- May 8, 2016
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Just purchased a shiny new Skylake (6700k) system, haven't really played with overclocking since the days of the Core 2 Quad Q6600 and the i7 920. Got a DDR4 memory kit specced for 3400MHz / 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35 volts (G.Skill TridentZ F4-3400C16D-16GTZ), 4x8GB (2 DIMMs per channel). Turning on XMP sets the RAM to the settings above, but the idle (just in the BIOS screen) CPU Voltage goes from 1.272V to 1.346V and idle temps jump by 10c (26-27c to 36-37c). Is this normal?
I'm rusty when it comes to OCing and general system tweaking, but I'm certainly no novice. Still, changes of that magnitude just from enabling XMP triggered some alarms. If this isn't normal, any tips about what might be going wrong?
Full system specs are as follows; everything is still at stock.
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i V2
Motherboard: GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 7
Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ Series F4-3400C16D-16GTZ (2x 16GB kits)
Video Card: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 4GB Mini ITX OC EDITION
Storage: 1x Samsung 850 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB, 2x Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB HDD
PSU: SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W
Case: Lian Li PC-TU300A
I'm rusty when it comes to OCing and general system tweaking, but I'm certainly no novice. Still, changes of that magnitude just from enabling XMP triggered some alarms. If this isn't normal, any tips about what might be going wrong?
Full system specs are as follows; everything is still at stock.
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i V2
Motherboard: GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 7
Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ Series F4-3400C16D-16GTZ (2x 16GB kits)
Video Card: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 960 4GB Mini ITX OC EDITION
Storage: 1x Samsung 850 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB, 2x Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB HDD
PSU: SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W
Case: Lian Li PC-TU300A