Dear people of Tom's Hardware, I am going to attempt my first ever CPU overclock using a Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 motherboard. My CPU is an i5-4690k, and my BIOS are up-to-date. I will be getting a Cooler Master Hyper Evo 212 before I attempt to do it, so don't worry about my current setup. (The rest of my computer specifications can be found here - http://textuploader.com/axlfq
). Anyway, my main question is this: how should I go about overclocking Uncore? I know its significance is way less than the core multiplier, but I want to do it anyways.
I am using this guide right here - http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics for all of my knowledge. I have read just about the whole thing and have a lot of notes taken from it. I also notice that it is rather old, and the guy who made it posted it over 3 years ago (not sure if he updated it).
Anyway, my questions about the Uncore frequency (which I'm guessing is calculated the same way as the core multiplier, baseclock x multiplier = X amount of MHz), are these:
1. In the guide I'm following, the OP said to set the Uncore to x33 for Gigabyte motherboards. I have re-read what he has said about it, but just want to check with other people who might've had similar experiences with this setting. Here is where I'm confused: will I still be able to overclock Uncore, because, unless I'm reading this wrong, I can't have it manually set to the stock value otherwise it will overclock automatically. Anyone else know anything about this?
2. Is it necessary to change Uncore voltage (Vring/Cache voltage) if I want to get a higher multiplier? If so, how much does it affect CPU temperature?
). Anyway, my main question is this: how should I go about overclocking Uncore? I know its significance is way less than the core multiplier, but I want to do it anyways.
I am using this guide right here - http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics for all of my knowledge. I have read just about the whole thing and have a lot of notes taken from it. I also notice that it is rather old, and the guy who made it posted it over 3 years ago (not sure if he updated it).
Anyway, my questions about the Uncore frequency (which I'm guessing is calculated the same way as the core multiplier, baseclock x multiplier = X amount of MHz), are these:
1. In the guide I'm following, the OP said to set the Uncore to x33 for Gigabyte motherboards. I have re-read what he has said about it, but just want to check with other people who might've had similar experiences with this setting. Here is where I'm confused: will I still be able to overclock Uncore, because, unless I'm reading this wrong, I can't have it manually set to the stock value otherwise it will overclock automatically. Anyone else know anything about this?
2. Is it necessary to change Uncore voltage (Vring/Cache voltage) if I want to get a higher multiplier? If so, how much does it affect CPU temperature?
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