I'm not very knowledgeable of overclocking and was wondering why certain things were happening when I've tried. First off, my hardware:
Mobo: |
Rampage IV Black Edition |
CPU: |
i7-4820k @ 3.7GHz |
RAM: |
Kingston HyperX Beast (8GB x 2) |
Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
Cooler: |
Noctua NH-U14S |
OS: |
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) |
Should be enough info to get started. So as a standard, I have XMP on, where my CPU is set to 3.9 using Turbo and RAM is at 2.4GHz. When I've tried the 'Air-Cooled Gamers Preset' overclock, it sets it to 4.7 using Turbo and sets the RAM back to 1333MHz. Upon actually using it, it breaks everything, including Aero (I would have thought that would have been a GPU setting?) and some times the USB ports on boot-up.
I've also tried setting it to XMP and setting the ratio (all sync'd) to 40, but that had significant errors as well. My standard has the core speeds set to auto. I do remember having set them manually in the past without problems, so I'm not sure.
Simply enough, I want to exceed at least 4.0. Preferably, I'd like the blck increased as well. Instead of testing and possibly causing permanent damage, what would my best course of action be here?
