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I5 3570k First time OC Help.

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  • Asus
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September 18, 2014 6:03:42 PM

Hello, i need someone to lend me a hand with my I5 OC.
Some time ago i bought this rig with the idea of doing OC some day but i was little scared of it.

Current Rig:
I5 3570k + Hyper 212+ (Pull&Push with Coolink SWIF2 1201)
Asus P8Z77 M - Pro
G.Skill 4x4 1600Mhz Sniper.
SSD Corsair 120gbs
WD 500gb
R9 290 Tri-X OC (bought it yesterday had 7870 oc)
Haf 912 Advanced (2x 120mm Coolink SWIF2 1201 and 2x 200mm coolermaster)
XFX 750w Core Edition Pro Series

Downloaded all the needed programs to OC: Prime95, OCCT, CPU-Z, HWTemp, Core Temp

First thing i did was to disable the following:
* Turbo
* EPU Saving Power Mode
* C3 and C6

Modified:
* C1E and EIST (Disable during tests and re enable when i finished)
*Then i set LCC to Extreme to begin. (Then changed it to medium because it was too much)
*Also setted Phase Control to Extreme.
*And last thing was voltage to Manual 1.1v to begin.
*Multiplier started x40.
*Ai Tuner to Manual.

Stock voltages where, Idle 0.970 and load arround 1.096/1.11. (Not sure about this dont remember exactly)

- First time i booted was ok. Tested with OCCT and no errors at 4GHZ with 1.1v Fixed voltage 1 hour of OCCT and Prime95 no erros or BSOD. (50-55 degrees)
- Then i tried to take it to 4.2GHz and had to rise to 1.13 to get stable OC with tests. (got some BSOD in the process) (55-60 degrees)

Now its running perfecly stable at 4.2 that was my goal, at least for now.
*C3 and C6 and Intel packege (Disabled)
*Offset Voltage +0.0010 ( Idle 0.823, load 1.16)
*Idle temps: 25-27 Load: 55-60

My doubt is in the voltage. Once i got that at 4.2 needed 1.13 to be stable i changed to offset mode and here is where i got confused. I want to leave power saving when idle.
First offset i started with +0.005 voltages: Idle 0.780 Load 1.14
Then i tried to use auto voltage but i didnt like much the idea because in guides they never leave it in auto. But i tried it anyway and idle was 0.830 and load 1.203, temp were too high 65+ and didnt like it, given it only needed 1.13 to be stable.

My question is did i done everything ok?

Is it wrong that idle voltages are that low? How do i rise them without rising load one i would like to be 0.950 like it was at auto mode or is it ok like that?

Will i lose lifespan of the chip if i go further (4.4 or more)? Is 4.2 a good OC for 24/7 without losing lifespan?

Right now everything is stable even at those low idle voltages that is my real doubt.
Hope i provided all the info needed.
Thank in advance.

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September 18, 2014 6:12:42 PM

High clock speed has nothing to do with the lifespan of the chip. High voltage and high temperature do.

Your chip should be able to do 4.4 GHz easily, if your cooler can keep it safely under 80 or so at load (It can go higher for sure, but it'll be noisy as heck and unpleasant to have next to you.) That chip is perfectly safe to be running at any voltage less than 1.3Ghz, even for extended periods of times. Obviously there's no reason to if you don't need it, but...

As for ofset voltage, I've never messed with it since you can often fine tweak the voltage better with a flat voltage.
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September 18, 2014 6:20:13 PM

Yeah the idea was to take some extra juice given i got yesteday the R9 290. I am not looking for an extreme OC. I been like 4 hours reading what all terms means to be able to touch the bios.
I used Asus Fan Xpert to manually set fan speeds in order to avoid noise and still have only 60 degrees.
Maybe i can try to get 4.4 then set it back to 4.2 if temps get too hot.

My real problem was the idle voltage i had read that is bad if it is too low. Some guides said less than 0.8 was bad but i really dont know.
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