Did a test this afternoon, tried to convert a 20GB (.mov) clip to mp4 format, all cores are maxed out at 4.8GHz, no hiccup and successfully finished in 2 hours which is slightly faster than i7 4790K (also 4.8GHz).

Max temp is 74 C.

Will run P95 later for more stability test.

Try Prime95 v.28.7 Build 1

ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v287.win32.zip
ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v287.win64.zip

Z170 Skylake Overclocking Guide List

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=145742

owikh84 | Intel Core i5 6600K | 4.5GHz @ 1.376v | ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger | Custom WC






This post has been edited by owikh84: Sep 23 2015, 12:04 AM

emy_xvidia | Intel Core i5 6600K | 4.5GHz @ 1.376v | ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger | Corsair H110i GT

http://valid.x86.fr/py2crp

Note: Average temp 70, but not really satisfied with the temp due to the fact that I'm already using the H110i GT with push pull config. and it's kinda loud as well with the WC on performance mode. Should've gotten the Kraken...

Should i upgrade the fans?

Performance of Kraken X61 is very identical to H110i.


Also, fan doesn't make much difference. How about custom WC?

My 6600K @ 1.375v peaked at 58C in average under custom WC powered by 2x 360 rads.

Received the GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1 along with i7 6700K recently. So straightaway decided to do a suicide OC on my testbench.



owikh84 | i7 6700K | 5.0GHz @ 1.536v | GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1 | Custom WC



Initial test of benchable OC is 4.9GHz/ 4.9GHz core/cache



More to come...

RAM OCing with G.Skill RipjawsV DDR4-3000MHz C15 2x4GB



DDR4-3400MHz 16-18-18-36-2T @ 1.35v easy, but still need a lil tweaking for better performance efficiency



Heatspreader dismantled, revealing Samsung chips...

wallao kenot go for custom WC ler later I eat Maggi for one month..

thinking to get the Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC 3000rpm PWM fans to replace the crappy stock H110i GT fans. For the same setting of RPM, the Noctua's produce less noise, and if temp goes bonker can always set to max RPM! theoretically on paper that is.

and damn, 1.5V Vcore for your i7......

Suicide OC for screencap only lol. It's not meant for long run lol.

Add more fans...


This post has been edited by alexei: Sep 25 2015, 02:17 PM

What's the point of adding more fans when the radiator is still of the same size?

It won't work any better.

Guys do you know if the guide pinned can be applied for ocing i7 6600k on Z170 HD3 DDR3? Just moved from i7 860 3.66 @ 1.152v after 7 years. Looking to add 1-2Ghz on Dark Rock Pro 3 but i am unsure if DDR3 will be a showstopper since voltage is higher at 1.5v

I thought GIGABYTE Z170-HD3 only supports DDR4.
Basically regardless of the brand the overclocking steps would be more or less the same but every CPU is unique, means each chip requires different CPU-related voltages, different strength of integrated memory controller (IMC) resulting in different memory overclock ability and ram-related voltages.

i5 6600K has 3.5GHz base clock and peaks at 3.9GHz with Turbo, generally can be overclocked to 4.3-4.4GHz stable on air cooling (depending on chip of course and cooler).

There is a DDR3 version for HD3 mobo. Using CL9 1600 hyperx savage 8gbx2. Managed to get i5 6600k running 4.3GHz @1.27 using 20% preset overclock profile (gigabyte performance upgrade) Reaching 62C on full load running small FFT on prime95 v28.5 after 1 hour without error.. No linpack or IBT to further testing. Arma 3 and watch dogs running fine so far. Will perform manual oc instead of using current preset to get better optimized system.

Not bad. Auto overclocking is a good starting point but manual overclocking is always the best of course.
Skylake CPUs' TJmax (max temp.) is 100C so looks like your chip still have plenty of headroom to overclock higher.

Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC 3000rpm PWM fans are loud at max. you might not like it. 1500 pwm or maybe 2000 pwm is much quiet.

yea I've been reading also bout it. But I think that'll be manageable since I plan to connect the fans to Corsair Link. The stock Corsair fans aren't just good enough. They make this annoying rattling sound at low speed.

Just one question though, for a push pull config, is it better to put the higher RPM fans to do the push job or vice versa?

the idea of having larger sized fans is to get rid of loud fan noise issues. larger fans spin at lower rpm but provide sufficient air flow or static pressure, hence they are more quiet.

i think we have derailed from this nice topic. just check out the water cooling section at lyn for better information.

i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz
GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1
G.Skill Ripjaws V 3000C15 @ 3466MHz 17-18-18-28-1T