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Very unstable i5-3570k Overclock (I suppose)

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June 2, 2013 10:33:43 PM

Hi guys, I'm new to this forum and have been reading threads about overclocking for a while. I found out that people can easily hit 4.2ghz (my target) with a low voltage like 1.1Xv. My processor, however, requires 1.235v (current) to even prevent simple bsods. Haven't stress tested for very long yet, want to finalise some settings to confirm it is relatively stable before performing a long stress test to fine tune stuff. Temperature is around 75 degrees hottest when running Small-FFTs

My current rig setup:

Mobo: GA-Z77-D3H
CPU: i5-3570k
Cooler: Hyper 212X
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5
GPU: MSI 7850 Power Edition OC
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 8gb LP

I look forward to a reply soon.

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a b K Overclocking
June 2, 2013 10:54:35 PM

Well some chips overclock well and some don't. Looks like you got a bad chip, so there's nothing really you can do.
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June 2, 2013 10:56:58 PM

aatje92 said:
Well some chips overclock well and some don't. Looks like you got a bad chip, so there's nothing really you can do.


Well some say its the chip while some say its the motherboard. How do I test which one is it?
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a b K Overclocking
June 2, 2013 10:58:27 PM

SimuxPepper said:
aatje92 said:
Well some chips overclock well and some don't. Looks like you got a bad chip, so there's nothing really you can do.


Well some say its the chip while some say its the motherboard. How do I test which one is it?


Only way to tell is to test it in another motherboard. But what mobo do you have? If it has a decent power phase it's almost always the chip.

edit: That mobo is pretty good, you could try what heyu291 suggested below but it won't help you with the high voltage your chip needs. Looks like you just got bad luck.
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June 2, 2013 11:09:33 PM

75 is too hot. it's still within range but that heat ain't helping

Ivy bridge processors vary greatly in temps due to the ihs being put on with cheap heat paste instead of solder.

look up ihs removal on YouTube

my 3570k ran 70 before I removed the lid and replaced the crapy paste intel used with some quality thermal grease.

I now run no hotter than 65 when fully loaded, idle temps average 29.
and my cooler is nothing special, it's a coolmaster vortex plus

also I have the same mono as you
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June 2, 2013 11:16:55 PM

heyu291 said:
75 is too hot. it's still within range but that heat ain't helping

Ivy bridge processors vary greatly in temps due to the ihs being put on with cheap heat paste instead of solder.

look up ihs removal on YouTube

my 3570k ran 70 before I removed the lid and replaced the crapy paste intel used with some quality thermal grease.

I now run no hotter than 65 when fully loaded, idle temps average 29.
and my cooler is nothing special, it's a coolmaster vortex plus

also I have the same mono as you


No way I'm changing the IHS. There isn't too much of a difference, my temperature is rather ok and I wouldn't wanna lose the warranty of my first rig I got less than a month ago.

I'm hitting around 65 max on blend
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June 3, 2013 10:30:57 PM

SimuxPepper said:
heyu291 said:
75 is too hot. it's still within range but that heat ain't helping

Ivy bridge processors vary greatly in temps due to the ihs being put on with cheap heat paste instead of solder.

look up ihs removal on YouTube

my 3570k ran 70 before I removed the lid and replaced the crapy paste intel used with some quality thermal grease.

I now run no hotter than 65 when fully loaded, idle temps average 29.
and my cooler is nothing special, it's a coolmaster vortex plus

also I have the same mono as you


No way I'm changing the IHS. There isn't too much of a difference, my temperature is rather ok and I wouldn't wanna lose the warranty of my first rig I got less than a month ago.

I'm hitting around 65 max on blend


I should have explained better.
before replacing the paste, I averaged 75 under moderate load, after replacement my average dropped to about 55. Under full load I was maxing close to 85 to 90 before bsod, after replacement my fully loaded dropped to a max of 65.

The reason I suggested this fix was because ur title said u had an unstable over clock, which was the same problem I had befor replacing the paste.

Also my fix was just to try n give some help with being unstable, me and some of my friends all bought the 3570k's when they came out, a few with lower temps overclocked great, 3 of us had horribly unstable overclocks, and high temps, this fix work for all 3 of us.

if ur stable and not to hot, awesome!
hope ur enjoying your build. Best of luck to ya.
everyone here on tomshardware are a great resource if you need any more help.
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June 22, 2014 3:28:01 AM

sorry been a while, but just seen this on my board

Ok, I'll give ya the bios settings to get ya to 4.1 stable, no BSOD ever, If your chip will handle it with out fixing the ivy brige ihs prob. ( if this is stable, you can try 4.2 and on up till ya BSOD, my chip won't handle 4.2.

1. upgrade ur bios to f22, easy to do, go to gigabytes web site (google it) and download f22 bios to a usb flash drive (in main folder, no sub folder). Then reboot with usb flash drive in, open bios and update it on last page, very easy.
2 reboot, open bios, set reset all settings default settings, by loading bios defaults on last page, and then reboot.
3. open bios
4. here is what to set to what.
Adv. Freq. Settings.
-base clk 100.06
- ..... auto
- ..... 34
- ..... 3.40
-Advanced CPU Core features
- CPU Clock Ratio - 3.4
- ..... 3.40GHz
- ..... Enable
- ..... Enable
- ..... 41
- ..... 41
- ..... 41
- ..... 41
- ..... 200
- ..... 250
- ..... 4
- ..... Enable
- ..... Enable
- ..... Disable
- ..... Enable
Adv Volt Settings
-3d power
- .... high perf
- .... fast
- .... turbo
- .... Auto
- .... 300.0mV
- .... Turbo
- .... Auto
- .... 135.0 C


- CPU Core Volt Cont.
- .... Set ALL SETTINGS HERE to Auto

Then go to last page and Enable Erp and High precision event timer.


Note : I only included settings related to proc, cause my settings else where would not match you.

Hope this helps and good luck!
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June 22, 2014 5:05:51 AM

here is a web address i just made on google with screen shots of my bios

https://sites.google.com/site/mybiosimgs/

if your still unstable after this, your only choice is new chip, or de-lid it and fix that crappy ivy-bridge ihs paste. The biggest problem with it is you can micro hot spots do to bad contact and the temp of the micro spot may not show on your internal heat sensor, but you could have micro spots 80 or 90c that you'll never know about causing your BSOD
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