- Oct 2, 2012
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So i have been tinkering around with my i5 this week and decided to give it a permanent OC, nothing crazy but just wanna get a little more juice and use of my k i5.
My specs are: i5 3570k, hyper 212 evo (properly installed with arctic silver), asrock pro4 z77, ect.. I decided to go with a low overclock of 4.2ghz for my everyday use , basically for gaming. Now i know i do not have the greatest of cpu coolers or mobas, but 4.2 is not asking for much and stock rigs can oc to it.
So since i have the pro4 moba i know im kinda limited on things such as set voltage and can only set to all cores with offsets.
After the typical offset trial and error with bsod and prime95 crashing, I had to go all the way to -0.040 offset to get stable. At this offset under 100% load with prime95 my core voltage is 1.224 to 1.216V sometimes dropping to 1.208v. For only a 42 OC this seems like a lot and i feel like i have a voltage hog chip. Also, after awhile in prime95 my temps get to 75c-85c (2nd care reached 90c for a sec at one point) not crazy high but for only 42 OC it seems a little much yes b/c i have to use a higher voltage (grant it, my room temperature is pretty hot in the summertime and 90f outside).
Do I just have the worst chip made ?
Anyone have any experience with the pro4 bios and can give me some tips? It is different than the extreme bios(llc- set on auto i found to be more stable. anything other than 100% makes voltage jump to high)
Just for fun i quickly tried to load up with 4.4ghz oc and had to get offset up to +0.035 or something stupid which im sure put my core v to like 1.3something..
i dont like breaking 1.3 cvolt.
My specs are: i5 3570k, hyper 212 evo (properly installed with arctic silver), asrock pro4 z77, ect.. I decided to go with a low overclock of 4.2ghz for my everyday use , basically for gaming. Now i know i do not have the greatest of cpu coolers or mobas, but 4.2 is not asking for much and stock rigs can oc to it.
So since i have the pro4 moba i know im kinda limited on things such as set voltage and can only set to all cores with offsets.
After the typical offset trial and error with bsod and prime95 crashing, I had to go all the way to -0.040 offset to get stable. At this offset under 100% load with prime95 my core voltage is 1.224 to 1.216V sometimes dropping to 1.208v. For only a 42 OC this seems like a lot and i feel like i have a voltage hog chip. Also, after awhile in prime95 my temps get to 75c-85c (2nd care reached 90c for a sec at one point) not crazy high but for only 42 OC it seems a little much yes b/c i have to use a higher voltage (grant it, my room temperature is pretty hot in the summertime and 90f outside).
Do I just have the worst chip made ?
Anyone have any experience with the pro4 bios and can give me some tips? It is different than the extreme bios(llc- set on auto i found to be more stable. anything other than 100% makes voltage jump to high)
Just for fun i quickly tried to load up with 4.4ghz oc and had to get offset up to +0.035 or something stupid which im sure put my core v to like 1.3something..
i dont like breaking 1.3 cvolt.
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