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[Junior Revoltar]

Just wondering if anyone has the ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 GEN 3 with a 2500k or 2600k CPU with it? What are your settings for Overclock settings in the UEFI? Just want to know what you got in comparison to mine.

Edited by Junior Revoltar, 16 March 2012 - 12:00 AM.

[Kauw]

i have asrock P67 fatal1ty pro so i dont know
i grabed myself some overclock setting off a Z68 mobo

[Junior Revoltar]

I followed pretty much this guy here http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9e04-5hjk-I

I did the overclock with this guys settings just some a little differnt but followed the same steps. I have the 2600k though. I test it with prime95, after maybe 30 mins it goes to BSOD. I wanna stress the CPU etc and let it run stable on about 4.8Ghz. My settings are almost identical as the guy on youtube as i referenced it only from his video. Should i be doing something else or forget about some of the settings he actually used? Because I am not sure if it is me personally or the motherboard. When i play games it is fine for hours. It has crashed a few times though. But when stressing it that is where the problem is...

[WOLF_TEAM_LEADER]

His chip is much younger and a different model.
I wouldn't OC off some guys settings.
You should follow a procedure of making your way up from 1 stable over clock to the next.
All you need to do is start off with a mild OC and see what the lowest voltage you can set is while the rig is still fully stable under p95.
Keep doing this for higher and higher OCs until the temps are too high or the voltage is too worrying.
When you get a BSOD remember to list the code so you know what the issue is (usually points to lack of vcore or w/e).
I would read through some OCing guides which tell you what each settings does.
There is a slim chance that your CPU will have the same stability on the same settings as a chip from a totally different batch/model.
If you don't go past 4.8GHz you shouldn't need to change anything apart from the vcore and multiplier.
Proper guides will talk about LLC and other features that can totally change how your overclock turns out so it is a must that you read up about it.
Just look for some text guides on overclocking P67 and preferably your board series as each manufacturer has slightly different names for some things.

Edited by WOLF_TEAM_LEADER, 29 January 2012 - 12:32 PM.

[jfrydom]

The fun in overclocking is messing with the settings to try and get the highest OC with the least voltage. If you don't want go too far you can go for a milder overclock like 4.6 GHZ. It'll still way faster than necessary for games, as that seems to be all your doing.

If you care to know how I OC, I set the max recommended voltage for the chip and see how far I can get, then back off the voltage until it becomes unstable. Later I'll go back and put even more than recommended to see if i can have a higher frequency for benchmarking. Make sure to turn down the other multipliers (ram, etc.) so you can test each individually. You don't need to do it all at once and can spread it out over weeks or months (even years!). Have fun!
P.S. if you don't know what a setting does, research what it is before messing with it.

[dirtylarryuk]

I'd aim for stable 4.4 - 4.5 save that as a stable then try for 4.6-4.8 but most 2500k's are good to 4.6 in the batches made since summer 2011. Good as in rock solid 100% 24-7 stable.

One thing I have noticed is Z68 is more 'funny' over ram than P67 so RAM OC-Amounts with CPU OC seems to be more of a issue on Z68. I suspect one of the reasons I get away with 4.9 24-7 is 4GB of ram and P67.

Key is to keep the CPU at 1.4v or under then it's good!

Edited by dirtylarryuk, 30 January 2012 - 02:32 PM.

[Junior Revoltar]

Okay this Motherboard has casued nothing but problems. At first i thought it was my overclocking. But by the looks of it even with Default settings on the Bios, my computer still crashes and reboots, and says "boot 0" error or something. Then I have to shut down the computer and re order my Hard drive preferences to my Windows boot which is my 120GB SSD. This seems to be doing it more often then usual now, so I am thinking of getting a whole new motherboard with or without GEN 3 i don't care. But I do want it to be a high end as i am running a 2600k with a GTX 580.

Please offer me any suggestions on to what motherboard i could move onto.

Thanks

[WOLF_TEAM_LEADER]

My ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION does the same thing all the time.
I have at least 5 drives in at a time, 3 of them being identical.
I am currently booting off 1 of the 3 identical drives and if my PC gets rebooted it will try boot from the first identical drive on the list which isn't the right one.
If I change it back to the correct drive and then save and restart it seems to work fine but after the next restart (always days or weeks apart) the same crap will happen.
I haven't changed anything apart from using the OS on one of the 3 identical drives instead of my SSD.
My guess is it's something I borked so maybe you triggered yours somehow too.

I'll get back to you if I can fix it on my board.
For a replacement I would go with whichever Asus board suits your budget.
Either something like the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 or one of them black and red ROG ones which seem to cost a lot for nothing unless you are running 3+ GPUs.

GL!

Edited by WOLF_TEAM_LEADER, 11 March 2012 - 10:41 AM.

[Junior Revoltar]

WOLF_TEAM_LEADER, on 11 March 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

My ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION does the same thing all the time.
I have at least 5 drives in at a time, 3 of them being identical.
I am currently booting off 1 of the 3 identical drives and if my PC gets rebooted it will try boot from the first identical drive on the list which isn't the right one.
If I change it back to the correct drive and then save and restart it seems to work fine but after the next restart (always days or weeks apart) the same crap will happen.
I haven't changed anything apart from using the OS on one of the 3 identical drives instead of my SSD.
My guess is it's something I borked so maybe you triggered yours somehow too.

I'll get back to you if I can fix it on my board.
For a replacement I would go with whichever Asus board suits your budget.
Either something like the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 or one of them black and red ROG ones which seem to cost a lot for nothing unless you are running 3+ GPUs.

GL!

Hrrm interesting..! It is really bugging me though. I thought a Fresh install of windows will help but no. And thought changing back to my default clock settings on the cpu and that didn't help either. To me it's quite bizarre. I was thinking of getting the Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z but in the near future I only want to get one extra GTX 580 not planning on doing 3+ GPUs.

I have never come across this issue ever and i even reset the Bios settings and all. It's either something i am missing and doing something wrong, or This Asrock motherboard I have is not doing me Justice...

[WOLF_TEAM_LEADER]

The Extreme-Z would be a waste of money for you.
Even the standard P8Z68-V has Dual PCIe 3.0 x8 which is fine for the GTX580's and future GPUs I'm pretty sure.
So yeah I would go for either the Pro or the Deluxe version of the Z68-V.

[WestSideBridge]

Asus isn't making the best 1155 stuff. I'd take an ASRock over my Asus right now any day of the week.

[Junior Revoltar]

WOLF_TEAM_LEADER, on 11 March 2012 - 11:49 AM, said:

The Extreme-Z would be a waste of money for you.
Even the standard P8Z68-V has Dual PCIe 3.0 x8 which is fine for the GTX580's and future GPUs I'm pretty sure.
So yeah I would go for either the Pro or the Deluxe version of the Z68-V.

Okay, well I have just purchased the V-Pro Motherboard. Seemed to be rated quite high and reviews seem good too. And checked on Youtube reviews and couple of other hardware review sites. Hopefully it has better improvements with my overclocking and wipes my errors. Will be doing a clean install of Windows 7 too.

[Junior Revoltar]

WOLF_TEAM_LEADER, on 11 March 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

My ASUS P8P67 WS REVOLUTION does the same thing all the time.
I have at least 5 drives in at a time, 3 of them being identical.
I am currently booting off 1 of the 3 identical drives and if my PC gets rebooted it will try boot from the first identical drive on the list which isn't the right one.
If I change it back to the correct drive and then save and restart it seems to work fine but after the next restart (always days or weeks apart) the same crap will happen.
I haven't changed anything apart from using the OS on one of the 3 identical drives instead of my SSD.
My guess is it's something I borked so maybe you triggered yours somehow too.

I'll get back to you if I can fix it on my board.
For a replacement I would go with whichever Asus board suits your budget.
Either something like the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 or one of them black and red ROG ones which seem to cost a lot for nothing unless you are running 3+ GPUs.

GL!

Changed Motherboard to the Asus P8Z68 V Pro GEN 3. Working well.....Except just earlier this morning as i left my computer on, It came up with this termination error within windows. I forgot to get a screen shot but all icons were gone and taskbar and JUST my Background was showing.. Restarted computer, and has led me to Change Boot Priorities within Bios yet again.. Windows won't boot as the Boot options has changed.

Not sure what is happening but seems to be ongoing. So could be my other hardware, possibly my SSD? I don't know, but if you have had this issue as well or ANYONE else i think this needs to be brought to the attention to find a fix. Either Hardware, or something I need to change within Registry or some sort..