- Jun 19, 2012
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Hello all, It's been a long time since I've posted to this forum but last time I did, when I began to build my first PC, I received extremely good, helpful opinions and information from numerous members of the community. I appreciated that greatly and it made it possible for me a relative newbie to complete the project, problem free and very satisfied. This was about 2 years ago.
Well here I am onto my next "First time" with as the title states "Overclocking"
Here are my specs before I get to the problem
Intel i7 3930k
Asus Rampage Extreme IV
16gb (2x 8) of RAM (Ripsaw G skill)
GTX 690
windows 7 64 bit OS
Corsair 850w PSU
Corsair H1000 Hyrdro cooling system
The problem is that when I went to try and overclock by following an online guide I found
http://www.overclock.net/t/1271026/ocn-net-asus-rampage-iv-extreme-overclocking-guide
I followed it completely, using the (gamer preset overclock option in my Rampage extreme bios). I rebooted and it froze before I could download any of the core temp and burn in test.
So I re entered the bios and tried the same preset option and not touching anything else. I got eager and ran a benchmark from Total War: Rome 2 and got an average of 60 something fps but it stuttered and spiked constantly. (on the settings I have it on, running the same test previously, I had an avg of 100 fps and no stuttering or spikes)
So I again entered the bios and restored to default settings but even after returning to default It seemed a very small bit slower and was slightly so in the same Total War: Rome 2 benchmark test.
I WOULD LOVE TO overclock and it seemed so easy, which was one of the reasons I purchased that particular setup. So if anyone could offer any advice or reasons as to why I got frame rate drops and whether or not my PSU can handle the OCing. I'm pretty novice with this stuff so I apologize and tanks in advanced.
Well here I am onto my next "First time" with as the title states "Overclocking"
Here are my specs before I get to the problem
Intel i7 3930k
Asus Rampage Extreme IV
16gb (2x 8) of RAM (Ripsaw G skill)
GTX 690
windows 7 64 bit OS
Corsair 850w PSU
Corsair H1000 Hyrdro cooling system
The problem is that when I went to try and overclock by following an online guide I found
http://www.overclock.net/t/1271026/ocn-net-asus-rampage-iv-extreme-overclocking-guide
I followed it completely, using the (gamer preset overclock option in my Rampage extreme bios). I rebooted and it froze before I could download any of the core temp and burn in test.
So I re entered the bios and tried the same preset option and not touching anything else. I got eager and ran a benchmark from Total War: Rome 2 and got an average of 60 something fps but it stuttered and spiked constantly. (on the settings I have it on, running the same test previously, I had an avg of 100 fps and no stuttering or spikes)
So I again entered the bios and restored to default settings but even after returning to default It seemed a very small bit slower and was slightly so in the same Total War: Rome 2 benchmark test.
I WOULD LOVE TO overclock and it seemed so easy, which was one of the reasons I purchased that particular setup. So if anyone could offer any advice or reasons as to why I got frame rate drops and whether or not my PSU can handle the OCing. I'm pretty novice with this stuff so I apologize and tanks in advanced.
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