4790k 4.6ghz at low voltage

[alutis90]

As far a I saw people reach 4.6ghz at about 1.265 Core voltage but my results are the and the CPU is stable. (2Hours of OCCT, 10 rounds of intel burn test, 5hours of Bf4 and 3hours of video rendering) didint have any problems.

 

[Eduello]

Congratulations, you have won the silicon lottery.

 

[alutis90]

Congratulations, you have won the silicon lottery.

I do get around 76C when stressing the cpu to the max.
Cooling it with noctua nh d14.

 

[Eduello]

That seems a bit high for those voltages, how high is the ambient temp?

 

[alutis90]

That seems a bit high for those voltages, how high is the ambient temp?

ambiet is about 22-23C.
Idle is about 37C.

 

[Eduello]

Those seem completely normal...
76C isn't dangerous though, so you don't really need to worry about it unless you want to overclock even further. You can try replacing the thermal paste if you're worried about it.

 

[alutis90]

Those seem completely normal...
76C isn't dangerous though, so you don't really need to worry about it unless you want to overclock even further. You can try replacing the thermal paste if you're worried about it.

I had some trouble puttin the cooler on because it was my first time doin it so I guess if I would re do it I would get lower temps but I'm fine here for now.
Thank you

EDIT: Checked the indle now and its 29-32C.

 

[Eduello]

Happy to help

 

[ctguy1955]

Congrats on your OC !!!! I just found out about intel ETU and you should check it out !!!

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-boards-software-extreme-tuning-utility.html

 

[tomkis90]

Congrats on your OC !!!! I just found out about intel ETU and you should check it out !!!

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-boards-software-extreme-tuning-utility.html

I guess this will dail in the settings itself and I don't really like that.
I much prefer doing everything myself in the bios.

 

[Y0GI]

Congrats on your OC !!!! I just found out about intel ETU and you should check it out !!!

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-boards-software-extreme-tuning-utility.html

I guess this will dail in the settings itself and I don't really like that.
I much prefer doing everything myself in the bios.

No, it doesn't work like that. No "Automatic" settings. It only changes those settings which you manually enter - just like in the BIOS. The thing that I like most is that there are many changes that you can make immediately when you click the "Apply" button. Saves a lot of time that would otherwise be spent on waiting for the system to reboot.

Yogi

 

[dakota breeden]

Do you think I could achieve this with a PH-TC12DX cpu cooler, but keep my temps down?

 

[tomkis90]

Do you think I could achieve this with a PH-TC12DX cpu cooler, but keep my temps down?

The PH-TC12DX is smaller and will perform worse than the Noctua NH-D14 but I'm pretty sure you can reach 4.6ghz with acceptable temps,

 

[xirangeix]

Well i got the Hyper 212-evo and 4790k is at 4.6 atm, and so far im at 0.54980v. SO I must have won the silicone jesus or something 😵

 

[Y0GI]

Well i got the Hyper 212-evo and 4790k is at 4.6 atm, and so far im at 0.54980v. SO I must have won the silicone jesus or something 😵

Is that 0.54 v. at idle or under load?

There is a setting in the BIOS which will allow the chip to vary Vcore based on perceived loads. Intel calls it "Power Optimization" This will reduce Vcore to <1.0 v. at idle. When the load steps up, so does Vcore. This could be why your only seeing 0.54 v.

Yogi