5960x + Asus rampage extreme 5 + hydro h110 + 1080ti SLI +

[kienast]

Dear All
I know the question has been asked probably multiple time but I have passed the last two evening trying to overclock my 5960x above 4.2Ghz.
I have try to follow many guide I found but no matter what I do this cpu wont stabilize at 4.3Ghz
I think I have a decent set up as you cann see in the title but no matter what I try :

- AI suite automated overclking - bsod
- Manual overcloking - bsod using 3dmark or realbench

As soon as I reach 4.3Ghz any stress test will bring a nice bsod ....

I have attached my setting in the pdf here ,any idea what I could try more ?

thanks
Da

[Silent_Scone]

1. Revert memory to stock (disable XMP)

2. Set CPU Input Voltage to 1.9v (VCCIN)

3. Set CPU Loadline Calibration to 6 (LLC affects VCCIN on this platform)

4. Set CPU core voltage to 1.2v and increase incrementally if needed

5. If stable test settings once again with XMP applied

[kienast]

Hello
I tried all your settings bit same result...verry puzzling....
I will try again tomorrow
Thanks
*

[Silent_Scone]

kienast wrote:
Hello
I tried all your settings bit same result...verry puzzling....
I will try again tomorrow
Thanks
*

Did you try increasing vcore incrementally? 1.2v is a starting point for that frequency, it may not be enough. You need to let us know what your thermals are like, too.

[kienast]

Hello
this is what I have done following the step one per one below , my comments underneath each step .
I have been passing 3 evenings on this , tried many many different setting , I am not able to get past 4.2Ghz


1. Revert memory to stock (disable XMP)
--- > Still making it to the desktop with 4.3 but crashing under realbench

2. Set CPU Input Voltage to 1.9v (VCCIN)
--- > Still making it to the desktop with 4.3 but crashing under realbench

3. Set CPU Loadline Calibration to 6 (LLC affects VCCIN on this platform)
--- > not making it to the desktop at all

4. Set CPU core voltage to 1.2v and increase incrementally if needed
--- > I tried 1.2 - 1.25 - 1.3 - 1.35 , still making it to the desktop with 4.3 but crashing under realbench

My idle temperatures with the h110 are as follow , is this not a bit too high for this type of cooler ?
41 °C (106 °F)
54 °C (129 °F)
42 °C (108 °F)
46 °C (115 °F)
45 °C (113 °F)
42 °C (108 °F)
43 °C (109 °F)
44 °C (111 °F)
44 °C (111 °F)
41 °C (106 °F)

thanks
K

[kienast]

ok I think I am going to give up on this one .
I tried everything , the AIDA64 extreme stability test is ok , but as soon as I start Realbench , when the h264/handbrake test is starting , I am getting a bsod after 5 seconds .
I treid to fine tune many of the settings I found on the forum ............. no luck

If someone has a bright idea I am happy to take it

Could it my cpu who is just not able to go past the 4.2 GHZ mark ?

thanks
Da

[Silent_Scone]

More interested in your load temps at this point.

2. Try setting Input Voltage to 1.95

3. Leave LLC in Auto

4. Set Vcore to 1.3v

5. Set both VCCSA and VCCIO to 1.2v

6. Set CPU Power Phase Control to Extreme

[kienast]

Hello Silent Scone
Thanks for your answers , I treid the above ........ same thing , Iget a CLOCK WATCHDOG TIMEOUT 3 seconds after realbench starts the h264 encoding.
At 4.2Ghz the load temp of the cpu is around 70 degrees celcisus and the pc is stable .

this is very frustrating as I can see many people on this forum easily OC at 4.4Gz +

thanks you
Rgds
D

[Silent_Scone]

Below 4.4GHz at 1.3v is a fairly modest chip, but there are always exceptions. That's why it's called the silicon lottery. Have you tried simply running the H264 benchmark? Run two to four instances and see if the system falls over. http://hwbot.org/benchmark/hwbot_x265_benchmark_-_4k/

If you don't plan on doing any encoding or AVX workloads, maybe simply use the system for what you intend it for and see if stability holds up.