I'm trying to get my first OC going but I'm getting really frustrated and could use some feedback! I've been following this guide because it seems very comprehensive: http://www.simforums.com/forums/haswell-48ghz-on-air-building-a-haswell-system_topic46180.html.
Specs: 4770k on Asus Maximus VI Hero.
For the record, I don't really care about getting the highest clock out of my CPU. I'm overclocking to learn and it seems fun! Anyway, following that guide was great. I booted into Windows no problem after changing my settings for a 4.2 OC. The guide says that VCCSA in HWMonitor should not exceed 1.200V. I pulled up HWMonitor and it was already at 1.21V so I'm sitting here wondering what's going on and double-checking my settings. I Googled this voltage to see if it is indeed too high but the info I came across confused me even more. Some said 1.300V, some said 1.200V, some spoke only about the offset, and another person asked why the offset was even being changed.
Because of this obstacle, I started getting paranoid that I might be destroying my CPU so I went back into the UEFI and restored everything to optimized defaults. Now I am really discouraged and paranoid about destroying my new CPU. Naturally, I Googled for more Haswell/4770k OCing guides but I seem to be getting conflicting information. I came across a post on this forum that basically said to adjust CPU Core voltage to 1.25V, pick a frequency (in my case 42), run stability tests, lower the voltage if there is no crash, and repeat. But then I look at the guide I was using as well as this (http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics) and there are so many other settings that they go through. It seems like everywhere I look, people just say "Google it" or "OCing is easy; there are so many guides"... I'm doing a lot of Googling and going through a lot of guides/forum posts but I just end up more confused than ever. I'm not sure if I am over-complicating this or if many people are just saying, "it's easy... because I know how to do it". I would greatly appreciate any help! What approaches do you recommend I take given my reason and goal for OCing? Thank you.
Specs: 4770k on Asus Maximus VI Hero.
For the record, I don't really care about getting the highest clock out of my CPU. I'm overclocking to learn and it seems fun! Anyway, following that guide was great. I booted into Windows no problem after changing my settings for a 4.2 OC. The guide says that VCCSA in HWMonitor should not exceed 1.200V. I pulled up HWMonitor and it was already at 1.21V so I'm sitting here wondering what's going on and double-checking my settings. I Googled this voltage to see if it is indeed too high but the info I came across confused me even more. Some said 1.300V, some said 1.200V, some spoke only about the offset, and another person asked why the offset was even being changed.
Because of this obstacle, I started getting paranoid that I might be destroying my CPU so I went back into the UEFI and restored everything to optimized defaults. Now I am really discouraged and paranoid about destroying my new CPU. Naturally, I Googled for more Haswell/4770k OCing guides but I seem to be getting conflicting information. I came across a post on this forum that basically said to adjust CPU Core voltage to 1.25V, pick a frequency (in my case 42), run stability tests, lower the voltage if there is no crash, and repeat. But then I look at the guide I was using as well as this (http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics) and there are so many other settings that they go through. It seems like everywhere I look, people just say "Google it" or "OCing is easy; there are so many guides"... I'm doing a lot of Googling and going through a lot of guides/forum posts but I just end up more confused than ever. I'm not sure if I am over-complicating this or if many people are just saying, "it's easy... because I know how to do it". I would greatly appreciate any help! What approaches do you recommend I take given my reason and goal for OCing? Thank you.
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