Have you ran into any specific overclocking problems on this particular board?
I was totally unsuccesful at finding stability with only very average overclock of up to 4.2GHz on my 3770K (there's a thread floating around in OC section) and I just couldn't nail it no matter what funky stuff I tried. People suggested too low vcore, but nothing seemed to help.
I even got to the point of wanting to RMA the memory, thinking compatibility problems.
Lately I tried somewhat different approach and it seems to work. I have no idea what's behind it, but it seems IMC (system agent?) voltage is what kept kicking my ass.
Default value is 0.925V, right? Well, for 4.2GHz I need 1.025V to be stable. Maybe my standards are a bit too high as "stable" means 24 hours of Prime95 without error.
I didn't stop there though, but it's a bit early to elaborate on that subject. I am still testing and testing, hoping to find what the true limits of my CPU really is without going to extremes.
So...
Is it just me or is this particular board somewhat special or picky or something?
I was totally unsuccesful at finding stability with only very average overclock of up to 4.2GHz on my 3770K (there's a thread floating around in OC section) and I just couldn't nail it no matter what funky stuff I tried. People suggested too low vcore, but nothing seemed to help.
I even got to the point of wanting to RMA the memory, thinking compatibility problems.
Lately I tried somewhat different approach and it seems to work. I have no idea what's behind it, but it seems IMC (system agent?) voltage is what kept kicking my ass.
Default value is 0.925V, right? Well, for 4.2GHz I need 1.025V to be stable. Maybe my standards are a bit too high as "stable" means 24 hours of Prime95 without error.
I didn't stop there though, but it's a bit early to elaborate on that subject. I am still testing and testing, hoping to find what the true limits of my CPU really is without going to extremes.
So...
Is it just me or is this particular board somewhat special or picky or something?
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