New to overclocking i7 6700k help needed

Ayousry

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Hi guys ,

Am very new to overclocking , and after watching a utube video i did the following:

Open Gigabyte bios menu
Changed CPU freq ratio from auto to 44=4.4ghz

Changed vcore From auto to 1.275

Now i dont know how to do a stress test but i did stressed cpu via cpuz
For 1 min then ran a very demanding flightsim to check volts and temps

I got it bet 1.200 to 1.29v
And temp 50-65c

Is it safe to keep these settings ?

Secondly i tried 4.5ghz and win10
Started normally and even temp and volts was fine but when i started the same flightsim win10 crashed!!!

Why did it crash when i hv stable volts and temps?!

Thanks



 
Solution
If your CPU isn't stable it probably needs more voltage. DO NOT overdo it. 1.35v is the highest I would go on these newer chips if you want them to last.

The first overclock is pretty mild. That is only slightly above the boost clock.

Faktion

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If your CPU isn't stable it probably needs more voltage. DO NOT overdo it. 1.35v is the highest I would go on these newer chips if you want them to last.

The first overclock is pretty mild. That is only slightly above the boost clock.
 
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Mikel_4

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    ■ Maximize your cooling 1st, increase case's air flow (faster/bigger intake fans), use top TIM such as arctic MX4.
    ■ If you after high speed, there's a good chance if you only use two cores only, some apps perform better to high MHz rather than cores count.
 

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