I live under a rock...

[forcraigslist50]

i used to OC processors using jumpers for multiplier, frequency and voltage. now it's a little different and i'm trying to oc this 13600k on my ROG strix z790 a gaming wifi MB. i've tried since February or so when i got it. i've mostly attempted to use the "A.I. OC" with extreme failure results. my cooler shows about a 170 on the MB and my CPU shows 84. 

what should i expect with OC? i have arctic LC 280mm AIO. 

Should i expect the "A.I. Overclock" to work right out of the box? is there more i should do for the "A.I. OC" to work?

Asus's A.I. oc has at one time, i have pics to prove, given me 6.3 ghz on this processor at idle. i love this but can't seem to keep it.

thoughts?
suggestions?

[Silent_Scone]

Hello,

84 overall SP is on the low side, however, AI OC should work just fine if set up correctly.

1.  Reset to Optimised Defaults

2. Enter the OS and run CR23 or CR20

3. Return to the UEFI and enable A.I OC, save and exit

4. Rerun CR23 or CR20 and check for stability.

[JohnAb]

If you're not aware of the feature, you could also try Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) in the BIOS to increase your CPU speed. I've tried AI overclock and TVB separately and both worked fine for me, so using TVB you could try 6200MHz which might provide good stability. You can think of it as AI overclock with more control and it's still very easy to use. 

Overall though, I didn't need any extra speed, so I'm (mostly) back on BIOS defaults to minimise power consumption. 

[JohnAb]

There is another thing you can try as well. Turn on AI overclock and then dial down the optimism scale in the extreme tweaker section. For example, you could try setting it to 95 which will make the overclock less aggressive and improve stability. 

[forcraigslist50]

So after some messings with, i have found that the power levels were being choked by both the a.i. oc and the intel xtu. i changed it to unlimited. now i don't crash, i do thermal throttle, (working on that) and i'm stable at 5.6 (56p 44e). Would like to go higher, have 1.225 volts on adaptive in the XTU.

i'm bummed the A.I. didn't work like it just should have. i did try to dial down the optimism down to about 75 and the optimism only up to 110. increments of 5.

[Silent_Scone]

Not sure where you were going wrong, but it's likely a thermal issue. You can check out AI Features and use the Per Core Usage guidelines. This is by far the best method of overclocking on this platform.

[forcraigslist50]

with the A.I. OC, i never thermally throttled. i'm thinking it was limiting the power levels causing the crashes to happen. now i'm seeing much higher temps, across more cores too with the power level set to unlimited. drawing about 275 watts peak. it will thermal throttle like it is now tho. i'm working on a solution to see what i can get on temps. however, this AIO i have and the paste are both very high quality.

[Silent_Scone]

Contact frame and delid are worth considering depending on how you wish to push things.

[forcraigslist50]

should be here tomorrow. 😃

[forcraigslist50]

i have an update:

57xP 46xE 1.24V going for longer now.