Is max temp of 70 hot for a i7 7700k @4.5ghz using rog real bench

[difrio77]

I purchased a artic cooling liquid freezer 120mm and I enabled xmp and all core enhancement to 4.5 GHz and on real bench my max temp hit 70 is that good or bad

 

[CountMike]

Good enough.

 

[diellur]

The real question is whether that temp is hot for the voltage you're using. That being said, I'd not worry about that temp for on overclocked CPU in a stress test.

 

[difrio77]

Good enough.

The real question is whether that temp is hot for the voltage you're using. That being said, I'd not worry about that temp for on overclocked CPU in a stress test.

that 70 max temp I hit was only for 3 minutes of stress testing in rog real bench I did a full 15 minute stress test and my cpu hit 85. this means I have no room for manually overclocking. I don't know what's wrong I have a asus rog z270 ix hero inside a phantecks p400s tg and a arctic cooling liquid freezer 120 exhausting out the back and the liquid freezer 120 is supposed to be just as good as a 240mm aio because of its thickness and I have x2 120mm fans in the front for intake. I remounted the cooler I tried different thermal paste still same temperature 85 after only 15 minutes stress test. I think I have a defected cooler. or maybe I am tightening the block on to much with a screw driver. I know corsair aio coolers say to only tighten with your fingers not a screw driver. should I do it that way don't tighten with a screw driver and just tighten with my fingers ?

 

[diellur]

How did you set up your overclock - did you just change the multiplier or did you change Vcore also?

 

[difrio77]

How did you set up your overclock - did you just change the multiplier or did you change Vcore also?

no I just enabled xmp so I think its a problem with my cooler or maybe the phantecks p400s tg is a hot box

 

[CountMike]

XMP doesn't OC CPU, just memory.

 

[difrio77]

XMP doesn't OC CPU, just memory.

not with this motherboard when you enable xmp it unlocks turbo boost I tried disabling xmp and my cpu is still at 4.5ghz I don't know what to do. I set my bios back to default and its still at 4.5ghz. even though the cpu cooler I have should be able to do 4.5ghz with no issue

 

[diellur]

not with this motherboard when you enable xmp it unlocks turbo boost I tried disabling xmp and my cpu is still at 4.5ghz I don't know what to do. I set my bios back to default and its still at 4.5ghz. even though the cpu cooler I have should be able to do 4.5ghz with no issue

If that's how you set your overclock, and didn't adjust the multiplier and Vcore, then your Vcore is likely quite high. That's why your temps are high - your cooler is probably OK, you just need to lower the Vcore so the temps are more reasonable.