Currently running 4.6 Ghz, 4.8 is the max in the setting, but when using that it wont boot.. Solutions?
Last edited by ZeroTroubles; 03-16-2013 at 04:08 PM.
It´s on 1.4 , look at my edit.
When running prime95 for a minute or two, I got ~80C , so I'm lowering from 4.6 to 4.4 GhZ, I don't want to risk it too much.
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4.4 GhZ now. SuperPi takes 8 seconds to calculate 1 Million Pi digits.
Above are the results of Prime95 Torture Test (2nd option, full usage etc.) and CoreTemp.
So, I'll keep it running over night now and in the morning hope my house isn't burned down or my PC has a BSoD?
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after running for ~10 min
Please respond if it's safe for my hardware to let this test run over night.
Try running lower voltages.
You should always try to get the lowest stable VCORE.
Air cooling is generally not recommended for OCing at higher rates. It can work, but is not optimal. Lower OCs will run good but pushing them too hard will require more suitable cooling options. Though to be fair, some guy got his i7 to 5Ghz with just a Noctua HSF.
Anyways, it should not be hitting those temps on idle. At load, sure, but its still kinda high. Over 90 is a dangerous area, so keeping it far away from that is preferable. But your computer has fail-safes in it that prevent it from doing major damage. Your PC will just turn off if it hits critical stages.
Those were Prime95 temperatures, not idle temps ~60ish were idle.
Anyway
https://www.mpgh.net/forum/2-general/...peratures.html
Go to your BIOS and activate it there. Simples.
Should learn to manually overclock.
Usually the Auto OC will run higher voltages.
Last edited by Stevenom; 03-16-2013 at 06:40 PM.