Help me overclock my GPU

Erothes · May 15, 2017

So I used to use the performance mode in AI suite 3, which worked great it boosted my i7 6700k and my gtx 1060 to where I had 200-300 fps on the Unigine Valley Benchmark with ultra quality, but something happend and now its just shit so I need your help.
I have a 500 watt power supply from EVGA, gigabyte 1060 6gb xtreme gaming and a i7 6700k.
I have tried tinkering around with MSI afterburner and best I got was 100-130 fps with core voltage (%) on 50 and Corce clock (MHz) on 325, which dont get me wrong is enough for me but when I tried to overclock it again to that after restarting my PC because of installations the program just crashed and my PC froze completely and I had to reboot it.

ObelixThe · May 15, 2017

Looks like a degraded PSU.

Erothes · May 15, 2017

ObelixThe :

Though I dont get any error messages regarding the PSU

PS: if it is, how long can I have it without it damaging any other hardware? I will be able to get a new one really soon, and I am thinking about one of the Corsair's 650 watts, any recommendations?

ObelixThe · May 15, 2017

Corsair is a <mod edit> brand. Get a EVGA or Seasonic.

<Mod warning: You've been a member here long enough to know better than to use profanity>

Erothes · May 15, 2017

ObelixThe :

any spesific recommendations?

Specs:
i7 6700k
gigabyte 1060 6gb xtreme gaming
z170 pro gaming
WD blue 1 tb 7200 rpm 3.5 (planning on buying one more and a samsung 850 evo ssd)
8 gb of 2133mhz ram (planning on buying 16 gb of the same later)

Main use is for gaming, use is 8+ hours per day (not everything is gaming)

ObelixThe · May 15, 2017

SeaSonic - Snow Silent 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply or, EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Erothes · May 15, 2017

ObelixThe :

After I purchase the PSU, can I just swap it and it will work? ofc make sure everything is disconnected from power and electricity and all that before.

ObelixThe · May 16, 2017

Erothes :

Go ahead it should be fine then

RobCrezz · May 16, 2017

Wait, dont just purchase a PSU. This is very unlikely to be a PSU problem.

When you get bad scores post overclock, its usually either being pushed into a low clock state from a unstable overclock, or you have overclocked the vram (memory) too high and its gone into error checking mode.

Can you post the full overclock settings?

Put the voltage back to stock, but put the power limit to MAX.

Erothes · May 16, 2017

ObelixThe :

Thank you for helping me, two last questions:

Can having the degraded PSU in place damage my hardware (not using anything extreme or gaming) just so I know as im getting the PSU in 2-6 days.

and when I install the PSU should the performance go back to what it was before? as in what I've mentioned with the performance mode on AI suite 3.

Thanks in advance.

Erothes · May 16, 2017

RobCrezz :

Should I just set the limit to full, voltage to 0% and core clock to 0 like that?
http://prntscr.com/f8jg26

RobCrezz · May 16, 2017

Are you using the default skin of afterburner?

Check in the settings in case it needs to be unlocked.

okcnaline · May 16, 2017

Erothes :

Which EVGA PSU?

Try to restore to stock settings on the GPU and start from there again.

Erothes · May 16, 2017

RobCrezz :

yeah I found it, it is kinda stupid, first what I thought was the skin was actually something else

Erothes · May 16, 2017

okcnaline :

Erothes :

Which EVGA PSU?

Try to restore to stock settings on the GPU and start from there again.

EVGA White Power 500 v2 80+ White certified
and:
https://prnt.sc/f8jg26

turkey3_scratch · May 16, 2017

Did you get malware or something that'd throttling your performance?

Erothes · May 16, 2017

turkey3_scratch :

I dont know, maybe, but unlikely

I will run a full windows defender scan

okcnaline · May 16, 2017

Erothes :

Yep, I don't think a PSU named after a certain racist movement can pull enough power to OC your GPU.

Try raising the voltage to 10%.

Erothes · May 16, 2017

okcnaline :

When I saw that it literally had ''white power'' on it I laughed so hard.
its basically a 500 watt 80+ white certified.

10% with 0 in core clock?

PS: I got warned that this PSU might not be enough for when I want to overclock, but then I didnt really have much money and I wanted to get done with my build ASAP so I bought the current one, I think upgrading is one possibility that is likely to happen degraded PSU or not.

EDIT: oh wow, I set the core voltage to +10 (%) and was suriprised.
Benchmark: UniGine Valley, all 18 scenes, ultra quality, direct3d11, 1920x1080 fullscreen
core voltage and core clock = +0
min fps 8.4
max fps 46.4
Core voltage = +10 (%) core clock = +0
avg fps 40,
min fps 8.6
max fps 129.6,

Still not the best I could get especially with the WIDE fps gap, but I think it is progress,
oh and apparently the program thinks im on windows 8 while i am actually on windows 10 xD

okcnaline · May 16, 2017

Erothes :

Yep, I'm guessing what the program meant by "+0 voltage" is in fact, 0V. :lol:
Do 50% voltage. If it's crashing again, lower by 5% until stable. If not crashing, heighten by 5% until stable.

And yep, while the PSU can handle your current build, it's no way stable enough to pull enough voltage for any OC.

Erothes · May 16, 2017

okcnaline :

it is core voltage in % and when I benchmark my GPU voltage goes even up to 1.050! but the problem is that there are sudden dips both in the core clock, memory clock and voltage.

I really dislike the big gap of fps, +50 seemed to be even worse and +55 is just a total disaster, not in terms of crashing but fps, +55 barely hit 47 max fps on the benchmark

okcnaline · May 16, 2017

Erothes :

Restore to stock settings and save up until you can get enough money for this little puppy:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151136

While your PSU may be able to handle everything stock, it the GPU somehow doesn't receive enough voltage to run any overclock. It'll still run the GPU at stock, though.

Erothes · May 16, 2017

okcnaline :

Though I managed to get 200-350 fps on the same settings in the benchmark before with the performance mode setting in AI suite 3, though it was 1680x1050 res, still.. and I was actually planning on buying:
EVGA SuperNOVA P2 750W

for now the best I get is from +10, might tinker around a bit more with it and see while waiting for the PSU when I actually decide to buy it which wont be long from now.
Some concerns are: the dips of voltage, core clock and memory clock in msi afterburner hardware monitor, that it might be using only 4 cores instead of the total 8 (i7 6700k) and the HUGE gap between fps as of now.

okcnaline · May 16, 2017

... ... ... ...

So your 200-350FPS is actually about 100-200FPS in 1080P. Okay...

Don't get that PSU. It's a waste of money. You don't need 750W, much less something 80+ Platinum. Your current build, without OC, only pulls about 450W. Even with OC you may not pull more than 112W, barely ~50W more than the 450W you build pulls. A high quality 550W would be sufficient.

Erothes · May 16, 2017

okcnaline :

well 350 sometimes, if I were to be more specific I would say 200-280.
And you sure 550W would be good? I am planning on upgrading in the future to perhaps a 1080, I think a 650W Gold will be enough, though I am contemplating on buy a EVGA supernova 750 g2 seen as there is virtually no price different between that and a EVGA super nova 650 g3 (Literally a 4 dollar difference!)

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