How far should I overclock

patricky

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Mar 9, 2015
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Hi I have a i5 6600k on an Asus z170-a and cooling with frostflow 240l aio water cooler. I am wondering how far should I overclock and what voltage I should use. My ram is 16gb crucial ballistix max 2400. Any with same specs and experience? Pls help
 
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i have a i5 6600k and an asus z170-e mb. i was able to get 4.5ghz at 1.350 voltage. i think that's a decent place to start. but all chips are unique, you may have more success than me.

change your multiplyer to 45x and change to manual voltage 1.350. edit: also change LLC to 5, and turn off speed step and c-states if they're on. if, after stress testing, it's stable, try to reduce the voltage 0.010 at a time. or increase if you have to.

i'd avoid going to 1.400 voltage. it'll depend on how high your temps get too. if it's unstable or too hot try 44x and less voltage.

currently i have mine at 42x and 1.200 voltage. for 24/7 use

hwlr77

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Apr 25, 2017
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i have a i5 6600k and an asus z170-e mb. i was able to get 4.5ghz at 1.350 voltage. i think that's a decent place to start. but all chips are unique, you may have more success than me.

change your multiplyer to 45x and change to manual voltage 1.350. edit: also change LLC to 5, and turn off speed step and c-states if they're on. if, after stress testing, it's stable, try to reduce the voltage 0.010 at a time. or increase if you have to.

i'd avoid going to 1.400 voltage. it'll depend on how high your temps get too. if it's unstable or too hot try 44x and less voltage.

currently i have mine at 42x and 1.200 voltage. for 24/7 use
 
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