I don't overclock my i5 on a Gigabyte motherboard
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Hello. I have an i5 3570K on a Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 motherboard. I intended to overclock it to 4 GHz but so far I have achieved almost nothing. The multiplier allows me to change it, so I raise it to the maximum (38), which sets it to 3600 MHz. Then, below this setting in the BIOS there is another one, whose name I do not remember, which I think is set to 1000. If I change it to 1020, 1030, 1050 or something like that, the result is that it goes up to 3800 or 4000. I had it at 3800 for a day, but now I see that many times it does not start up. It acts as if it starts up and turns off, and this repeats several times until on some occasion it starts up and in the BIOS I get the message that the overclock has failed. On other occasions it starts up but gets stuck on the Loading operating system message. The only way it works for me is to leave that value disabled (by default) and leave the multiplier at maximum. Is it wrong to touch that value? Do I have to raise the voltage? What is the procedure? -
Read some guide and look at this thread: -
From what I see here, it must be easy to reach 4ghz.
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 review – bargain mobo of the year | KitGuru - Part 4
It seems that they do it merely by raising the multiplier. What is not known is how, because to me it only lets me set it up to 38.
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If you have a K, you may need to update the BIOS.
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I don't understand. I just looked at the entire bios and I don't see any place to access or modify those turbo ratios. There is no way to set the multiplier above 38. Even looking at the photos of the address from before, I see that my motherboard or my bios is more modern. It's the FC version, from 2012. The idea of updating the bios scares me. I'm not comfortable risking staying with a dead motherboard that I just bought. -
Nothing has to happen, it's an operation that takes a few seconds. Too many planets have to align for the light to go out at the same instant you are rewriting it...
Greetings
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My version is also the FC board revision 2, and I can raise both the Turbo and the CPU Ratio much more than 3.8, I think up to 5.7. But I'm not very good at tweaking the overclock -
It's that you have to read guides beforehand, chew over the theory before you start, don't just start touching things randomly.
[Guide] How to overclock a Core i5/i7 (S1155) Sandy Bridge
Regards
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In the manual for my motherboard, there is a note about turbo ratios saying that it is only available for processors that support it. So my processor doesn't support it. It's strange, but okay. I think I'll give up and leave it at 3.6 ghz.
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But have you read guides? The motherboard manual is NOT a guide :facepalm:
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My version is also the FC board revision 2, and I can raise both Turbo and CPU Ratio much more than 3.8, I think up to 5.7.
But I'm not very sure how to tweak the overclock
Elaphe tells you 38 not 3.8; and talks about the multiplier.
In the manual of my motherboard there is a note about the turbo ratios saying that it is only available for processors that support it. So it will be that my processor does not support it. It's strange, but okay. I think I'll give up and leave it at 3.6 ghz.
You two should read a little more, on the manufacturer's page of your processor, of your motherboard manufacturer, in a bunch of different guides, and the manual too of course, although it won't teach you how to overclock.
Regards.
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Now it seems to me that what was preventing me from getting past Loading Operating System was the connected keyboard. I'm going to try to increase that BCLK/DMI/PEG frequency value, I don't know what it is and it's at 1000, if I remember correctly, to 1020 or something like that, and disconnect the PS2 keyboard, in case it's the culprit, and see if it starts up and runs stable, at least to leave it at 3800mhz. Is it bad to adjust that value? -
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In the manual for my motherboard, there's a note about turbo ratios saying that it's only available for processors that support it. So maybe my processor doesn't support it. It's strange, but okay. I think I'll give up and leave it at 3.6 ghz.
Your processor is a K and can be oced safely, even 4ghz is easy, take pictures of the bios options, see what you can touch but I think you have it on automatic and that's why it doesn't go up, with a K it's about pulling the multiplier and setting an appropriate vcore.
You shouldn't touch BCLK, DMI or any of that on this processor, maybe just increase VCCIO depending on the memory frequency, it's just about pulling the multiplier and setting the options to manual.
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The problem is that the clock ratio sets 38 as the maximum. It won't let me change it to more. On the other hand, in this screen you can see the turbo ratios that are accessible to change them but to me all that comes out deactivated. There is no way to access them.
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The problem is that the clock ratio sets 38 as the maximum. It won't let me change it to more. On the other hand, in this screen you can see the turbo ratios that are accessible to change them but to me all that comes deactivated. There is no way to access them.
That seems like with CPU load it will go to 4700, you will have to change the turbo ratio to the 4 options to one lower, look at the link they gave you, copy it even if it's a 2500K then it will be a matter of adjusting vcore, maybe your CPU needs less than the 2500K.
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The problem is that the clock ratio sets 38 as the maximum. It won't let me change it to more. On the other hand, this screen shows the turbo ratios that are accessible to change them, but everything comes up disabled for me. There's no way to access them.
Your micro is a K and can be overclocked safely, even 4ghz is doable. Take photos of the bios options, see what you can touch, but I think you have it on automatic and that's why it's not going up. With a K, you should use the multiplier and set an appropriate vcore.
You shouldn't touch BCLK, DMI, or anything like that on this micro, maybe just increase VCCIO depending on the memory frequency. It's just about using the multiplier and setting the options to manual.
You've just been given a clue, man. Remember that bios menus aren't always static. To make myself understood, in the bios if something is on Auto, the menus to configure that something manually and not in auto don't appear, and yet if you take it off Auto, the options to make your adjustments manually appear.
Sometimes you have to press a key to get more things to appear, like Ctrl+F1 in some gigabyte bios.
I don't know the latest from Intel, but in your case, either you have something on auto or some functionality of the micro has to be deactivated for the menu you want to appear, I guess.
But anyway, as long as there are people willing to take you by the hand from the basics, you won't need to read so much, you can already thank them.But for now, better not touch anything else but the multiplier, not even voltages, because other ways are more complex (bclk and etcs), and because it's better to know what you're touching
P.D.: fjavi asks for photos of your bios, not a photo taken from somewhere else with what you're looking for in your bios, :facepalm:
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Let's see, I'm not so stupid as not to know how to put something in enabled if it's in auto or disabled. The question is that all the turbo ratio values appear in gray, both if they are in auto or if I put them in enabled. A photo:
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Let's see, I'm not so foolish as not to know how to put something in enabled if it's in auto or disabled. The issue is that all the turbo ratio values appear in gray, both if they are in auto or if I put them in enabled. A photo:
And if you didn't know it, you wouldn't be foolish either, you were simply not aware, they asked you for a picture so it's worth a thousand words, and now that you've put it, we avoid misunderstandings.
Your micro is a K and it can be overclocked for sure, even 4ghz easily, take pictures of the bios options, see what you can touch ….."
Photos is plural, photos of all the menus please, I think it's already obvious to everyone that with turbo boost in manual it's not enough right, let's see if we figure out what else is needed with the photos of all the menus that you're going to post.
Honestly, I find it strange that this is taking so many turns with so many people who have an Ivy Bridge, as I already commented, I can't contribute much since I haven't had the pleasure of knowing it firsthand.
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I insist, check your BIOS version. F4, F5 and F7 have introduced compatibility aspects with Ivy, think that you have a chipset designed for Sandy, it would not be strange that a BIOS update unlocked the K's multiplier.
Editing: Don't be a pain in the ass, you have dual BIOS xD
