First Successfull 10700k 5GHZ Overclock Opinion

[Bigbossnake89]

Hi my name is Omar nice to meet you, this is my first post in the forum. I have always wanted to make an overclock to a processor. And finally I was able to achieved one of the things that I have always wanted. The question is If I made it correctly or not? I don't want to fry my processor
in the next months jejeje, for that reason I would like to know your opinion about my setup.

HARDWARE SPECS

• Processor : Intel Core i7 10700K
• Graphic Card : EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER XC 8GB
• Thermal Paste : Artic Silver 5
• RAM Memory : 32 GB (4 X 8) G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4, 3600MHz with XMP II enabled
• Motherboard : ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E
• Liquid Cooler : NZXT Kraken X73 360mm
• PSU: ASUS ROG-THOR-850P P
• SDD: 1TB SAMSUNG EVO 970 Plus
• HDD: 4TB Seagate Barracuda ST4000LM024
• SO : Windows 10 Home Premiun 64 bits

MANUAL VCORE SETUP

• CPU Core/Cache Current Limit Max : MAX VALUE (275.75)
• Long Duration Package Power Limit : MAX VALUE (4095)
• Ai Overclock Tunner : XMP II
• Asus Multi Core Enhacement : Enabled
• AVX Instruction Core Ratio : 0
• CPU Core Ratio : Sync All cores
• ALL-Core Ratio Limit : 50
• CPU Core/Cache Voltage : Manual Mode
• CPU Core Voltage Override : 1.37
• Min CPU Cache Ratio : 45
• Max CPU Cache Ratio : 45
• CPU Load-Line Calibration : LEVEL 04

• VCORE Idle : 1.34v
• VCORE Stress : 1.288 - 1.3005 (Prime 95)

ADAPTATIVE VOLTAGE SETUP

• CPU Core/Cache Current Limit Max : MAX VALUE (275.75)
• Long Duration Package Power Limit : MAX VALUE (4095)
• Ai Overclock Tunner : XMP II
• Asus Multi Core Enhacement : Enabled
• AVX Instruction Core Ratio : 0
• CPU Core Ratio : Sync All cores
• ALL-Core Ratio Limit : 50
• CPU Core/Cache Voltage : Manual Mode
• CPU Core Voltage Override : 1.38
• Min CPU Cache Ratio : 45
• Max CPU Cache Ratio : 45
• CPU Load-Line Calibration : LEVEL 05
• IA AC Load Line : 0.01
• IA DC Load Line : 0.01

• VCORE Idle : 1.30v
• VCORE Stress : 1.279 - 1.31 (Prime 95)

With both setups I can get 5.0 GHZ stable, with more frequency the system becomes inestable and start giving me BSOD's in Windows, the question here is, which setup do you recommend for a long term 24/7 setup, the first one or the second one?

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Hey, that's a really nice setup!!

Well I don't like the v-droop on the adaptive overclock personally.

So my pick is the manual OC, the performance difference however is probably within 1%.....so
Check these settings.
Vccio - 1.2v or less
Vccia - 1.2v or less

For the blue screens, bump the v-core some more. These chips start getting thirsty past 5ghz.

Additional comment:

upgrade the thermal paste to MX-4
Can also bump the Cache up, but will cost more v-core. 4.7 - 4.9ghz area 'ish

 

[Bigbossnake89]

Thanks for your answer ShrimpBrim, I will check the settings for Vccio and Vccia, I will try to see if I can get more than 5 GHZ. VCCIA I could not find it in my BIOS testing the new setup

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Thanks for your answer ShrimpBrim, I will check the settings for Vccio and Vccia, I will try to see if I can get more than 5 GHZ. VCCIA I could not find it in my BIOS testing the new setup

I meant System Agent. I'm sorry.
Sometime's the Asus boards really like to over volt too much.
So you want to manually set them for sure.

 

[Bigbossnake89]

Thanks again, I noticed now more stability in my setup with: 1.18 for Vccio and 1.2 for System Agent, I will continue making some more tests

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Thanks again, I noticed now more stability in my setup with: 1.18 for Vccio and 1.2 for System Agent, I will continue making some more tests

Once you have the cpu overclock settled in, maybe push the memory a little more. Incremental steps, and a bump in voltage. 1.45v would be max without a fan right on the memory.