I have a new build that I just built. Luckily, everything went fairly smoothly. I wasn't planning on OC'ing this system, but of course once you build it, you get greedy. haha Also, I'm fairly new to overclocking, so anything noobish I say, please excuse me.
I have a question as I feel like the chip I got isn't the best. I've tried many of the advise on this board and others but I can't seem to get this right. I'm even reading about it at work! ouch!
My problem is I would like to run my 3770k at 4.4 but I can't seem to get to the right voltage. I tried running it at 1.20v - 1.24v so far but prime 95 gives me the "stopped working error" around the 1 hour mark. I will try to up the voltage slowly to see when when it will stop giving this error on Prime 95, but was hoping to get it to work under 1.24v. The temps stay at max 72C at 1.24v. Should I try the offset route? Is that more stable? The system doesn't bsod or lock up, so does that mean it might be ok? I have already downloaded a second prime 95 to make sure the software wasn't corrupt. What is the highest voltage I should be going with 4.4?
So many questions, but any help would be great. Here are my specs:
cpu: I7 3770k
motherboard: Asus Maximus Formula V
psu: Corsair AX760
ram: Gskill Ripjaw 1600 @ 1.5v
gpu: gtx 660
hd: Samsung SSD 120gb & Seagate 1tb
I have a question as I feel like the chip I got isn't the best. I've tried many of the advise on this board and others but I can't seem to get this right. I'm even reading about it at work! ouch!
My problem is I would like to run my 3770k at 4.4 but I can't seem to get to the right voltage. I tried running it at 1.20v - 1.24v so far but prime 95 gives me the "stopped working error" around the 1 hour mark. I will try to up the voltage slowly to see when when it will stop giving this error on Prime 95, but was hoping to get it to work under 1.24v. The temps stay at max 72C at 1.24v. Should I try the offset route? Is that more stable? The system doesn't bsod or lock up, so does that mean it might be ok? I have already downloaded a second prime 95 to make sure the software wasn't corrupt. What is the highest voltage I should be going with 4.4?
So many questions, but any help would be great. Here are my specs:
cpu: I7 3770k
motherboard: Asus Maximus Formula V
psu: Corsair AX760
ram: Gskill Ripjaw 1600 @ 1.5v
gpu: gtx 660
hd: Samsung SSD 120gb & Seagate 1tb