Hi guys,
I'm new here and I'm a first time overclocker.
I recently bought a new computer and thought that I should learn how to do some basic overclocking since I read a lot about it and everyone seemed to be happy with the results. It also seems that overclocking have gotten a lot easier these days than it was before.
My build is:
BitFenix Prodigy M (Chassi)
Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 1600MHz CL10
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
Crucial MX100 512 GB (soon to be replaced with a 840 EVO at 500 GB)
WD Green WD10EZRX 1TB
Intel Core i5 4690K
Corsair Hydro H90
Corsair CS650M
Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5
I simply used the Gigabyte EasyTune program that had overclocking presets, and I used the one at 4.5 GHz (with a core voltage slightly above 1.3 V) called “Extreme”. I increased the multipliers to 47, ending at 4.7 GHz without changing anything else. I saved these as presets in Intel XTU, which I then used from that point.
Since this frequency seemed to be deemed a pretty good overclock for the 4690K I was satisfied with it, and I experienced an increase in benchmarkings.
I tried stress testing the stability both with the Intel XTU stresstest for a couple of hours and by playing games (Battlefield 4 mainly), and everything worked great. During these tests I also monitored the temperature of the CPU with both NZXT CAM and Intel XTU, and the temperatures never went above 72 degrees Celsius (which it only reached for very short durations, the mean temperature was around 60 degrees Celsius).
I turned on the overclock settings before starting a game, and downclocked it to the default setting when I was done. I always used Intel XTU for this, since it didn’t required a reboot.
This worked great for a couple of weeks, and I never experienced any crashes or instability.
Then this weekend when I was going to apply the overclocking (which I hadn't done for about one week) the computer crashed directly. I tried applying a lower overclock (the “Extreme” preset in EasyTune at 4.5 GHz), which also lead to a crash. I also tried applying the same overclock with Intel XTU which resulted in a crash after a couple of seconds. I didn't have any programs running in the background when I applied the overclocks, and EasyTune overclocks the cpu during a reboot.
I have no idea why this doesn’t work anymore, and I haven’t changed anything with my computer. Is it possible that I damaged my cpu by overclocking it in the first place?
Does anyone have any idea if this can be solved? Or do I have to avoid overclocking my cpu from now on?
Thanks in advance
Vozdok
I'm new here and I'm a first time overclocker.
I recently bought a new computer and thought that I should learn how to do some basic overclocking since I read a lot about it and everyone seemed to be happy with the results. It also seems that overclocking have gotten a lot easier these days than it was before.
My build is:
BitFenix Prodigy M (Chassi)
Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 1600MHz CL10
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming
Crucial MX100 512 GB (soon to be replaced with a 840 EVO at 500 GB)
WD Green WD10EZRX 1TB
Intel Core i5 4690K
Corsair Hydro H90
Corsair CS650M
Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5
I simply used the Gigabyte EasyTune program that had overclocking presets, and I used the one at 4.5 GHz (with a core voltage slightly above 1.3 V) called “Extreme”. I increased the multipliers to 47, ending at 4.7 GHz without changing anything else. I saved these as presets in Intel XTU, which I then used from that point.
Since this frequency seemed to be deemed a pretty good overclock for the 4690K I was satisfied with it, and I experienced an increase in benchmarkings.
I tried stress testing the stability both with the Intel XTU stresstest for a couple of hours and by playing games (Battlefield 4 mainly), and everything worked great. During these tests I also monitored the temperature of the CPU with both NZXT CAM and Intel XTU, and the temperatures never went above 72 degrees Celsius (which it only reached for very short durations, the mean temperature was around 60 degrees Celsius).
I turned on the overclock settings before starting a game, and downclocked it to the default setting when I was done. I always used Intel XTU for this, since it didn’t required a reboot.
This worked great for a couple of weeks, and I never experienced any crashes or instability.
Then this weekend when I was going to apply the overclocking (which I hadn't done for about one week) the computer crashed directly. I tried applying a lower overclock (the “Extreme” preset in EasyTune at 4.5 GHz), which also lead to a crash. I also tried applying the same overclock with Intel XTU which resulted in a crash after a couple of seconds. I didn't have any programs running in the background when I applied the overclocks, and EasyTune overclocks the cpu during a reboot.
I have no idea why this doesn’t work anymore, and I haven’t changed anything with my computer. Is it possible that I damaged my cpu by overclocking it in the first place?
Does anyone have any idea if this can be solved? Or do I have to avoid overclocking my cpu from now on?
Thanks in advance
Vozdok