ChuckJäger Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 So I have an i7 8700K, and so far I have had no luck getting a stable overclock to 5ghz. All research says this should be entirely possible but I've had no luck. Does anyone have any tips? I'm currently running at 4.8 and can do that at 1.3v with temperatures in the 40-60 range depending on load. Also - will it make any difference in VR going from 4.8 to 5ghz? I am complete newbie to this so I'm sort of finding my way here. VFA-113 | Stinger 307 | "Hank" USN OEF OIF Veteran i7-8700K OC'd 4800ghz | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080Ti OC'd | 32gb RAM | 2.5TB SSD | Odyssey + | TM Warthog HOTAS | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uri_ba Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 HTH, https://pit.uriba.org/uriba/vr/8700k-overclock-performance-in-dcs-2-5/ please note that I'm running a 1080, so at some point I think I see no gain because of that. Creator of Hound ELINT script My pit building blog Few DIY projects on Github: DIY Cougar throttle Standalone USB controller | DIY FCC3 Standalone USB Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boedha68 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 So I have an i7 8700K, and so far I have had no luck getting a stable overclock to 5ghz. All research says this should be entirely possible but I've had no luck. Does anyone have any tips? I'm currently running at 4.8 and can do that at 1.3v with temperatures in the 40-60 range depending on load. Also - will it make any difference in VR going from 4.8 to 5ghz? I am complete newbie to this so I'm sort of finding my way here. TIP: Overclock just core 1 to 5GHZ. DCS just use core 1 for the game and core 2 for audio. :D New system:I9-9900KS, Kingston 128 GB DDR4 3200Mhz, MSI RTX 4090, Corsair H150 Pro RGB, 2xSamsung 970 EVO 2Tb, 2xsamsung 970 EVO 1 TB, Scandisk m2 500 MB, 2 x Crucial 1 Tb, T16000M HOTAS, HP Reverb Professional 2, Corsair 750 Watt. Old system:I7-4770K(OC 4.5Ghz), Kingston 24 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz,MSI RTX 2080(OC 2070 Mhz), 2 * 500 GB SSD, 3,5 TB HDD, 55' Samsung 3d tv, Trackir 5, Logitech HD Cam, T16000M HOTAS. All DCS modules, maps and campaigns:pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uri_ba Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 TIP: Overclock just core 1 to 5GHZ. DCS just use core 1 for the game and core 2 for audio. :D actually it seems that the gains from "sync all cores" are substantianl Creator of Hound ELINT script My pit building blog Few DIY projects on Github: DIY Cougar throttle Standalone USB controller | DIY FCC3 Standalone USB Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boedha68 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 actually it seems that the gains from "sync all cores" are substantianl test it and you see the results. :D New system:I9-9900KS, Kingston 128 GB DDR4 3200Mhz, MSI RTX 4090, Corsair H150 Pro RGB, 2xSamsung 970 EVO 2Tb, 2xsamsung 970 EVO 1 TB, Scandisk m2 500 MB, 2 x Crucial 1 Tb, T16000M HOTAS, HP Reverb Professional 2, Corsair 750 Watt. Old system:I7-4770K(OC 4.5Ghz), Kingston 24 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz,MSI RTX 2080(OC 2070 Mhz), 2 * 500 GB SSD, 3,5 TB HDD, 55' Samsung 3d tv, Trackir 5, Logitech HD Cam, T16000M HOTAS. All DCS modules, maps and campaigns:pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uri_ba Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I had... See link in post #3 Creator of Hound ELINT script My pit building blog Few DIY projects on Github: DIY Cougar throttle Standalone USB controller | DIY FCC3 Standalone USB Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoen Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 4.8 is good enough. Going to 5Ghz will give you 5% extra speed, possibly, which means it'll increase from 45 to 47 fps i.e. negligible difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 The 8700k tends to run hot bc Intel did not solder the chip. So, if you really want to overclock it and still be in a reasonable temperature range, you need to delid. You can learn about that here: Now, when you first see this you may feel you will ruin your processor, but it is actually very easy. And, for most people their temps drop by 15 deg C or more under load (like Prime 95). If you don't want to delid, you will still need to learn to use your BIOS correctly, and most guys run their overclocks on adaptive voltage of about 1.35 volts for 5 GHz with no offshoot. And no, there will be very little FPS difference in going from 4.8 to 5.0 GHz with the 8700k as concerns DCS and VR. I've tested it and it averages about 2.3% better. YMMV Mine is running at 5.0 or 5.1 (can't remember) w/ no issues. I used RocketCool (https://rockitcool.myshopify.com/) and took me no more than 45min from start to finish. Couldn't be easier to delid the 8700K. And Yes, I too saw 10-15deg drop in temperature. hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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