Cant get past 4.0Ghz without having to increase the core voltage over 1.300 and up on the Asrock H81M DGS r2.0

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Im having a problem getting past 4.0Ghz on my Pentium G3258 on the Asrock H81M DGS r2.0 and my vcore is at 1.280v . I could get 4.1Ghz at 1.330v and 4.2GHZ at 1.380v but those voltages are too high and over the recommended limit of 1.300v . I have invested into a MSI Z97S SLI Krait Motherboard since its a Z series and is meant and built for overclocking which is meant to come tomorrow but am kind of worried that it wont make a difference to how much I can overclock the Pentium G3258. Will I be able to overclock the chip further at lower voltages than now ?

I am looking to use this chip for another few months while I save up for an i5 4690K but I want to get the best performance I can out of the chip.
 
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Yes , I'm using the Hyper 103 and Temps didn't exceed 60c when undergoing a 1 hour CPU stress test in OCCT
 
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Do you think I could reach 4.4Ghz or even higher?

UPDATE: Also when replacing the current board with the new one will I have to reinstall OS ?
 
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How high you can OC a G3258 (or any other haswell processor) is almost entirely determined by your luck in the chip lottery.
I think you got a less capable than average chip.
Still 4.0 is a nice 25% boost over 3.0

It is the vcore that drives up the temperature and I would not try to go past 1.30v, even if you had a cooler that could handle more heat.


 
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So theres not even the smallest chance of a better overclock ?
 
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Will hope for the best but ill give an update tomorrow when I have the new board.

Also when replacing the current board with a new one are there any steps I should take before I do so ?
 
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Well, you can do 4.2 at a higher Vcore.
So, possibly a Z97 chipset designed with overclocking in mind can do better.
It can't hurt.

Realistically, though, how much do you really need 4.2 compared to 4.0?
Take what you can get now and hope for better luck with a 4690K.
 
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There are some possible issues with a new motherboard.
If you can boot, and likely you can, then all you really need to do is install the drivers that will come on a cd with your new motherboard.
If you can not, you are looking at a clean reinstall.

You may have an activation issue if your windows copy is OEM.
A OEM license is tied to your original motherboard.

MS is lenient on reactivation so long as you convince them that you are not a pirate and that this copy of windows is used nowhere else.

 
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When you do a clean install, you will create a new, empty registry.
Any programs that used the registry will no longer run and will need to be reinstalled.
I understand that steam games have a solution for this, but I am not knowledgeable on that.
 
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