heavy.

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#1664646 6-Nov-2016 18:52

I wouldn't use the auto overclocking methods on the motherboards, I found them to be way too voltage heavy.

I'm still playing with mine, but currently my 6700K is stable at 4.6GHz with temps never reaching above about 60C on a Gigabyte board with a Corsair H100i v2 cooler.

Basically you should be able to hit 4.5ghz easy, but just go up in increments until it crashes, then increase the voltage slightly. Repeat until you hit your max voltage/temps.

Here's the guide I used, all pretty straightforward: http://www.overclock.net/t/1570313/skylake-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

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#1664689 6-Nov-2016 21:25

Peppery:

I wouldn't use the auto overclocking methods on the motherboards, I found them to be way too voltage heavy.

I'm still playing with mine, but currently my 6700K is stable at 4.6GHz with temps never reaching above about 60C on a Gigabyte board with a Corsair H100i v2 cooler.

Basically you should be able to hit 4.5ghz easy, but just go up in increments until it crashes, then increase the voltage slightly. Repeat until you hit your max voltage/temps.

Here's the guide I used, all pretty straightforward: http://www.overclock.net/t/1570313/skylake-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

I used 4.6GHz @ 1.31V - pretty stable, averaging 51-54C during stress testing. should I decrease the V? Don't need/want any more? (only changed the multiplier and the V, not touching BLK etc)