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Noob Overclock help

Jimlad
Level 7

‎08-24-2018 10:31 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 08:15 PM by Community Admin

Hi all,

i did have my 6700k running fine at 4.5 and then last week i did a bios upgrade as it had been like 12 months since i did one and saw a few new versions.

Anyway when i my boots it says 12% overclocked. i made some changes to the bios ( will add a screen shot) Speccy says 4.00GHZ and so does windows, but CPUZ says 4.5GHZ ?

i am confused.

Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Satin Black
Asus ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO Z270
Intel I7 6700K Skylake @ 4.5
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e NVMe SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB
Corsair RMi Series RM850i ATX Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H110i
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Nate152
Moderator

‎08-24-2018 10:41 AM

Hi Jimlad

It looks like you have a very good 6700k.

Trust what CPU-Z shows, windows and speccy shows the base frequency.
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Jimlad
Level 7

‎08-24-2018 10:46 AM

Thanks Nate152

here is what bios shows. It was 12 months since i setup the overclock before so was worried i did something wrong.

Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Satin Black
Asus ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO Z270
Intel I7 6700K Skylake @ 4.5
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e NVMe SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB
Corsair RMi Series RM850i ATX Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H110i
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Nate152
Moderator

‎08-24-2018 10:54 AM

All looks good and nice cpu temps too.

If you've left the cpu vccio voltage and cpu system agent voltage on auto, you can likely lower both to 1.15v. The motherboard tends to over volt these voltages.
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Jimlad
Level 7

‎08-24-2018 10:56 PM

Thanks I will look at that today. What benefits will this offer the system?
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Satin Black
Asus ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO Z270
Intel I7 6700K Skylake @ 4.5
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e NVMe SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB
Corsair RMi Series RM850i ATX Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H110i
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Nate152
Moderator

‎08-25-2018 02:09 AM

Should help lower cpu temps depending how much they're over volted.

You can also try adaptive mode so your cpu throttles down at idle.
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Jimlad
Level 7

‎08-25-2018 02:40 AM

Thanks I will have a play
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Satin Black
Asus ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO Z270
Intel I7 6700K Skylake @ 4.5
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e NVMe SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB
Corsair RMi Series RM850i ATX Power Supply
Corsair Hydro Series H110i
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