Recently I was bit by the overclock bug and I am now trying to overclock my i7 3770k to 5.0 - 5.2ghz, I keep on blue screening when I try to push it to about 5ghz. I got it up to 4.8 stable but at 5 it starts to become unstable. How much voltage do I need to get a stable overclock at 5ghz and would the speed of the RAM be affecting anything. The RAM comes clocked at 1600 mhz but I've been tryingt o push that slightly further as well. Through out the process the CPU is staying cool so that wont be a problem with my h80. Thanks in advance.
Personally, I'm a bit surprised you got it up to 4.8GHz, as IB's thermals get out of control past 4.5GHz. In fact, at 4.5GHz they can kick up more heat than a 6-core 4.7GHz Sandy Bridge-E CPU. I'm curious as what your temps are. Either way I'd upgrade the cooler to a NZXT Kraken x60 if you want a 5.0GHz+ OC. There is a CPU mod you can try to increase thermal efficiency, assuming Intel is still using regular old thermal paste for the heat spreader, though it's probably very risky
Using a box knife (we do not recommend doing this at home), the author of the linked story pried the heat spreader away from the chip and was able to replace the cheap paste Intel used, trying out both OCZ Freeze Extreme and Coollaboratory Liquid Pro thermal pastes. The OCZ offering allowed for 1.55 V at 4.9 GHz, while the Coollaboratory material ramped up to 5.0 GHz, operating stably. This was accomplished even with air cooling, although the author did not use a stock heat sink, opting for a Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E instead
fuck me you did that on a H80 what were your thermals and voltage? either way get a better cooler as you could have silicon lottery winner on your hands. also try and stay below 1.5volts otherwise your cpu will have a really short live
it's not gonna happen. intel won't oc that far. amd could probably do it, but unless you got liquid nitro, intel won't go that high. also, make sure you can run prime95 torture test for 24hrs
is that the latest case for the new stepping? I get bugger all heat from my 3570K as well.
I'm assuming by "Intel" you mean their Ivy Bridge line, or specifically the OP's chip, because if you mean every Intel chip, then I'd say that I have a friend who overclocked his 2600K with an H100 to 5.0Ghz with a 1.46 voltage, and running stable