Z87 G45 & i5 4670k overclock screenshots please

Hey all. After endless hours of reading and researching, I'm wanting to overclock this combo. Apparently for me, I seem to understand pictures rather than words lol. What do I need to do to accomplish this overclock. I haven't had this build very long and still an oc'er in training. Most guides I have read, are geared more towards the bios of asus and gigabyte boards. Basically I'm looking for screenshots/steps from experienced overclockers to assist me. Here are my goals with my current set up: 4.2 (ok) 4.4 (ill be happy) 4.5 and higher (I'll be ecstatic). I know not all chips are the same, but the only way I can find out is to do this correctly. Please help! Thanks!

Quote from: jms45 on 20-October-13, 15:32:36
yeah I think I will be sticking at 4.4, I've been trying 4.6 and I need 1.25v to boot into windows and 1.300v for stability but it seems the increased performance isn't really worth it. The increase is so small I can hardly merit the extra voltage or heat.
My stock voltage If I remember right was reading 1.048v in the bios, and my ram I manually adjusted all my settings for that as I am messing around a little with the timings now, you just need to change it to 2133 under the dram frequency option in the bios and to set the timings for both dimms equally set dram timing mode to link and adjust timings under advanced dram configuration.
But I reckon its still going to be a while yet before you get to the point of adjusting ram timings etc. just leave your ram and uncore alone until you find your sweet spot on the cpu cores then try upping the rest from there. might take a while but at least you wont be banging your head of the desk wondering what you need to change. the fact I can do 4.4 with 1.180v (recently dropped from 1.185v) and then 4.6 needs 1.300v puts me off even going that high on this chip. all I can say is try setting the 4.2 with your voltage on auto save and reboot, go back into bios and see what the auto setting is giving you, i'd imagine it will be too much though like 1.200v and I really doubt you'd need that for 4.2 maybe 1.100v - 1.150v but that is just a guess I don't really know how your chip will behave :(
Coming from an i7 920 @4GHz this chip blows that away at stock clocks so to me this has still been a worthwhile upgrade even if I cant hit 4.6-5.0GHz. had I came from ivy or sandy i'd probably be disappointed lol.
Sorry but your link isn't showing any pics bud
Ok man. Good to know. And thank you for taking the time out to give me some insight. That is pretty odd that your 4.4ghz only needs 1.180v.. but when you try to go up.. the voltage needed goes up a lot. That's the first time I have heard that one. I'm at my pc now.. and I can now attempt to give ya a pic of my bios. This was taken on the 9th. It was pretty cool in my house at the time.. so notice the cpu temp LOL. Wish it was that low all the time. Highest it gets on idle is like 34c. According to Bios. According to 4 other software monitoring programs.. it's lower by 5-8c. So bios is outnumbered 4-1.. Think I'll believe the software temps I will give it a whirl on auto. Disable xmp, speed spectrum, intel smart connect. I think that's it LOL. I have to go back and look at all the info I have collected. Like I said.. My safe zone is 1.25v on the core. And if I can at least get 4.4 outta it.. I'm fine. I'm coming from a Core 2 Quad 6500 running at 2.83ghz. LOCKED! :( Eitherway, this new build is way faster in all aspects. But, I just want that little extra performance for FREE I will be OC'ing my GPU too
http://imageshack.com/a/img607/721/a8gg.jpg
I hope you can see this LOL.
BTW.. how do you put pics in the messages like that on this site?

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(all other settings default in MSI bios)
Can anyone suggest to me what might be going on here?
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Is it right to assume this isn't a motherboard problem, since I don't seem to get the unexpected shutdowns when I'm running stock clocks? I think I've ruled out the PSU and ram since I've replaced them both, so if it's a hardware issue I think it's got to be the motherboard.
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I know this topic is old but i have been having this same problem as andy and i cant figure it out. Also im sorry if i wasnt suppose to continue on someones thread but i thought it would be easier since we had the same problem. I have the same mobo and cpu, this only happens when i try to OC. when i set it back to stock bios it doesnt happen. Event id 41 with a random reboot and no BSOD. i dont know what to do anymore besides revert back to stock. IF anyone can help me let me know.
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things i have tried. set everything to auto except those two settings above.
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I have the Z87-G45 mobo with an i5 4670k
I finally got around to setting my overclock on my board. It runs stably for at least 2 hours on Prime95 @ 4.4 ghz w/ 1.210v.
Now, even though my PC runs fantastically at full load, it's at idle when it just dies. I don't get BSOD or freeze, PC just reboots and tells me OC settings have failed. Now I know that my overclock is fine. After some digging around, I notice that my multiplier seems to be locked at 44 (base clock 100mhz) but the voltages still fluctuate. So my CPU seems to be running at 4.4 around the clock despite having adaptive mode selected in BIOS. I don't have an option to even turn off EIST with an overclock on this board.
I loaded default settings with EIST enabled at 3.4 ghz and watched the multiplier properly working using the program CPU-z. So multiplier does seem to be working, just not when I'm overclocking.
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Thanks for the quick reply and suggestions. I did already have those settings tweaked and was still having issues.
For posterity, after hours of tweaking every possible thing in BIOS, I found the answer. It wasn't even in BIOS. In control panel > power options, under advanced, there was a processor power management setting that locked the minimum value to 100%. Lowered that down to 40% and voila, working multiplier. I have NO idea why it was still working under default values in BIOS as I haven't touched the Windows power settings since I installed windows. But hey it's working now and as of yet, I have no crashes while my system is in idle.
Hours in BIOS and I didn't even have to leave Windows to fix the problem.

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Unlikely factors:
-error in CPU-Z voltage reading = not likely as the temps are about 20 degrees celsius higher than they previously were (70+ previous, 95-99 current)
-prime95 = i used this same program to stresstest the CPU before the reinstall without similar issues
What I've tried so far:
- Changing CPU multiplier to 41x vcore to 1.147 without offset = 1.33V reported by CPU-Z (Picture shows these settings)
- Tried rolling back the BIOS version to 1.8 using MFlash = no change
The attached picture shows the settings, but the CPU meter temps are still 80+ as I only ran the test for 5 seconds for fear of overheating.
I hope there's a solution to this. I don't have much understanding of what controls vcore (bios, OS, ME, etc) so I don't know what else I can do to diagnose and fix this. If anyone could offer any solutions or help, I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks for your time!
EDIT: I only used Command centre to show the voltage setting in the screenshot. BIOS was used to change settings. I might add that command centre has always crashed within half an hour of opening it, and thus I've never relied on it.

Hi again, just an update on my situation. I've effectively corrected my problem, but my OC settings are still not functioning exactly like before.
I reinstalled windows (not a system image restore) without installing any of the mobo drivers that liveupdate recommends. I can achieve a stable 4.1GHz OC with 1.168V (reported by CPU-Z). The only error is that my vcore is set to 1.195 (offset -0.049), which used to give a VID of 1.147V, not 1.168V.
Still, I'm quite happy that at least I can run a stable 4.1GHz overclock at below 1.2V, which didn't work when I started this thread.
Now the only question left, since I purposely didnt install most mobo drivers, is whether I need to install the Chipset drivers or "management engine" drivers listed on my motherboard's support page? (http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z87-G45-GAMING.html#down-driver&Win7 64)

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I would welcome some advice. I am about 4 months into a new machine build:
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I rolled the memory speed back to the default 1600 MHz, and the system seems stable as a rock.
I don't really need to have the memory run at 2133 MHz, but it irks me that the system is not stable with the rated components, and I'm befuddled why the stress tests seem to pass just fine, then the system will randomly hang with arguably a far less demanding load than the stress tests.
Note that I have not yet:
* reset the CMOS when changing to X.M.P. Perhaps I should?
* reseated the graphics card or CPU. The latter will require R/R of the thermal grease, which I will do if needed, but it's a pain. Since the system is stable at 1600 MHz, I assumed that all basic systems are working as they should.
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* Tested the video memory
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I've read the suggestions to run only 2 sticks, rather than 4, but I can't justify dropping $140 on new memory (I don't really need the extra speed benefit, it's more curiosity and just not knowing at this point).
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Thank you both for the prompt replies. I'm learning a lot.
Turns out I also found this from G.SKILL in going over reviews of the memory modules I have. Another user had a similar configuration as mine and was having similar problems. G.SKILL replied:
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We are sorry to hear you were unable to get two kits working in the same system. It is not guaranteed two kits can operate at the rated specifications since they were not pre-matched, tested, and guaranteed at factory. With multi-channel motherboards, perfectly matching memory is necessary to achieve high frequency. This is why we must offer high capacity 32GB, 64GB kits, otherwise we can just sell one module at a time and have you purchase as many as you need. Unfortunately, memory does not work that way. If you purchase a 16GB kit rated at DDR3-2133, you should have absolutely no issues. For any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly for assistance.
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GSKILL SUPPORT
Not knowing any better, I simply purchased two "kits" of 2x4 GB each and installed them. Perhaps worse, if the modules were matched, I may well have mixed them up so the matched modules don't even sit in the same channels 1/3 or 2/4. G.SKILL seems to have a pretty responsive board, so I'll ask them what they suggest.
Also in the end, I really just want a stable machine. This is a basically an office/engineering machine. My initial thinking was that if the system was unstable at 2133 then there is something wrong with it that needs to be fixed. It sounds instead like getting to 2133 is not guaranteed, and is much more of an art than simply throwing the modules in and powering up the system.
I'm perfectly happy at 1600 knowing the system is stable. Indeed realizing now that 2133 requires overclocking, I may well have backed off to 1600 even if everything had worked just fine at 2300, just to trade extra stability for the (small) performance improvement that I would likely never notice anyway.
I'll put together a post for the G.SKILL forums, and if I get anything useful I'll post what I learn here for completeness.
Thanks again for the fast and informative replies. It's much appreciated.
Best,
-Paul

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Im having exactly the same problem did you manage to get it working in the end?
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Checked both power connections many many times
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Changed RAM (and tested in all configerations)
Tested 3 monitors on all ports (onboard DVI, VGA and HDMI)
Put 3 GPU's in it as well and tested all ports on them
Tested on a low end CPU
Tried out of case with just power leads and a monitor connected (no HD,USB,frount audio)
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Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor
MSI Z87-G45 GAMING Intel Z87 (Socket 1150)
16GB Mushkin Enhanced Silverline #997018 (2x8GB) 1333 (PC3-10666) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM CAS 9-9-9-24 1.5V
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Antec TP-750w
WD 500GB sata green Hard drive
240GB Crucial M500 2.5" SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Solid State Drive
Please help if you have any ideas :(

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Please someone help, I am getting no setup or boot menu, case & CPU fans come on, drives come on, led's come on, but blank screen.
I took out the graphic card & ram sticks, pulled the plug for leds & case fans, took all cables off HDD's, now only cpu & one stick of ram in dimm 2 connected + power switch.
plugged vga cable direct in MB, blank screen, then plugged cable in MB HDMI, blank screen.
tested monitor, ram & power supply in my sons computer which is a x58 LGA1366, all worked well.
I have no means of testing motherboard or cpu.
specs:
MB: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
CPU: i5-4670k
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 1866MHz 9-9-9-27 1.5v
PSU: Corsair CS650M
I also tried another PSU a Thermaltake AP850W
P.S.
I have reset all i.e. pulled plug, taken battery out, pressed reset & shorted the two reset pins next to battery.

newer board are different they need at least a CPU to even show a code as they use that to activate the BIOS and if they do not have that it will FAIL to post anything as the board is used as a backbone as nearly all the important stuff is on the CPU itself (Processor, IMC, SATA controller, Network Controller, VRM (on Haswell), GPU and many other things) so it will fail to post as before it was only a processor but now there more of a system on chip really and has most of the important stuff that used to be on the Board itself so without that the Motherboard is just an electrical plane with impressively limited connections as all the good stuff is now on the Processor that you do not have!
There is not much that you can tell till you at least get that CPU as the board has nothing to work with as there is nothing to process the signals from the BIOS so its just a useless item so shows nothing.

Z87 G45 & i5 4670k overclock screenshots please

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