Question How do you validate a thermally limited OC?

[MCH170]

This is mostly a theoretical question: Lets say I have a CPU that I want to overclock. I mainly use Prime95 to test for stability because, in my experience, if an overclock will fail it will probably do so pretty quickly if not immediately. The problem is that p95 with small ffts pushes the CPU to the absolute limit in terms of power draw (which is kind of the point i guess), so an oc that may or may not be stable in normal workloads (meaning normal power draws and temps) can't be tested properly because the CPU is at TJmax and throttles down.

What do you guys think?

 

[KingLoki]

What cpu do you have?

 

[MCH170]

What cpu do you have?

13600KF

 

[KingLoki]

This utility has some good data and tuning tools that may be of interest.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html

 

[Flayed]

This is mostly a theoretical question: Lets say I have a CPU that I want to overclock. I mainly use Prime95 to test for stability because, in my experience, if an overclock will fail it will probably do so pretty quickly if not immediately. The problem is that p95 with small ffts pushes the CPU to the absolute limit in terms of power draw (which is kind of the point i guess), so an oc that may or may not be stable in normal workloads (meaning normal power draws and temps) can't be tested properly because the CPU is at TJmax and throttles down.

What do you guys think?

I think you would need to get a better cooling solution.