Hello,
I started overclocking my i5-6600k today, I got to 4.5ghz at 1.3vcore, it ran prime95 stable for about 1 hour, afterwards I went to 4.6Ghz, the CPU didnt like it at all, I tried 1.3, 1.31, 1.32 and 1.33 vcore, it booted, but windows crashed every time. So I went with 4.5ghz 1.3vcore for further testing, everything is fine except CS:GO, it crashed a few times and I went back to 4.4ghz with 1.3vcore, which is running nicely. I had some weird RAM read/write errors [with the 4.5 setting], but they were gone after 2 restarts and did not happen again until now.
Overview of the changed values:
Multiplier is set to 44.
Vcore is set to 1.3.
LLC at level5 - as far as i get it, LLC brings the full load voltage and the idle voltage closer together, so i could just set it to the max, sacrificing a bit of CPU life, right?
CPU Core/Cache Current Limit max is set to the maximum.
So 4.4ghz is good, but this is the first attempt, i am pretty sure it can do more. But where do i go now? More vcore and try a multiplier of 46? I have not touched the BCLK at all, should i mess with it? I read the BCLK will mess with sata connection and the built-in sound card and so on, that would be pretty bad.
The other hardware, which is probably interesting at some point:
Mainboard: asus Z170 pro [it is not the 'pro gaming' one]
RAM: 2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill with 3000mhz [intel XMP activated]
GPU: 1070 Zotac amp extreme
PSU: be quiet powerzone 750W
SSD: 2 Samsung SSDs
HDD: 4HDDs, 3x 3,5" 1x 2,5"
CPU Fan: be quiet dark rock topflow
CPU: i5 6600k skylake (obvious...)
Case: some phanteks one with windows
Fans: 2x 140mm (front) 1x 120mm (back)
The most interesting thing is probably the CPU cooler, be quiet states it can handle up to 220W TDP - should not be the problem, compared to most of the other CPU cooler it looks weird, but i could not fit a bigger one into my old case, so...
Temperature should not be a problem as well, the fans are barely running and it never went over 80 degrees celsius.
So main questions:
- might reinstalling CS/other games fix the crash issue?
- what should i try next? There are a lot of options, more vcore with 4.6? Like 1.35?
- LLC to the max?
- mess with the BCLK?
- is the CPU cooler or other hardware the bottleneck?
- am i doing something completly wrong?
lg
Dessy
edit: as this is skylake the thermal paste intel used is pretty bad, should i change that one? If yes: is liquid metal a good option? I do not want to change the liquid metal every year, removing and mounting the CPU cooler is a pain.