i5 6600k 1.1v

[Sid2000]

is the i5 6600k running at 4.1 ghz at 1.1v good? or is the voltage too high?

 

[Multipack]

No that's a good voltage for 4.1GHz. Are you sure it's stable at 1.1? Did you set it manually?

 

[Sid2000]

No that's a good voltage for 4.1GHz. Are you sure it's stable at 1.1? Did you set it manually?

yes i set it manually, i havent tried anything below 1.1 because i'm afraid it's gonna crash.

 

[Sid2000]

No that's a good voltage for 4.1GHz. Are you sure it's stable at 1.1? Did you set it manually?

I've played bf1 and csgo for 1 hour at this voltage and nothing bad has happened. temps are staying under 50c under 100% load. Seems stable

 

[synphul]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Sid2000 : "i5 6600k 4.1ghz @1.1v?"

I recently oced my i5 6600k to 4.1ghz and I kept lowering the voltage from the initial 1.3. I got up to 1.1v and it's running stable but I'm afraid to test out anything lower. My question is, should i try out lower voltages? and if lowering the voltage will reduce the performance and wear out the cpu? Thanks!

Low voltages do not harm cpus, high ones do. At worst your system will not boot. In that case you may have to reset bios (or some boards may recover by themselves).

Low voltages do not harm cpus, high ones do. At worst your system will not boot. In that case you may have to reset bios (or some boards may recover by themselves).

Do you think 1.1v at 4.1ghz is fine? or should i go lower until the system crashes

 

[Multipack]

Then you have room to push it further potentially, depending on OC settings. Anything below 1.35v and 70-75c is safe. I wouldn't lower it below 1.1 at 4.1GHz though. Monitor max voltages and temps over time with HWInfo to check they really are the maximum its hitting..

 

[Sid2000]

Then you have room to push it further potentially, depending on OC settings. Anything below 1.35v and 70-75c is safe. I wouldn't lower it below 1.1 at 4.1GHz though. Monitor max voltages and temps over time with HWInfo to check they really are the maximum its hitting..

using cpu-z, it shows the voltages peaking at 1.13 during gaming

 

[Sid2000]

Then you have room to push it further potentially, depending on OC settings. Anything below 1.35v and 70-75c is safe. I wouldn't lower it below 1.1 at 4.1GHz though. Monitor max voltages and temps over time with HWInfo to check they really are the maximum its hitting..

here is my current cpuz screenshot: https://gyazo.com/cc108e6a0cab578dd6091e33cc54d563

 

[Multipack]

Then it's perfectly fine. Any particular reason for overclocking it? Because you could push it further, but there may not be much point.

 

[Sid2000]

I just wanted a few extra frames but i will be pushing this further. Also, my cpu at 3.5ghz was running 1.2v out of the box but now i can hit 4.1 with 1.1v. How does this make sense?

 

[Multipack]

Because that CPU ha a 3.9GHz Turbo Boost, and I presume it was on auto so could've been a little high, but you have only OC'd it by 200Mhz technically.

And unless you have a 1080 your CPU probably isnt bottlenecking your card so it wouldnt make any difference to fps.

 

[Sid2000]

Because that CPU ha a 3.9GHz Turbo Boost, and I presume it was on auto so could've been a little high, but you have only OC'd it by 200Mhz technically.

And unless you have a 1080 your CPU probably isnt bottlenecking your card so it wouldnt make any difference to fps.

right. i'm gonna push it to 4.4ghz at 1.2v

 

[Multipack]

Like Dr. Pepper said, what's the worst that can happen!?

Should be fine, just keep an eye on temps and check for throttling.

 

[PC-4LIFE]

Because that CPU ha a 3.9GHz Turbo Boost, and I presume it was on auto so could've been a little high, but you have only OC'd it by 200Mhz technically.

And unless you have a 1080 your CPU probably isnt bottlenecking your card so it wouldnt make any difference to fps.

right. i'm gonna push it to 4.4ghz at 1.2v

Have you done any stress testing apart from games?

While it might work while gaming, it may not be completely stable.

Use Prime95 for a few hours and if there are no errors then your CPU is quite stable.

 

[Sid2000]

Yes, i've left prime95 on for 10 mins and had no issues, plus i've been using this oc for couple of days and had nothing but good news! I was able to push it to 4.4ghz at 1.2v. Guess I won the cpu lottery?

 

[Multipack]

Yeah man that's a good clock for the voltage.

 

[Sid2000]

Because that CPU ha a 3.9GHz Turbo Boost, and I presume it was on auto so could've been a little high, but you have only OC'd it by 200Mhz technically.

And unless you have a 1080 your CPU probably isnt bottlenecking your card so it wouldnt make any difference to fps.

right. i'm gonna push it to 4.4ghz at 1.2v

Have you done any stress testing apart from games?

While it might work while gaming, it may not be completely stable.

Use Prime95 for a few hours and if there are no errors then your CPU is quite stable.

Hey it's been like 3 months but I haven't really left prime95 on for hours like you said but nothing bad has happened in the past 3 months. Do I still need to leave on prime95 for few hours or am i fine?

 

[adamscurr]

On the question of prime95, I'd answer that if it is working for what you want it to do, then I wouldn't worry about it... A lot of benchmarks are designed to really implement some really maximum, and not so real world situations.... So, if your OC is working find with all of the games you want to run and is never crashing, then don't worry about it...

Adam

 

[PC-4LIFE]

Because that CPU ha a 3.9GHz Turbo Boost, and I presume it was on auto so could've been a little high, but you have only OC'd it by 200Mhz technically.

And unless you have a 1080 your CPU probably isnt bottlenecking your card so it wouldnt make any difference to fps.

right. i'm gonna push it to 4.4ghz at 1.2v

Have you done any stress testing apart from games?

While it might work while gaming, it may not be completely stable.

Use Prime95 for a few hours and if there are no errors then your CPU is quite stable.

Hey it's been like 3 months but I haven't really left prime95 on for hours like you said but nothing bad has happened in the past 3 months. Do I still need to leave on prime95 for few hours or am i fine?

You can leave it. You are really lucky to get that golden chip.