12-03-2015 04:14 AM - last edited on 03-06-2024 01:25 AM by ROGBot
12-07-2015 09:15 AM
12-12-2015 03:57 PM
Nate152 wrote:
Hello smegmer
You have a very good 4770k if you can pass the realbnch stress test with 1.198v at 4.4GHz and is a good stress testing program to use. Trust what cpu-z says and don't run ai suite with cpu-z, they will conflict with each other and give you inaccurate readings. If ai suite is showing 2.000v that obviously is not correct or your cpu would be dead.
You can run it in manual mode and have your cpu stay at your overclock or you can use adaptive or offset mode to drop the frequency and voltage when at idle, I personally choose to run mine in manual mode.
if you want to use adaptive, set the cpu core voltage to adaptive then enter your voltage 1.198v in the "Additional turbo voltage" enter in an offset of -.001v or +.001v. Be sure the windows power plan is set to balanced then check cpu-z to see if frequency and voltage has dropped.
With max temp of 71c during the realbench stress test you can try for 4.5GHz - 4.6GHz, your Noctua cooler should get you there as it is one of if not the best air cpu coolers.
To overclock higher and you have room to push higher, set the cpu core ratio to 45 and cpu core voltage to 1.24v if it fails the test set it to 1.25v and test again. keep adding .01v until you can pass the test. You can overclock until temps hit 90c with realbench then you know you're at the limit. I don't like to leave it at 90c for too long though as cpu degredation could start setting in.
Use Realtemp 3.70 and ROG cpu-z for monitoring, do not have ai suite open in fact I would recommend uninstalling it and then run this cleaner.
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?34503-AI-Suite-III-Cleaner
I don't consider myself a pro but I do have my 3770k at 5.0GHz. 🙂
12-12-2015 09:32 PM
12-12-2015 11:04 PM
NemesisChild wrote:
Sweet spot for DDR3 memory on that platform is 1866MHz in real life performance.
2400MHz for benchmarking.
2x8GB would put less stress on the CPU IMC, allowing better OC'ing potential.
12-13-2015 06:40 AM
12-14-2015 03:15 PM
Nate152 wrote:
You can run 2400MHz ram if you wanted but if you have 1600MHz ram that works I'd just stick with that. You won't get much of a performance gain going with 1866MHz - 2400MHz ram. The gpu is where you would get a nice performance increase, in my opinion it wouldn't justify the cost to upgrade your ram, I'd put it towards a gtx 970 or 980.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=r9+290+vs+gtx+970+benchmarks&view=detail&&qpvt=r9+290+vs+gtx+970...
12-14-2015 03:29 PM
12-15-2015 03:02 PM
Nate152 wrote:
Oh yeah you'd get a nice performance increase adding another r9 290 for crossfire. 🙂
Here is an article on the witcher 3 improving hairworks with AMD.
http://wccftech.com/amd-announces-witcher-3-hairworks-performance-fix-catalyst-control-center-driver...