I'm going to go through some of the OC settings I'm using on my i7-4770K and Sabertooth setup.
It's nothing extreme, just a nice performance increase while trying to keep heat and therefore noise to a minimum.
Intel i7-4770K
ASUS Sabertooth Z87 BIOS v1405
16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Black DDR3-1866 (2x8GB)
2x Corsair Force 3 120GB RAID 0
2x WD Black 1TB RAID 0
EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclock ACX
ASUS Xonar DX PCI-E
Corsair H100i CPU Cooler
Corsair AX860i
Coolermaster CM-690 II USB 3.0
EIST – Off Turbo - On
CPU Ratio – 42 (42x100 - 4.2GHz)
DDR Frequency - 1600MHz
Core Voltage - Auto (giving me 1.198v)
Min Cache Speed - 39
Max Cache Speed - 42 (locking it at 4.2GHz)
These settings have given me a nice stable 24/7 overclock, while my Corsair H100i Fans are locked at 1000Rpm using Thermal Radar.
Some other settings I have changed…
System Agent Config -> CPU Audio Device -> Disabled
System Agent Config -> NB PCIe Config -> Gen 3
System Agent Config -> Graphics Config -> Primary Display -> PCIe
Last edited by Lloyd_mcse; 27-09-2013 at 11:29.
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Bit of an update, as with the newer BIOS versions I have been able to use the 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Black DDR3-1866 (2x8GB) at 1866MHz.
Intel i7-4770K ASUS Sabertooth Z87 BIOS v1707
16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Black DDR3-1866 (2x8GB)
2x Corsair Force 3 120GB RAID 0
2x Western Digital Black 1TB RAID 0
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclock ACX + Back-plates & EVGA Pro Bridge
ASUS Xonar DX PCI-E
Corsair H100i CPU Cooler
Corsair AX860i
Coolermaster CM-690 II USB 3.0
EIST – Off Turbo - On
CPU Ratio – 41 (41x100 - 4.0GHz)
DDR Frequency - 1866MHz
Core Voltage - Auto (giving me 1.115v)
Min Cache Speed - 39
Max Cache Speed - 41 (locking it at 4.0GHz)
RIG 1: Intel i7 4770K | ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 | 16GB Corsair Vengeance Black LP 1866 C10 | ASUS GTX 1060 OC 6GB Expedition | 1x Samsung 850 Pro 512GB | 2x WD 1TB Black 6Gb/s RAID 0 | ASUS STRIX SOAR | Coolermaster CM 690 II USB 3.0 | Corsair AX860i | Corsair H100i | Windows 10 Professional x64 |
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