- Joined
- Sep 24, 2011
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- ASUS P9X79 PRO
- CPU
- i7-3930K @ 3.2 GHz
- Graphics
- GTX 980 TI
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
I am completely new to overclocking and am trying to achieve a realistic 4.2 or 4.3 stable overclock with the 3930K and Asus P9X79 Pro. For my first attempt, I did the noob thing and left almost everything on Auto and just raised the multiplier. This resulted in some higher than average temps (75-79 C on hottest core) and resulted in me posting here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/hardware-...locking-noob-these-temps-okay.html#post616582
Dschijn was great at calming me down and helping me understand how it all works a bit better. I did more research and I am now manually configuring the CPU VCORE voltage to try and get this cooler. I have given up on getting to 4.3 GHz and am trying to efficiently hit 4.2 GHz. The strange thing is, doing this manually has resulted in a slightly VCORE voltage of 1.350 (auto gave me 1.332). So now I have even higher temps, but possibly a more stable system?
I have attached a picture of my temps while running Prime95 torture test for reference. The first one is about 20 minutes into the test and the other is an hour later. Am I doing something wrong or does this seem correct?
Dschijn was great at calming me down and helping me understand how it all works a bit better. I did more research and I am now manually configuring the CPU VCORE voltage to try and get this cooler. I have given up on getting to 4.3 GHz and am trying to efficiently hit 4.2 GHz. The strange thing is, doing this manually has resulted in a slightly VCORE voltage of 1.350 (auto gave me 1.332). So now I have even higher temps, but possibly a more stable system?
I have attached a picture of my temps while running Prime95 torture test for reference. The first one is about 20 minutes into the test and the other is an hour later. Am I doing something wrong or does this seem correct?