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June 30, 2014 12:37:41 PM

Hi,
I've been struggling trying to overclock my CPU for a week (i3 530 @2,93GHz).
By increasing the Base Frequency manually i have been able to reach 3,41GHz.
Over that frequency the computer refuses to start (motherboard clock protection) or bluescreens in windows.
Using the switch on my motherboard (MSI H55M-E33) i reached 3,52GHz without any problem and only 60°C on full load (Intel burn test for 15 minutes), however with the switch that's the maximum i can obtain.
I refuse to belive i cannot overclock more, at least manually.
There must be something i'm probably not capable to do so i post you the options i have on the bios for overclock and hope :wahoo: 

- Intel EIST [Auto]
- C1E Support [Enabled]
- CPU Base frequency [Auto] (switch overclock disables manual editing)
- CPU Ratio [Auto] (can be regulated from 9 to 22, where 22 is standard)
- Auto Overclock [Disabled]

> MEMORY-Z
Current DRAM Channel 1 Timing [ 7 7 7 20 ]
Current DRAM Channel 2 Timing [ 7 7 7 20 ]

- Memory Ratio [Auto]
- QPI Ratio [Auto]

> CLOCKGENTUNER
CPU Amplitude [800mV]
PCIE Amplitude [800mV]

- PCIE Frequency [100MHz]
- Auto Disable PCI Frequency [Enabled]

- CPU Voltage [Auto] (1,320V default)
- CPU VTT Voltage [Auto]
- GPU Voltage [Auto]
- DRAM Voltage [Auto]
- PCH 1.05V [Auto]

- Spread Spectrum [Disabled]

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June 30, 2014 12:40:09 PM

I was under the impression that Intel locks their i3 line and therefore they are not overclockable...

Edit: Turns out I was correct, I believe all you are doing as far as "overclocking" is maxing out the turbo frequency on that i3, it will not be stable beyond that point and there's no way to make it so I'm afraid.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365966-28-overclock

This is one of the reasons that people prefer AMD for overclocking, Intel likes to keep things locked down.
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June 30, 2014 12:45:02 PM

Iron124 said:
I was under the impression that Intel locks their i3 line and therefore they are not overclockable...

Edit: Turns out I was correct, I believe all you are doing as far as "overclocking" is maxing out the turbo frequency on that i3, it will not be stable beyond that point and there's no way to make it so I'm afraid.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365966-28-overclock

This is one of the reasons that people prefer AMD for overclocking, Intel likes to keep things locked down.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-530-overclo...
This article right on tomshardware confirms it can be overclocked, they even made it to 4GHz!
So before sending my tread to the trashbin like that please, think before writing.
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June 30, 2014 12:48:40 PM

LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
I was under the impression that Intel locks their i3 line and therefore they are not overclockable...

Edit: Turns out I was correct, I believe all you are doing as far as "overclocking" is maxing out the turbo frequency on that i3, it will not be stable beyond that point and there's no way to make it so I'm afraid.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365966-28-overclock

This is one of the reasons that people prefer AMD for overclocking, Intel likes to keep things locked down.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-530-overclo...
This article right on tomshardware confirms it can be overclocked, they even made it to 4GHz!


Interesting....this is a very old i3 chip, why it isn't overclocking higher I do not know, it could be due to age or some other internal issue causing instability.

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June 30, 2014 12:52:12 PM

Iron124 said:
LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
I was under the impression that Intel locks their i3 line and therefore they are not overclockable...

Edit: Turns out I was correct, I believe all you are doing as far as "overclocking" is maxing out the turbo frequency on that i3, it will not be stable beyond that point and there's no way to make it so I'm afraid.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365966-28-overclock

This is one of the reasons that people prefer AMD for overclocking, Intel likes to keep things locked down.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-530-overclo...
This article right on tomshardware confirms it can be overclocked, they even made it to 4GHz!


Interesting....this is a very old i3 chip, why it isn't overclocking higher I do not know, it could be due to age or some other internal issue causing instability.



It only crashes when overclocking manually over 3,4GHz, with the switch i reach 3,52 easily without any issue. If it was an hardware problem it would not be capable to support it, i already mentioned it, please read main post and quit spamming random answers

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June 30, 2014 1:04:10 PM

LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
I was under the impression that Intel locks their i3 line and therefore they are not overclockable...

Edit: Turns out I was correct, I believe all you are doing as far as "overclocking" is maxing out the turbo frequency on that i3, it will not be stable beyond that point and there's no way to make it so I'm afraid.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365966-28-overclock

This is one of the reasons that people prefer AMD for overclocking, Intel likes to keep things locked down.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-530-overclo...
This article right on tomshardware confirms it can be overclocked, they even made it to 4GHz!


Interesting....this is a very old i3 chip, why it isn't overclocking higher I do not know, it could be due to age or some other internal issue causing instability.



It only crashes when overclocking manually over 3,4GHz, with the switch i reach 3,52 easily without any issue. If it was an hardware problem it would not be capable to support it, i already mentioned it, please read main post and quit spamming random answers



Rudeness will not be tolerated, we here are only attempting to assist you in your problem.

The reason you are able to achieve a higher clock rate via the overclock switch on your motherboard is because that is MSI's Auto-Overclock feature, it will automatically select optimal settings for your processor and attempt to achieve the highest safe, stable overclock you can. Some will attempt to bring this up even higher (as you have) but more-often-than-not they do not achieve the same level of overclock or a less-stable few Mhz higher than what MSI will give you.

Intel's burn test should be run for far longer than 15 minutes to ensure stability. Third party programs are recommended as well.

You're trying to flush 4GHz out of a 4-year-old piece of silicon, it won't always work, overclocking is not guaranteed and the general consensus is "What others may get, you will not necessarily achieve as well." Say you have a 3.0Ghz processor. Your friend might get up to 4.5Ghz stable on his same processor, but you might get instability after 3.3Ghz. Did you get ripped off? Nope, just bad luck, that processor was tested for 3.0Ghz and is delivering every ounce of power that was promised.

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June 30, 2014 2:09:44 PM

Iron124 said:
LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
I was under the impression that Intel locks their i3 line and therefore they are not overclockable...

Edit: Turns out I was correct, I believe all you are doing as far as "overclocking" is maxing out the turbo frequency on that i3, it will not be stable beyond that point and there's no way to make it so I'm afraid.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365966-28-overclock

This is one of the reasons that people prefer AMD for overclocking, Intel likes to keep things locked down.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-530-overclo...
This article right on tomshardware confirms it can be overclocked, they even made it to 4GHz!


Interesting....this is a very old i3 chip, why it isn't overclocking higher I do not know, it could be due to age or some other internal issue causing instability.



It only crashes when overclocking manually over 3,4GHz, with the switch i reach 3,52 easily without any issue. If it was an hardware problem it would not be capable to support it, i already mentioned it, please read main post and quit spamming random answers



Rudeness will not be tolerated, we here are only attempting to assist you in your problem.

The reason you are able to achieve a higher clock rate via the overclock switch on your motherboard is because that is MSI's Auto-Overclock feature, it will automatically select optimal settings for your processor and attempt to achieve the highest safe, stable overclock you can. Some will attempt to bring this up even higher (as you have) but more-often-than-not they do not achieve the same level of overclock or a less-stable few Mhz higher than what MSI will give you.

Intel's burn test should be run for far longer than 15 minutes to ensure stability. Third party programs are recommended as well.

You're trying to flush 4GHz out of a 4-year-old piece of silicon, it won't always work, overclocking is not guaranteed and the general consensus is "What others may get, you will not necessarily achieve as well." Say you have a 3.0Ghz processor. Your friend might get up to 4.5Ghz stable on his same processor, but you might get instability after 3.3Ghz. Did you get ripped off? Nope, just bad luck, that processor was tested for 3.0Ghz and is delivering every ounce of power that was promised.



Manual overclock i attempted : no more than 3.41GHz (PC not even starting)
Automatic overclock feauture enabled : still no more than 3.41GHz (PC not even starting)
Switch (ON ON) : 3.51GHz (PC runs well, low temperatures and no crashes yet in over 3 days, playing games etc)
Explain this. It's only about a bad configuration i made manually. In fact with switch, configurations go automatic and it makes it work, now if you want to help try to understand what it is instead of saying NO, you are ruining my tread.

EDIT : Don't call me rude for asking you to give me real help. From your first post you said it is not even overclockable and i proved you wrong. Now you keep saying just no.
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July 1, 2014 4:47:00 PM

Iron124 said:
LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
LyeSjka said:
Iron124 said:
I was under the impression that Intel locks their i3 line and therefore they are not overclockable...

Edit: Turns out I was correct, I believe all you are doing as far as "overclocking" is maxing out the turbo frequency on that i3, it will not be stable beyond that point and there's no way to make it so I'm afraid.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/365966-28-overclock

This is one of the reasons that people prefer AMD for overclocking, Intel likes to keep things locked down.


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i3-530-overclo...
This article right on tomshardware confirms it can be overclocked, they even made it to 4GHz!


Interesting....this is a very old i3 chip, why it isn't overclocking higher I do not know, it could be due to age or some other internal issue causing instability.



It only crashes when overclocking manually over 3,4GHz, with the switch i reach 3,52 easily without any issue. If it was an hardware problem it would not be capable to support it, i already mentioned it, please read main post and quit spamming random answers



Rudeness will not be tolerated, we here are only attempting to assist you in your problem.

The reason you are able to achieve a higher clock rate via the overclock switch on your motherboard is because that is MSI's Auto-Overclock feature, it will automatically select optimal settings for your processor and attempt to achieve the highest safe, stable overclock you can. Some will attempt to bring this up even higher (as you have) but more-often-than-not they do not achieve the same level of overclock or a less-stable few Mhz higher than what MSI will give you.

Intel's burn test should be run for far longer than 15 minutes to ensure stability. Third party programs are recommended as well.

You're trying to flush 4GHz out of a 4-year-old piece of silicon, it won't always work, overclocking is not guaranteed and the general consensus is "What others may get, you will not necessarily achieve as well." Say you have a 3.0Ghz processor. Your friend might get up to 4.5Ghz stable on his same processor, but you might get instability after 3.3Ghz. Did you get ripped off? Nope, just bad luck, that processor was tested for 3.0Ghz and is delivering every ounce of power that was promised.



Guess what, found out my ram timings were wrong (you would have noticed from the beginning if you knew something more than me about overclocking). I overclocked to 3,75GHz. Stress test for 4h with intel official overcloking tool, system fully stable, max temperature registered 68°C. I don't want to go over that to avoid forcing my CPU too much. Not bad for an un-overclockable 4 years old piece of silicon (you said that) isn't it?
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July 1, 2014 7:31:39 PM

Congratulations on solving the problem, I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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