ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 mobo and 3570k

[btcomm22]

I tried overclocking in the bios, I was able to select the 4.2 GHz speed and that seemed to work fine but when I select 4.4 it blue screened while booting.

Been a while since I tried over clocking, is it possible that lower speed may not work but a higher one will?

What would cause it to blue screen so fast? I can't imagine lack of power would cause it, I have a 700W power supply and I can't imagine heat would be the cause as it bluescreened on boot almost instantly.

 

[Ketchup]

You need to start raising CPU voltage. 4.4 is a 1 GHz overclock, which would be pretty incredible on stock voltage. What cooler are you using?

 

[btcomm22]

You need to start raising CPU voltage. 4.4 is a 1 GHz overclock, which would be pretty incredible on stock voltage. What cooler are you using?

Well, I'm just running the stock cooler, I know it's not the best. Seeing as I am using the settings right on the motherboard to OC and I have the voltage set to auto wouldn't the Mobo automatically raise the voltage for the OC I selected or does auto not do that or not do it well?

Also for a 3570k what should I raise the voltage to for 4.4?

I just turned the voltage to fixed and set it to 1.3 It booted up fine and was stable but core 1 of the CPU heated up beyond 90 c. I know if I get a better cooler that will help, or if I can find a lower voltage that will be stable I bet that would help too.

I am running core temp, the VID keeps fluctuating even though the bios I set it to be 1.3 fixed, is the VID just a guess or does it tell you the actual voltage that is going to your CPU?

 

[Ketchup]

Considering your voltage is set to auto, you are probably not going to get any higher with the stock cooler. You might get a bit lower voltage if you set it manually, but I would get an aftermarket cooler if you really want to keep overclocking. Just bear in mind that you may not get too much higher with your overclock (not sure what speed you are looking for), but the chip will run much cooler. The cooler in my sig wasn't very expensive at all, and does a great, quiet job. I spent a day just seeing what she would do and got the 2500k up to 4.9. I usually keep it around 4.0.

 

[btcomm22]

Considering your voltage is set to auto, you are probably not going to get any higher with the stock cooler. You might get a bit lower voltage if you set it manually, but I would get an aftermarket cooler if you really want to keep overclocking. Just bear in mind that you may not get too much higher with your overclock (not sure what speed you are looking for), but the chip will run much cooler. The cooler in my sig wasn't very expensive at all, and does a great, quiet job. I spent a day just seeing what she would do and got the 2500k up to 4.9. I usually keep it around 4.0.

Well I wouldn't underestimate the stock cooler. So I set the voltage to 1.275 and set it to 4.4 and I blew the dust out of the heat sink and now I get low 60's under load on the CPU.

Well after thorough testing they seem to get to high 70s but at least it hasn't crashed on me. I probably won't OC it anymore unless I get a better heat sink/cooling system. Definitely makes a big diff in SC 2. Seems to be a pretty CPU dependent game.

Thanks ketchup, I might try to get a better cooler but SC2 seems to run fairly well at 4.4 I'm also upgrading my graphics card so when that comes that may make the game completely playable even in 4v4 matches. When you had it at 4.9 what temps were you getting under load and what was the voltage that you were using? I see the cooler you have is very popular and has 5 eggs on newegg.

 

[Deaks2]

Follow this guide to OC on an Asrock Z77 or Z68 board: http://www.overclock.net/t/1198504/...-sandy-bridge-ivy-bridge-asrock-edition/0_100

 

[Ketchup]

Well I wouldn't underestimate the stock cooler. So I set the voltage to 1.275 and set it to 4.4 and I blew the dust out of the heat sink and now I get low 60's under load on the CPU.

Well after thorough testing they seem to get to high 70s but at least it hasn't crashed on me. I probably won't OC it anymore unless I get a better heat sink/cooling system. Definitely makes a big diff in SC 2. Seems to be a pretty CPU dependent game.

Thanks ketchup, I might try to get a better cooler but SC2 seems to run fairly well at 4.4 I'm also upgrading my graphics card so when that comes that may make the game completely playable even in 4v4 matches. When you had it at 4.9 what temps were you getting under load and what was the voltage that you were using? I see the cooler you have is very popular and has 5 eggs on newegg.

I hate dust. Took a good bit out myself last weekend. When I hit 4.9, the voltage was between 1.34 (idle) and 1.48 (load) and cores got up to 72-79-80-73. Since you are using ivy bridge the volts aren't really comparable, but 1.48 was higher than I was comfortable with 24/7. If I had this rig ten years ago, I probably would have left it there though.

4.4 on stock is nothing to sneeze at on Ivy bridge either.