Sabertooth p67 Overclock help..Can anyone guide me a bit

[Gun Jam]

Hello

 

 

I have a fairly new system thats about 2 months old specs are as follows.

 

win 7 pro 64 bit

 

Asus sabertooth p67 revision 3.0 (b3) running latest 2103 BIOS (Originally shipped with 2001 version bios)

 

G.skill 8gb occupying 2 slots (f3-14900cl9d-8gbsr) DDR3-1866 pc3-14900 4096mb x2 CL9-10-9-28 1.5v

 

i7-2600k 3.4 ghz (lga 1155)

 

Corsair HX 750w

 

Noctua NH-D14 Se2011 PWM with both fans attached and PWM speed profile setup current idle temp is 26c with fans at idle 300 rpm as reported by Asus thermal radar. Loaded temp is 48 to 50c with prime95 and CPUz reports MAX cpu speed at 3800mhz (so apparently its already overclocking its self 400mhz)

 

Case is corsair 650D

 

 

I have read several different resources and watched this video on youtube

 

Based on what I have seen my initial plan is as follows:

 

1) set the AI over clock tuner to manual.

2) according to the video leave the BLCK/PCIE (PEG?) to 100.0

3) set the "Turbo ratio" to by all cores

4)set "by all cores (can adjust in os)" to 34

 

34x100.0 is 3400 for 0% overclock I figured this would at least prime the system for beginning the overclock process. But im only guessing this is a proper starting point.

 

I could really use some input on how to begin the process as Ive never overclocked anything before.

 

Thanks

 

-Gun

[EtherealN]

An alternative is to use the auto-OC feature on the board. It will be slighly on the aggressive side with voltages, but works, and gives you 4.4GHz which really is in the neighborhood where you start seeing diminishing returns anyhow.

[Gun Jam]

Thanks.

 

1)os is backed up

2) I used prime 95 to max out the cpu and it read about 50c as reported by thermal radar cpuz showed clock speed at 3800mhz for 400mhz overclock (why intel burn vs prime95? isnt max cpu load the same thing?)

3)42 sounds like a pretty big jump actually....I was thinking a 0mhz stating point and then maybe 200mhz then 400mhz and then 700mhz

 

I guess my main concern is if im making the right changes in BIOS. The 4 steps listed in my previous post should work to get me 0% overclock and running in manual mode right?

 

At some point im going to have to ramp up phase control, and make other changes but I figured I could avoid all that initially by not overclocking it much. I figured I would learn what and how much to adjust them when I got to that point.

 

Thanks!

 

-Gun

[Rhinox]

Try Official ASUS P8P67 Series Overclocking Guide.

[Gun Jam]

An alternative is to use the auto-OC feature on the board. It will be slighly on the aggressive side with voltages, but works, and gives you 4.4GHz which really is in the neighborhood where you start seeing diminishing returns anyhow.

 

 

I would rather learn a bit and do it manually as long as I can do so safely (with in reason) my target is around 4.5Ghz OC

[Gun Jam]

Hey Rhinox

 

Thanks for the link! I read over that yesterday but failed to noticed that he also provided screenshots with explanations. It makes a lot more sense now.

 

Ill have to read it a few more times and let it soak in and see if I have any more questions!!!

 

Thanks

 

-Gun

[Gun Jam]

Okay after reading the whole "official asus OC guide" all 49 pages of it

 

I set my

AI overclock tuner "manual"

Turbo ratio "by all cores"

by all cores can adjust in OS "41"

 

Im now running at 4100Mhz under load

temps stabilize around 60 as reported by "Real Temp" Asus thermal radar reports 55 (for a 5c increase) A 10c difference is typical between these two monitors.

 

Vcore volts are 1.000 idle, 1.272 spike, 1.264 load

 

Based on my requirements I do not want to exceed 4.5ghz

 

Off to a good start.

 

Thanks