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- Aug 22, 2016
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
- CPU
- i7-6700K
- Graphics
- WX 7100
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I overclocked my Z170X-UD5 TH, i7-6700K Hackintosh the simple way, via Gigabyte's "CPU Upgrade" option in the BIOS.
The system seems to run smoothly so far and performs notably better (much higher Geekbench result for instance).
Also, the clock of 4.5 GHz is correctly represented in Intel's Power Gadget.
However, the "About This Mac" dialogue is oddly stating a "4.3 GHz Intel Core i7" processor, which is not correct (should be 4.5 GHz. Or is this maybe the frequency the CPU is running without Turbo boost?
Here's what I did:
1. changed the BIOS settings under "M.I.T." > "Advanced Frequency Settings" to "CPU Upgrade i7-6700k CPU 4.5 GHz"
2. created a fresh SSDT for my overclocked CPU with ssdtPRGen.sh with
3. Added "4500" to "Frequency MHz" in "Cpu" in my Clover config.plist because the "About This Mac" dialog did not show the higher CPU frequency OOB and was still resting at 4.01 GHz.
I was reading through several overclocking guides but most of the people seem to ignore the wrongly stated values in the "About This Mac" dialogue.
Can anyone help me out with this? Did I do something wrong?
Many thanks in advance!
The system seems to run smoothly so far and performs notably better (much higher Geekbench result for instance).
Also, the clock of 4.5 GHz is correctly represented in Intel's Power Gadget.
However, the "About This Mac" dialogue is oddly stating a "4.3 GHz Intel Core i7" processor, which is not correct (should be 4.5 GHz. Or is this maybe the frequency the CPU is running without Turbo boost?
Here's what I did:
1. changed the BIOS settings under "M.I.T." > "Advanced Frequency Settings" to "CPU Upgrade i7-6700k CPU 4.5 GHz"
2. created a fresh SSDT for my overclocked CPU with ssdtPRGen.sh with
Code:
~/ssdtPRGen.sh -f 4500 -turbo 450
I was reading through several overclocking guides but most of the people seem to ignore the wrongly stated values in the "About This Mac" dialogue.
Can anyone help me out with this? Did I do something wrong?
Many thanks in advance!