Overclocking
Overclocking can either be done within Windows using Gigabyte’s EasyTune6 software or via the BIOS. EasyTune6 gives us three set overclocks for our Intel i7-3770K processor. They are 4.18GHz, 4.43GHz, and 4.68GHz.
While 4.68GHz is a good overclock I figured I could get the system to go even higher. I went into the BIOS and starting increasing the CPU frequency. I made it all the way up to 50 or 5.0GHz. This was completely stable and without any voltage changes at all! Now that is very impressive.
Dude, you are killing your 3770K !
The voltage system of this board is by default set to AUTO, which means it increases automatically with the overclock.
What you wrote in the review “reached 5.0 without increase in voltage” is totally wrong and dangerous !
By going to 5.0Ghz you also increased the voltage to a monstrous 1.6V, I won’t expect that CPU to last at that voltage more than a week.
Look at the CPU-Z screenshot you took at 5.0 !!!
My god!
Please correct your review, you are misleading people to try such insane overclocks which will burn their CPU in the process…
you are right, same feelings about it. guess what should we think about so called “pro user’s” opinions which i belive autor of this review should be.