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Overclock 4790k GA Z97X-UD3H Easy Bios Settings
Many people have this setup so I thought it would be interesting to have a thread to post our settings on. I am a casual clocker. I just want a stable clock speed to run without hassle on a daily basis with everything working right. My other rig is a 2600k 3.4 which I clocked to a stable 4.6. It is still running at that after 5 years or so.
The standard 4790 clocks in at 3.6GHz. And the K at 4 GHz. Having played around with the 4790K for a few days it seems pretty good. Intel marketing made a smart move here. I think they feel they gave away the 2600K too cheaply.
I tried many different ways to get this chip to 5 GHz and my best was 4.8, but I could only get this using the Base Clock and it was not stable. I really thought I had cracked it, and used it for a few hours but then found it would not wake from sleep.
With the Gigabite GA Z97X-UD3H it is very easy to clock to a stable 4.7GHz. With the usual Hackintosh settings in place, here are the bios settings I am using.
frequency
CPU Clock 4.0
Advanced CPU Core Settings
Turbo Cores all set to 4.7
voltage
CPU Vcore 1.35
ram
Profile 1
Performance Enhanced
Multiplier 2133
Of course, when going for the highest CPU it may be best to leave off the RAM profile and set to more stability.
Temps are idle 29C Load 80C Ambient 20C.
Always check your Vcore voltage in HWmonitor. You don't want it going much over 1.4v and the board will always up that setting a bit with all the the auto settings. Make sure your CPU Opt fan is set to full speed in PC health bios, if you are using a liquid cooler.
I hope this will help some beginners to unleash a bit more power. Also, if you have some good setting for 4790k GA Z97X-UD3H, please post on this thread.
Many people have this setup so I thought it would be interesting to have a thread to post our settings on. I am a casual clocker. I just want a stable clock speed to run without hassle on a daily basis with everything working right. My other rig is a 2600k 3.4 which I clocked to a stable 4.6. It is still running at that after 5 years or so.
The standard 4790 clocks in at 3.6GHz. And the K at 4 GHz. Having played around with the 4790K for a few days it seems pretty good. Intel marketing made a smart move here. I think they feel they gave away the 2600K too cheaply.
I tried many different ways to get this chip to 5 GHz and my best was 4.8, but I could only get this using the Base Clock and it was not stable. I really thought I had cracked it, and used it for a few hours but then found it would not wake from sleep.
With the Gigabite GA Z97X-UD3H it is very easy to clock to a stable 4.7GHz. With the usual Hackintosh settings in place, here are the bios settings I am using.
frequency
CPU Clock 4.0
Advanced CPU Core Settings
Turbo Cores all set to 4.7
voltage
CPU Vcore 1.35
ram
Profile 1
Performance Enhanced
Multiplier 2133
Of course, when going for the highest CPU it may be best to leave off the RAM profile and set to more stability.
Temps are idle 29C Load 80C Ambient 20C.
Always check your Vcore voltage in HWmonitor. You don't want it going much over 1.4v and the board will always up that setting a bit with all the the auto settings. Make sure your CPU Opt fan is set to full speed in PC health bios, if you are using a liquid cooler.
I hope this will help some beginners to unleash a bit more power. Also, if you have some good setting for 4790k GA Z97X-UD3H, please post on this thread.