3770K OC'ing and Turbo Boost - advisable on air cooling?

[Iced_Bullet]

Hi,

I've just set up my new build with the 3.5Ghz 3770K, Gigabyte Z77Z-UD5H with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme and 16gb Corsair CMX 1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 DDR3.

(Waiting for my GPU).

I have downloaded the EasyTune 6 application for OC'ing and it seemed simple (almost too simple!). I chose the middle option and OC'ed to 4.5ghz, and went to render an image from Revit and noticed Task Manager said my CPU speed was 5.25ghz and I assume this is Turbo Boost?

My question... Is it advisable to do TB as well as OC'ing? Or am I asking for trouble?

Cheers,
Toby!

 

[Virssagòn]

When you are overclocking you'll rise the frequency of all cores, turbo boost should be automatically disabled...
Try cpu-z to measure clockspeed.
I don't recommend any overclocks over 4.6 for daily use on that cooler, for benching maybe 4.8-4.9ghz (really don't go over 5+ghz, temps above 85°c are not good, intels max is 95 though...) .
The thing is, you get a more stable overclock when you do it in BIOS. Overclocking for a daily speed takes long because you need to find out the lowest voltage for a stable overclock on that speed. By running prime95 or other stress tests after your overclock.


I recommend reading threads/guides and watching videos about it before doing crazy things.

 

[cwizardtx]

Hi,

I've just set up my new build with the 3.5Ghz 3770K, Gigabyte Z77Z-UD5H with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme and 16gb Corsair CMX 1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 DDR3.

(Waiting for my GPU).

I have downloaded the EasyTune 6 application for OC'ing and it seemed simple (almost too simple!). I chose the middle option and OC'ed to 4.5ghz, and went to render an image from Revit and noticed Task Manager said my CPU speed was 5.25ghz and I assume this is Turbo Boost?

My question... Is it advisable to do TB as well as OC'ing? Or am I asking for trouble?

Cheers,
Toby!

Man pick up a little closed loop liquid cooling solution if you're going to OC, don't burn up your stuff.

 

[wolfeking]

Man pick up a little closed loop liquid cooling solution if you're going to OC, don't burn up your stuff.

This is so far from the truth. It is possible, very possible, to OC on air coolers. and a closed loop water cooler is not worth the price given its performance.

 

[Virssagòn]

This is so far from the truth. It is possible, very possible, to OC on air coolers. and a closed loop water cooler is not worth the price given its performance.

Yep, his cooler will do 4.4ghz perfectly fine, maybe even 4.6ghz with reasonable temps.
And about the closed loops, I bet my cooler does cool better then some of them and equal to some watercoolers that are 20-30 more expensive.

 

[Iced_Bullet]

When you are overclocking you'll rise the frequency of all cores, turbo boost should be automatically disabled...
Try cpu-z to measure clockspeed.

Hmm. I'll try CPU-Z, but I fear the Task Manager will be right when it said a 5.25Ghz reading? Does OC'ing with the EasyTune 6 program not have the same effect in regards to disabling the boost?

The thing is, you get a more stable overclock when you do it in BIOS. Overclocking for a daily speed takes long because you need to find out the lowest voltage for a stable overclock on that speed. By running prime95 or other stress tests after your overclock.

I recommend reading threads/guides and watching videos about it before doing crazy things.

I'll have a look, but I really don't know what I'm looking at. I used to know a fair bit, but I've forgotten a lot of it!

Man pick up a little closed loop liquid cooling solution if you're going to OC, don't burn up your stuff.

Hmm. I don't fancy buying a separate cooler. I think I just got carried away when it said 5.25ghz and than after a minute I realised it probably wasn't right! But thanks for the tip.

 

[cwizardtx]

Sure thing, I hope you find what you are looking for. The stock cooling solution on the Intel products are great for stock speeds. I bought the Intel liquid cooling solution for grins, I don't overclock but it looks so pretty

 

[Iced_Bullet]

Thanks. I've put it back to 3.5ghz and it turbo boosts to 4.1ghz which isn't too shabby. Might try and eek a bit more out of it, but I'll do my research first!

E: This is what I'm getting with Turbo Boost turned off in the BIOS and it OC'ed to 4.43Ghz.

Does the 5.2GHz in task manager make sense to you, it doesn't to me?!