Hello community,
Let me start off with saying that this is my first ever CPU overclocking, so pardon me if my questions are silly, but I do not want to kill my CPU because I did something stupid.
So, I decided to overclock my CPU which is an Inter Core i5-3570k. I've read this guide as a start, because it seemed like a comprehensive one.
I started off by setting the BLCK from Auto to 100.00MHz and increasing the CPU freq multiplier to 42 and disabled the Turbo Boost option I left Vcore on Auto. I ran prime95 for 20 minutes and the temps seemed fine so I proceeded to increase my multiplier to 45. I ran prime95 again for like 10 minutes, Vcore was still set to auto and it was standing around 1.25v when prime was running. Right now I am testing with 4.5Ghz, Vcore set to 1.200v (tho it appears to be 1.224v for some reason).
My concern is, that every second test method in prime95 makes increases my temps to 70-75°C. The other tests produce 60-65°C temps. 75°C seems a little high for me, because the above linked guide shows 50°C temps @4.5Ghz, 1.25v.
Even tho I have not yet touched the CPU PPL/VCCPLL.
Also I set Vcore to 1.2v because Auto was using it on 1.25v. Should I try to lower it to see if it remains stable?
My goal would be to reach 4.8Ghz, but I would not feel comfortable with 80°C temps during my gaming sessions.
Any help, advice would be appreciated. Thank you for you help in advance.
EDIT:
Picture 1
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
Cooler: bequiet! Dark Rock Pro 2
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus (200mm front intake fan, 120mm rear exhaust fan)
(planning to get a 200mm top exhaust fan and a 140mm side intake fan, tho I am not sure how much cooler would it make my system)
Let me start off with saying that this is my first ever CPU overclocking, so pardon me if my questions are silly, but I do not want to kill my CPU because I did something stupid.
So, I decided to overclock my CPU which is an Inter Core i5-3570k. I've read this guide as a start, because it seemed like a comprehensive one.
I started off by setting the BLCK from Auto to 100.00MHz and increasing the CPU freq multiplier to 42 and disabled the Turbo Boost option I left Vcore on Auto. I ran prime95 for 20 minutes and the temps seemed fine so I proceeded to increase my multiplier to 45. I ran prime95 again for like 10 minutes, Vcore was still set to auto and it was standing around 1.25v when prime was running. Right now I am testing with 4.5Ghz, Vcore set to 1.200v (tho it appears to be 1.224v for some reason).
My concern is, that every second test method in prime95 makes increases my temps to 70-75°C. The other tests produce 60-65°C temps. 75°C seems a little high for me, because the above linked guide shows 50°C temps @4.5Ghz, 1.25v.
Even tho I have not yet touched the CPU PPL/VCCPLL.
Also I set Vcore to 1.2v because Auto was using it on 1.25v. Should I try to lower it to see if it remains stable?
My goal would be to reach 4.8Ghz, but I would not feel comfortable with 80°C temps during my gaming sessions.
Any help, advice would be appreciated. Thank you for you help in advance.
EDIT:
Picture 1
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
Cooler: bequiet! Dark Rock Pro 2
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus (200mm front intake fan, 120mm rear exhaust fan)
(planning to get a 200mm top exhaust fan and a 140mm side intake fan, tho I am not sure how much cooler would it make my system)
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