New WC build, looking for help to test its OC ability.

[Eddie Current]

After putting this box under water and have done due diligence in the mater of proving the system, I feel it is ready to start bumping things up. However I have to admit I have never tried overclocking anything before and will need some good help.

Complete System Specs:

Case: Cooler Master HAF XB Mid tower
PSU: OCZ ZX Series 1250W 80Plus
Monitors: 3ea. Asus 27'' running @ 1920 x 1080 60Hz
Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 Gaming Mouse
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Game Pad: Logitech G-13 Advanced Gameboard

CPU: AMD FX-8350 8-Core Black Edition
MB: Asus Crosshair V Formula Z Rev 1.0
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB)DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
GPU: AMD/XFX 6970 w/2gb DDR5 RAM

HD01: SSD - Samsung 840 Pro / 256gb
HD02: SSD - Samsung 850 Pro / 512gb
HD03: SSD - OCZ-Agility 3 / 128gb
HD04: SSD - Sandisk / 64gb
HD05: WDCB WD20002FAEX / 2TB
HD06: WDCB WD20002FAEX / 2TB

System Pump: EK-X-Res CSQ Pump
Full Board Cooling Block: EK-FB ASUS C5F-Z
CPU Water Block: Koolance CPU-380
GPU Waterblock: XSPC Razor 6970

Radiator No. 1: EK-CoolStream PE 120 Single
Radiator No. 2: Black Ice Extreme 240 Dual

Hose: PrimoChill - PrimoFlex Advanced LRT Tubing 1/2"ID x 3/4" OD
Fittings: Monsoon Free Center Compression Fitting - 1/2"ID x 3/4"OD
Coolant: ~+1000ML EK-Ekoolant EVO Clear
Fans: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 5 total, 2 on the 120 and three on the 240 rads.

Operation System: Windows 10 Pro

 

[Mandrake4565]

Eddie lets start out on the right foot. Open hwmonitor and run prime blend for 2 hours at stock settings. I've seen instances where trying to run large amounts of Ram will cause instability. I want to make sure it is a stable setup where it is before trying to push. Temps shouldn't be an issue but if the Cpu or Package temp go over 70c or 62c respectively stop the test. Then post back a screen shot of Hwmonitor and the following tabs in Cpu-Z, Cpu, Spd and Memory.

 

[Eddie Current]

Mandrake please check out this "Previous Discussion"

 

[Mandrake4565]

Ok so you passed 2 hours of blend, temps are good so off to the next step. Disable all the power saving features, Cool and Quiet, C1E, SVM, Core 6 state and Apm master mode. Enable HPC, set the Cpu LLC to High as well as Cpu Nb LLc. Set the Cpu Voltage manually to 1.45 V you have plenty of headroom so this should pose a problem. Then raise the multiplier .5 and run prime 20 minutes, with Hwmonitor open. Watch temps, 70c on the Cpu and 62 on the package max. If you pass raise the multi and run 20 min again, if you fail raise the Cpu V .00625 rinse and repeat. We are just looking for tentative stability for now. When you get to around 4.5-4.6 I suggest you try to pass 2 hours of blend again. This way if you want to push further you have a "fall back" stable Oc to go back to if you lose your way.

 

[Eddie Current]

1.Disable all the power saving features, Cool and Quiet, C1E, SVM, Core 6 state and Apm master mode.
2.Enable HPC.
3.Set the Cpu LLC to High as well as Cpu Nb LLc.
4.Set the Cpu Voltage manually to 1.45 V (you have plenty of headroom so this should pose a problem.)
5.Then raise the multiplier .5 and run prime 20 minutes, with Hwmonitor open.

Watch temps, 70c on the Cpu and 62 on the package max. If you pass raise the multi and run 20 min again, if you fail raise the Cpu V .00625 rinse and repeat. We are just looking for tentative stability for now. When you get to around 4.5-4.6 I suggest you try to pass 2 hours of blend again. This way if you want to push further you have a "fall back" stable Oc to go back to if you lose your way.

Got all of step 1 and 2 done, but I'm stuck on CPU and CPU NB LLC to high? I'm not sure what this is and I looked through my BIOS and did see these setting.

 

[caddi daddi]

that would be under the extreme tweaker tab, down at digi vrm/ power control.

 

[EarthDog]

Flip those fans around working against each other... top of the case open or not the airflow will be better.

Good luck!

 

[Eddie Current]

Watch temps, 70c on the Cpu and 62 on the package max. If you pass raise the multi and run 20 min again, if you fail raise the Cpu V .00625 rinse and repeat. We are just looking for tentative stability for now. When you get to around 4.5-4.6 I suggest you try to pass 2 hours of blend again. This way if you want to push further you have a "fall back" stable Oc to go back to if you lose your way.

Ok well I completed the first round. You can see things have started to heat up a little. You cant see it but the CPU Ratio is 20.05

 

[EarthDog]

Screencaps...

In case you want screenshots, here is how.

1. Hit prtscn button then paste into ms paint. Save file then attach to the forum (not 3rd party) with file attach button.
2. Hit f12 to take a screenshot of your bios. You will need a USB stick as it will save the file there. You may need to save it as a jpg, then attach to forums with file attach button

 

[Mr.Scott]

If you have LLC on, turn it down a click. Overvolting to over 1.6v is pretty radical for 24/7.

 

[caddi daddi]

yea......... that's my kind of vcore love.
give me a few minutes, I'll have to go out to the truck and grab a rig like yours and get a few shots of the bios setup.

 

[Mandrake4565]

That's got to be an erroneous reading no?

 

[caddi daddi]

I do love my magical truck, it has such neat and handy stuff inside, everyone should own a magical truck.
this is how i have my clock and voltage set up, do not just copy the numbers into your system, just look at whats set to manual, offsets and things like that, you'll get to the details but yours will differ.

 

[Mr.Scott]

That's got to be an erroneous reading no?

Can't tell yet, so I'm assuming it's correct.

 

[Eddie Current]

@cd, you don't run it at those setting for everyday use, no?

 

[caddi daddi]

yes i do, it works very well for me, when it's doing nothing, it's at about 1800, when the load hits it's at max clock and ramps the voltage right up.

your voltage offset is going to be minus at 4.1.
you will use the + key to add the negative voltage.

here is the ram setup manually, you need to set yours to your default settings.
the only ones to bother with are the first 4, mine are set 9,10,9,27 and then down where it's set to 51.
you can get these numbers from the tools tab, then select spd.
under the tweaker tab, set the ram speed to default, your board might set it to 1333.

 

[Eddie Current]

Here is the advertised numbers

 

[Eddie Current]

I did a little light OCing last night working with both the CPU and GPU. I still need to do some more tweaking but I'm impressed by these results. This was running Prime95 w/blend and Heaven for about an hour without errors.

 

[Mandrake4565]

Eddie when you post up your Oc results do it with Hwmonitor and these tabs in Cpu-Z, Cpu, Spd and Memory it's a lot more helpful. Additionally when posting screen shots use the windows snipping tool, it's much better then snapping it with a camera

 

[Johan45]

WOW that's a lot of memory for a poor little FX to handle.