Overclocking 3770K at stock voltage

[Octopuss]

The trouble is the cpu cooler I think. When I put my hand in front of the fan, it actually blows on my hand! Most of not all of the air is supposed to be pushed through the pins of the heatsink, but not in this case. I suspect the mounting mechanism (despite being very solid overall) is a bit shitty in this regard. And no, I attached the fan in correct way

I was thinking about buying 140mm fan to mount on the upper side, but I am not sure how would it help the airflow as the cpu cooler is pretty much right below the PSU. It's also pretty close to the rear fan, so it should work well in theory, but sadly it doesn't

edit: taking side off indeed lowers the temps by about 5°, but that's not the solution I want.
I also do not use the front fan as experiments showed absolute zero difference in temps.

 

[Xzibit]

I would think about these coolers you dont have to worry about heat circulation.

ANTEC 920
THERMALTAKE I have the Performer
CORSAIR Cadaveca has the H100

I know H100 wont fit in your case but a Antec 920 / Thermaltake Performer or Pro / Corsair H80 will be good.

 

[Octopuss]

This class of coolers is too expensive. Max I am willing to pay is about $50.

 

[Octopuss]

Is it possible the cpu kind of "burns in"? I know I wasn't stable with what I have working right now at the beginning.

Anyway, I don't think I can get better than this:

 

[cadaveca]

Yeah, running high temps will dry the IHS paste out over time, so "burn-in" is definitely more real with IVB.

 

[Octopuss]

Ah. I thought the paste is supposed to stay... greasy or something. Everytime I was cleaning an old PC, the paste looked like fossilized and didn't look like it was doing much.

 

[babdi]

My rig is OCed to 4.6 Ghz at 1.2 Volts
All settings at default. Just applied 4.6 at BIOS. C1,C3.C6 disabled

 

[Octopuss]

...and?

 

[babdi]

And what ?

 

[Octopuss]

That's what I asked you.

 

[babdi]

That's it. Just gave the info. The Vcore is 1.280 at 4.60 Ghz to be precise.
At stock voltage you cant get more than 3.7 ~ 3.8 I guess.

 

[Octopuss]

And we asked for info about your overclock or what?

 

[Xitro]

Hot 3770K

Sorry to kick up an old topic, but I need some help.

I have an 3770K with a Thermalright True Black 120 with Arctic Silver 5, which gets to 100 degrees celcius without a problem. (Prime95 stress test) And I have the Asus Maximus V Gene. (Z77)

Here is a CPU-Z pic:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6978239/pc.jpg

These are the default BIOS settings, just everything on AUTO.
I don't want to overclock. I just want the damn thing to run fast, smooth and stabile.

What settings do I need to change, because the Vcore seems to be way too high.
The CPU isn't supposed to be on 4,6ghz either.

Thanks alot!

 

[Octopuss]

Whoa.
That's what happens when you try to OC on auto settings.
Just load optimized defaults, that should do the job. If not, reset the BIOS physically (should have a button on the board).

 

[Xitro]

Whoa.
That's what happens when you try to OC on auto settings.
Just load optimized defaults, that should do the job. If not, reset the BIOS physically (should have a button on the board).

Thanks for your quick response! I will try that, hope it will keep my temps low.

 

[Octopuss]

That will simply set everything to its default state. CPU speed as well, of course. So, if you still want a bit of extra speed (default is between 3.5 and 3.9GHz depending on load), you will have to start educating yourself on the subject of Ivy Bridge overclocking

 

[Xitro]

That will simply set everything to its default state. CPU speed as well, of course. So, if you still want a bit of extra speed (default is between 3.5 and 3.9GHz depending on load), you will have to start educating yourself on the subject of Ivy Bridge overclocking

The strange thing is that it is default, all the CPU settings are AUTO.
I just disabled all the speedstep crap.

But what to know about Ivy Bridge overclocking, I got a pretty cool overclock right now, 4,6 ghz baaammmnn.. without doing anything hahahaha Im the overclock meister..

Only the temperatures are not good..