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Howsit gents,

So I will be overclocking my 4770k 4790K (turns out I have the bigger daddy) and Palit 1080.

Anything I should look out for specifically?

Also, what thermal paste should I be looking at? I have the 4770k under a H80i at the moment, and getting a H100i the weekend. When I replace the H80i I want to add some decent thermal paste. I also think the Palit is due for a proper cleaning and thermal paste replacement.

Any advice or comments welcome.
 
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otherwise if you want to. i have a tube of Cooler Master Master Gel Maker if you want.
 
So I started with a mild OC on the GPU.

power limit: 120%
Core clock: +212
Memory Clock: +98

Should I try more, or is that mild enough to be safe? Max temp of around 4hours of on time and gaming is 68degrees.

Placebo, or the update, or just a general more positive outlook on things, BUT I think I am definitely getting better frames in Apex. I will be running some more scientific tests the weekend to test the real world improvement. CPU still on stock errything till tonight.
 
Sheesh man I think 200+ on the CPU (correction - Core) is not bad at all. Memory can usually go quite a bit higher in my experience. Never used it but I think the app is called Fraps, that'll show the frames on screen.


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200 on the core is freaking insane, that would put your boost clock at over 2200mzh, my msi gaming x does +140 on the clock and +650 on mem. After that it gets child like unhappy.

And on my 4790k(delidded with Conductonaut) and Hydronaut between ihs and pump doing 4.8ghz @1.3v with crazy good temps.

You should easily get 4.6 on your CPU but from what I've learned 4.8 is the highest these really like to go unless you absolutely hit the silicon lottery.

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So I started with a mild OC on the GPU.

power limit: 120%
Core clock: +212
Memory Clock: +98

Should I try more, or is that mild enough to be safe? Max temp of around 4hours of on time and gaming is 68degrees.

Placebo, or the update, or just a general more positive outlook on things, BUT I think I am definitely getting better frames in Apex. I will be running some more scientific tests the weekend to test the real world improvement. CPU still on stock errything till tonight.

The Palits are beasts when it comes to overclocking. But what game did you use to test it with? Because some are way more demanding than other.

My suggestion is to use GPU-z, msi afterburner, and something like Heaven (because tesselation can wreck a card). Go look for a guide how to setup afterburner so you have full OSD while running something like heaven in the background.

See what gpu-z says is your mem type and check the sensors page while heaven is looping. You should be able to get memory up to 550 ish... But for now gradually raise the speed 50 increments while heaven is running till you hit a speed it crashes (with you core set to 0 for the time being). Then raise your core in 10mhz increments till you hit a temp it crashes.

Bob's your uncle. You have a free 1080.5
 
The Palits are beasts when it comes to overclocking. But what game did you use to test it with? Because some are way more demanding than other.

My suggestion is to use GPU-z, msi afterburner, and something like Heaven (because tesselation can wreck a card). Go look for a guide how to setup afterburner so you have full OSD while running something like heaven in the background.

See what gpu-z says is your mem type and check the sensors page while heaven is looping. You should be able to get memory up to 550 ish... But for now gradually raise the speed 50 increments while heaven is running till you hit a speed it crashes (with you core set to 0 for the time being). Then raise your core in 10mhz increments till you hit a temp it crashes.

Bob's your uncle. You have a free 1080.5
Thanks dude!

Will definitely try that method. I ran through heaven bench twice to insure no artifacting takes place and all seems good. Will turn it down, get the memory to where it could be then push the core again.


200 on the core is freaking insane, that would put your boost clock at over 2200mzh, my msi gaming x does +140 on the clock and +650 on mem. After that it gets child like unhappy.

And on my 4790k(delidded with Conductonaut) and Hydronaut between ihs and pump doing 4.8ghz @1.3v with crazy good temps.

You should easily get 4.6 on your CPU but from what I've learned 4.8 is the highest these really like to go unless you absolutely hit the silicon lottery.

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CPUs turn tonight. I think I will already be happy at around 4.5, but more is always better. Am I going to have to do a lot of back forth to get it to 4.5?
 
Sheesh man I think 200+ on the CPU (correction - Core) is not bad at all. Memory can usually go quite a bit higher in my experience. Never used it but I think the app is called Fraps, that'll show the frames on screen.


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Fraps is oldschool and an extra program. Rather just use nvidea overlay to show fps for any games running.
 
Thanks dude!

Will definitely try that method. I ran through heaven bench twice to insure no artifacting takes place and all seems good. Will turn it down, get the memory to where it could be then push the core again.




CPUs turn tonight. I think I will already be happy at around 4.5, but more is always better. Am I going to have to do a lot of back forth to get it to 4.5?

Depends on your motherboard. But it should go to 4.5 almost without any effort.
 
Is that it nowadays? :/

Haha yeah. Unfortunately there's not a lot of fun/accomplishment overclocking that beast CPU. They have to make it idiot proof. Where it gets fun is if you want to cross the 5ghz threshold. Then its play time and a lot of frustration.

The gpu also, can get a lot of easy performance for free... Its when you fine tune and try to max it that it gets interesting/difficult/impossibru. Go watch jayz2cents. Cant stand the man but he knows what he's doing most of the time
 
Haha yeah. Unfortunately there's not a lot of fun/accomplishment overclocking that beast CPU. They have to make it idiot proof. Where it gets fun is if you want to cross the 5ghz threshold. Then its play time and a lot of frustration.

The gpu also, can get a lot of easy performance for free... Its when you fine tune and try to max it that it gets interesting/difficult/impossibru. Go watch jayz2cents. Cant stand the man but he knows what he's doing most of the time
Yeah 5.0ghz on these are not cool, i get it to boot, but no sterss, you need to pump 1.45v and your cpu is gonna age years in days unfortunately.
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Yeah 5.0ghz on these are not cool, i get it to boot, but no sterss, you need to pump 1.45v and your cpu is gonna age years in days unfortunately.
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Daayyuuuum! But running at 5Ghz, would there be any real improvement in fps?
 
Yeah 5.0ghz on these are not cool, i get it to boot, but no sterss, you need to pump 1.45v and your cpu is gonna age years in days unfortunately.
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Does your pc live in a freezer? Coz that is damn impressive temps at 4.8ghz. Mine on the CM 212 air used to max out at 65, which was okay for me but obviously i'd prefer cooler. And agree 100%, the 'jump' between 4.5 and 5 is actually not that impressive for games. I actually experienced worse performance going anything over 4.7 - probably related to stability issues. Finding the sweet spot for everything working together gives a sense of accomplishment though
 
Daayyuuuum! But running at 5Ghz, would there be any real improvement in fps?
Well at 4.8 it's around 15% faster than stock, but couldn't test anything really on as i didn't want to put 1.45v to get it stable

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Well at 4.8 it's around 15% faster than stock, but couldn't test anything really on as i didn't want to put 1.45v to get it stable

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15% improvement in clock speeds does not translate to 15% improvement in fps though. :'(

Again, I guess it is a sweetspot thing.
 
Does your pc live in a freezer? Coz that is damn impressive temps at 4.8ghz. Mine on the CM 212 air used to max out at 65, which was okay for me but obviously i'd prefer cooler. And agree 100%, the 'jump' between 4.5 and 5 is actually not that impressive for games. I actually experienced worse performance going anything over 4.7 - probably related to stability issues. Finding the sweet spot for everything working together gives a sense of accomplishment though
I'm running under a CM ML240L in a nzxt H500 case, I have to say I'm really impressed with the case airflow which, if you look at the design you'd never think it would do so great in the airflow department.

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I am relieved, and somewhat disappointed that my CPU overclock is going to be a 2 click thing.
 
I am relieved, and somewhat disappointed that my CPU overclock is going to be a 2 click thing.
Don't think of the "increase multiplier" as all you could do. Lowering your volts and finding the lowest it can go whilst still keeping said multiplayer is part of OCing and where some more tinkering comes into play
 
Don't think of the "increase multiplier" as all you could do. Lowering your volts and finding the lowest it can go whilst still keeping said multiplayer is part of OCing and where some more tinkering comes into play
Yeah I realise there is a bunch more tinkering of fiddling that I can do, and I intend to do that. :D
 
What's your RAM speed, that is your bottleneck if under 2133Mhz. I got 2400Mhz Dom PLats juuust to be sure. I can prob push the DP's to 2600-2800 but havn't tried yet.

Use Auto Oc til failure, then bring the Mhz down by 100Mhz until it is game stable. I stopped using Prime 95 etc etc ages ago. All I want is game / daily stability. I recon a mix of well optimised & poorly optimised CPU / GPU heavy games (respectively) would be a decent test. Also keep a excel log of each parts OC / volts /fps and if you want, temps.
 
Not sure if I missed a comment but what temps are you getting on your GPU and CPU with the overclocks?
 
Not sure if I missed a comment but what temps are you getting on your GPU and CPU with the overclocks?
Thought I would revive this old thread, since I will be making some major adjustments to my fan config this weekend. (As per the GPU cooling thread).

I did a simple bump on my core speeds to 43 multiplier and enabled my xmp profile.

Temps are hovering around 55 - 60degrees under load, with the H80i in a push/pull exhaust config with stock fans.

Not too sure if this is good or not. I could always change the tim when I replace the fans with something quieter.
 
Having a lot of time in the evenings when out of the country, I tend to read up on PC stuffs, this time round it is the potential platform upgrade I am looking at... Then it hit me:

I am not getting as much from the 4790k as I should be. I am running at 55-60 degrees on a 43 multiplier. Which seems to run too hot, considering that I made the mistake of potentially UNDER volting it!?

According to Intel @ Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz) Product Specifications , my 4790k should do 4.40 stock out of the box... Which means that I should be able to push 4.7+ with the h80i...

Something is up...
 

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