[SOLVED] Corsair RM550x RXT 2070 i5 6600k save to overclock?

[jeremychiam]

Hi All,

Keen to overclock to get better frame rates but not sure if I should due to my PSU
i5 6600k
Corsair RM550x PSU
16gb G.skill ram
RTX 2070
Corsair H60 water cooler

Can anyone advise if its safe to do a safe overclock of say 4-4.2?
Keen to get 4.5 but if my psu is not good enough then maybe not.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes it is , very good choice on the PSU.
Very safe!
Budget Cooler don't push it to hard.

 

[jeremychiam]

Yes it is , very good choice on the PSU.
Very safe!

Thanks for your quick reply - can you please provide any evidence that would ensure that this is safe to overclock? Do you have the same build?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Look at my profile almost 24,000 Best Solutions , I know what I'm talking about.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Also have built over 3 dozen Gaming PC's not including builds for friends. Believe me your fine for OC. Not to high because you have a budget AIO cooler.

 

[jeremychiam]

Any suggestions oh how much I should overclock to? 4.2 max?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You have a great PSU and plenty of power , but you have a budget AIO water cooler , so some OC is safe but you can't push it too much with that cooler. You won't know till you start OC.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You should be able to get about 4.2 , because even without an overclock it will boost to 3.9.

 

[Travelinjester]

I have the same Cooler the H60. I'm able to get a stable 4.6 with max temps under 60c as well as Adaptive Vcore which never goes above 1.24. For first setup I would recommend downloading AI Suite Version 1.05.13 and run the Optimization. It'll most likely test up to 4.9 but it'll fail once it tries to do all cores. I've had issues with mine before on 4.7 with random crashes in SOME games so I went to 4.6, been stable for over a year now.

My setup:
i5 6600k 4.6Ghz
16gb Corsair Vengance 3000
Corsair H60 (cooling)
EVGA 650 G1

I've seen my CPU only pull MAX of 100 watts under Aida stress. You should be fine in your watts.

 

[Karadjgne]

200w for entire pc. 200w for gpu. So even if you pushed that pc to its limits, you'd still barely, if at all, top 400w use. That leaves 150w for OC, and you'll hit thermal barriers long before hitting 150w power draw. With that cooler, you'll be lucky to get an extra 50w with OC.

You have room.