Looking for help OCing a 4790K

[Twisty]

Here is my speccy:

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/ZjL3MBpT8OpeDL874TU4aHl


Any help would be appreciated. You give me the #s to safely try, and I will enter them and test

 

[PSCO2007]

KBRADY1979 is the resident expert on OCing.

I'm sure he'll be along shortly-if not, PM him,I'm sure he'd be glad to help.

Just realized you cannot PM until you have more posts, but Kelly will be here, I'm sure.

 

[carwiz]

Looks like a fresh system and install. I'd run it for a week of so to make sure you don't have any hardware and/or software issues before overclocking. That will also give the heatsink compound a chance to set. Besides that, It will give you time to read up on overclocking and learn what items are critical to a stable system.

 

[kbrady1979]

LOL I'm far from the resident OC'ing expert, but thanks for the compliment! If it were Ivy Bridge, I could have you overclocked in a few minutes.........Haswell/Z97 setups, on the other hand, are quite a bit more complicated to do it correctly. There are some other guys on here that have overclocked Haswell CPU's successfully and safely and I'm sure they will be able to help you out.

I have to agree with carwiz also.........I'd run it stock for a week or so to make sure things work like they are supposed to. Take this time to stress test it to record voltages, temps and to find a good guide on OC'ing that particular CPU/Mobo. I bet there's a guide out there that tells you exactly what each feature does, what to change and what not to change.

What kind of CPU cooler do you have?

 

[Twisty]

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

 

[Twisty]

bump

 

[Layback Bear]

I don't know why you are bumping.
Have you done any of the stress test while you are at default and recorded results as recommended?
My clock says it hasn't been a week or so.

Please read the forum rules.

http://www.sevenforums.com/misc.php?do=showrules

2) No useless posts, e.g., thread bumping, useless one liners, junk posting to increase post count, and identical multi-postings in different forums.

 

[Twisty]

what kind of stress test software should I use, is what I was getting at.

 

[carwiz]

Unless you're in a hurry to RMA parts, you shouldn't be doing any "stress" test now. The parts need a period of "burn-in" and that's done with light usage. Did you even read the manual for your CPU and motherboard? I guess not since you didn't read the directions here?

 

[Layback Bear]

Things to do on my new systems.
1. Run your system for a week or so at default with no stress test to make sure everything is working properly.
Always watching the temps.
2. Stress test my system at default and log the readings.
Ambient temps
CPU temps
GPU temps
Load
Under load time.
This information will let me know if everything is okay before continuing.
It will also give me a log I can compare with when I over clock.

 

[AddRAM]

Agreed, use the pc for awhile before you have a meltdown

 

[Twisty]

I didn't even put it together.

I'll give it a few weeks at normal speed. It just crashed today after 3 days of being solid.

Thanks and sorry

 

[Layback Bear]

Twisty I have been looking over your threads. They are all over for this problem.

http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/337054-bsod-only-when-pc-sits-idle-random-time-2.html

Likely this will be on the bclk. Another thing I noticed was the vcore is reporting at 1.808v.

You need to stick with one thread so we can help you.
1.808 vcore will fry your cpu and motherboard if it hasn't already.

So please make sure you system is stock (default).

 

[Twisty]

it is 1.2v in the bios. It's falsely reporting it.

that is the only thread I have...are you mistaken? This one is something totally different...

 

[Layback Bear]

We have no way of know what is falsely reported; all we can do is read your post.
All these could be caused by the same thing. Over clocking and over heating.
We are trying to help you but we can't chase you all over the forum.
You may have more than one problem but you must be sure you don't have a overheating problem and your system will run default without problems before the other problems can be addressed.
This is not tweeter or Facebook. This is the best Windows 7 help forum in the world. You must help us help you by concentrating on the subject at hand. Fixing your computer. Please post back in this thread so we all can follow how things are going.

Now run your computer at default for a week or so. Watch your temps and record them. We need this information. If you have to remove the side panel because your system get to hot we need to know things like that.
Heat will destroy a computer.


Post #3
It hasn't happened since I removed the side of my case to check the fans on the GFX card... hmmmmmm

hope it's not an overheating issue. How do I check the temp of my gfx card?

From here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/337054-bsod-only-when-pc-sits-idle-random-time.html


Post #13
Another thing I noticed was the vcore is reporting at 1.808v.

From here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/337054-bsod-only-when-pc-sits-idle-random-time-2.html


And of course this thread.
http://www.sevenforums.com/pc-custom-builds-overclocking/337292-looking-help-ocing-4790k-2.html

 

[Twisty]

its been running at stock settings. Not sure why it reports higher than 4.0 GHz.


http://speccy.piriform.com/results/XAiRePBjJNXDWouRnC8fGms

 

[carwiz]

Yeah, I saw those too. I'm removing myself from this one.

 

[Twisty]

The temps have been fine all this time. it's mainly that vcore that is puzzling me. Bios shows it as 1.2v, but the speccy shows 1.8v for some reason

 

[Layback Bear]

Vcore at 1.2 is great.
Make sure Speccy is updated. Or you could remove it and reinstall it.

You could also install Real Temp. It' works well with Intel cpu's.
Only run one temp program at a time.

 

[Twisty]

I went back into the bios and noticed it was set to 1.072v, so that could explain it.

I change it so 1.3v - should i put it at 1.2v?


Also - forgot to mention it crashed while I was at work this whole time - sitting idle.

I'll attach some screenies to show you what my BIOS looks like.


http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/14/07/11/8vu.png