I7 4790K: Temperatures??

[DutchMike]

Howdy great peeps,

Before changing anything in the BIOS, at stress test it got 59c maximum.
With all power saving options etc disabled it becomes about 72c - NO overclock yet..

Are these temperatures safe? I intended to do overclocking but it seems out of the picture.
However, what ARE safe temperatures for the I7 4790K?

I read that Intel says 72c, on the forums some say 65c, & others say 80c ..

Hoping for a quick response,
Mike

CPU Cooler:
DeepCool Neptwin

 

[Awesomeonator]

Howdy great peeps,

Before changing anything in the BIOS, at stress test it got 59c maximum.
With all power saving options etc disabled it becomes about 72c - NO overclock yet..

Are these temperatures safe? I intended to do overclocking but it seems out of the picture.
However, what ARE safe temperatures for the I7 4790K?

I read that Intel says 72c, and on the forums some say 65c, others say 80c ..

Hoping for a quick response,
Mike

CPU Cooler:
DeepCool Neptwin

intel specs are 72 degrees at the ihs the cores can go to about 90 before throttling
you can leave power saving on it makes no difference my i5 4670k is at 4.6ghz with 1.248v with all the c-states enabled
make sure your voltage is fixed and not adaptive/dynamic or the board will give the cpu too much voltage and therefore overheat

I have a de-lidded and watercooled i7-4790K overclocked to 4.7GHz at 1.273v that gets 83c max temps running Intel burn test on standard 25 times.

 

[Fr33Th1nk3r]

Howdy great peeps,

Before changing anything in the BIOS, at stress test it got 59c maximum.
With all power saving options etc disabled it becomes about 72c - NO overclock yet..

Are these temperatures safe? I intended to do overclocking but it seems out of the picture.
However, what ARE safe temperatures for the I7 4790K?

I read that Intel says 72c, and on the forums some say 65c, others say 80c ..

Hoping for a quick response,
Mike

CPU Cooler:
DeepCool Neptwin

intel specs are 72 degrees at the ihs the cores can go to about 90 before throttling
you can leave power saving on it makes no difference my i5 4670k is at 4.6ghz with 1.248v with all the c-states enabled
make sure your voltage is fixed and not adaptive/dynamic or the board will give the cpu too much voltage and therefore overheat

I have a de-lidded and watercooled i7-4790K overclocked to 4.7GHz at 1.273v that gets 83c max temps running Intel burn test on standard 25 times.

The problem with fixing your voltage, although that's the best way to get the higher overclock, is that it will not power down when the workload goes down. It stays at 4.6 or w/e. It's very inneficient, but if you're just going for that point score then you're fine with that.

I hit 4.6 stable with fixed voltage, but I need adaptive because most of the time I am not gaming or using BOINC. So why damge the chip and waste electricity when web browsing is beyond me. 4.6 oc with adaptive is fine.