Intel "Skylake" Core i7 6700K Overclocking Guide

How can you get the most out of your new Intel Skylake CPU?
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[@phylax8]

jesus, im just realizing my cpu is 5 years old

[@doublecccc4095]

damn me to. i have a gtx 1080 ti and im wondering why my fps is low

[@MorkusReX]

@@doublecccc4095 Lol.. same

[@ryanschaeffer5218]

Same mah dude haha

[@phylax8]

@@doublecccc4095 that s my exact build too lol

[@Cologaan]

same, rip. propably not random that we all find this vid 5 years later^^

[@Aiequi]

The video quality and the background are so much better, good job guys!

[@g4ligan]

+Aiekillu Kitchen forever la V

[@WhathefrenchTV]

+Aiekillu Aieki Alors tu te renseigne pour la Aietech x) T'as raison c'est une bonne chaîne ^^ et j'avoue la qualité vidéo est de mieux en mieux ^^

[@g4ligan]

+Whathefrench : Sims 4 & Minecraft C'est Nabil Tuto Tech Tips quand même (cf la vidéo avec amixem sur reign of king rp)

[@jeffreytipper4909]

i have had my i7 6700 running non stop for 8 years never shutting it off ,still runs like new/////////

[@ToTheGAMES]

I love this new style and lighting!

[@xcelr8ion]

Okay you guys like the lighting huh what case was he building in then?

[@ToTheGAMES]

+Danny Smith Oh, is it about building a pc? I thought it was about overclocking.

[@ennuvent3757]

+Danny Smith #rekt

[@seankim5827]

+Sander le Tralala I have to agree I like the style but I don't like how low quality it seems. I also think the lighting is so ,so.

[@xcelr8ion]

Looks like the lighting is done by Logan @ Tek Syndicate

[@aky19832001]

I'm still running the 6700k clocked at 4.7ghz since 2015 without any issues, water cooling or fancy cooling systems. It's served me loyally for 5 years.

[@jeremyr.7982]

I still have it too

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

Same. I'm trying to stretch one more gen to 14th generation now, 4.7GHz 6700k is holding strong still, but I'm itching to move to DDR5. Honestly, gaming is still fine. I can lock in at 144Hz for most games I play outside of super-CPU-bottlenecked stuff like main cities in MMOs. Shooters like Destiny 2, Warzone, and Hunt: Showdown are all running at or above 120hz locked so it's hard to be motivated to buy.

[@ClavinZKL]

I can't oc mine cause the pre-built pc came with a no name hp motherboard smh.

[@CrayPlaySwe]

5.0ghz with water cooling. It still holds up. PSU died tho. Got a new, expensive one, gained 0.2 ghz.

[@Overlord277]

@@CyberneticArgumentCreator What GPU are you running? I'm on a 6700k but thinking about buying the RTX 4070.

[@mrmdc2rg]

Im still rocking this cpu in my main build in 2021 and doing perfectly fine. I dont care about new cpus who are like 2 seconds faster, ill stick with this one a couple of more years

[@donkoltz1]

Same here. Got another two years or so to go, maybe three.

[@scot_more]

If it aint broke, no need to fix! same here lads haha

[@co_ke8340]

Same here. Sill standing .

[@b_wellyn]

there's something about the color of this video that satisfies my eyes

[@spacecadet2827]

+Gabens Diciple it's been graded properly for the first time in weeks. [the blacks are actually black]

[@cytie3572]

+Gabens Diciple looks like he's put some sexy color correction on it

[@FlacidWanga]

+Space Cadet The blacks are grey for me :/

[@rjnash2610]

+weinerschnitzelboy Blacks aren't black, blacks aren't black! An earlier comment: "I don't think they deserve any of the flack they're getting for this"... And yet you are continuing to moan and pick at things with the rest of them.... you have wayyyy too much time on your hands... Leave them alone man, you're getting your vid a day aren't you?

[@rjnash2610]

+weinerschnitzelboy It's okay, I attempted to troll you but it failed...

[@AstroKitty]

I respect the kitchen from a nostalgia stand point, but this new set is just plain better. I dig it

[@Maxtez]

I completely agree!

[@jamesday5065]

+AstroKitty Same

[@imapie4688]

+Michael StewartART Wait, are you saying the kitchen was green screened? I just woke up so i am not fully awake :D

[@ChaosCorrupter]

+Feral Reason I'm not sure if that is supposed to be the ltt set because I think the current set is the wan show set

[@hellsgate09]

+imapie4688 In at least one video the kitchen was green-screened in because none of the sets were ready and they needed to get videos done. +ChaosCorrupter I don't think any of the actual sets they'll be using are ready yet. They've resorted to mixing it up between the Orange wall(which I think is in the library or upstairs) and the WAN show set(the one in this video) until the rest are ready... and I think they're rebuilding the kitchen set, though I don't know for sure.

[@oreskec]

Hey Linus, make video about difference between 6700k and 4790k, how strong are they, and how much different arhitecture makes

[@GetShrektMrKrabs]

I that really changed is power efficiency

[@GetShrektMrKrabs]

All that

[@ApplepieFTW]

virtually no difference unless you want 0.2 extra ghz (lol) or are running a pcie ssd. skylake is a retarded waste of money and isn't any faster than haswell e (save 2-3% in synthetic benchmarks)

[@whydohandlesexistAAA]

There is a 5 percent difference between the 4790k and the 6700k. If you want to buy something newer than the 4790k, buy a 5820k and overclock it. The cost is very close to the 6700k and it os a better cpu.

[@electricant55]

+ApplepieFTW If you have no idea what you're talking about just shut up

[@ericli9811]

Tutorial starts at 6:06 thank me later

[@dominicw6584]

Eric Li thanks

[@Bugged-pz7fx]

thanks

[@Neck93]

Eric Li thank u

[@huntervedope5034]

Eric Li o

[@williamgingras304]

2 year later still thanking you !

[@AjaySensei]

My 6700k and GTX 1080ti is such a nice pair together. I still don't have to worry about not being able to run games even 5 years later.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

When all of us 6700k bros upgrade to 13th or 14th gen platforms we can probably use them for another ten years lmao.

[@AjaySensei]

@@CyberneticArgumentCreator I’m still on my 6700k and probably will be for another 4ish years lol

[@KAATgroup]

@@AjaySensei glad to hear this just built a PC using a 6700k I got for free from work and an eBay 1080ti so glad to know it’s got a couple years left

[@AjaySensei]

@@KAATgroup Still using it! No problems :)

[@RmX.]

I finally moved from 6700k and 1080 to 7800x3d and 7900GRE. The difference is massive. My first fully AMD PC since 2006

[@GamerVidsForAmateurs]

So does LinusTechTips create these graphics intros or are they prepared by Intel?

[@LinusTechTips]

Edzel (my team) does them.

[@sm00thns]

+LinusTechTips So Edzel is a shizophrenic so he does actually count as a team?

[@ToastedCheeseman]

+LinusTechTips holy crap, Linus replied!

[@IvanRiveraStagea]

+LinusTechTips It looks awesome!

[@ShallowDepression]

+ToastedCheeseman Was it him though, probably not.

[@gabmax1013]

Overclocking is like medicine being announced on TV. Its good for your health but then they give you a full list of all the bad stuff that can happen to you.

[@WessonSnyder]

God damn the new office studio looks gorgeous

[@princebadsiwal7697]

After 7 years and my cpu still going strong with asus z170 motherboard

[@cam42704]

i overclocked my g502 mouse to 4400 dpi to 12000 dpi and added water cooling

[@oracle7858]

Cam That’s not overclocking; the default G502 offers up to 12000 dpi

[@TheKingorod]

Oracle that's the joke m8, maybe u should overclock your brain..

[@DjaniGames123]

oooooooh dab

[@intricatic]

I overclocked my brain to twelve neurons running on a fifth of whiskey one time.

[@Nicomonnn]

@@oracle7858 wow, how can you be so fucking stupid??

[@zachary3777]

wow those asus mobos have awesome BIOS.

[@hypochondriac3194]

+Charles “The Hammer” Martel Personally, I prefer the ASrock UEFI BIOS, but that's just me.

[@mandeftw6881]

+Charles ‘The Hammer’ Martel i prefer the MSI bios why well you can get into the bios with just one click and you can overclock your processor without getting in the bios but thats just me

[@TinchoX]

+Charles “The Hammer” Martel Yup, well I have a M5A99FX PRO R2.0 and it has a UEFI bios NOT as neat as that one, but close!!

[@orionstoy]

+mandeFTW You can do this with a lot of brands of motherboards .. my Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2 has a header on the MB where you can attach a momentary switch and if you press it it will boot directly to uefi. You can launch a program in windows and it will reboot your system to uefi. You can use Asus's software (tho its junk and causes more issues than it helps) or 3rd party software to OC in Windows without having to go into uefi. I'm sure the one he is talking about has those features also. EDIT: using a windows program to OC your system is good for a general idea as to what to set the UEFI settings to but not a good thing to use as your main overclock. It can cause issues during boot and waking from sleep or hibernate.

[@TinchoX]

***** You do know what that means, don't you?

[@Miniac]

The set up is perfect, guys. The picture has a gritty crunch to it with a bump in the shadows to retain the details. The background also fits that theme. Everyone in the comments knows nothing about cinematography. All they like to do is reminisce and complain. Keep experimenting and have fun. You're doing great.

[@alabasterscarf612]

Seeing your comment here is blowing my mind.

[@TrevorColeman]

I'm from the future and still a respectable processor.

[@THEPIXELPROJECT417]

i still use the i7

[@LuciferDSatan-vn8gl]

I'm still blazing through everything with my i7 6700k @ 4.2Ghz Turbo. Same 16GB DDR4 Ram. Only just recently upgraded my GPU to a RTX 2060 Super from a GTX 1060 6G. (Which is still an amazing card, BTW) Just went through Modern Warfare last weekend with every possible setting ultra, 1080p/60fps, DX12/RT, etc. and it didn't stutter once. Turned turbo off the CPU and the same. I don't feel I wasted a penny. I'm also going to be happy with this and not full on get into 1440p gaming (Which I can do usually above 60fps) until I can upgrade my MB/CPU next year. I know AMD is making moves, but I'm going to rock with Intel again next year for my Upgrade. The rock solid performance sells it for me every time.

[@mohammadasyrafmdyusoof9362]

Thanks man, makes it clearer now that I do not need the 2070 Super for my 6700k :D

[@oriokin]

@@mohammadasyrafmdyusoof9362 the base 2070 is a solid card too, the 2060-2070's are a really good value for price i feel

[@JoaoVitor-ut1ti]

damn I have lot of stuttering on warzone with the 1060 and the same i7, and the cpu usage is always like close to 100% when I game

[@forestR1]

still using a 6700K - running an auto OC (ASRock) at 4.6Ghz. it's auto settings ramp voltages up to 1.485V under any type of load- running this way for years now. no issues at all.

[@bryanalvarez6397]

I just bought this processor for my first build, a lot of learning to do.

[@bwxmoto]

Still running that mobo and CPU. 😆

[@BoardWalkToke]

Same. For video games, it's more that capable.

[@robmckay875]

it's still better than the new consoles coming out. I got my cpu to 4.4ghz and still using my 980ti

[@bwxmoto]

I run mine at about 4.25 ghz. Could run faster but on air and an older cooler. Just want it to be as cool and quiet as possible most of the time. Still works great for games and video editing in 4k.

[@samik83]

Same here. I've been running this thing stock since 2015, but now it's age is starting to show....Well at least when looking at those Ryzen numbers ;)

[@AustynSN]

Same here, but with an MSI M5 motherboard

[@theflashhobbyist]

BEST OVERCLOCKING MOMENT EVER! I was watching this video to confirm what program to use to stress test my system after overclocking it. It just got to the part where Linus described the effects of instability and the stuttering. My system Blue Screened and started making the noises he described perfectly on queue. It was EPIC.

[@benc5190]

Still relevant for me in 2022! thanks Linus 🙂

[@squadscout808]

Who else got this cpu and the rtx 30 card? I still have my 6700k since launch in 2015, and my RTX 3070 FE got shipped 2 days ago. I'll be running tests if any skylake owners want to know. I have a stable overclock @4.6ghz (3.42V) average temps under 100% load @72-75C doing a resolution bottleneck test on my LG B8 4k OLED and 1080p monitor.

[@SmileinY0urFace]

yo! im interested. Still running my gtx970 and really need an upgrade. Haven't done overclocking yet on my 6700k, just never bothered doing it until now. Which GPU did you run before that? Lmk how your tests were running :)

[@squadscout808]

Hadn't had the time to finish editing my videos, just got the PS5 and trying it out in the meantime. my gpu before: I had GTX 1080 superclocked by msi! if you thinking about overlock: Do it. I didn't bother overclocking too it felt too excessive until now. Maximized performance + stuttering is gone. Friends told me to upgrade cpu, need those higher core count but tbh, overclocking is good for now it runs games. READ this if you own this cpu: also, just because this skylake cpu is generations behind the newest guy, that doesn't make it shit. This was the best generation to ever come out during 2014, and they didn't lie when they said it's future proof. 6 years later it's running the flagship gpu price to performance to date and rtx as fuck. Metro exodus RTX max performance: I ran metro exodus at 4k with ray tracing turned on and set to extreme 1080p im at 60fps and at 4k im at 40fps and thats rlly good considering this game has some heavy graphic settings and they're all set to the max with raytracing and for $400 that's insane. death stranding DLSS 2.0 max performance: no ray tracing support but it has DLSS 2.0 in the settings and you can set to "Quality" or "performance" i chose quality and maxed out the highest settings to epic/veryhigh. Then installed a reshade mod and tweaked some fake hdr and sharpness to look photorealistic and both 4k & 1080p is constant 60fps beautiful. GTA V with the natural vision remastered reshade mod installed 4k @54-60fps on ultra Temps: with all things nice, only thing i notice is now the cpu temps r higher than before at 78-80c which never got this high before, but that's just the added heat in the case because of this gpu getting hot over a prolonged amount of time. I took my case cover off and turn on my AC and the temps r now at 72-74c I'm okay. 92% load on cpu when I'm playing and streaming off OBS at the same time 1080HD@60fps at 6900 bitrate and 128 audio. verdict: I was worried that I might have to upgrade my cpu, but feeling superior 6 years ago being a flagship cpu, I'm glad I invested in it and I'm sticking to it until my pc BSOD lmfao. I care about fps and having the best looking graphics, and this card is too good once you set it in, it's amazing

[@amorthis]

any results ? btw, which cooler do you use for that i7 ?

[@mads098h]

"all new" this video and cpu is 5 years old and still usable in the more modern games.. very cool

[@zondonda1st]

i got the 6700k and the 1070 with cold war its kinda tuff tho

[@CapyBrotha]

Fantastic editing on this video! Loved it and am always happy to go through a tutorial!

[@idarci7202]

overclocking for first time

[@longriis]

Did you just freeze the screen at 9:10 just because u said freeze Linusfrezetips

[@nikkei325i]

It was intentional

[@TheDarkFlaming]

OC'ing indeed shorten lifespan of cpu but avg lifespan of an cpu is about 10-12 years so if you do oc it to max lets say its new life span is about 5-7 years that really doesn't change anything because in 5-7 years dozens of new hardware will come up and make you're rig look old as fk, so you are bound to change you're cpu and gpu even if you don't overclock.

[@SVT_LIGHTNING]

SnowManWnc shit the way intel is heading you might have like 20 new cups out in that timeline lol

[@FPSTiger]

lol oc isnt gonna half the lifespan, itll last like 1-2 years less and as you said you will definitely upgrade before it dies

[@robertvandeneijk1284]

It depends. I've seen OC'ed CPU's that needed a downward adjustment every few months to stay stable. I've also seen OC'ed CPU's running 24/7 for over 10 years without any sign of degradation. Not for nothing it's called a silicon lottery.

[@taz874]

I doubt a moderate overclock will half its lifespan. Maybe a more extreme overclock might. I've seen plenty of overclocked CPUs from the sandy bridge era still kicking today and those CPUs are like 7-8 years old today.

[@Striferose]

this video looks realy good... i mean the actual video itself, linus look so fucking realistic and the shadows... damn, keep this.

[@kencar1992]

Half years later I am finally able to purchase one :D Very useful, thanks a bunch~!

[@Butcheren0]

Gotta love the intro; "Skylake Overclock Guide - Sponsored by Intel" :D

[@Lionheart1188]

Nice, but can you stick an AMD card in your builds for once, stop constantly advertising Nvidia -_-

[@Lionheart1188]

***** Lmfao

[@MenderSlen579]

+Little Brat Gaming - William Waffle cmon now let not be like console peasants nvidia or amd were still pcmasterrace right?

[@sablanex]

+MenderSlen579 yes :)

[@xanderdom]

In all honesty, it all does the same thing...

[@FroggyCrimes]

+Golden Dog sounds like the words of a salty console peasant

[@AuthenTech]

Really nice job (Brandon?) on the lighting and whomever on the color grade.. I like it.

[@toastinator12]

I got an ad for a channel called "linustechtips" before this video and I have to say it's pretty good, I'd say most of you would like it

[@tensecondtwoii4182]

Linus, I have a pretty comprehensive H20 cooling setup. I am moving from a SB i7-2600K on an Asus MB to a SL i7-6700K on an MSI Z170A Gaming M5 MB. Can't explain how immensely disappointed I was to discover how poorly the new HW overclocks compared to my 2700K. My prior 2700K setup used a multiplier of 52. I don't recal what voltage settings I used in BIOS, but I do remember tweaking a few different settings other than simply Vcore. At idle, the 2700K ran at 1.6Ghz @ 0.9V. Under load it would go to 5.2Ghz and 1.52V. The temps would hover in the 65-75C range. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My 5yr newer system (6700K) can only run at 4.7Ghz with 1.45V and remain stable.....WTF ? I have found reviews regarding my specific MB (gaming M5) suggesting it may not be the best overclocking MB for the 6700K. Great. Wish I found that review B4 purchase and install. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Do you have any recommendations on MB's which will allow me to push the 6700K beyond 5Ghz on a comprehensive open loop H2O system? THX!

[@gabeloezaa]

Last time I came this early...... I didn't pay child support and I raised a successful child that went to college and had children.

[@llTheJVlusicInMell]

Stable 4.6 at 1.230 :') Best i7 6700k out there. 3 years old, still love it.

[@Jason-kt1mc]

Davide Uguccioni what motherboard do you have?

[@BlooD_RaVeN_MkII]

4.8 @ 1.375v adaptive, runing stable since 2015, rarely goes over 60C after delid.

[@ianciti]

@@BlooD_RaVeN_MkII are you magic?

[@BlooD_RaVeN_MkII]

@@ianciti I probably got super lucky with it lol! I just got a 9900k and it looks like it might be a winner too.

[@No_OneV]

What is this sorcery 0____o

[@STDrepository]

7:16 "and it only improves performance in programs that use 1 or 2 cores" AKA the vast majority of programs

[@SmashOhaxorz]

This video made me chuckle.. Even if I don't have skylake yet, the past overclocking videos i've used have enabled my current cpu, a 4670k, to reach 4.5 stable.. Thanks, you earned a sub.

[@projektplay3382]

funny how the comment section is more about video quality and the set rather than skylake OC hahaha

[@Tappettava]

Beware all Asus Z170 motherboard owners! My Z170 Pro Gaming went over 1.4V at default bios settings. Was wondering why my everything except AI suite 3 were showing super high temperatures and saw in HWmonitor that my motherboard was feeding way too much power to the CPU. I would advice not to use any automatic solutions with Asus motherboards. Has anyone else had similar issues? How are MSI motherboards? I was thinking of trying out a MSI motherboard in the future and was wondering what kind of experiences people have had with them.

[@Demon09-_-]

stange i was looking st the z160 s board. were you able to just turn the voltage down in bios?

[@Tappettava]

Damien When I set it to manual and dialed a lower voltage it went all the way up to 1.475. I later set it to adaptive 1.275 with + 0.005 offset and it has not gone over 1.310. It is very strange as I thought that Manual would allow me to set a constant voltage.

[@Demon09-_-]

+RandomFinn hmm weird that is with there of program? does the bios of this board a low over clocking threw it? thanks for the quick reply

[@DANNYlul]

Got a Z170 Pro Gaming and just because of the video i wanted to overclock for the first time. I also had more than 1.4V. I now set it to 1.325 and benchmarking at 4.5ghz atm. I hope the cpu is okay since it was on 1.4v for almost a year soon.

[@DANNYlul]

So i tried to do the same as you did, 1.275 with + 0.005 offset, didnt worked for me, my pc crashed. Then i tried 1.300 didnt worked either so i got it on 1.325 again and now the + 0.005 offset (i couldnt figure out how to put it on standard again). My HWMonitor tells me i have a value of 1.388 to 1.408Vish, Min is 1.338V and max is 1.456V. But on Aida64 Extreme it tells me im on 1.328V and so does CPU-Z. How can i set a maximum for the voltage? I dont want my cpu to go higher then 1.4 again. Also my temps for the CPU are arround 80C ish during the 15min stresstest on RealBench (stress test passed btw). Is that too much?

[@XBnPC]

I've had my 6700k for about 24hrs now and I'm stable at 4.8ghz with 1.36v on a noctua nh-d14. Temps under load are very reasonable at the mid 70s. I was fortunate enough to win the silicone lottery apparently as 5ghz+ is also possible for my chip given about 1.38v+. However bc of diminishing returns and increased risks... I'm literally cool at 4.8ghz. I'll be putting my complete system tear down, rebuild and benchmark comparisons between the old and new very soon! Fyi, I'm coming from an aging (and much cheaper) AMD 8350 at 4.6ghz and some of the benchmark numbers may surprise you..

[@Sky1]

I have a one key overclock for my Core I7 6700K as well as my GTX970 Gaming 4. Overclocking both showed no noticable game improvement. The I7 with an SSD and a good GTX GPU runs great

[@Mon.M0TIVATION]

i5 6600k with a Kraken x62 280mm rad 4.7ghz 1.39v Ram gskill 3333mhz

[@splatmasterxxx]

I really thought he was about to say "dedewated wam" at 5:05 lmao

[@lehanjones242]

+Melvin Splash lol chadtronic?

[@treadbr1900]

V8uyvgg

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Intel Skylake CPU's Still Rock ! :) QC

[@Haplo699g]

Indeed! Have a 6700k (stock) paired with a 2080 Super and the GFX card is still the bottleneck!

[@jayden_2954]

I’m new to PC’s and I swapped my iMac for a gaming pc, this cpu, gtx 1080 and 16gb ram. Should I get a i9 9900k or shall I stick with the i7?

[@Haplo699g]

@@jayden_2954 If you have the cash the i9 is faster, although you'll likely need a new motherboard (and possibly CPU cooler) too. The i7 will serve you well for at least a couple of years until the amount of cores become a problem. I would say you don't NEED to upgrade right now but faster is better.

[@jayden_2954]

Lee Cull is my gtx 1080 good?

[@Haplo699g]

@@jayden_2954 Yep still a very competitive card, it will do you well for 1080p to 1440p gaming but will struggle with some more demanding titles at 4k.

[@wowfrostmourne]

Linus, I love you sir. I followed your Guide down to a T and I've got a Stable 1.325 v @ 4.7Ghz, I also changed to Adaptive CPU Core Voltage, and also changed the Additional Turbo Mode CPU Core Voltage to 1.350, just to give me a 0.025 v head-space in the BIOS. I get about 70 to 75 Degrees C with Load and I use a Coolermaster Nepton 240M with a Coolermaster Cosmos SE case. I'm also running an XMP Profile for my G.Skill Trident Z RAM, I've got 32GB of DDR4 @ 3200 Mhz and it's running like a charm. The motherboard I use is an ASUS Maximus VIII Hero it's perfect for me and it has everything that I need for a PC enthusiast. I am also using the Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X (watercooled version) for my GPU. I really thank you a lot for your Guide and I've learned a lot from you. Next Video I'd love to see is a Guide on Overclocking the R9 Fury X.

[@jmpsantos17]

I would switch from adaptive to manual , its much more reliable

[@EigenDesigns]

You are so knowledgeable, helpful, and concise with your videos. Keep doing what you're doing.

[@marat61]

I want underclocking guide

[@trainwolfe7928]

Just find the settings in the Bios that he mentioned and turn the settings down instead of up.

[@MrProTwiX]

das sick intro!!!

[@CODA96]

- *Seeing Linus having i7 6700K* - *checking my pockets* - *no money* - *crying in a corner*

[@bugattisss6603]

How’s your pc doing right now my man?

[@iammerxoxo]

I guess he switched…

[@CODA96]

@@bugattisss6603 R5 3600X and GTX 1060. Still old but Covid kinda ruined the prices

[@bugattisss6603]

@@CODA96 oooh

[@guillainaubert5764]

So it's 2024 and still running an i7 6700k at 4.7 clock ratio, 4.4 ratio cache, adaptive Voltage ratio. After all modern video games are "optimised" so the gains of overcloking are few. I've gained 5fps max by oc an i7 6700k and gtx 1070 in pubg.

[@theorphanobliterator]

ew

[@Sir_Simon]

I bought the i5 6600k today and hopefully I get i tomorrow. It will be fun to test some of these things out.

[@0cards0]

fuck it to complicated

[@nightpanda2109]

Thank you someone like me I am getting a non k version cuz I ain't doing this complicated shit

[@0cards0]

saksham khandelwal but the k versions have higher clock speeds it looks like? without oc

[@holydukk]

It's just a few clicks if you don't go searching for peak performance. You can look up average stable settings for your CPU + Motherboard combo and go for it. I was using my i5 3570K for a few years without overclock and really regretted it later. The moment i crank it up to 4.4Ghz i got a stable fps in most of my games, when previously in Battlefield it was chocking on large maps.

[@nightpanda2109]

+holyduck can I overclock i7 6700k with vs650

[@0cards0]

holyduck thanks, maybe ill do that, but wouldnt the cpu live less then?

[@MeepMeep88]

Sort of a half assed guide. Especially if you're new Doesn't show on the software what numbers to look for/at. i.e HWMonitor has two voltages. CPU VCORE under your motherboard and VID under your CPU. Then you have two temperatures under both your motherboard and cpu... Which one do we look at now? 7:50 and what the hell.. Changes the Voltage override without explaining what it does..

[@bradleyd8359]

VID is what the chip requests. VCORE is what you are getting. VCORE is the one you put into BIOS. The motherboard temps are for your motherboard, and the CPU temps are for the CPU... it's not rocket science. Personal unpopular opinion: skip the OCing. It's a waste.

[@MeepMeep88]

When I lower the voltage, how come I get higher temps? He said in the video that if you add more juice, that means it will heat up more. I find that's the opposite of what is happening in my rig sigh* Lol stuff doesn't make sense to me, then you got other videos oc the 6700k differently. What's going on here?! lol

[@donaldrobichaux1980]

Oh my goodness! Nice overlays! This channel is getting better and better!

[@dannyyristenpatt614]

I saved some of my Cinebench 11.5 results to compare the performance of a couple of my i7 CPU's 6700k @ 4.8 Ghz: 11.57 6700k @ 4.6 Ghz: 11.03 3770k @ 4.8 Ghz: 9.72 3770k @ 4.6 Ghz: 9.33 860 @ 4.2 Ghz: 7.16 860 @ 4.0 Ghz: 6.73

[@Ultranist]

please Linus do a guide for overclocking non-k skylake cpus with h110/b150 chipset :< yeah I'm a cheap bastard who wants to have the newest thing ;D

[@1gigatitan]

Isnt it the same? The k just means it's built to accept overclocking

[@Ultranist]

+1gigatitan forgot to added the h110/b150 part :P

[@Hallodusch123]

You cant overclock those ...

[@Ultranist]

XDproductions212 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1151

[@lucimon97]

+Ultranist I wouldn't exactly recommend overclocking an cpu that isn't made for that on a board thats not built to support this, you might end up killing both Also Intel wants money for unlocking the cpus and chipsets and you can't expect Linus to make a guide how to get around that when he just got sponsored by Intel :D

[@trinityTECHchannel]

do an OVERCLOCK on the I7 7700k please!!! :) thanks LINUS

[@bentvalvesnthrownrods3057]

I overclocked my typewriter to type more words per second

[@No_OneV]

xD

[@HeavenlyFLARE]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jimy3670]

Outstanding video folks, haven't seen one these in some time now. Keep 'em coming.

[@LamineOUALI]

really apreciate the evolution of LTT video formal and quality, good work

[@TheMrMeff]

4.5ghz 1.325volts ezy 4.6ghz. 1.4 volts with 80c temps lame.

[@davidabreu9672]

good cpu is a lottery. stay on the 1.3 volts range, 4.5ghz is good enough

[@ericli9811]

I run 4.5 on just 1.275

[@midoshaima]

How much is your ram at, 2133 or 2400?

[@ericli9811]

+MIDO A 3000mhz

[@Damocles1337]

I got 2 sticks of 8GB (16GB kit) rated at 2133 MHz at 1.2 V CAS 14-14-14-35. Overclocked mine all the way up to 3000 MHz at 1.35 V CAS 15-15-15-36. Is it noticeably faster? Yes, 5-10% faster in benchmarks, and windows is more responsive qualitatively of course.

[@Squilliam-Fancyson]

i overclocked mine at 4,5Ghz, with set voltage manual to v 1,275. somehow aida and cpu z show me a max vid of up to 1,4 v. While im just stressing the cpu with aida, it never goes up over 1,325v but if i do a benchmark or put some load on with games, it goes up to 1,4v for just a second. why is it doing this?

[@SgtLlorens]

take care about adaptative mode, and use the offset to adjust voltaje and contrarest the pikes off voltaje

[@WASDxMerceless]

Also the higher you set your load line calibration the more of a spike you will get, try and bring it down a little bit

[@Squilliam-Fancyson]

WASDxMerceless llc is fine on level 5. not much of a difference if go even less, like level 3. i probably mixed some things up as cpu z shows me VID instead of vcore. btw: im now on 4,7ghz stable at 1.34v

[@WASDxMerceless]

Rusko Ranchet Ah yeah I've been tricked by cpu z aswell lol. 4.7ghz is pretty decent.

[@adnerb_8576]

Rusko Ranchet if it's only for a second it's because it's like jump charging itself

[@ethancollinsworth3927]

8 years later and they still have a better pc than me.

[@ruggedrobbierob]

video is super upgraded. The image or resolution so much better at lower 720p and also editing getting more awesome!

[@GaMeOvErRules]

I am a simple man and will just let me mobo safely oc for me since I don't live life on the edge like linus.

[@Feyesal]

Yeah I'm thinking exactly the same thing lol

[@peniledog]

Automatic mobo overclocking is much sketchier than manually overclocking. You get wayyyy higher voltage than necessary, voltage fluctuations, sometimes even thermal throttling from poorly managed temps/voltage. As opposed to manual, where you gradually step up specific voltages within safe ranges to get exactly the voltage/temperature you are comfortable with.

[@bobbyshipman6824]

Mobo overclocking doesn't always give good results.. I have an MSI z170a-g45 and applied the automatic overclocking settings in it, thinking that they would bring the 6700k up to about 4.4 ghz. I started up a game to try testing and the computer just blue screened. Apparently the mobo had done idk what but when I got into the bios the cpu was sitting at 4.8 ghz which.. It was crashing. So, don't always trust mobo overclocking.

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

I can take my 2600k to 4.7. Why can these new ones not get safely past that. I want 5ghz from a new processor

[@whiteandnerdytuba]

+Antonio Arias thanks.

[@KrizzSH]

Sadly. Well i guess i can hold on to my i7 920 @ 4ghz, a couple more years ( 8 years old xD )

[@pelataan69]

thats called silicon lottery and new cpus perform better with same clock speed and gets to same clocks as before and i think chips will be very hot and use lot of power if clocks would be higher maybe it will be like 9590 what has 220w tdp and needs high end cooling and doesnt even perform that well

[@KrizzSH]

***** Well it works great. Some games will limit med because of the graphic card. Like Fallout 4 ultra 1080p was to demanding for my gtx680. But if i replace the GPU im certain Ultra 1080p would be easy again

[@Derelict_Doug]

6700K easily gets to 4.8, 4.9 with a voltage increase

[@nukeclears]

It's kinda hard to take your reviews as valid when you literally get sponsored by Intel and Nvidia.

[@thefinder8087]

+Nukeclears Then don't watch them, find a tech channel that's sponsored by no one connected to the tech industry, and to find that out for yourself you'll have to hunt down the owner of the channel and make him take a lie detector. Some people can beat a lie detector so just go ahead and water board him too. It has been found that water boarding can produce false results so just go ahead and hire a psychic to read their mind. Then you'll have to hire another psychic to read the first psychic's mind to make sure they're not lying. Etc. The point is you are going to have to trust the reviewer, no matter who they are sponsored by. Some of them don't even tell you they're sponsored even if they are. If you don't trust Linus then stop watching.

[@RoryMitchell00]

+Nathaniel Graham It is important to have full disclosure from reviewers, etc, since it allows the viewer/listener to judge the validity of what's being sold to them. So I think OP has the right to be skeptical, but that said, this is an overclocking guide, and about the only sales pitch here was the claim that overclocks with Skylake were more consistent than previous CPUs, which definitely needs objective sourcing, especially with so few consumers having them at this time. Plus, I don't remember previous CPU generations being known for "variation" in any significant way. But the rest of the video was simply useful information for beginner to intermediate level overclockers. My 6700K is running right now at 4.5GHz at a manual setting of 1.35V (which HWMonitor shows at 1.36V+ actual), so the idea that 4.6GHz is guaranteed is definitely questionable. I haven't had too much time to tweak or change other settings though (except to disable Intel Virtualization).

[@noblessus]

notes to self for later: CPU core ratio sync all cores Ratio Limit 45 CPU core voltage manual mode CPU core voltage override 1.325

[@GmoLargey]

Mines been running a motherboard pc profile for years at 4.4 Done as you've got and it's easy stable 4.5, going up now to see what I can get at that voltage, what could you get from yours and are you air or water cooled?

[@noblessus]

@@GmoLargey Hey man sorry for the late reply. My particular Core i7 6700K seems to be able to run quite stably at 4.6 GHz at 1.34 volts VCORE. Even HIgh-end games seems quite stable at these settings. It does run into BSOD though if I do something like video transcoding using FFMPEG to encode H264 video. Therefore I bumped up the voltage to 1.38 volts and that seems to have reduced the BSOD quite significantly so that's what I'm running it at right now for a few months with no BSOD so far. I do use AIO water-cooling (CORSAIR Hydro Series H60) so that helps with temps I guess, since at idle the processor runs at about 35 Celsius and at peak while encoding video it rarely goes above 71 C. Unfortunately regarding the voltage, what I'm using to achieve 4.6GHZ is quite close to the 1.4v VCORE spec limit, so I guess 4.8Ghz ain't gonna happen for my particular CPU. I didn't win the CPU lottery. But I'm quite happy with the 0.6 GHz boost regardless. The BIOS settings I'm using to achieve 4.60Ghz (for an MSI Z170A GAMING M7 motherboard): OC Explore Mode: Expert CPU Ratio: 46 Game Boost Function Control: "By Onboard Button" EIST: disabled Intel Turbo Boost: disabled CPU Core Voltage: 1.380V Intel C-State: Disabled Happy overclocking

[@GmoLargey]

@@noblessus thanks so much, I found 4.6 the limit before it started crashing in games, 4.5 was ok but honestly didn't test much before resorting to that stable 4.4 Literally just finished building the new rig, went 12700k and 3080ti, windows 10 and 11 both giving me absolute grief, never had to spend so long in command terminals just to install an os.

[@johnkapri6306]

I upgraded to an ROG Maximus VIII Ranger with a Core i5 6600K and put some cheapo AIO liquid cooler on there (35€ if I recall correctly) and got that puppy from 3.5GHz stock up to 4.7GHz without any issues. I set the core voltage to 1.330V and it runs at

[@ultragarrison]

Overclocking the CPU for a mere 1 to 2 fps increase Conclusion: dont overclock it

[@matt4jj1]

My i5 3570 NON (k) has been overclocked to 4.2ghz for nearly 3 years and has never gone over 60 degrees , never crashed ,never frozen or stuttered , i use it every day , running on an asus p8z77 mobo , i personally think asus and intel are the best combination along with kingston ram , have not had 1 issue since the day i built it , thanks linus for ur tips

[@Sonicdude10]

The section about the "one click software overclock" reminds me of my setup. I run an AMD APU 5750M in a Lenovo laptop. Base CPU speed is 2.5 GHz. Thanks to the in-built turbo clock system this thing can run up to 3.5 GHz on a single core. What's even more interesting is what it does to all 4 CPU cores. I put AMD Overdrive on the machine to give me a little more control and monitoring. Thanks to the way the turbo boost system works it takes all 4 cores to 3.2 GHz and holds them there until it gets past 70°C. I do have to turn CPU voltage up a bit to make it stay more stable but once I do it will hold and give me a pretty nice "overclock". So most of the time my system runs at 3.2 GHz outright from the factory instead of the stock 2.5 GHz. Sure it's not true overclocking but is the best I can do with this system. Really helps out with Minecraft and other CPU based software. I can also overclock the GPU and I run it at crazy fast speeds. Stock for this Radeon 8650 is 720 MHz and I run it anywhere from 1 GHz all the way to 1.3 GHz. Too bad memory overclocks are a complete no go with this. Any changes mess it up. Oh well.

[@joaquinneis]

I LOVED THE INTRO! Great work Edzel, Linus and the whole LMG team. And thanks for not using that annoying orange background.

[@adrianbargen9727]

I know this is over a year old. But i would have LOVED to see him do before and after game benchmarks to see which games benefit more from overclocking and all that. I know that isn't the point of this video, but that could have been a continuation of the video.

[@DJ_K0D4]

Love the intro change than what you normally have.

[@RustyKloud]

Great video! Helped a lot to understand overclocking my CPU! :)

[@DavorinMlakar]

My AMD Phenom II X6 2.7 GHz is overclocked to 3.3 GHz without any Voltage increases, but it did crash only when not using the ram xmp prifile. So im pritey happy with the stable woring for over than a half year now.

[@DJ1000ization]

Linus, I've never really cared for any of your shirts but this full sleeved one is just awesome. Why is this not in the store?!

[@DJ1000ization]

Comon! The one shirt I like is gone! FML You should make this available like your other shirts. It would probably sell better than any of your other shirts, LINUS.

[@kallewille]

Like this video a lot. For instructional videos, I prefer no weird cuts or jokes. This was very straightforward and greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@AlanBWarrick]

December 2018 here, highly relevant today.

[@justinm2924]

Fantastic information. Thanks. Was focused more on the power/temp of the chip.

[@timpalmer5740]

Thanks Linus I have a similar setup to this video guide so found it extremely useful. Especially as the CPU came overclocked from the supplier and I accidentally un-did this when I updated the ASUS Motherboard software with EZ Update. I'll be trying this out tonight.

[@Guitarpunkmasta]

Thx dude i got this cpu 4 years ago never overclocked it untill cyberpunk came out its stable!!!

[@ThePs3crazyman]

what did you push the cpu to?

[@Kelig]

lol that's exactly why I'm here. Even after all the updates and an optimization mod I struggle to get a constant 60 fps at 1080p in some of the busier places. Just need to hold out until June maybe then buy a new PC after having this one for nearly 6 years.

[@frankmoolah]

I'm digging the intro man. Kudos

[@datdudedill8841]

The lighting in the intro looks really good man,

[@datdudedill8841]

+DatDudeDill or really the whole vid

[@karlokovac6281]

yep im watching this in 2024 because i need it..

[@IaMaWeSoMe7478]

I have had great benefits overclocking my ram and I am glad I did it. Things are faster, more responsive.

[@twiztidsidfreak13]

This helped a little, I have the 6700K and a RoG mb, trying to get the OC numbers just right so it isn't over powered when i don't need but got lots of power when I do!

[@vulcanprincess1584]

Wonderful lighting.

[@AXELRAPUNZEL]

going to finally overclock my i7-6700k that i bought in 2017. Wish me luck,

[@golden_calf]

How did it go? Thinking of trying it on mine

[@j.olanphotography1197]

You are vey good at what you do :-) Thanks for the video! I am a 1st generation commodore c-64 user from the original Tron days, lol. (Yep close to 60 yrs old, and have built my own pc's since the Pentium ii came out) Although I have never oc'd a pc on an enthusiast level, I am going to try on my latest build. (i7 6700k cooled with H110i v2, 64 gb corsair vengance 2666MHz (4x16), on a ga-Z170-ud5 board with a GeForce GTX 1070, with an m.2 samsung pro 950 512 drive for the os, and a samsung pro 850 pro program/scratch drive, all in a corsair graphite 780T full tower powered with a corsair cx750m psu) Your video has been a great help to me. I still have some stability isuues to work out with some tweaks... Keep up the good work man!

[@88lochi]

OCing my 6600K was easy: 1. Open UEFI on my Z170 Pro Gaming 2. Setting multiplier to 46 3. Reboot Stays under 60°C all the time using a Thermalright Macho X2. I'll test if it can go any higher than 4.6.

[@xAjido]

Would have liked some more info on setting up adaptive voltage or potentially using off-set voltage instead, but great vid.

[@MrFarodo]

you got me when you froze the video while saying "...freezes..." You have to know that I was watching on a hackintosh which has recently developed a tend to freeze while watching youtube, so this really freaked me out! Had to laugh so hard afterwards tho. Nice! And good video by the way *thumps up*

[@noddyhasgame]

Just what I needed having just purchased the i7 6700k! Thank you :)

[@radiogentic_nuclide]

I watch your video Linus and they make me very happy to watch