That is the first sensible than I read !!
Before fiddling on expensive componentens first familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of your:
motherboard, the layout what does what component and what does that mean in heating up?
The bios is the main place to be ;
* what are key value for changing for example the cpu speeds?
* what are the main values when increasing dram frequency?
* What are the values when lowering the memory timings
All of people buy a motherboard chuck in al stuff the found in the box, completely install things that came with mobo driver dvd -----> look before you leap:
I see dosens of guys that have installed all kind of wifi software or bluetooth and have enable everthing in the bios. If I than ask them what the do with th all look at me like completely confused ... ehhh well I dont use that ...
Lesson laerned: First walk through the optional settings in your bios.
Disabling things in BIOS: there are a lot of components that (depending on the motherboard) can be enabled or disabled. You should really take a look at that because turning everything to enabled means a much heaver load on your system and on the OS. For example: If you only 4 sata ports in use, disable all the others. If there are additional sata controllesr that you don't use: DISABLE them, Same goes for Bluetooth, Wifi: don't use it? Than see that function is disabled in your BIOS.
And having been a novice.... well I started this by reading all about it I could find. Why does the QPI/VCCSA/DRAM voltages need to be increased as long as I didn;t figure that out I stop benching an started reading again.
I advise you first get to know the basics at least.
The Intel way of doing thins is this:
YOUR cpu has a stock frequency of 3500
Intel uses EIST
* (see below), so with the power states all enabled the system will scale de CPU spead up and down, depending on the demand
Your TurboMode is 3900MHz, if the CPU goes Beyond 3500MHZ the turbo boost is started.
For Benching = trying to get the highest scores possible => only in that case all power saving modes may be disabled and even the turbo can be disabled, that way the CPU runs at the set speed constantly (say 5000MHz for example).
Did you even find out about the save ranges for the voltages you have been playing with? You can find lists that tell you what is save on air cooled systems, water cooled system etc. The easiest way to find the approximate settings is by using the in the motherboard available CPU level UP function. Reboot the system go back in the bios the settings and find those that are set to: AUTO and take note of that shown voltages. Now you at least have an idea what yout mobo manufacturer has already doen for you (the tested 1000's motherboards with CPU's and generally the can find the clocks setings very well. Use those values as a guideline. BUT ALSO: if you find a stable OC --> its always good to see if there are any voltages than can be lowered to see if the would be stable than. A lot of time I find CPU's that are auto tuned, but where the voltages could easily be drop... LESS Volt = LESS heat.
Hope this does clarify things a bit.
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EIST, an Intel thermal and power management technology that allows the the processor performance and power consumption levels to be modified while a system is running. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology works via application software, which changes the bus-to-core frequency ratio and the processor core voltage. The operating state is determined by things such as the system power source, the processor thermal state, and even the operating system policy. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology is supported on current and future generations of Intel Processors.