i5 4670k overclock question.

[shawyanguy]

How much can I over clock the i5 4670k and how much more power would it use? I'm using it for a gaming computer so I need it to be fast. I was thinking somewhere around 4.2-4.4 GHz and I need to know how much power it would use so I know if I need a bigger power supply.

 

[Eduello]

What is your current system? To be honest, you don't need to overclock that CPU; It'll run all modern games on stock clocks with no problems whatsoever.

 

[nikoli707]

how big is your power supply? after a modest overclock running 100% across all cores is probably only in the 150w range.

 

[STACKS ON DECK]

OC to 4.5 only adds almost 20 more watts . . if you have a good PSU so no worries . . other specs will also confirm

 

[Jameson Clark]

Well that is a reasonable goal for a 4670k but it will depend on how high of a voltage increase it takes to get there to determine how much power you need. Your probably looking at about an extra 30 Watts

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get a decent cooler and a SEASONIC made supply.

 

[shawyanguy]

What is your current system? To be honest, you don't need to overclock that CPU; It'll run all modern games on stock clocks with no problems whatsoever.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/shawyanguy/saved/4sSm

Here is my build and sorry i accidentally picked best solution i meant to respond(no offense).

 

[nikoli707]

quite a few games will react very well to an intel 'k' processor being overclocked and there is almost no reason not to overclock it as long as you have any decent aftermarket cooler. overclock it.

 

[shawyanguy]

quite a few games will react very well to an intel 'k' processor being overclocked and there is almost no reason not to overclock it as long as you have any decent aftermarket cooler. overclock it.

Right but is my cooler good enough to handle the overclocked cpu?

 

[nikoli707]

we dont know what your cooler is, if its the stock intel cooler then you have a little bit of headroom, likely you could push it to 3.9-4.0ghz but you should download a temperature monitoring program(hwmonitor/aida64) and prime95/intel burn test if your going to try... and do not let it go over 80c.

also we dont know what your power supply is or your motherboard model. a quality power supply will supply clean power and a motherboard with nice vrm moduals will help a chip overclock better... as long as you have a heatsink that can dissipate heat from the cpu.

 

[Eduello]

What is your current system? To be honest, you don't need to overclock that CPU; It'll run all modern games on stock clocks with no problems whatsoever.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/shawyanguy/saved/4sSm

Here is my build and sorry i accidentally picked best solution i meant to respond(no offense).

No problem, I unpicked it for you 😀.

That PSU is very good and that cooler should handle an overclock too. Every chip is different so I can't say how high you'll be able to go, but those will give you a very good start.

 

[nikoli707]

oh your very good to go... start at 41x multiplier in the bios and test with prime95 running hwmonitor in the background to keep an eye on temps, keep moving up until you bluescreen or one of the prime workers stop.