I know this has been asked a lot, but most posts seem to state "depends on specific PSU", so I decided to start my own post.
I've recently upgraded everything on this build except the ram, hard drive, and PSU. After putting everything in the case it booted up fine, installed drivers, ran benchmark tests and everything went perfect. Decided to play with OCing. I increased the first time to 4GHz(38x106BCLK) @ stock voltage(1.14v). Computer endlessly rebooted. So I reset the CMOS. I then put it to 3.8GHz(38x100BCLK) @ 1.2v and it booted up fine. Ran the intel CPU stresser and my CPU never got over 55 degrees. So it seems perfectly stable now and running smooth. Only thing is, I want to push it farther as I see this CPU passing 4GHz easily on air builds.
I guess my main question is, was the reason it didn't work at 4GHz because of the voltage, PSU, or BCLK? I'd like to get a peak of 4.2GHz, but don't want to mess something up so I thought I'd seek some advice first.
Also, if I was to try and get it to 4.2GHz(38x112BCLK) what voltage would be enough, 1.25?
Also, being the board limits to 38 ratio, is having the BCLK that high going to be an issue?
My current build:
NZXT Phantom 410 CA-PH410-R1
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD4
Corsair CX500
Intel i5 3570K
Antec Kuhler H2O 620 Liquid CPU Cooler System
Nvidia GTX 660
8GB DDR3 1333 RAM
1TB WD HDD
I've recently upgraded everything on this build except the ram, hard drive, and PSU. After putting everything in the case it booted up fine, installed drivers, ran benchmark tests and everything went perfect. Decided to play with OCing. I increased the first time to 4GHz(38x106BCLK) @ stock voltage(1.14v). Computer endlessly rebooted. So I reset the CMOS. I then put it to 3.8GHz(38x100BCLK) @ 1.2v and it booted up fine. Ran the intel CPU stresser and my CPU never got over 55 degrees. So it seems perfectly stable now and running smooth. Only thing is, I want to push it farther as I see this CPU passing 4GHz easily on air builds.
I guess my main question is, was the reason it didn't work at 4GHz because of the voltage, PSU, or BCLK? I'd like to get a peak of 4.2GHz, but don't want to mess something up so I thought I'd seek some advice first.
Also, if I was to try and get it to 4.2GHz(38x112BCLK) what voltage would be enough, 1.25?
Also, being the board limits to 38 ratio, is having the BCLK that high going to be an issue?
My current build:
NZXT Phantom 410 CA-PH410-R1
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD4
Corsair CX500
Intel i5 3570K
Antec Kuhler H2O 620 Liquid CPU Cooler System
Nvidia GTX 660
8GB DDR3 1333 RAM
1TB WD HDD
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